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NO TEN KEY BOARD. THE TOUCH-PAD BROKE AFTER ONE MONTH. HOWEVER, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS GREAT. THEY SENT A TECHNICIAN TO MY HOUSE!!!! TO FIX IT. SO I CAN'T WHINE TO MUCH ABOUT IT. I DON'T LIKE THE SCROLLING AND I AM NOW HAVING A NETWORK PROBLEM THAT THE DELL HELP DESK OFFERED TO FIX FOR $110.00 EVEN THOUGH MY COMPUTER IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

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This is a review of the Asus laptop, not Windows 8. I'm a retired computer professional and I've had over a dozen different laptops over the years, from economy models to the top-of-the-line (so I have a large frame of reference). I'm really pleased with this laptop -it's a great value and I really don't need any more power or features for what I do these days. I use it mostly for web browsing, Office apps (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint), Photoshop, iTunes management of a huge music library, and email. I'm "on my computer" over 8 hours a day. For those purposes, this laptop is serving me well at a great price. I looked at a lot of others in the same price range and decided on this one for these reasons: a good processor (I don't think I saw any faster ones in this price range), 500GB disk drive (I really don't need more space and I have larger external USB drives if I ever do), a decent integrated graphics adapter, 3 USB ports including USB 3.0, an HDMI port, VGA output for non-digital TVs and monitors (not found on many current laptops but it's still useful), DVD burner, a pretty long battery life, and a 1-year warranty on accidental drops and spills.

When I first started using the laptop, I was very impressed by the feel and the action of the keyboard and the brightness and clarity of the 15.6" screen. I was also pleased that it wasn't pre-loaded with a bunch of free-trial crap software (all I got rid of was the 30-day(?) free-trial McAfee anti-virus, which I replaced with AVG free edition). I added 4GB of Kingston memory for a total of 8GB RAM and so far I have no complaints about performance. (

Some buyers may want to know that the disk drive is formatted with C and D partitions, 186 GB and 258 GB in size, respectively. That's smart, but I wonder if non-technical users will ever even access and use the large D partition since all user files (My Documents, etc.), by default, are put on the C partition. On the D drive, I put all my music files, my thousands of digital photos, and other large data collections which I don't need to frequently access via the convenient user folders (My Documents, My Pictures, etc.). I think there's an additional recovery partition, but it doesn't appear in the file manager.

I have only a couple complaints. The left/right buttons at the bottom of the touchpad take a lot of pressure to make them click (probably intentional to avoid accidental clicking) and I don't like the feel of their action. I thought maybe I'd stop using a mouse and switch to using the touchpad only, but the feel of those buttons caused me to go back to my mouse within a few hours of use. The other complaint is that there's no LED indicator when Caps Lock or Numeric Lock is enabled on the keyboard, but that's a pretty minor issue. (UPDATE: I just discovered there *are* LEDs for Caps and Numeric lock -they are small green LEDs on the front left edge, next to some other LEDs like the disk activity LED).

So, I'm very pleased with this laptop and I think it's a tremendous value in its price range. No regrets on this purchase! Windows 8 is a different story and I'm not crazy about it, but I'm learning to adjust. I would prefer to have Windows 7 which was the best Windows OS to date. Windows 8 is not nearly as bad as many reviewers would have you believe. By creating my user account as a 'local user', ignoring the Start Screen that looks like a smart phone and only using the Windows desktop, it's very much like using Windows 7. You just have to find where they hid some things like the Start Menu (use Windows key + X combination). And so far, all the software I have (some of which is pretty old, like Office 2003), has installed without compatibility problems. I almost paid much more to get a laptop with Windows 7 instead of 8, based on all the negative comments, but I'm glad I didn't do that. The negative comments are overblown.

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I did a lot of research before finally purchasing this laptop by ASUS. The biggest selling points for me were as follows:

ASUS 1 year "360 Notebook Warranty" including 1 year of Accidental Damage/Handling and a Limited 1 year manufacturer warranty.

The AMD A8 4500M APU is super speedy. If you're purchasing a laptop beware that the A6 4400 has a 1MB L2 cache while the A8 has a BIG 4MB L2 cache. While the dual core is rated at a higher frequency the quad core is capable of handling multiple data loads simultaneously much more efficiently.

The Radeon 7640G has 512mb dedicated memory and is capable to pull from the system resources. While this machine CANNOT run games at the highest settings it does an excellent job of being able to run MOST games at low-med settings with high FPS.

4gb ram upgradeable to 16gb.

Pros: Low Price point, 1 year ADH warranty, fast quad core cpu, 4mb L2 cache, fast HDD, fast boot option, instant on resume function2 second wake-up from sleep mode.

Cons: Poor viewing angles on screen, plastic shell/case,

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I doubted this laptop would perform that well given its $399 price tag. Incredibly I continue to be blown away by its superb performance, it has quickly become my favorite (of six) computers to use! Even though it's comprised of plastic, it's light weight and superior performance leave me wanting little. Even with 3D games, the performance continues to astound me given the low price I paid.

I bought a 16GB memory upgrade for $85 a week later and it has solidly placed this laptop at the top of my techy toys list. I am dumbfounded by the sheer performance of this low cost laptop.

Pros: low price, above average performance, memory up-gradable to 16GB and out performs my MacBook that cost $1300.

Cons: Made of plastic and does not have superman powers..

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I'm re-writing this review to include a tutorial on how to fix up the laptop without voiding the warrantee. I'm upping it to 4 stars now that I've fixed it. The hardware is great, the software can be fixed.

Pros:

Great Hardware

Fast Processor

Big Video specs

Built in tutorial for windows 8

Comes with 50 GB cloud storage for 3 years

Cons:

Windows 8

The trackpad is awful (tutorial below reduces annoyance)

The wireless will drop out (tutorial below fixes)

Packed with bloatware (you can uninstall it)

Webcam sucks (mic is great though)

Small HD space

Performance expectations:

You will be able to play most games at max settings if the game was released prior to 2010. You will be able to play most new releases up to current day at reduced graphics settings. Applications will run at a reasonably high speed.

Hard Drive(s)

The laptop comes with two small 5400 RPM hard drives (C and D). The OS is installed to C, and D is empty. If you install your programs to drive D, you will get significant performance gains because your motherboard can process twin data streams at 100% capacity. YOU MUST DO THIS TO MAKE GAMES AND APPLICATIONS RUN SMOOTHLY.

Trackpad fix:

The built in drivers for the trackpad add "smoothing" effects and whatnot that make the trackpad even harder to use. They do not provide basic functions like turning off the trackpad.

Fix it:

1. Plug in a USB mouse

2. Download the Synaptics driver platform for mouse, windows 8 option.

3. Using the USB mouse, uninstall the trackpad drivers.

a. right click on the bottom left corner of desktop

b. in the context menu, select "device manager"

c. in the device manager, right click on the trackpad's controller, it is under "Mice and other pointing devices"

d. select "properties" from the drop down menu

e. select the "driver" tab

f. select "uninstall" and follow the on-screen instructions

4. Install the new synaptics drivers

5. You now have better mouse handling, and you can right-click the trackpad icon in the desktop tray, go to the "Device Settings" tab, and disable the trackpad.

6. Install touch-freeze

This will "stun" the mouse while you are typing, which will prevent accidental clicks from messing up your typing.

Wireless fix:

The built in drivers disable the wireless card on a regular basis in order to conserve power. You will need to replace the aetheros drivers with the most up-to-date drivers, and disable some features in the Realtek PCIe driver context menu.

1. Download the Aetheros drivers

download link:

site:

2. This package will install just fine. Follow the on-screen instructions.

3. Reboot.

4. Go to the device manager, select "network adapters," and right click "Qualcomm Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adapter"

5. Select "properties"

6. Select the "Power Management" tab

7. uncheck the box "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"

8. Click "OK"

9. Go back to the device manager

10. Right click and slect properties on "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller"

11. Go to the "advanced" tab

12. Modify the following Properties

Energy Efficient Ethernet> Disabled

Green Ethernet> Disabled

13. Go to the "Power Management" tab

14. unchcheck "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power

15. click "OK"

16. Enjoy stable internet.

Windows 8 Fix:

If you miss the traditional Windows layout, you can install a third party start button. I recommend this one:

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I'm using this laptop mostly for internet browsing, work, and gaming. It does it all, more than I expected after a few weeks of owning it.

This laptop is fast. It's fast booting up, shutting down, loading programs, buffering videos, downloading, etc. Never had a problem. All the features: IceCool palm rests, SuperBatt Tech, InstantOn, and 5% AutoBackup work great. The InstantOn is my favorite, my other laptops and desktops are nowhere near as fast booting up and shutting off. The laptop will boot up to the start screen as long as it takes for you to sip a cup of coffee.

Win8 gets getting used to, many people like to complain about changes, but I have no major complaints. The only complaint I have is I was disappointed that there's no Microsoft Office installed. When I had to do work I was prompted to buy a CD key, not what I expected.

What I love the most is the gaming power of this laptop. You wouldn't expect much from an entry level priced laptop, but I'm playing Shogun 2 Total War on medium smoothly. With that being said, I'm already starting to fill up my hard drive downloading Steam games!

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I purchased this exact i5 Helix pre-launch from an Ebay reseller so I've had about a month of use with it. If you don't already know from watching one of those brief Helix ads, it's a tablet convertible laptop with dual batteries. I'll skip all the specs and go to my experience.

First of all, I come from using a Surface RT, Razer Blade, and self-built PCs. I sold my Surface RT and Razer Blade to pursue my journey of finding my ultimate device to augment my work. Razer Blade was incredibly fast and powerful, but it was too big, gets too hot on the lap, and looks unprofessional. The Surface RT's kickstand is a pain to use on a lap. It keeps falling over and it's ARM processor doesn't allow for freedom of programming languages. I have to use Python and Visual Basic for financial modeling. The Helix fixes all these issues for me of course. Design-wise, I believe it to be the best implementation of a convertible so far. I'll list the negatives though.

The touchpad is frustrating. The usual Thinkpad buttons are gone and the whole pad is allowed to be touched to move the pointer. That's a problem because when I click, I tend to move my finger. I would ultimately start dragging things or clicking the wrong links. Lowering the sensitivity helps but it really shouldn't be that troublesome. Lowering sensitivity obviously makes it less responsive, such as touching the touchpad slightly to the side of your finger won't be registered if sensitivity is too low.

Two-finger scrolling is terribly unresponsive and unusable. I have since switched to one-finger scroll with the circular gesture. I find the one-finger scroll to respond enough of the time to work effectively. However, it is no match to a MacBook's touchpad's two-finger scroll response. I wish they got this right.

Fan is always on. Don't get me wrong, the fan is not noisy compared to something like the Razer, but it's strange that it has not turned off while I just type this review. I can't really figure out how to install TPfancontrol for the Helix. Some help would be appreciated.

The upper right corner of screen/tablet can get pretty hot. It's not too much trouble for me since I usually work on my lap and there is no heat from the keyboard.

The battery life is great but it's nothing like the Surface RT. The Surface RT claims 8 hour battery life. Lenovo claims 10 for the Helix. Well, if both were playing videos, I'm sure the Surface RT would last longer. The Helix drains quicker. The battery life is still phenomenal for a device this powerful, and I haven't needed to charge at work yet. However, I watch my battery life closer with the Helix than I did with the Helix. I drain the keyboard battery so quickly. I understand it is a trade-off though. The Helix has a much nicer display and I can definitely attach an external monitor or TV to the Helix. I would experience horrible, unusable lag if I did that with the Surface.

Next problem may be a Windows 8 issue. Because the Helix is 1080p and only 11.6", everything is pretty small. If I try to get Windows to enlarge icons, text, etc., fonts and pictures would look blurry. I haven't found a solution to this yet except keeping to the default smaller settings.

Next issue is the price. For about $1700, this is extremely expensive. I LOVE the design but I start to doubt whether it's really worth the price. I love a small tablet PC that I can work on in bed with a fantastic feeling keyboard. One alternative is the Thinkpad Tablet 2 which I tried in a store and it was pretty awesome. I actually prefer the design of the Tablet 2 over the Helix. It is so small and Lenovo designed a beautiful case for it. The problem with it is that I cannot adjust the screen angle, hdd space is limited, keyboard trackpoint is annoying, and the performance of the processor with multiple screens is dubious. However, as a simple programming and office device, I could see myself happy with the Tablet 2. For now, I still think the Thinkpad Helix is possibly the best business laptop, but I would love a slimmed down version that's even thinner and cheaper.

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Frequent requests for buying additional software (for PDF, backup's etc)

Spacebar key (left side ok, right side or center needed extra push)

The helix has two batteries: keyboard dock and tablet. The tablet one stopped being recognized by the OS after a week.

Stylus would would stop working every other day and I had to recalibrate it every time.

Noisy and overheating (Not a biggie; I had the i7 core; not much that Lenovo could do to fix that).

+ Nice display

+ Touch screen works very nicely

+ Windows 8 works smoothly

+ Two power chargers

After two weeks of playing with it I returned it, mostly because of the battery failure. (Tried to update BIOS, of course loaded all updates, etc).

Nice idea, somewhat poorly executed. For a machine that costs over $2K I expect something better.

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I wish I had time to write a comprehensive review but here is the bottom line. I sell over 1,000 PCs and Notebooks a year and have been doing it since 1987. This is the most impressive machine I've had the pleasure of working with in many, many ways.

It's solidly built. The screen is super bright and sharp. It's touch and it has a stylus for jotting notes and marking up documents and presentations. It boots super fast and it runs just as fast (mine is the i7 version but can't be much of a noticeable difference). It presents no compromises as a notebook or as a tablet.

If you fly a lot you will appreciate the battery life which got me to Europe with power to spare. Also by detaching the tablet, turning it 180 degrees around and re-attaching it to the keyboard base you get a tablet that will sit at a 30 degree angle on your trey table. Much easier to manage than a typical tablet sitting flat.

The only weakness I found is not the machine's fault Windows 8 remains a struggle for me. It's a great touch OS but going back and forth between "Metro" applications and the traditional desktop and non-Metro applications is a bit painful. That is probably more my lack of experience than anything but it's definitely an issue for me at this stage.

It's expensive but it's worth the money in my opinion. Not affordable for everyone but neither is a BMW. If you are looking for a flexible travel machine that doubles as a notebook and tablet, the Helix is what I would recommend.

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I've been looking for a tablet/computer that I could use for work and for play (and that runs real Windows) for over a year now and the Helix has delivered on both fronts. The portability is amazing, pop the screen off and you have a tablet you can carry around the house or into meetings, snap it back on and its ready for work (or a little gaming). And through this, the battery keeps on going.

A couple things could be improved on though, it could have the next generation of Intel processors (Haswell) in it. This would drastically increase battery life. Also the graphics card is only on-board (Intel 4000), so don't expect to run anything at high rez, but I've been able to play both SWTOR and Civ V without any real issue. Also the RAM is supposedly soldered onto the board making it pretty much impossible to upgrade later. Though it sounds like the hard drive is removable.

If you can afford to wait, I would wait until these guys have Haswell chips in them (you'll get WAY better battery life). If not, buy this computer. I did a lot of research into all the hybrids on the market right now and this is by far the best.

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Expensive yes, but its a great laptop. No Haswell is not a huge problem as the battery runs 9 hrs as is. Keyboard far better than another hybrid option. Its is a great laptop and a solid tablet. Everything else has a stronger bias, such as the Lenovo Yoga which is great laptop but a mediocre tablet. Or the Microsoft Surface devices, which are very nice tablets but really so-so as laptops. The Helix does both extremely well. Its somewhat overpriced, but if you really want the laptop/ultrabook in one (as many travelers do) and don't want do use two machines to do it (laptop plus tablet) this is the best option on the market today.

Update Major issues with trackpad. Hard to use and ultimately resulted in returning the device. The trackpad had a lot of travel when click and causes the pointer to hop around when clicking. Small issue ultimately brought down the utility of a very interesting hybrid.

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I am so pleased with this laptop. The i5 processor is speedy, and the computer is beautifully made..solid and not flimsy feeling but lightweight as well. I was a little worried about its graphics abilities, because it does not have a separate graphics card, but there is a good menu for adjustments of the visuals and that works well for me.

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Bottom-Line: Hands down, the Dell Latitude E6500 is a performance winner.

Now that Windows 7 is finally on the street, it is time for another technology refresh; this time the entire department traded up to the Dell "Latitude E6500 Notebook" computer. Dell constructed the business-class notebook of a magnesium alloy, rugged paint finish and tough metal hinges, which makes the "Latitude E6500" more durable than older Dell portable offerings.

My slate black (it can also be had in red and blue) "Latitude E6500" doesn't feel any heavier than the notebook it replaces, a Dell Latitude 8 series, which makes carrying the portable desktop replacement everyday easy on the shoulders and back. But the "Latitude E6500" is far more capable than the Latitude D820 checking in with 4GB of Ram, an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and 15.4" Premium WXGA LED display.

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The "Latitude E6500" comes very close to being a full fledged, full feathered desktop replacement; the unit houses your choice of Intel Core 2 Duo Processors; mine shipped with the base P8600 running at 2.40GHz with 3MB L2 cache, on a 1066MHz FSB. And while the D600 only sported (2) USB 2.0 ports, the ruggedized "Latitude E6500" has 4 including a combo USB/Power port and combo USB/eSATA.

In addition the notebook can be had with a integrated fingerprint reader, as well as only (1) PC Card/ExpressCard 54 slot, (1) 4-pin mini-Firewire port, Smartcard slot, 5-n-1 card reader, E-Family modular media bay: (8X DVD-ROM, 24X CDRW/DVD, 8X DVD+/-RW, second Hard Drive or Travel Lite Module), and Port Replication port to round out the expandability of this performance packed laptop.

Starting at some 5.2-pounds the "Latitude E6500" feels comfortable while typing on the broad, full featured back-lit keyboard, that is complemented by a pointing stick and a touch pad; both of which have their own sets of mouse buttons. The feel of the keyboards' keys reminds me of the IBM keyboards of old that felt good on the fingers and felt almost metallic and strong.

And both can be set up to disable themselves automatically when an external pointing device is added to an available USB port. You can optionally configure the "Latitude E6500" to use biometric security (fingerprint reader), which can be integrated into the right hand side of the laptop below the keyboard.

The "Latitude E6500" features a bright, crisp, 15.4-inch UltraSharp WUXGA wide screen with an ultra-fine, 1900 x 1200 native resolution that renders great graphics, but makes the text and icons difficult to read; I have my screen set to 1280x768, which proves to be a very workable setting for me.

In the area of wireless networking, the "Latitude E6500" excels. Unlike other laptops I have used that integrate wireless into the case--usually in the screen housing--the "Latitude E6500" incorporates a switch on the right edge of the laptop that turns the wireless adapter off and on: slide the switch forward, and the built-in 802.11 b/g wireless card automatically searches for available networks, displaying those available on the screen and indicating whether the network is 11Mbps or a faster (G) network. The WiFi switch can also be configured to switch on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or both of them.

In addition to the ports I mentioned above the "Latitude E6500" also features a standard VGA, infrared, 56Kbps modem, Gigabit Ethernet, headphone, and microphone jacks. Because the "Latitude E6500" is built for the business user, the unit lacks multimedia features such as S-Video, S/PDIF audio, and a HDMI port, and more USB ports that might typically be found on consumer/multi-media-oriented laptops. The D280 does house a DVD/CD-RW drive, which together with the included CyberLink PowerDVD software can used to view movie while on the road.

The "Latitude E6500" can be fitted with a maximum of 8GB of Dual Channel DDR2 RAM, and 250GB HHD. However, there a number of hard drive choices including solid state drives with a capacity of up to 128GB.

First Impressions:

I like my new Dell "Latitude E6500." The unit is light weight, sturdy and performs quite well thanks in larger part to the ultra-fast Intel Core Duo processor and 4GB of DDR2 Dual-Channel RAM under the hood. This makes the E6500 markedly and noticeably faster than a single-core system. This means that the notebook runs Windows 7 Enterprise Edition run really, really well.

I like the look and feel of the notebook. It is lightweight, but still durable easy to carry to and from work every day. And did I mention the stellar back-lit keyboard? It lights up when a single key is clicked and turns off automatically after about 5 seconds of inactivity.

The best feature of the "Latitude E6500" is the UWXGA display. The 15.4 inch screen is bright, crisp and clear. It is not the best LCD display I have ever used, but it is more than adequate for business use, and for playing the occasional DVD.

Conclusions

Hands down, the Dell "Latitude E6500" is a performance winner, especially when mated with Windows 7 Enterprise Edition. I like the increased processing power, the increased batter power, and increased memory. And the laptop is handsome to look at! Though I doubt I will ever have cause to use the 4-pin Firewire port, or the eSATA port, for that matter, it is nice to know its there just in case, and (4) USB ports has certainly com in handy.

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This computer is incredible! It is lightning fast, super sleek, and can take a day on the job with 19 hours of battery life. Highly recommended and worth the price !

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bought this for my daughter loaded win 7 no prob runs quite well no problems so far fair batt life

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This pc gets really hot.

The keboard get really hot and it is very uncomfortable to continue to work.

Dell has fixed once but the problem persists.

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Upon purchasing this item the hard drive went out and I had to pay to get it fixed

This item did to worked as described, however, after I paid to fix it; it is now working great.

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I've never owned a laptop, so I had my husband do a little research and he saw this as the perfect fit for me. He was right! One of my favorite features, because I am a teacher, and we submit grades online, is the number keypad. It's so much easier to use than the numbers at the top of the keyboard. The screen is a great size and the keyboard is easy to manipulate. I am very pleased with my first laptop.

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The laptop has been great for back and forth to class. I use it mainly for school. It's easy to write papers and do homework on. It also keeps up great with the web surfing I do on it.

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I want to end off on a positive note so the problems with it are.

1. No webcam

2. annoying toshiba messages pop up all the time

3.It really wants you to have a default browser and assumes if you open up another you want to switch internet browsers.

4. Toshiba seems to have partnered with some computer security company you have to pay for cause it lies and says your computers at risk when the FREE security says everything is fine.

5. without opening more than one browser you can't open more than one window at a time.

6. short battery life

Those were really my only problems with the computer after owning it nearly two years already. However the number of usb ports are adequate,the ram space is nice, it never freezes and has a nice display and sound. Good job Toshiba!

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My main concern is that the microphone is useless. I have it set on the highest volume and still my Skype calls are poor, recipients can hardly hear me. I have checked online for possible resolutions but to no avail, many consumers seem to have issues also. I guess I'll need to buy a microphone.

The touch pad is hard to find by touch, it just blends in to the casing, so I placed a raised sticker just to the right and this solved the issue for me.

I like that the mouse left/right are proper buttons, that click properly. Many laptops I looked at were not, they were just touch pads, and I found it hard to get them to work correctly.

My previous laptops have been HP, and the wireless configuration for my HP printer was easier on this Toshiba than on any of my HP laptops ... go figure :-)

I like the computer, but the microphone issue lowers my overall satisfaction with it.

And a heads up, the SD Memory Card slot is UNDER the front of the laptop, not easy to find.

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Do not buy Toshiba. Screen just all of a sudden cracked. Bought from Best Buy and they refused to even look at it because they said Toshiba was the only company that would not accept them sending it. Toshiba wanted to deal directly with the customer. Toshiba won't replace or fix even though it was within warranty. Spent a LOT of time on the phone trying to get them to fix my computer and they said the warranty does not cover a cracked screen no matter what. Horrible computer, even worse customer service.

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There is one other review on here and it sound like they got a dud. I got my computer after weeks of research for a laptop that was in my price range that could handle Diablo 3. And I am more than pleased. Not only is it cute (yes I said cute) but I take it to and from school and to and from work and never had an issue. The graphics card is more than up to the challenge of playing Diablo 3 beta (which was just opened) and would have no problem running WoW. I am amazed at the deal I got and would recommend this laptop to anyone. There is a reason they offer a warrenty because computers are like any thing else. Sometimes there is a dud and it sounds like that is what the other reviewer had.

Back to the laptop... it has dedicated memory for the graphics card that allows for play with no glitchs which is more than I can say about my desktop.

Overall a fantastic buy for the money and well worth it to the other college students out there who want to do more than just type on their laptop.

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All excited when this came. Ordered it through Galactica (an Amazon store). First, the packaging made me nervous as it was in its factory box, no outer box to protect it. The computer is very good looking and has a nice keyboard. All happy until I turned it on, and got the blue screen of problems. Reboot and it starts to work. Then went to uninstall the first item of bloatware crash. Again reboot. Again crash. Got to the uninstall screen went to the next item.. Crash. Now I have to go through a 3 week process to get a credit. ugh. Really disappointed with Acer and really disappointed in myself for ordering it through this sub-store on Amazon.

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This has been a blessing!...I have had no problems since getting it 6 months ago...everything abt it is superb...I wld recommend to anyone wanting one... the color gets u the attention..Big Plus!!

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I love this laptop. Good sound, good picture, good photo program. I had another Acer and was quite happy with it. But I dropped it. The only bad thing is the Windows program and it's usual bazillion updates that will eventually slow your computer down to a snails pace.

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This computer is dependable, fairly fast, and fairly powerful. It is dependable and can run many programs at once. I enjoy Windows 8, although it certainly takes some getting used to. The graphics are nice and I can play games with but a little lag. It is a good, sturdy little computer for the money. It is a jack of all trades, master of none. Don't expect it to be able to run 50 programs at once or to run skyrim without lag.

The only complaints I have: the touchpad and the microphone. The microphone sounds as if someone has put a blanket over it. Immedietly after purchasing this computer I bought a microphone off of this website for $15 and it works much better.

I also purchased a logitech mouse. The touchpad is almost unusable. It is slow to respond and sporadically does not respond at all. I will only have one finger on the touchpad and it will suddenly zoom in and out as if I had two fingers on it. If you try and move your mouse to the right of the screen it will swipe in between programs. It is extremely annoying and I do not recommend using the touchpad.

Buy a mouse with this computer and if you want to skype buy a mic as well. With those additions this computer is a steal for the money.

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BE FOREWARNED: HP SERVICE / WARRANTY IS NOT RELIABLE!!!

The story: I have an HP laptop which I sent in for warranty checkup (fix some rubber screen bumpers, cleaning, fan noise, etc.) On the way there or at HP, it got damaged, which they claim was my doing and wanted $128 to fix it! They were nice saying that was a ½ price offer! But THEY caused the damage to the laptop!? The reps said, "Do you have pictures of the laptop?" Ha! So when I refused to pay and it was returned, it would not even turn on! I had a professional engineer open it and he said it must have been violently dropped as the CPU had come unseated. Also they cracked the hinge on one side, so I couldn't close the lid w/o snapping the screen off. I wrote a letter to the head of marketing and his assistant called back. He offered me a nominal amount to trade up to another new laptop. I declined as it wasn't a reasonable offer. So be forewarned: IF you get an HP product, the repair dept. may break it and the company will NOT fix it. They will blame you. IF you do send it in for repair, take a dozen photos from every angle as you'd have some proof. I'd take a picture of the box just before you send it as well. I have had 2 laptops, a camera, and printers from HP. Never again. I also sold my shares of HP stock! BUYER BEWARE! WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE EVER! p.s. I did not purchase THIS exact model.

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Was a good deal to buy this device But I can not find activate Word program code However an excellent device at a reasonable price He arrived in good time

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IT IS GOOD PRODUCT. USE A HALF A YEAR. IT WORKS WELL. I AM SATISFIED. AND I RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO BUY IT.

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I expected Win 8 more easy...opposite it is a real nightmare to operate in the confusion of the start up. Amazon doesn't specify in easily to read if the model has or not the Bluetooth, so I am obliged now to buy a BT separated. The speed is not so fast as expected

Lenovo IdeaPad Y650 - 418536U notebook - Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Reviews

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First of all, I got mine for $ plus shipping. Second, mine has 4 GB RAM and a 2.53 GHz processor. These specs may be different than the unit you're considering.

PROS: Slim, responsive, speakers sound great, display looks great for watching movies, love the HUGE hard disk, push button volume and mute

CONS: Kind of bulky (but what can you expect from a 16" display?), keyboard quite small especially for the amount of space available, only two USB ports (at least they're on opposite sides), obnoxious low-battery warning that can only be turned off if ALL sound is turned off, hard drive not as big as advertised, display doesn't have a very wide viewing angle especially for dark colors, would have preferred a larger battery option, even with most exotic feature disabled the mousepad seems to do things I don't expect, hard disk not really as big as advertised (see below)

THOUGHTS: I know my con list is bigger than my pro list, but don't let that fool you I'm just picky. I had to buy a new laptop because my 2-year-old Toshiba (which I never really liked) was going off to blue-screen-of-death world far too often. This seems to be a solid, if not spectacular, model, especially if you can get it for as low a price as I did. It lasts about 2.5 hours on battery, assuming you're not using the DVD drive or watching video. I've read complaints about the display not being that great for gaming, but that's not what I'm using it for.

About the hard drive, it's advertised as 320 GB, but it really only has about 250 GB of usable space. The hard drive is partitioned into a 252 GB C: drive and a 30 GB D: drive. (Supposedly there's another hidden "service" partition using about 15 GB.) You have to keep everything partitioned this way if you want one key recovery to work. That means you lose about 20% of your hard drive for a feature you'll probably never use.

FINALLY: Please, please, please, please, please stop pre-installying so much crap ware. And I almost forgot WINDOWS VISTA SUCKS! (It reminds me of a description I read about AOL years ago: I'm mad as hell and I AM going to take it some more!) But at least my "free" ($15+ for handling from Lenovo) upgrade to Windows 7 is coming.

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Dell Latitude D620 Intel Core Duo 1600 MHz 40Gig Serial ATA HDD Review

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after 30days it says "windows activation period has expired"

Windows Key that came with product does not work.

I paid for nothing

Return Window expired on November 23, 2012.

and the message came up on the lap top on November 23

no way to I get money back

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Product was as describe dilivered on time it works really good this is how im being able to rate all my products

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original battery did not work. Had to use spare purchased.

other than that it was fine.

thanks for the item