Lenovo IdeaPad U330p Pro Reviews

Is good necessarily expensive? That was our initial question. Well, not everything is bad in the case of the IdeaPad U330p, despite the low price point. The biggest drawback is certainly the choice of display. It is anti-reflective, but the brightness of only 105 cd/m² is just too low. Considering the otherwise good mobility of the notebook this is a significant restriction. The Lenovo IdeaPad cannot be used under unfavorable lighting conditions, let alone outdoors. The WLAN performance also leaves room for improvement. The reception was okay with a distance of 8-12 m from the router but a longer distance often resulted in connection losses. The overall CPU performance is sufficient, we could not determine any restrictions with office tasks. However, our stress test and the gaming benchmarks showed that the cooling solution cannot handle the combined CPU/GPU load. As a result, the Turbo Boost of the CPU did not work and the clock was instantly reduced to 1.1 GHz. So what's good? Once again, the case leaves a good impression. Aluminum is quite rare in this price range and gives the U330p a noble and more expensive appearance. It also results in a better stability, at least at the base unit. The anti-reflective display surface is also an advantage over the old IdeaPad U310. The battery runtimes leave a mixed impression. 6 hours and 15 minutes is not bad if you want to work on the go, but the display brightness is also lower than the competition. We cannot recommend the U330p after this review. The restrictions are just too big, for example the dark display. You can get better notebooks for this price, for instance the Asus VivoBook S300, which offers a more sophisticated package.