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    Design of Lenovo G580

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by cpper, May 17, 2013.

  1. cpper

    cpper Newbie

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    Hello :)
    I want to buy this laptop here but I found it here to. All the specs and the prices are the same , but there are different images of the laptops displayed,so I guess there is a mistake somewhere.
    I googled "Lenovo G580" and I found two different designs of the model :

    Take a look,this :
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    and this:

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    Both should be G580,but they are considerable different.I'm confused...
    Does anyone have a G580 ? Or a advice ?
    Which one is the real G580 ?
     
    cpper, May 17, 2013
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  2. FSU Logan

    FSU Logan Notebook Evangelist

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    I might be wrong but it looks like one is glossy and the other matte.. Someone will correct me :p
     
    FSU Logan, May 17, 2013
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  3. cpper

    cpper Newbie

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    There are more differences I think,look at the touchpad, or at the silver line above the keyboard at one of them...
     
    cpper, May 17, 2013
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  4. cpper

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    anyone knows what is the name of the second one ?
     
    cpper, May 22, 2013
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  5. OldMajorDave

    OldMajorDave Notebook Evangelist

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    I think the first one (with the slightly brownish tint) is a G580 (Metal) while the second is the G580 (that is black). Check here.
    Perhaps it's just the way they are configured at Newegg but the G580 Metal there has better specs than the basic G580.

    My neighbor's HP DV6700 recently died from the dreaded nVidia disease and, given the age of the notebook, I recommended the G580 (Metal) as a basic desktop replacement for his 8th grade daughter instead of a motherboard swap. We got it on sale for $379.99 at the egg, ordered an extra 4GB stick of memory, set it up, and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed. With the Intel HM76 chipset, i3 3120M processor, 8GB RAM, and the HD4000 graphics, the little sucker just flies. Basic yes, but the price I think was outstanding.

    Hope that helps... Dave
     
    OldMajorDave, Jun 9, 2013
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  6. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    Looks like the top one uses a US keyboard, and the latter uses an EU-type (UK?) keyboard. In addition to the other differences noted previously.
     
    Jarhead, Jun 9, 2013
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