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This was the BEST bang for my buck!!!!! Negative was no webcam or cd drive. However Now a days everything is on external drives anyway and webcams I use very rarely. Although I did buy an external dvd drive and webcam. I ABSOLUTELY love this better than any laptop or netbook I have had in the past. The service was EXCELLENT. I wasbeing deployed and the seller worked with me to intercept the package and ship another one next day. I had to pay the shipping but was a big surprise he helped out so much given the circumstances. If you have the money and looking for a COOL, FUN, HIGH SPEED, AFFORDABLE, and TOUGH netbook and have the money BUY IT!!! You will NOT regret it. I can not say enough about this toughbook or the seller who helped out so much during a very difficult transaction.

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Great value, fast shipping and amazing machine. It came with 2 GB of RAM and for about $50.00 I was able to quickly upgrade to 4 when I received the item. Will keep my eye out for them to offer more of these at such a great value!

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I'm really upset with this product I resived because they don't specif a lot of things ,they didn't send me the AC adapter charger just the toughbook with a lot of scrathed ,they said refurbished product and is used product unacceptable don't buy it .

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Very tough and we got it used on Amazon. The keyboard is not as kid proof and its easy to remove keys.

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the software was not correctly installed and the panasonic factory software was never reinstalled. The computer is slow due to the lack of Toughbook drivers

Review of Apple Ibook G4 1ghz LEOPARD 10.5 OFFICE 2004 512mb 30gb DVD/CDRW

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I have an iMac in my office and I like it very much. So, when it came time for buying a home computer, I got the same iMac, but got the version with the larger screen and more memory at the advice of my wife. Well, we've blown two hard drives on the home iMac (covered under warranty, except for the lost files) and I'm rather annoyed. Nevertheless, I really like it as a computer. Alas, my wife likes it too and she's constantly working on eBay things. Too much so, in my opinion. I've been constantly on her for working at the computer all the time and blocking my usage. As a solution, she gave me an iBook G4 for Christmas (1907).

I really like this little iBook. It's been completely trouble free, and in that respect is better than either of my iMacs. It's fast and my enjoyment of working on it greatly increased after I purchased a Mighty Mouse to go with it. I'm a college professor and I give about 12 classroom lectures per week. I also give visiting lectures (about 2 per month) all over Southern California. I store my PowerPoint presentations in the computer and it works out very well. I simply walk into a classroom or hall, plug in the equipment and I'm ready to go. Everything works real well, as long as I'm the one setting it up. When others have set it up, I've had a couple problems which they then blame on Apple equipment. There's an "Apple Phobia" that's widely prevelant. That's nonsense. It's their own ineptitude that's the problem. This is a real nifty computer and works splendidly for my purposes.

Gary Peterson

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I've had a 12" iBook G4 since 2005 and it's still my favorite notebook for browsing the internet, writing letters, and even reading pdf's. It's very lightweight and I consider the screen the perfect size. It's held up very well. One of the keys has a hairline crack and one of the rubber feet on the bottom fell off but I clean it every month or so and it still looks almost new.

My only criticism is that it gets a little warm so I keep it on top of a clipboard when holding it in my lap. No viruses, no crashes, no worries.

When netbooks started becoming popular a couple of years ago, I had to laugh because I already have a lightweight, handy netbook. In fact, I'm using it right now to write this review. Given a choice between a new Asus or Dell netbook or a used iBook G4 for the same price, I would take the G4 without thinking about it for a second.

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The short description of this item describes it as having a 1.2GHz processor and 1.25 G RAM. Only after proceeding to the checkout page is it possible to read a further description indicating 1.0GHz processor and 512Mb RAM.

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The Ibook was shipped fast by Midwest. Product was as described. It works great!

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I am not an apple junkie. I hate the iPhone and the iPads and find them to be outdated technology. Be assured I'm not an Apple cult follower who will tell you everything Apple has ever made is a piece of gold.

Now, on with my review.

I used to be a PC user. I know Windows 7 inside and out. My old laptop was just getting outdated and weighed no less than 8 lbs and was getting heavy to carry back and forth from school. I intensely dislike the windows 8 interface but I didn't want to be stuck behind on an old OS either. My father turned me on to the Apple Macs and I am glad he did.

The screen is beautiful. As a Windows user that was always something I envied. This retina is supposed to have a 30% less glare than the MacBook pro without Retina display. I can't say I know for sure (because I don't have a previous macbook to compare it too) but I haven't had a problem with glare.

The overall physical quality of the product is outstanding. Nothing feels cheap, no pieces that don't belong. It's a very attractive piece of equipment and it feels like it will last me a few years.

The Solid State Drive (SSD) is no joke. I read some other reviews that say there is lag and I think they are crazy. This computer doesn't hesitate to do anything I ask it to do. 8gb of RAM is more than I have had on any other computer and it easily handles everything. I'm not a gamer or a high tech junkie but I do expect my computer to perform quickly and flawlessly. This beast far surpasses my demands. 256 GB may or may not be enough memory. I have had the computer for about a month and have a little under 200 GB left. The only downfall to this computer is that YOU CANNOT UPGRADE THE RAM. The RAM, mother board, and battery are all soldered to the chassis. That means any modifications will destroy the computer.

Another small issue, but easily fixed, is there is no ethernet connection. I'm well aware that wifi is now keeping up with the wired internet, but I do find the wired connection much more reliable and much quicker when downloading big files. A $30.00 adapater is needed (which I have), but it is still something I would have liked to have been actually on the laptop itself.

The computer weighs less than 4lbs and my back thanks me.

The battery life is astounding, but like I said I'm coming from an outdated laptop in which 3 hours was a generous battery life. 7 hours of HEAVY use is much more than I could ask for.

This computer also comes with some cool features. I really dig the keyboard backlight. I've never had a computer with that before and I do find it really helpful. The facetime camera is also of excellent quality.

If you buy this computer from Apple (I bought mine in July, maybe its running through August 2013) as a student they take $100.00 off at the store and give you a $100.00 itunes gift card. I used this gift card to purchase things like pages, keynote, and numbers. The service I received at the Apple store was phenomenal and I got an excellent deal on this computer.

Overall I love this computer. I went all crazy and cased it up and got ridiculous unnecessary accessories (like a keyboard cover) but it's all because I love my Macbook pro. While the price tag may be eye-popping, you are getting your money's worth out of it.

UPDATE:

I've been using this computer about 2 months now for various activities like school work, video viewing and surfing the internet. This computer leaves me with no wants. The battery life is awesome and I do not worry that I need to bring my charger to school just in case because I know it will make it through the day.

I have also found that while viewing videos for about half an hour or so (like workout videos), it only eats about 5% of the overall battery life with brightness on a good setting.

Now here was something I found interesting. If one were to shop around for a comparable computer, such as an Asus or Samsung, one would end up paying almost as much as you would for this MacBook Pro. All the computers I've looked at all have touch screen (a feature I do not want) 4GB of RAM and about the same SSD storage. I'm sure those are quality computers, but I really dislike the Windows 8 interface.

I still love this computer and expect to keep loving it as I use it more and more.

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I was a PC user for all my life, this was the first time I decided to buy a Mac and I was a little bit scared by the OS but really ... this laptop its simply awesome! Works perfect, fast and smooth! If you are an active pc gammer DO NOT BUY THIS LAPTOP I do play some games and this its the main drowback of this product for me (I knew it before buying it so ... im not going to take off a star for it!)

If you are a software developer, designer, musician or anyone who need a really strong fast performance for work buy this!

If you are like a internet browsing person... do not do the investment in this laptop, you can find something cheaper that will do the job.

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These reviews really helped me when I was figuring out what to buy, so here are my two cents. I couldn't figure out if I wanted the Pro Retina or the Air, and I wasn't sure if I wanted 13 in. or 11 in. Now, I actually own both the Macbook Pro 13" Retina and the new Macbook Air 11 inch, and I understand most people won't want to buy both but these are my thoughts. I first got the 13" Retina, because I loved the screen, esp. the way text looked because I read a lot and it made such a difference. I have the i7 version, plus the 8 GB RAM, and 256 hard drive. I love this thing. It's gorgeous and fast, a pleasure to work on. BUT. The only problem with it for me is the weight. I know it's lighter than it used to be but I'm petite and when I'm traveling and need to give presentations, this thing is in my bag the entire day, and I find it heavy. Many people may well be stronger than I am but I personally find it a pain to drag around when I'm on the road. Also, the battery life is good but not brilliant, so if I use it all morning and a part of the afternoon unplugged, it's dead.

So I recently bought the 11 inch Macbook Air as well, the new version, also maxed out, i7, 8 GB, etc. That thing is so light, it's amazing. It is lightning fast and the battery life is incredible. I can use it and use it and the battery won't budge. However. The screen is so much less good than my Retina Pro. I'm not a picky person and before I got used to the Retina screen, I didn't mind but now, it's a huge difference. The text is pixelated and very small, the whole thing looks much less good.

Basically, I think that if you're going to be mainly stationary when using the laptop, I would definitely go for the Retina Pro 13 inch. At home, it's all I use nowadays. It's a joy to use and looks amazing. However, if you travel a lot and will mainly be using it on the go, I think the new Air is fantastic. I hardly notice it in my bag and the screen is fine, just not as beautiful as the Retina, plus the performance and battery life are incredible. If the weight and shorter battery life of the Retina doesn't bother you, that would be the clear choice.

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Luckily I was able to get this model on educational discount with tax exempt, but the price tag is still too high for the performance.

The MD213LL/A model with a 256GB SSD is selling for $1499 now and that's probably the best value for the 13" retina models. The 3210M and 3230M intel processors differ less than 5% in performance. The only trouble with the older model is the screen burn-in issue that may be present in a large batch. On this current model, the burn-in is not noticeable unless you go all white from a high contrast still image, then there is still some minor burn-in. But other than this minor annoyance, the screen looks amazing in terms of details and color saturation.

Intel HD 4000 on a 3230M is a joke for a 2560x1600 screen. It will play movies and do some light design work, but anything a bit advanced causes problems. Even AutoCAD 2D work and Photoshop CS6 presented display problems in multiple instances for me. This should really be a Macbook Retina, not Pro at all.

A few years back, Intel barred Nvidia from making Northbridge chips for Intel which included an embded NVidia graphics chip, so now Apple has to put 3 large chips in a Macbook Pro for it to have discrete graphics. This is very sad. The Intel HD 4000's performance on a 3230M chip is at best on par with a NVidia 320M. I would have been VERY happy if the 13" model had even a 630M graphics chip, not to mention one of the new mid-range 700M series. It would have made this little laptop almost PERFECT! The price tag then wouldn't be so unjustified neither.

I use many Windows applications, Bootcamp with centralized drivers allowed me to install Win 7 on it hassle free and runs as it should.

It really depends on what you use this laptop for. For everyday internet browsing, documents and typical use, this laptop will run very nice for you. For design work, heavy processor usage or ANY graphics intensive applications, this laptop is a major disaster. For gaming, steer away completely.

UPDATE: The newer batch of the 2103 MacBook Pro 13" Retina does not seem to suffer from image burn-in at all. A burn-in test revealed no ghosting at all (as of April 30th). Apple seems to have silently resolved the issue in production.

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The retina display is amazing as far as doing everyday tasks with so much detail to each application. I started out with the 15inch cMBP w/ i7 Core and 8GB RAM and 750 GB HDD with nVidia discrete graphics card. I took it back the week after because 1. 15inch is getting less exposure for day-to-day tasks such as: browsing, editing, and recording. 2. The larger screen with all the bells did not look as well as the retina 3. Retina is getting to be where the future is. I thought I needed the 15 or 13 with optical drive now that I have used my 13 I realize I do not use it as much as I thought I would. I love this Notebook it is so portable yet very powerful and can handle multiple tasks that are more typical of your average laptop user.

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I haven't had this machine for more than a couple of weeks, but so far I am pretty satisfied. It is a powerful, light computer. I take it to classes and I don't need to carry the AC adapter because the battery lasts well over 6 hours while in power saving mode. The keyboard is responsive and backlit with several brightness settings. The machine itself feels nice and solid, very professional looking. With 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM and quad i7 processor, it seems that it would have a long life for office and normal college use.

Something that I didn't see in the tech specs is the fact that it also has nvidia GT 630m 512MB GDDR5. Which means that it is not a gaming laptop, but it has decent gaming capabilities. Dead Space 2 runs at 30fps (max rate possible with vsync on) with everything, res set at 1366x768, AA without needing peak performance from gpu. A more graphically intense game like Just Cause 2, runs at 30 fps with settings set at mid-high (low for shadows though...) and no AA, but it uses all of the gpu's "strength" (see 70 degrees Celsius against Dead Space 2 gpu temp at 60).

Overall it is a solid, versatile machine. For those that are looking for a good laptop for college, this is it. As light as a Mac but way less expensive while still being a high quality piece of equipment.

Pros: Lightweight, fast processor, high storage capacity, decent gpu.

Cons: Comes with a lot of bloatware, wish Samsung opted for gt 650m, just saying.

Other: Try looking for it at a Best Buy, got mine there at 999.99 with Webroot Antivirus for free.

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This laptop was great ...at first.....white spot on screen after 4 months of use. Also imprint of keys is permenantly on screen. After having this laptop 4 months I was ready to replace it (I replace my laptop once a year) Now having the screen/keyboard issues only progress I will be having to purchase a new laptop earlier than anticipated. I will not be buying another Samsung. It is still under warranty but I cant afford to be without a computer while it gets shipped off, fixed, and sent back to me. I bought this laptop to use for work, not as a backup computer.

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It is absolutely awesome. I completely love it. Fast, beautiful, and FAST.

What would I change: It has 8GB ram and a chipset that supports 16, but 4GB of the RAM is integrated into the motherboard and not upgradeable. So 12 is the max. Lame.

It is a mild pain to swap the hdd, and one I did, it has always been a creaky and loud sounding laptop. The plastic just seems cheap on that bottom plate.

Anyway, I would buy it over again in an instant. Especially since the prices came down SO MUCH.

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I will come back and update this review [done, several updates have been added below] as I have more experience with this laptop, but since there are few reviews, I thought I'd get something up quickly to help others out as they do their comparisons. More details later, for now, let's talk about gaming performance, as I suspect that's what most people will be wondering about.

Simply put, the gaming performance is excellent and beats any comparably priced machine I am aware of currently (March 2013). The dual Nvidia 650M SLI GFX cards will outperform a 670m and usually be snapping on the heels of a 675M (even beating it on occasion, though very rarely). The 675m is usually about 10-12% faster, but in some games like Skyrim, the 650M SLI combo actually wins (by a hair). Let's just say that nearly all games will run in their high/ultra settings with a few tweaks, and even the tough games will run on mid to high settings at full HD resolution. Turn down a few settings or lower the rez and almost anything will run smoothly at high frame rates. As Nvidia improves their drivers (this is still a very new config) performance should only get better.

So, in short, you get exceptional gaming performance at this price point, especially considering the 1920x1080 HD resolution (most comparably priced rigs will have lower rez displays). This is a TN display, not IPS, but it is a good TN display with excellent color, good viewing angles, and good contrast ratios. It is also bright, though the glossy screen does show reflections, the glossy finish does help with color saturation and contrast. Indoors, it will usually not be a problem. And here's a good place to say that this is a *portable* notebook, but one that will usually be tethered to A/C power for gaming. It's more of a desktop replacement than a laptop. Still, only about 6 lbs., so not bad to grab and move around. Update: Also, when on battery power, only one GFX card is available, you must be on A/C power to run in SLI mode.

It has a sleek looking case (aluminum), truly great red backlit keyboard (one of the best I've used), and red accents on the speakers (which sound pretty good for a notebook). All the basic ports, bluetooth, HDMI, USB 2.0 (1) and 3.0 (2) -however, no optical drive, that bay holds the second GFX card instead. A special DVD/Blu-Ray module can be purchased and swapped out with the second GFX card if you wish, or you can use an external optical drive which works fine and is what I do, as I already had one handy.

Gamers will nearly always be using a mouse, so the iffy touchpad (not awful, but not too good for gaming) won't be a problem for most. The keyboard is very nice and even has a numeric keypad scrunched in. Typing feel is above average. When you are not gaming, this unit makes a nice high end work rig as well (think video editing, photoshop, audio, etc.). It doesn't hurt that you've got an exceptionally fast CPU and a bunch of RAM stuffed into this thing, either. Benchmarks are great.

The 5400 rpm hard drive gives many pause, but it is a good quality Samsung drive with an SSD cache and, really, it works pretty well and is faster than I expected. In normal use, I hardly even notice any lag compared to my SSD rig. No, it's not as fast all the time, but it's perfectly fine and not something that bothers me at all. Not yet anyway. For gaming, I doubt it will be an issue. The new windows 8 secure boot BIOS make it harder to swap out for an SSD (though it can be done, it's not trivial), so this may still be a consideration for some. I'm happy to leave the HDD in place, myself.

Great gaming and media performance, great performance overall, really. Nice Full HD screen, Good speakers, Plenty of storage and memory, plus good, solid build quality make this an attractive choice and an excellent value.

Update: Five weeks in and I remain very happy with this rig.

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Some notes that I think might be useful to those considering the Y500:

- On CPU performance, the Y500 beats many more expensive gaming rigs thanks to the newer Core i7-3630QM 2.40 Ghz quad-core processor capable of running 8 threads, and equally important, capable of single-thread burst modes up to 3.4 Ghz.

- Not all games support SLI GFX, some will run only with a single card. Even then performance is pretty good as the 650M used runs at a slightly higher clock speed than usual and Lenovo has used the faster DDR5 RAM and plenty of it, so even a single card has strong mid-range performance. Luckily, almost all newer games *do* support SLI mode.

- I have posted an image (gallery "user" images at top left of product page)showing some benchmark results for Skyrim where the 650M SLI tops a 675M in med and high settings and ties it on ultra (full HD) settings. See notes on image for more info.

-There are tweaks you can apply to make Windows 8 look and act more like Windows 7, if that is your preference. I see no need to install Win 7, though I do prefer it, being more used to it. Gonna have to accept Windows 8 sooner or later. ;)

-Most often noted "cons" by others, battery life of only 3-4 hours, not an issue if you're plugged in most of the time (as I am). Hard drive at 5400 rpm not as bad as many make out. It's a good performing drive even at 5400 and you get less noise and heat. The SSD cache works well. Having 1 TB of storage is good for gamers, too, given the size of newer games and media (music, videos, photos, etc.). No DisplayPort if that matters to you. Not an IPS display, but a pretty decent TN panel. Some have complained about the exhaust ports, not an issue for me, but could be for some depending on how you use and position your notebook.

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I wanted so so much to love this computer. Its specs are unbelievable for the price, and the ultrabay and backlit keyboard are major bonuses. It has a great array of ports (side note: the product description says it's got 2xUSB2.0 and 2xUSB3.0 this is incorrect. It has only one USB2.0 port on the right side), and the screen is simply beautiful.

I knew ahead of time that the trackpad and the keyboard might leave something to be desired, but I was not prepared for the degree to which this affected my ability to use the computer. The trackpad is just...straight up aggravating. There is a clear lack of spit and polish with the user friendliness of the keyboard/trackpad.

Let's take the trackpad -

Good:

*Nice texture

*Synaptics, so at least theoretically a good piece of hardware

*Two finger scroll

Bad:

*This is a circular problem. There is no physical button you have to push down the trackpad; if you want to *click* the trackpad, you have to put just a few more pounds of pressure down on it than seems reasonable, and the computer seems to agree, as doing this appears to actually depress the entire pad into the body of the laptop by a few mm and sometimes make a disconcerting creaky noise; since you don't want to have to try to click the pad, you want to tap it, and here is where software fights you right and left for control of the computer. Granted I have my mouse sensitivity set very high, but it has been really frustrating to tap or double tap on things and find that for whatever reason the mouse has moved in some direction during that action. Unavoidably, there will be times where you HAVE to click and hold something while you drag it around or resize a window or something, and this is next impossible without turning on the click lock feature buried in the mouse settings, which you will then have to flip on and off every time you plug in a mouse, which you will DEFINITELY be doing because it's the only way to make mouse interface with this computer in any way a pleasant experience. It's enough to make me say that it's a shame this computer didn't come with a touchscreen so I could just avoid the trackpad for clicking things, which should say something.

*Even the fastest tracking speed seems a little sluggish to me. This may be a Windows problem and not a Synaptics problem, but I thought I'd mention it.

*Major smudgefest. Doesn't bother me all that much, but it sure doesn't do much to preserve the sleek look of the machine.

Now the keyboard-

Good:

*Backlighting is GREAT. I LOVE having a backlit keyboard, and having a couple brightness options is pretty handy too.

*Good solid keyboard. It feels great to type on. Not mushy or wiggly. For a laptop, I think this is a totally acceptable keyboard.

*Number pad! Hooray!

Bad:

*I don't know who the hell patented what that causes Windows PC's to hide all their most helpful function buttons BEHIND the function keys, but it's stupidly frustrating. Basic things like brightness, volume, keyboard backlight, and all the fun little additions lenovo gives you for quick access to search functions or program switching or whatever they're all spread out in, I guess, contextual places on the keyboard. That's great except /why aren't they on TOP of the function keeeeeeyyys/?! Who uses those flim flammin keys so frequently that they take precedent over these basic, extremely important things? Why do I need two hands to turn down the volume. Also,

*WHY IS THERE NO MUTE KEY?

*The right shift is fun sized. Since my last keyboard lost it's left shift to someone spilling water on it, this is very hard for me to work with. Not a deal breaker, but again, a needless minor annoyance.

Maybe all these things are significant to me because while I am a gamer, I am also a person who likes to browse the internet and get other stuff done, and these sorts of basic UI problems significantly impede my enjoyment of this computer. Basically, I *need* a computer for all sorts of communication reasons, and these sorts of things can be done very easily and very well by a huge variety of computers. I have a 2006 Macbook Pro that fills my computer *needs* really well. It sends emails and skypes and clicks the stuff I intend it to click and even scrolls down in the direction that feels natural to me, which is all I ask of any computer. I also have computer *wants* i.e. I *want* a computer that I can play Skyrim, and Tribes:Ascend, and Starcraft 2 on, and I presently have a Y500 that yawns in the face of these challenges. I was really hoping that it would cover my *needs* as well, but it falls flat on its face in that department, so I can't really justify the combined 15 or so lbs of computer it now takes to cover all my bases here can I? And which do you think is still under a return policy? *Sigh*

EDIT: I forgot to mention, that I had a few technical problems with the SLI cards. I installed and played enough games from my Steam and Humble Bundle accounts to fill up about 65% of the hdd, which, since it's a terabyte, I believe is impressive. Several of the games had some very strange, very quirky problems that are hard to describe. Weird stuff like not scaling text properly at some resolutions, or not behaving normally unless run in a windowed mode. Some games refused to work at all, and one even refused to explain itself it simply closed without comment every time I tried to run it. I also had some graphical issues outside of games, specifically while using Chrome. At least two dozen times during the month I owned this computer, the screen would randomly black out, then pop back on at full brightness (not awesome in a dark bedroom watching TV) reporting that the graphics card had crashed and had been recovered, followed by Chrome locking up and needing to be force closed and reopened. These are all likely driver related issues that Nvidia will likely (hopefully) hammer out in the future, but it's worth knowing if you're thinking of buying this computer.

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I purchased this laptop for work purposes (Video Editing, etc.) and so far it has exceeded my expectations in many ways!

The graphics capability is phenomenal, the speakers sound great and the laptop itself feels well-made and solid, but just light enough to make it easy to carry around for in-the-field editing. The screen is bright and looks great! The keyboard is comfortable and feels nice when doing a fair amount of typing.

The only problem I've had is the mouse pad. It's a little hyper-sensitive at first and it's hard to find a good setting that makes it easy to use. However, this is easily fixed with a wireless mouse and the multi-touch functions are very useful!

I don't know what everybody's issue with Windows 8 is, it just takes a little bit to get used to it. If you don't like it, just install Win 7, it's not that hard to come by.

And well, it just looks cool. Some people may life the flashy stuff, but this laptop just looks classy.

If you're doing anything that requires intensive video processing, buy this laptop! You won't regret it!

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First off, for the price, this laptop is great. SLI, backlit keyboard, 16gb of ram, and 1tb of hd space are all the great features in this laptop. The screen is beautiful at 1920x1080 and pc gaming is amazing with the screen and gpu. Other complaints on here state the lack of optical drive or a crappy touchpad, the touchpad does sound rather cheap but works fine. I use a mouse so I don't use the touchpad very often. The lack of optical drive is understandable because its replaced with an extra gpu. The ultrabay allows you to switch between an extra gpu, a fan, another hdd, or an optical drive. Windows 8 gets some getting used to. After a week it feels natural and with the installment of software like pokki or startisback, this gives you a start button and the option to boot straight into desktop mode, bypassing the metro UI completely. I thought the 32gb ssd was for the operating system for fast boot times, but its just for cache. Not that this laptop needs an ssd for a faster boot, I still get 8 second start ups everytime. If you are looking for a computer similar to this but with a bluray drive and 3d, check out the toshiba qosmio, similar price but bulkier. Gaming on this is a breeze, and with a 3d monitor, games and movies look amazing. Every game so far has had optimal settings for ultra high, crysis 3, metro:last light, and tomb raider are some examples of games that play without stutter. The JBL speakers are some of the best laptop speakers I have ever heard, sound is clear and crisp. I feel as if this computer is lacking some ports, I thought I would have had more than 3 usb ports. I ordered the toshiba dynadock to compensate that though, it gives me 6 usb 3.0 ports 2 video cards for extra displays, 5.1 surround sound, and extra usb 2.0 ports for the hell of it. This computer has some nice features like a 1-button back up system, energy management tools and dust removal program that puts fans on high and pushes out dust from inside. Don't have many complaints about the laptop, except maybe the battery life, but with the amount hardware the bad boy is powering, its expected.

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This computer is amazing dont get me wrong but it broke 6 months in due to a hard drive malfunction and when i called the "Lenovo #" on google they said the warranty would cover anything, blah blah blah. Aparently i was calling "MyTech Help Repair". When we finally got things sorted out and called Lenovo they were amazingly helpful. Best costumer service ive ever had. NEVER GO THROUGH MY TECH HELP REPAIR for repairs.

But overall this is a great computer that i would buy again.

Hp 15.6" Laptop 4gb Memory 320gb Hard Drive Black AMD Vision E1 APU Review

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If you are having second thoughts about buying this HP don't. We have purchased several bargain laptops over the years and this one tops them all. For about $340 you get a solid machine that looks and feels more like a $550 laptop. Surprisingly the Windows 8 is also really fast and is very enjoyable to use. Overall I love this laptop and for the price it cannot be beat!

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Review of Dell Inspiron 15.6-Inch Laptop - 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 i5-3210M

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I like the fact that it comes with Windows 8, so I didn't have to go through the painful upgrade process.

The laptop is quick to boot. I plan to add another 4GB memory at around $30 for added performance.

I short, great buy!

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I use it for gaming, watching movies, checking emails and reading daily news. The office applications help me to do some office work as well.

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I bought this for my husband. He really like it. And it was easy and fast delieved. it is very very good

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I've had my laptop for about 6 months now and it's proven to be a very great investment. I purchased my product for under $500. I ended up with a great machine for my needs. I highly recommend!

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Is a beatiful and fast laptop, the color and the sydtem is good, the windows 8 was fantastic, it is perfect for me.

Cheap Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 13.3-Inch Convertible Touchscreen Ultrabook

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13.3" ultrabook that converts to a tablet... full microsoft office in tablet mode what's not to love. ... Battery life is pretty decent, better than my macbook pro for sure.... Only things that could have been better:

1. The screen is a bit glossy and hard to read in sunlight, but no different to a standard laptop or tablet.

2. The trackpad left/right buttons sometimes stick, nothing a double click won't sort.

I really only use it in tablet mode on an aeroplane or my sofa, so the fact it weighs more than the i Pad is mostly irrelevant to me... the overall weight of this device is much less than the combined weight of the iPad and macbook pro it is replacing, so my shoulder is very happy with the reduced weight on my travels, and now only one device to remove from my bag for airport screening.

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Out of the box it was a lovely looking unit with a great looking display. However as soon as I clicked on the EULA, the system enabled the orientation sensor, which wasn't properly oriented and caused hours of issues. Two runs through Windows Update, a BIOS upgrade, and using Windows Services to turn off the YMC service finally got the system into a state where it could be used.

System is great for reading and programming, and even does graphic intensive games pretty well if you run in "Medium" mode. It can get a little warm if you are actually using it in your lap, and it's a little heavy to use as a tablet if you don't have a stand.

Still glad I got this, but for $1K I would really expect Lenovo to make sure these things shipped in fully working order.

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I researched every ultrabook to find my new machine. I stumbled upon the Lenovo Yoga because the size, style, touchscreen and reputation Lenovo has.

The laptop arrived promptly thanks to Amazon. This laptop in the orange is gorgeous.

The laptop is well built but it seems the hinges could be a little stiffer. Lenovo states they did not want to make the hinges stiffer because then you would not be able to open with one hand. Don't get me wrong the screen does not wobble when using but compared to my old Dell XPS M1210 the hinges could be better.

The keyboard, mousepad and touchscreen are all top notch. The touchscreen is fluid and repsonds as quick as I touch. Same as the keyboard and mousepad. Wish the keyboard would light up.

Having the ability to flip into tablet mode is awesome. It is heavier than most tablets but remember this is not a tablet...I rarely use it as a tablet....my son loves playing games in tablet mode. He loves it so much that he thinks all laptops are touchscreen now!

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The screen is big enough to get serious work done. The entire computer is small enough to bring anywhere as well as use as a leisure device on the couch. The combination of touch and the ability to fold the device in any direction gives it a unique more customized feel. Like playing with clay or your favorite office chair that has 12 adjustments to give you the right fit for the mood of the moment.

The materials and orange finish are fantastic. My only complaint is its not fan-less/silent like an ipad. You get used to that silence but a trade off I'm willing to make since its flippin fast.

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Reason why I love it:

I love this laptop because it is fast (i-5 core processor). I also love its color beautiful orange. Touch-screen is convenient. And 360 degree rotation is a major reason why I bought this laptop and I absolutely love this feature although it is little heavy to use as a tablet. It didn't bother me though because I bought this as a full-functioning laptop and occasionally wanted to use in a tablet mode.

UPDATE (March 31, 2013): I absolutely love the function keys on this ultrabook: F7-airplane mode on/off, F8-brings up last 6 screens you have been so you can go to that screen directly from what you are doing now, F9 blacks out the screen (I accidentally pressed it and everything went dark but figured out what it is forif someone walks into your room and you don't want him/her to see what you are doing you can use this key :-)...you don't even have to press 'fn' button to engage function keys.

Reason why I didn't give 5 stars:

1) I am little bit concerned that it wasn't able to restart/refresh/system recovery once (I also got error message saying there are missing files to perform system restore). I am not sure if it is a hardware-related problem or if necessary software is missing. I wanted to refresh because my keyboard suddenly stopped working, internet explore didn't open, auto-rotation button stopped working & cannot connect to wi-fi). I tried 'refresh' again and it worked for the second time. So I don't understand why I got an error message for the first time but it is working fine after 'refreshing' my laptop was successful. If it has problems again I would have to contact Lenovo manufacturer customer service as it is still under manufacturer's warranty (it was shipped on March 2, 2013).

2) Windows 8 has some shortcomings. For example, certain features are not completely touch-operable, meaning that I have to use a mouse to use drop-down menus on websites. Another major complain is that once I log in to my amazon.com account there is no way to log out as there is no 'log out' option in the drop-down menus in Internet Explorer (both metro and desk top versions). I can log out on other websites or if I use Chrome. I hope Microsoft will fix these shortcomings in the near future.

I will update my review whether it continues to have the same problem or not. If it doesn't happen again I will upgrade my rating to 4.

Review of HP ENVY DV7-7212nr Quad Edition mSSD Windows 8 Notebook PC; 16GB

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I agonized for weeks before finally purchasing this laptop. In the end I decided what I really needed was a desktop replacement. A powerful, capable machine that could replace my aging tower and still be a laptop. In that I was not disappointed.

The good

This machine is quick! Video plays flawlessly, I am able to convert movies from one format to another averaging 10 minutes per 1.5 hour movie. My old tower would take 2 hours.

The screen is bright and clear. The keyboard lights up nicely and the sound is pretty darned good. Build quality is good, no flex to it even if you're Mr. Universe and manage to heft it by a single corner.

I like the fast wireless built in to the laptop and its easy to switch between wireless connections.

The so so

This notebook does heat up and grows uncomfortably warm on the legs if you are lounging around with it. The fan is on most of the time and you can hear it humming away although I wouldn't call it annoying.

Windows 8 takes some getting used to. The touch pad is only partially effective at gesture recognition and will leave you disappointed half the time. I guess I don't really get the purpose of the live tiles.. I have reverted to using the desktop mode almost exclusively. I probably won't bother with the hassle of downgrading to windows 7.

The bad

I really, really dislike the battery pack that came with this machine. In order to fit more oomph into it, there is a 1-inch tall ridge that runs for most of its length, functioning as a bit of a kickstand for the laptop so its tilted a bit towards you. While this is fine when its on a table, try putting it on your lap and that ridge quickly digs in and becomes uncomfortable. I am forced to keep my legs well apart so I catch the edges where the bottom is still flat which is also uncomfortable.

I also experienced a weird power pop up that kept coming up every 15 seconds warning me about my power supply. In the end I had to find the utility responsible and delete it from the HD before this warning would go away.

Fnally, perhaps due to some software I have on the laptop, perhaps due to something else, when I display and file open/save dialog, the machine frequently pauses for 10-15 seconds during which time the dialog is frozen. Very annoying for something this fast to be doing this so frequently.

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I consider this is a nice buy. It has all you want from a high performance laptop for a reasonable price compared for a Macbook Pro or something else.

At the first time i was wondering if this machine has softbuttons to have quick access to volume, wifi, bluetooth and others, I searched over the internet with no luck. So I had to wait to receive the laptop and finding this out by myself. For my surprise I found the F keys has this option as primary option and if you want to use the keys as F's you have to press Alt+F* as a very nice found.

The laptop is very quiet, materials are good considering I hate black laptops with easy finger printing. For 16mb you have to challenge yourself and the computer to use that much of memory. I bought this one to edit photos in Lightroom and Photoshop, while I listen music and stream movies. I can consider I have all these services run with no issues. So happy for that.

Windows 8? no issues found at this moment.

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Everything I expected and more--fast, beautiful screen, good keyboard (love backlighting) and generally good feel. Can't ask for more. Can't even suggest improvement.

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If you are seeking for a laptop to play computer games or enjoying movies and music. This DV7-7212nr will match your need very well.

The only reason may let you hesitate to buy this laptop is not easy to find a 17.3 laptop bag & backpack (I returned three backpack because this machine is a monster!!! Most of laptop backpack can't hold it.Fortunately swissgear IBEX 17 and targus citygear 17 will fit this monster.)

I will add more details later and I'm glad to talk with you if you want to know more about this amazing laptop.

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When I was about to purchase this Laptop, I did what everybody does, and read reviews like crazy. I was very impressed with the specs but other customer reviews had me in doubt.

I decided to go with my knowledge of the specs and purchase the laptop regardless of issues stated by others.

Firstly I just want to touch on some of the issues that other 'reviewers' posted along with their lower star rating... These claims made by others created hesitations in my mind but was never experienced after my purchase.

(1) Fan Noise:

The fan comes on pushing the slightly warm air out of the left side vents of the laptop.

The noise that someone mentioned simply cannot be heard. Rather a very light, gentle humming.

Feeling the light movement of air from these vents is comforting to me, know that heat is escaping.

In some other laptops, you can't feel air movement anywhere around the pc making you wonder about the internal cooling.

This laptop is very efficient in keeping the powerful i7 processor cool on its own without the need for a cooling pad.

The fan is effective and efficient; just ensure that with time, you try to keep the vents clear from dust. This will ensure that the heat is escaping efficiently.

If dust or any other material/substances are blocking the vents the heat will not escape and the fan will increase in speed. This increase in speed will obviously cause the fan to sound louder since it will be working harder to get the heat out.

(2) Heating:

Like I said before, the fan effective and efficiently remove the unwanted heat and keep the body of the laptop cool.

So far I never experienced any overheating of the laptop, used on a bed, used on a sofa, used on a table, used on my lap.

Once the vents are clear and not blocked by anything, the laptop will cool itself down effectively.

(3) 1 inch Ridge underneath laptop:

Other basic laptop designs have a base that lies flat onto whatever surface it is placed on.

Surprisingly enough these laptop designers put vents here (on the underneath) for heat to escape, but since the base of the laptop is pressed flat onto the surface it is placed on, then the heat gets trapped inside and you are then required to buy a 'cooling pad' to push cool air in these otherwise blocked vents.

But with this HP ENVY, the battery is designed is such a way that it has a ridge on the underneath.

This 'ridge' keeps the base tilted off the surface that it is placed on allowing air to pass freely keeping the system cool.

The underside of this laptop has a Beats Audio Subwoofer. Since the 'ridge' keeps the rear of the laptop up, the bass sound from the subwoofer is echoed effectively of the surface that the laptop is place on. This creates a cleaner, clearer sound as compared to other flat based laptops.

The tilt also positions the keyboard at a comfortable angle for your typing use and gives a clear view of the keyboard while it rests on a flat surface.

Since this ridge is only on the battery, it is not designed 'end to end' on the laptop. Rather it is positioned to the middle-back of the underneath, creating a comfortable space for both of your legs to hold up the laptop while you sit and use it.

Therefore the 'ridge' in no way creates and un-comfortable experience while being used on your lap.

Since the position of ridge forces you to position you legs to the both sides to hold up the laptop, the under vents are kept clear keeping the system and your legs cool.

The design also keeps the subwoofer vents clear, maintaining the free flow of the bass sound from the subwoofer.

(4) Weight:

This laptop has specs that will give alot of desktop systems some real competition, with that in mind, making a powerful laptop like this mobile is very impressive.

In other words, the system is thin and relatively light when considering the features, power, speed and various capabilities.

(5) LED Backlit:

The Keyboard is Full LED Backlit and is switched on/off by a key on the keyboard.

It has a beautiful pure white glow around each key along with the individual numbers and letters being lit.

A key for the caps, muting and switching the wifi on and off also has a LED light on it to indicate on/off position.

(6) Finger Print Scanner:

So far I've had no issues with this feature as the scanner reads my finger with one pass.

I assume that if issues are present, it may be a manufacture problem.

(7) Heavy Gaming:

Although the Laptop has impressive specs, don't give it a bad rating because you can't run one of your high graphic games that can't even play on your desktop.

For persons looking for a gaming pc, my advice is to try getting a six core with a 3.5GHz and up processor on a desktop tower.

This laptop handled games with medium graphics very smoothly without ever freezing, overheating or requiring reboot.

(8) Windows 8:

Giving any PC a bad rating due to your experience with Windows 8 is very unfair and unfortunate.

To all the persons unsure about Windows 8, give it a try. No one could have been more sceptical that me about it, but after familiarizing myself a bit, I realized that it wasn't much different to Windows 7.

The usual desktop screen that would appear after booting, is now a screen with tiles that act like shortcuts to different apps and folders.

These 'live' tiles (shortcuts) can be modified to the user's liking, for example more shortcuts/apps can be 'pinned' to this screen just as shortcuts were 'pinned' to Windows 7 Task Bar.

You can even revert to the more common desktop screen via one of the tiles.

Since the Windows 8 requires fewer resources to operate, the graphics can be set to max to show all the 'fluid' display graphics on any pc without taking away from other app performance, so on this laptop it runs effortlessly.

It just requires some getting used to it does have some bugs and some aspects can be improved but so far I have no major issues with it.

(9) Wifi and Wireless Connections:

As expected, the wifi reception range is very impressive.

I am now picking up signals from neighbours that I never saw coming up with my old pc.

The wireless connections are made fast and effortless by this laptop, contrary to what others are saying in previous reviews.

After I am connected, I stay connected without any drops or interruptions, maintaining high signal strength.

(10) Shipping:

The shipping was very fast and was maintained in excellent packaging.

Laptop came in original HP Box in mint condition. I even got it with a 'Prime' offer, so fast shipping was free.

The above ten points I made were to clear up some bad reviews that was mentioned by others who might influence you to purchase something else and lose out on this monster machine.

I wanted to post this since they, some of the other reviewers, almost convinced me not to buy it.

But I took a chance based on the specs and decided to check everything out myself.

I wanted to confirm if the statements made by these (few) people, represented actual product flaws or just unfortunate manufacture defects.

I am in no way discrediting persons with genuine issues; I am just saying that their issues may me of some manufacture defect and not a product defect. Some people though tend to exaggerate minor personal dislikes and give poor ratings.

I'm providing a review based on actual experience compared to many other laptops that I had encountered in the past.

(11) The Body and Structure:

I must say that this pc in no way feels cheap. It is made of a metal frame with solid structure.

The keys feel soft and comfortable, pressed effortlessly.

The touch pad is large and positioned away from hands while typing.

I did find that the right and left click buttons on the touch pad are a bit 'clicky' and could have been designed like the keyboard buttons.

I especially like the feature of: Wifi, Sound, LED Backlit, Screen Brightness etc, all being controlled without the pressing of a function (fn) key. Just press the assigned key and the changes can be made.

The overall design is strong durable and well thought out, providing comfort of use, flow for heat and sound, etc. Even the HP logo on the top face of the laptop lights up, just as the apple in Macs light up.

(12) The Speakers and Sound:

There are five Beats Audio Speakers including the Beats Audio Subwoofer on the underneath.

The sound is truly immersive! You wouldn't believe that it is coming from a laptop.

There are two speakers on the monitor facing you, two speakers facing upward just above the keyboard, and the subwoofer below.

Tested it with the Blu-ray Transformers2 disc and I was blown away.

It's unlike any other laptop sound. You just have to experience it!

(13) The Upgrade to 16GB RAM:

When the RAM is upgraded to 16 GB, the Intel Rapid Start Technology is disabled.

I will go into a bit of explanation of this to help others understand what took place and the benefits.

There are two types of these 'Technologies' on this system:

(1) Intel Rapid Start Technology

(2) Intel Rapid Storage Technology (cache acceleration)

* What is Intel Rapid Start Technology?

Intel Rapid Start Technology is basically a feature that allows the PC to resume from `sleep mode' faster than usual.

* What causes the Upgrade of the RAM to affect the Intel Rapid Start Technology?

The laptop has 32GB of SSD (Solid State Disk).

8GB (from the 32GB) is used as a hibernation partition for fast resume via Intel Rapid START Technology.

The remainder of the SSD, about 22GB as displayed by Windows, is used as a cache to accelerate the 750 GB hard drive via Intel Rapid STORAGE technology (also called Intel Smart Response Technology).

NOTE: the 32BG is displayed as 30GB, just as the 750GB hard disk is displayed as 699GB, nothing new here.

Intel Rapid Start requires the hibernation partition (the 8GB) to be equal to or larger than the total amount of RAM installed. Since there was an upgrade to 16 GB of RAM, Intel Rapid Start will no longer work.

From the 32 GB SSD, Intel Rapid STORAGE Technology requires a minimum of 18.6 GB. Therefore the 8GB on from the SSD cannot be increased to the 16GB (equal to the RAM) for the Intel Rapid Start Technology to be enabled, because there will be less than the 18.6 GB that is required for the Intel Rapid Storage Technology to work.

Hence the reason why the Rapid Start Technology is disabled, but the Intel Rapid Storage Technology is still functional as normal.

If you want to have 16 GB of RAM and both Intel Rapid START and Rapid STORAGE technologies working, you'd need to replace the 32 GB SSD with something larger, like a 64 GB SSD for example. But this would require some detailed research before interfering inside there.

COMPUTER UPGRADE KING was the seller that I bought my HP ENVY with the 16 GB upgrade and the Intel Rapid Start Technology disabled.

I personally tested the system performance with this Intel Rapid Start Technology disabled, (that is; resuming the pc from sleep mode), and it resumed very fast regardless.

To me the upgrade to the 16GB of RAM from the original 8GB is a very big improvement in overall performance, hence the reason why I refer to this machine as a beast.

The benefits of upgrading the RAM to 16GB outweigh the benefits of the Intel Rapid Start Technology, since the computer resumes fast (from sleep) without it anyway.

I still got the 1 year warranty from HP for the original parts of the laptop, and COMPUTER UPGRADE KING gave me three (3) years warranty on their upgraded parts.

(14) Seller : COMPUTER UPGRADE KING Customer Service

The customer service was excellent!

I posted many inquiries to them and they did not hesitate to give full explanation and answers to my questions with fast response.

The delivery was free and on time with secure packaging.

Conclusion:

the only major hesitation that existed in my mind was the fact the RAM was upgraded, causing something to be disabled.

But the benefits of faster overall performance outweighed the Intel Rapid Start Technology.

And with the full warranty provided by 'Computer Upgrade King' for their upgrade and parts, it is well worth it!

My Laptop is now the "ENVY" of all who knows about it...

Cheap Dell Inspiron 15R i15RM-1439sLV 15.6-Inch Laptop (Moon Silver)

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I really like the laptop but struggling with Windows 8. I don't like the email setup compared to Windows 7.

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What I like most is the design of the computer. It was a fair price. It was easy to set up and get going. It is lighter than my previous Dell,but heavier than the XPS I have. This is used by all in this house.

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product looks good but keypad lock is broken near F5 key, so once i punch anything f5 it makes lot of noise.

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Functions well, but feels cheap with all plastic case. Mouse pad does not have scrolling bar. Battery is ok. Overall not too bad for this price.

Dell Inspiron i17R-1713 17.3-Inch Laptop (Diamond Black) Review

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I've had the Dell Inspiron 17R (500 gig hard drive; 4 gigs RAM; i5-2410m processor) for about a month. I upgraded it to 6 gigs of RAM.

The Inspiron is a pretty good value. You get a lot of machine for the money. The i5-2410m processor is fast. Combined with the large amount of RAM, it'll handle with ease any normal, everyday task, such as watching movies, browsing, word processing, home video editing, and so on. I can't speak to whether it'd be suitable for gaming, because I don't use it for that. However, it is quite a powerful laptop for routine computer stuff.

I have seen the screen criticized elsewhere, for not being super-high resolution, but I disagree. The 17.3" screen is one of the high points of this laptop. It is bright, sharp, and easy to read. I've always been a fan of "desktop replacement" laptops, and have several over the years, always with a 17" screen. I think this is one of the better screens out there. It's 1600x900, which is not 1920x1080, but it's still very sharp, and the Inspiron 17R is half the price of a 1920x1080 laptop.

It comes with a nice mix of ports. Two USB 3.0, a USB 2.0, and an extremely useful eSATAe. The USB3.0 ports are not providing the kind of performance I was hoping for. I think that either the laptop or my external drives are not configured properly to take advantage of USB3.0. I'm getting USB3.0 speeds that are little better than USB2.0. On the other hand, the eSATAe port is blazin' fast. I plan just to use the eSATAe port and not bother with the 3.0 ports.

My main complaint with this laptop is the mouse pad. There are some laptops out there that have a mouse which jumps around too much. This is one of them. Many other laptops do not have this problem anymore; it was a design problem that was fixed over the years. So, what does this problem entail? When you're typing, the cursor will occasionally jump elsewhere on the screen, and if you're not careful, you can end up deleting important text. And, as another reviewer noted, there's the occasional related problem of the mouse-pointer sort of pinning itself to the right side of the screen; when this happens, nothing you do on the mousepad will unstick it, and you just have to fuss with it and, ultimately, wait for it to decide to start working again. Experimenting with the mouse pad controls (sensitivity and speed, in Control Panel) helps a little, but not a lot. Fundamentally, it is just a bad mouse pad, something that should have been addressed by Dell and put to rest a long, long time ago. The cursor-jumpiness around the screen is just unacceptable on a modern laptop. The keyboard itself is mediocre; it has nice chicklet-style keys that are easy to type on, but they occasionally miss a letter when they shouldn't. I spilled just a couple of drops of Diet Coke on one key, and now that key and six surrounding keys have permanent pop-and-crackle noises when I touch them. Many (in fact, "most" or "all") other laptop keyboards are more mishap-tolerant than the one in the 17R. I want to love this laptop, but I have to say that laptops from other brands such as Toshiba have much better keyboards and mouse pads.

The battery life is poor. It is the shortest battery life I have ever experienced on a laptop. You can get about 90 minutes if you are doing light browsing. Any sort of heavy usage, like movie-watching, will put you down in the 60 to 75 minute range. I really don't get that. I've had other 17" monitor laptops that ran for 2.5 to 3.5 hours between charges. It doesn't bother me much, because I use it at home, where it's plugged in. If I was in more of a road-warrior mode, I would've already returned it. This laptop basically needs to be plugged in when you're using it. It is also very heavy substantially heavier than my last couple of 17" laptops. It really is not designed for road use, either in battery usage or weight; it's truly an old-school desktop replacement laptop.

In summary: for the price, you get a lot of laptop with Dell. The Inspiron 17R has a beautiful screen, a very fast processor, and ample storage and RAM for normal business or personal use. I don't think for the $600 to $700 (depending on configuration) you can get much more laptop elsewhere. However, the mouse, and specifically the jumpiness of the mouse, truly sucks. The keyboard is very low-end -so low-end it's hard to believe Dell thought this was an acceptable component to put on a modern, $600 machine. All in all, I give this laptop 3 stars. I would like to see Dell really drill down on why their mousepads and keyboards are not up to the competition, and replace them with better parts. I have a feeling this one will last about a year or two, and then I will probably replace it with a different brand.

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Overall, I love this product, though considering the last computer I had was a 12.5"

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The HP Pavilion g6-1c79nr seems to be a great laptop. I've had it for about a week now; it works very well and is sturdy/decent quality (re previous comments stating otherwise). And as far as I can see, it has the best specs for the price ($429 when I bought it). We'll see how it holds up as time goes on...

All in all, I really like this laptop!

Update (as of 3/2012)...

The laptop is STILL running perfectly. MORE than satisfied with it! Definitely didn't waste our money;-)

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good value, hard to find one like this for the dollars spent.

was delivered 2 days earlier than quoted and I had it up and connected wirelessly in about 20 minutes.

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I've had it for 2 weeks now and it's performed up to my very high standards. Only thing i wish is that it had an AMD video card as opposed to Intel HD. I needed to get this ASAP after my previous laptop (Compaq Presario CQ52, also owned by HP) died. So i was skeptical about getting another laptop owned under the same company. I almost decided upon a 3GB ram Intel Pentium Toshiba model.

PROS:

-Intel Core i3 Processor is insanely fast paired with the amount of RAM that comes with it for indexing large files on the 640GB hard drive.

-4GB RAM really increases the boot time in my opinion. With both the i3 processor and the amount of RAM the boot time is about 30 seconds max, depending on how many files you have on your hard drive though.

-Some of the start-up programs are very useful especially if you're just getting the hand of Windows 7 or are very new to the operating system. The system comes with per-loaded with a number of HP designed programs, that could be uninstalled if you don't really see the need for them. Skype and a suite of Windows Live programs saves you the time of actually installing it yourself, and i was up on Wi-Fi in no time at all. So if you're big on Skype and social messaging, you'll be up in about 3 minutes after the first boot and setup, talking with your friends.

-The slimness factor of the laptop is great, as opposed to other bulkier laptops.

-The battery life has decent time, but it really depends upon how higher your brightness settings are on your computer. You would normally think it matters how much programs you actually have open, but that hasn't been a factor in the battery percentage for me, it's really the brightness settings.

-Microsoft Office 2010 Starter comes pre-installed as well, it's very useful if you don't have the funds to purchase the full version (Home, Student or Professional) right off the bat. But i was privileged enough to have a copy of Microsoft Office 2010 Profession Plus already, so i uninstalled the one that came on the system and installed that. But it really depends on how much and how often you depend on Microsoft Office.

-Windows 7 looks absolutely beautiful on this machine, combined with the HD BrightView LED-backlit Display and the Intel HD video card that comes with over 1.5GB of memory. The transparent aero themes really compliment that laptop as an overall product when powered on.

CONS:

-The trackpad has a rough texture as opposed to the texture on the rest of the laptop which is moderately smooth. I wouldn't preferred it the other way around actually, but buying a USB wireless or wired mouse that goes for about $7 right here on amazon along with your order will do you good.

-The brightness on the laptop increases by 150% whenever i watch a movie in full screen. I tried changing this in the Intel Graphic Properties control panel, but it doesn't change. It takes about 5 seconds when i exited out of full screen mode for the brightness settings to automatically re-adjust to what it once was.

-As mentioned in the PROS, the amount of programs currently opened takes a toll on the fan as normally opposed to the battery life, let's say on other laptops. Sometimes it just roars up out of nowhere if i have 4 or more programs open.

-The antivirus program that comes pre-installed (Norton 60-day) can become really annoying when it alerts of you of every little change you make on the system. I recommend installing Microsoft Security Essentials, and removing Norton, if you don't like to be bothered every 2 minutes when you make a setting change in control panel. Of course i could be exaggerating a tad bit, because i am biased towards Microsoft Security Essentials.

-The Intel HD video card comes with alot memory but playing a game such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which came out in 2005, has fuzzy white dots scattered on the screen when you're playing. Now it's not overbearing, but it's quite that noticeable during gameplay if you pay close attention to detail. If you consider yourself picky about video quality during gameplay, then it would be a problem for you. I haven't really ventured into higher quality games as yet to actually report on how they appear in this laptop.be a problem.

-The laptop's weight isn't bad, but be careful how wave it around and carry it in your hands.

I would recommend purchasing a not to pricy cooling pad, or even the Logitech Cooling Pad N200 with USB-Powered 2-Speed Fan (939-000346), (i bought one) to ensure your laptop will be on a safe base doesn't get a crack even in the slightest, because that seems very likely to happen, it has sort of a cheap feel to it when you hold the sides, but with your palms rested on it, the feelings is very comfortable and sturdy. Kudos to HP on keeping the balance on the design between great quality and cheap. It sometimes keeps you from saying "Did i pay too much for this?"

If you consider yourself a power user and a huge multi-tasker, then this laptop is for you, and the processor and RAM, parallel to each other gives you that and more. A decent RAM upgrade of

8GB would cost you $49 depending on where you look. I ran Vue 9 xStream on this and it runs smoothly, but i haven't tried Autodesk 3ds Max as yet. At the time i paid for this the price was $418.00 and it's a great deal when you consider the specs that come in it.

Recommendations (by user types):

Basic User you will definitely love this laptop and won't have a complaint about speed. These kinds of users usually browse the web and view documents or listen to music and play DVDs.

Intermediate User (could be considered power user) multi-tasking between web-browsing, watching videos, editing documents all at the same time, you won't have a problem with the speed allotted to you.

Advanced User Experienced gaming, Video editing, 3D modeling, web-browsing, watching videos, downloading files all simultaneously this laptop would still meet up to your standards (it did to mine), though i wouldn't recommend doing all that on a regular basis. I would personally advise you to upgrade your RAM on this machine if you do those sorts of activities frequently, like me. To be cautions against it your machine eventualy wearing down because of you using those kinds of programs more and more.

P.S. This computer only allows 2 slots of RAM, and the most i found so far is and 8GB stick with 4 for each (4x2). I am unsure if the processor could be upgrade with let's say an Intel Core i5 or i7 but it's worth looking into instead of purchasing a $900 laptop with those two things pre-installed in it.

I see a number of other people's reviews such as "HP is getting out of the computer business for a reason" and "the laptop's screen is very spotty, meaning I get random blue and black spots on the screen " and i haven't had the pleasure of experiencing that as yet, but i do not have any complaints so far. Like i always say, everyone will have a different experience with their product, it won't all be the same, but it depends on if you want to take that chance of actually purchasing it and trying for yourself. I absolutely love it, but i am definitely purchasing an 8GB RAM stick to go with this machine, just to be sure to not repeat the past of machines slowing down due to the lack of speed required to index the amount of files i would have on the hard drive.

I will update in about 7-8 months on my status.

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I just got the laptop today, but I gotta say, the delivery was AMAZING, paid a few extra dollars for 1 day shipping, and got it in less than 17hs, everything in perfect condition.

Computer runs fast, soundless and with no problems so far.

Basically, a great deal for a very good computer.

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No tengo palabras para describir lo magnifico que este equipo, me gusta mucho ya que su amplia pantalla de 15.6 pulgadas te permite tener una buena vista de lo que alli se proyecte sin tener que forzar mucho la vista, su potente procesador en conjunto con su memoria ram hacen de este equipo una bestia de procesamiento siendo este apenas un core i3, no quiero imaginar lo que haria un core i7. no he tenido dificultad alguna al momento de instalar algun programa, ha tenido una buena compatibilidad con los programas que le instalado. siendo una bateria nueva rinde mucho (4 horas y medias). Compre y he traido a venezuela a traves de un sistema puerta a puerta y me he ahorrado mucho si hubiese tenido que comprarla aqui.

I have no words to describe how wonderful this team, I really like because its 15.6-inch wide screen allows you to have a good view of what is planned there without forcing much in sight, its powerful processor in conjunction with memory ram make this team a processing beast and this just a core i3 not want to imagine what would a core i7. I have not had any difficulty when installing any program, has had a good compatibility with programs that you installed. new battery still goes a long (4 hours and half). Buy and have brought to Venezuela through a door to door and I saved a lot if I had to buy it here.

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