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One of a line of business laptops published under the Lenovo Essential family, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU has a promising set of features designed solely for the busy entrepreneur and perhaps students who are always rushing to meet deadlines with reports and other literature required for their curriculum.

 

To ensure seamless operation and processing, Lenovo has equipped the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU with a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor clocked at a speed of 2.2 GHz. Powerful as it is, it would need a lot of memory in order to efficiently handle a lot of tasks. To address that, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU is armed with a fat memory bank. You get an initial RAM of 2 gigabytes with your purchase, but you have the option to upgrade it to 4 gigabytes at most. The memory bank is a DDR3 RAM, the newest on the line.

 

The Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU has a 15.6 inches LCD screen. This size is more than adequate for the average user. Plus, the screen has a native resolution of 1366×768. The screen is glossy, but it also has a backlight provided by light-emitting diodes so glare from having a light source behind the user (i.e. sunlight) is not a problem when using the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU. The LCD display also has a native 16:9 aspect ratio, eliminating black lines when viewing DVD movies and movie files on the computer.

 

For any computer user, adequate hard disk space is always a prime concern. But with the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU, you can have as much space as you need for your important files as well as some other things that you might want to store like music, movies, games, and other files. The Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU has 160 gigabytes of hard disk space.

 

As for graphics, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU only has an integrated Intel GMA 4500 MHD to process it. This means that it is unable to do hardcore graphics processing. However, it does not need to as it is designed solely as a business laptop and not a gaming platform.

 

The Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU also falls a bit short in terms of battery life. While long enough to access the Internet sporadically during a trip, 3.8 hours of battery life is still a bit short compared to its other sibling, the Lenovo G450 – 2949CHU which can last up to 5 hours off the power socket.

 

CNet estimates the price for the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU to be from $649 to $789.

 

SPECS
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile 2.2 GHz
Memory	Up to 4 gigabytes
Display	15.6 inches 1366×768
Graphics	Intel GMA 4500 MHD
Hard drive	160 gigabytes
Battery Life	3.8 hours

 

PROS

Like its siblings, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU sports a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at almost the same speeds: an average of 2 Gigahertz. Coupled with a fat RAM space, users have at their disposal a very useful laptop that will help them get their job done quickly.

 

The Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU is also one of the thinnest laptops in the market. Its height is pegged at 1.43 inches only.

 

CONS

Like almost all business-oriented laptops in the market, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU suffers from a lack of powerful graphics adapter. With its Intel 4500 MHD graphics media accelerator, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU is unable to provide a platform suitable for gaming.

 

The Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU is also a bit on the heavy side, with a weight of 5.95 lbs.

 

CONCLUSION

 To conclude, the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU is best used as a business laptop or for regular tasks. With its powerful processor, it will certainly deliver for that purpose. However, those that are seeking graphics capabilities will have to look somewhere else as the Lenovo G550 – 2958HHU falls short on that requirement.

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