Lenovo G455 14-inch Laptop

Lenovo G455 specs & notes

The Lenovo G455 laptop is part of Lenovo's "Essential" product line, which I like to call Lenovo's "G Series" because "Essential" is is a pretty weak attempt at a brand name for a company that sports ThinkPad and IdeaPad.

Anyway, the G455 model number tells you a lot if you know what it means. G is for G series. The first "4" indicates this is a 14-inch laptop. And the last "5" means the G455 is built with an AMD processor instead of an Intel processor. Now that you're armed with this knowledge, let's play a game. I'll list out the model numbers you'll find on Lenovo's G Series laptops page and you can probably guess the size and processor brand of each laptop model.

• Lenovo G455
• Lenovo G460
• Lenovo G550
• Lenovo G555
• Lenovo G560

those links go to our deal pages for each model

Lenovo pitches these G series laptops as their "value" line. And since the G455 also has an AMD processor, which is considered by many to be a value alternative to the leading brand Intel, I guess you could say the Lenovo G455 is their ultimate value laptop. It does have solid functionality with 4GB RAM, a built-in webcam, Bluetooth connectivity, and a DVD burner that they call a "Tray-in Rambo Drive" (I'm not even joking. Check the specs sheet in the bottom left of the Lenovo G Series page) -- sometimes for under $500 with a coupon.

The only difference I can find between the 14-inch G455 and the 15.6-inch G555 is with the G555's larger size, it has a numeric keypad to the right of the keyboard that the 14-inch models lack.

For more info, see Lenovo's G455 and G555 features page.