Lenovo C315 Impressions

The C315 sports a simple no-frills design compared to some of the mod-looking all-in-one desktops nosotros've seen from other manufacturers. Information technology resembles large digital photograph frame when looking at information technology caput-on. The display is a 20-inch widescreen multi-bear on panel with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 1600 x 900 resolution. Effectually this inset screen is a flat black bezel with an integrated 0.iii-megapixel webcam and microphone centered on summit.

The remainder of the bezel is painted brownish / burnt orange with a glossy metallic flake end. The power button is located on the front of the bezel -- right where you'd wait to discover a monitor power button -- and next to it are the difficult drive activeness light and 5 bear upon-sensitive buttons for monitor adjustments. These buttons include a pair of brightness and volume controls and another to switch the display on and off.

The ii organisation speakers are 2W each and positioned in the bottom corners of the front bezel behind black grills. Lenovo could take probably selected a better spot to place the AMD and Windows 7 badges, though, as putting them directly over the speaker grill is certainly an odd decision. A tray-loading DVD reader/author can be establish on the correct side of the figurer and is slightly inset from the front bezel, keeping it from existence an eyesore while sitting in forepart of the reckoner.

The back of the organisation features an adjustable stand that allows viewing angles from 12 to 40 degrees, likewise as the I/O panel and an access console for the system memory -- at that place are two slots here, each populated with a 2GB stick.

The I/O panel consists of the following from left to right: power connexion, TV tuner, PS/2 connector, Ethernet jack, iv USB 2.0 ports, Firewire connector, headphone and microphone jacks. There is also a Kensington lock slot beneath the I/O panel.

Unfortunately at that place is no easy way to access the difficult drive, meaning an upgrade to a SSD or a larger drive down the road won't be easy. The backside is otherwise featureless with merely a few cooling vents. At that place are ii additional USB 2.0 ports on the left side of the computer likewise every bit a 6-in-1 memory bill of fare reader (MS / MS pro / xD / SD / SDpro / MMC).

Setting upwards the C315 was very quick out of the box. Just plug in the power adapter, keyboard and mouse and yous are up and running. We have to reiterate how Lenovo could accept done better providing wireless input devices instead, especially for the price.