Display and Outfit
The Lenovo Essential B40-70 (59-430738) features a 14-inch HD LED backlit display which offers moderately sharp and rich viewing experience with a resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels. The simply designed grey coloured casing has a waistline of 24.5mm and tips the scale at 2.1kg.
Configuration and OS
On the inside, the laptop is equipped with a 1.7GHz Intel Pentium dual-core 3558U processor belonging to the fourth generation series and sitting on HM87 Express chipset. To assist the processor in executing multitasking, there is a 2GB DDR3 RAM which can be expanded up to 16GB via two user accessible DIMM ports. The integrated Intel HD GPU takes care of rich games. It runs on 64 bit Windows 8.1 OS which is a bonus in this range.
Camera and Storage
The Lenovo Essential B40-70 (59-430738) sports an Acer Crystal Eye webcam which can record HD videos and manage high resolution video calls smoothly. It meets the storage needs of the user with a SATA hard disk of 500GB. It also has a SuperMulti DVD Drive which is capable of running all kinds of CDs and DVDs smoothly.
Battery and Connectivity
The Lenovo Essential B40-70 (59-430738) runs the show with a 4 cell Li-ion battery promising to render uninterrupted service for a maximum period of 6 hours. From the networking and connectivity point of view, the notebook supports Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth v4.0, VGA port, digital media reader, HDMI out, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port and WLAN.