HP Pavilion DV6-1030US 16.0-Inch Laptop Reviews

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1. Bus Speed is 800Mhz. In the laptop world, this would be right between slow and fast. If you a casual user (watch youtube while checking your e-mail and writing a report), this will be sufficient.

If you like to do multiple things at once (extended desktop to create dual screen enviroment, move large files to and from external HDs, burn a cd, with video(s) playing and a music production progam running) my recommendation is that you become familar with tweeking your Vista settings or buy a more powerful computer. It's not that it can't handle such lofty requests, it can. It will just be slow/will lock up.

2. Comes with 4Gb DDR2 (2x2GB). Now, this will be MORE than enough RAM for almost anyone. But what if you dream big and want to be a desktop in laptop's clothing? It's upgradable to 8GB, which is rare for a laptop. For the most part, 8 Gb laptop RAM (2 x 4GB) doesn't exsist. If you can find it, it will be at least $250+. HP Build a laptop states that a 8GB upgrade would be $400. Why would you need this much ram? I cannot say. This may be useful in the future, I do not know.

3. Harddrive speed is 5400RPM. This goes back to how much multi-accessing you do. 7200RPM would be nice, but not necessary.

4. Bloatware. I'm not really sure why this is much of a complaint in regards of any computer. Windows/Control Panel has a build in remove software feature that can remove most software completely in a short period of time. I'm sure that some computers come with INSANE programs that are so integrated into Windows, you must have a court order and holy water to remove it from your life. If you don't like the in house program, there is 3rd party softwere (free & pay) out there that claims to do a more through job cleaning out the gunk.

5. The Vista experience is rated at 3.8. Just a FYI.

6. This really isn't a "gaming" PC. It's just not. Spades, No problem. Minesweep until you can't see straight. It's your world baby. Crysis (and if you know what this game is, you know what I'm gonna say next) ain't happpening. BUT, if someone wants to try it on this notebook, please leave a comment on this review and let me know how that goes.

7. There is a slot in the PC that holds the mini remote control. On the left side of the laptop. COOOOOOOOOLLLLL! At least I think so.

8. Do I like this laptop. I do. It's not the fanciest thing on the market, but for the price, it's good.

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I have only had this for five or so days but i am in love with it already lol.

I am a amateur photogrpher and i already have a bunch of photos stored on it, the space on this is great!

I have been on about eight or nine different sites (including youtube) at once and they are all as fast as just haveing one open.

The web cam is good quality, with great effects. the mic is crystal clear.

The lightscribe is great, even though it isnt in color i definitely prefer it over labels.

Oh, the only thing i wasnt looking forward to was the fact that the battery only last two hours. But it actually last about 4 hours, and that is with the laptop open and being used for four hours straight.

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I shopped around and believe me, this is the best "Bang for the Buck" around. I no longer really play games, so the Intel integrated video being the only weak point was no big deal. ***Amazon's Ethernet Specs are Wrong*** This unit does NOT have Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100mb connection only. But everything else is top notch. Core 2 Duo 2.0, Beautiful 16" 720P HD Screen, Vista 64bit Premium (Do yourself a favor and buy the Upgrade to Ultimate 64bit), 320GB HD, 4GB Ram, eSATA, Bluetooth, USB 2.0, docking port, Wireless N!!!, remote and this is one gorgeous laptop.

I added a Gigabit Ethernet Express Card for $50, from Amazon, to make this laptop perfect.

This is a case of "You get MORE than what you pay for..."

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I fell in love with this machine the instant I saw its specs and looks in Amazon... I got it delivered and the first problem I had was that the computer was described as having an internal bluetooth antenna, which after searching how to start it for half and hour and chatting with HP I realized it was not there! I got a discount from Amazon for this "mistake" which seems to happen quite frequently (I had the same problem with a Toshiba Satellite I purchased a while ago). The 64bit Vista is rather problematic than helpful. I am considering either upgrading to Ultimate or downgrade to 32bit. Although its processor is ranked as "genious" and it brings 4gb of ram I have runned tests with my old Toshiba running 32 bit Vista with a slower processor and with half the ram and time after time my new HP gets beaten!!!!!!!!!!!! I experience so many software related problems I cannot feel satisfied a single day about my purchase! The speakers and volume control give so many problems as well: I place the laptop in "mute" and still I get a fraction of a second of the beep of the instant messenger I use; the speakers are always making this noise like the power was just turned on; the volume control is non-responsive and then when it finally answers my command, it gets stuck both visually and audible. I still doubt that this machine can be expanded up to 8gb of ram as the specs in Amazon advertise, but I have not checked this yet. I guess I will get further disappointed... It's a shame that I feel this way for a laptop I found so captivating and (thought) powerful... Now I bought an xb3000 expansion base (which is advertised as the compatible one for the dv6) and I found myself with the obligation to purchase a new A/C adapter since the laptop AC should work with the base but guess what? the dv6 AC is too big for the base!!! So there you can add $50 extra if you decide to get the whole bunch. Bottom line: You can get the same performance with a cheaper, more convenient model and save yourself a lot of hassle... Sad but true!

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This is my very 1st laptop, and 2nd HP computer. Originally I was looking for another desktop, as I didn't feel I could afford a laptop with decent specs. But I came across this while browsing. The price point was very good and I couldn't believe how loaded it was. Very fast, love the HD briteview wide screen. Loads up in decent time, even with all the bloatware and preinstalled Norton crap. It also has a handy little remote to run HP's media center. All in all I am very pleased with this computer.

Panasonic ToughBook CF-19 INTEL Core 2 Duo 1100MHz 80Gig Serial ATA Reviews

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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

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I have had this laptop for 4 years now. To this day, I love it and it competes with recently released laptops in terms of processing power, size, and overall comfort of use. Only downside would be the battery life but thats what a charger is for. Well worth the money.

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So happy that now I dont have to replace my old Adobe programs since apple no longer supports power pc. I just wish I knew that prior to spending $3k on a new apple computer hahah! Live and learn :)

Reviews of EMachines Eme443-Bz602 AMD C-50 1GHz Notebook Computer

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You better be computer savvy if you buy this machine. The drivers are not up to date so you might as well go the emachine support site and download them BEFORE you even try to boot it up. I can guarantee many of these have been returned to the store they were bought from because alot of people thought they were just crappy laptops. Well..they arent..but in order to get the wireless and lan working good..youll have to get the latest drivers. Mine just wouldnt connect...but after all the latest drivers were loaded..it worked like a charm. If your looking for something that will connect to your wireless or lan right out of the box..forget it. These are actually very good running laptops once the drivers are loaded. The lack of a hard drive light irks me a bit..(especially when downloading windows updates)..but it works great and I love mine now. This machine is actually made by Acer...a very good company. I just wished they updated the drivers before they shipped them. I bought mine at the price of a cheap netbook..so I wont complain. Ive also pumped it up with 8gb of ddr3 sodimm..(its actually cheap)..and it screams really good now. Ive seen it on sale in the 270 to 320 range..so look around before you buy. Overall..id rate it much higher if werent for the driver issues. But if your savvy with loading drivers..then this little baby is a "sleeper bargain" when its on sale.

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I was looking for a "cheap" laptop to play with Windows 8 Developers' Preview. I was an IT professional so I have had many computers, desktops and laptops in the past. Currently I have an old Compaq laptop hooked up to my HDTV and my most recent laptop an eMachine E525 as my work horse. When I saw this eMachine on sale, I just had to get it.

So far I am pleased with the spec.s and performance. The machine is well built and looks very good compared to other low priced laptops in the price range. Today is the second day of playing with it so I will add more in future, Good Lord Willing. So far I have following observations:

1. First, eMachines may not be as well known as other brands, they are good machines.

2. An aweful lot of people who are not computer savvy, blame their PCs for mistakes they make. One must set all OS settings correctly for a macine to perform at peak. Many simply do not know how to tweak Windows settings or their PC's settings.

3.After the first full charge of the battery, I have been on battery for about 3.5 hours and I still have 40% battery power left!!!

4. The HD was 320 GB instead of 250 GB as per spec.s. This does happen at times with PCs, when a manufacturer will upgrade an item when they are short on the specified items.

5. Based on the history of my "work horse" eMachine Laptop which is abour 20 months old and has been in use 8-12 hours a day on average for that period with flawless performance, I expect this baby to do just as well.

Well like I said, I shall share more when I install Windows 8 on it and play some more.

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I'm an IT tech guy, and when one of my customers' old laptops went kaput, I recommended this eMachines eME443-BZ602 since I have an eMachines laptop which is about a year old and I love it. It's the cheapest laptop you can find with the most value packed into it. I really don't know how they do it and still make any money, but I'm not complaining.

The client had me set up the laptop for him, install Office 2007 and an internet security suite. I did all this, including printer install and Win7 updates, in about two hours. It performs wonderfully for the price, which I can't emphasize enough. The battery was full right out of the box and all drivers were installed. No recovery media came with it because you create it in Win7... something which I feel ought to be strongly encouraged from Microsoft. I will continue to recommend eMachines as a perfect budget-friendly laptop for users who don't need excessive power. As most people only need a computer for internet, e-mail, and productivity, this full laptop computer competes with netbook-class devices.

During setup, I was blown away at how many games this thing came with (it came with Pac-Man!). Not a lot of bloatware either.

My only negative feeling is the fact that I won't be seeing this client for a long time at least not for this computer because my eMachine has been 100% reliable for 15 months and counting.

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This laptop is not a high quality laptop but it's a excellent value laptop. I bought for my Mother. She wants to learn to use a computer. When I saw the laptop I understood the this is a good laptop. It's very fast and good enough if you are thinking in a laptop for as student, browse, edit document, etc.

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I had wanted a laptop forever but was cheep. When my friends computer crashed, she had problems paying bills because of long hours on the job. I saw this beauty and ordered it for her and because of the price I got one for myself. She told me it was a life saver. I love mine too. Amazon had it at my home so fast I was couldn't beleave it. Thank you Amazon.com

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I bought this great looking, good specifications computer this past March. Since then the screen has split from its housing and ASUS customer service refused to fix it under warranty. The problem is that the screen is too skinny to support the force required to open and close the lid. DO NOT BUY THIS MACHINE. This is clearly bad manufacturing and a company who does not stand behind their 2 year warranty and 1 year accidental damage policy. A defect should always be covered under the first year with no question about having to pay for a repair. I really like the machine but the screen not opening and closing properly is probably the worst defect you could possibly have. Thanks for nothing ASUS.

UPDATE 10/26/12. I finally got a manager to pay for the shipping back to the warehouse. They fixed it within a week which was not too bad. The only downfall is that this problem is a defect and will probably happen again. So unless you want to deal with this problem, DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL. The customer service experience was horrible and took five months to complete just to get a shipping label for this issue. ASUS does not win my business ever again.

UPDATE 09/16/13. The CD-ROM is having issues now with the registry making it inoperable for now. I tried to go back and restore to an earlier time and that's not working...and obviously the drivers disk it came with it is now useless. Hopefully I can find the driver online and re-install it. Or call ASUS, but I don't know about that. lol

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This laptop is absolutely terrible. Looking at it, it was everything I wanted in a laptop, long battery life and great specs and very lightweight. Unfortunately, it broke only a couple months after I started using it. Windows just stopped working for no reason and I had done nothing that should've broken it. The default hard drive that comes with the laptop, based on the experiences of others, seems to have some problems. Not only that, this laptop has TERRIBLE overheating issues. I have sat this laptop on a cooling fan just playing minecraft and it STILL overheats even with the cooling fan on it. Without the cooling fan it will overheat just doing absolutely minimal tasks like watching videos on the internet. The specs are irrelevant because this laptop cannot handle doing anything that would utilize them. After the hard drive went, I switched to a new one and put Linux Mint on it and it worked fine for about a year, but now the charger has just stopped working. I am fed up. Please do not waste your money on this piece of trash, I feel like I have been robbed of $800. By far the worst purchase I have ever made.

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This Laptop was the Laptop of my dreams, combining all the requirements I wanted fulfilled by my laptop in a fairly good price. In the last year, despite certain failings of the laptop I loved it and until a few days ago I would have still given it 3-4 stars. Up until then, the problems I had with it were quite minor (In my opinion) as the headphone jack was loose, the USB 3.0 port didn't always work and the laptop occasionally failed to resume after hibernation. As of a few weeks ago, my USB 3.0 port has failed to work entirely. This said, I do not really have anything that can use it to its full potential and so do not really care, I only really use 1 USB port anyways, for my wireless mouse. The headphone jack being loose is probably my fault for being a tad rough whenever I unplugged my headphones so the problem is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. The hibernation failure, meanwhile, came out of nowhere and I'm still not sure how to fix it, although information on how to do so may be online. However, the problem I had that absolutely killed this laptop for me was how the battery, died two days ago before I went on a long trip. One day it was working fine and I could easily take it around with charge lasting 2-3 hours on high performance and the next it would die on being unplugged from its AC life support system. It went from being a healthy young adult to a frail senior on his/her deathbed within 12 hours. According to the powercfg energy report the battery was last fully charged to about 84% of its capacity so I am not sure what the problem is, whether it is the battery, the AC adapter or some other internal issue.

On the plus side it still works with the battery removed if the AC adapter is plugged in.

So up until this last problem occurred, I was quite happy with this laptop, especially since I am a gamer and kept it under constant stress. I have never till now had a laptop/computer I could game on and this handles most of the games I would want to play quite well. Although some of the newer more graphically/CPU intensive games may not run on it I am still pleased as it can do better than anything I had before. The battery life was also quite long when it existed as I could probably get about 5 hours on balanced/quiet office settings with the standard integrated GPU running instead of the NVIDIA GPU that I have been keeping running almost exclusively due to certain situations.

I plan on sending the laptop to the ASUS service center soon and hope that the problems will be fixed. Although judging by the experiences of my peers, this may be quite the ordeal I am about to go through. I will update this review after I either get it back or have some other horrible/great(one can dream) experience with their service staff.

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I bought this product five months ago in May from this seller, and it worked beautiful from then until yesterday when my hard drive decided to go right after a Windows update. It was working perfectly fine that morning before the update, but after, it froze and wouldn't perform basic tasks. I've already contacted Asus about it and I'm trying to back up my files (to no avail, since the system is slow as molasses), but I feel like with such a new computer, I shouldn't be having such a problem. My friend bought the same exact computer, several months before me, and it's still working fine for her. I don't understand what the issue is. Did I just get a bad computer?

Samsung Series 3 NP300V5A-A03 15.6-Inch Laptop Reviews

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I needed a laptop for: presentation to clients, web & email, excel, watching movies when out of town.

This laptop is more than enough for all of that. If you're a gamer, there's probably not enough speed. If you're a graphic designer, the LCD may get on your nerves.

In general I prefer desktops because I like the modular components, cheaper price, more power, full-size keyboard & mouse.

The biggest issues for me with laptops are the keyboard & track pads. I use the number pad a lot, and this one has it. The keyboard on this computer also feels very natural and is pretty quiet when typing. I usually HATE track pads. On past laptops that I've owned, I never went anywhere without an additional mouse so that I wouldn't have to use horrid track pad and get frustrated at how long everything took. Samsung, being the same manufacturer as Apple products, uses the same large, well-designed track pad with multi-touch apple functionality (2-finger scroll, zoom-in or out by moving 2 fingers closer or farther apart...). I just played with this for a few hours with no mouse, and I'm pretty sure that I won't need to carry a mouse around with this computer.

It also runs very quietly (so much so that it almost seems like a solid state drive), quickly, and feels pretty light weight. Runs cool too, maybe that's normal for laptops now, but my older work laptop gets to hot to actually set it on your lap. It turns out that it's also currently consumer reports highest rated laptop under $700.

The only downside is the screen. While the screen quality is comparable with most other laptops under $1000, it's lower quality than what I'm accustomed to since I'm used to desktop monitors. That's a very small concession though.

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This laptop failed after less than a year. I have had laptops from various brands including HP, Compaq, and Sony. All lasted 3-4 years besides replacing batteries once or twice a year. I will never buy another Samsung laptop. Samsung customer service is useless and now the computer is a useless brick sitting in the back of my closet.

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Quality of laptop is higher than Dell and HP. The screen resolution is high and has good contrast. The problems others have stated here seem to be a software issue. Overall I haven't had any problems yet.

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Beautiful laptop at a great price. So far, it seems to work very well too. Battery doesn't last quite as long as I thought but it's not bad either.

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This is a great practical laptop. The keyboard needs a little geting used to. The smart touchpad didn't work when it arrived but just delete the original touchpad driver, then download the smart touchpad driver from the samsung website and install. The shipping and packaging was great.

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When I sold computers in the 80's, I used to tell customers do the following: Make a big cross on a piece of paper. Mark the First box APPLICATION, the Second box PRICE, the Third box FEATURES and the Fourth Box I Forget (Hey, the 80's were 30 years ago and I've killed off half my brain cells since then in partying!!!). Under APPLICATION, I wrote BUSINESS COMPUTER (hvy typing, business powerpoint graphics presentations, hvy internet surfing) and Music Downloads). Under Price I went C-H-E-A-P (sub $600.00) as I had recently lost my job through my whistleblowing efforts. Under Features, I demanded a GOOD touchType keyboard as the 'deal killer' (NO CHICKLET KeyBoard for me!!!), a 15.6" LED Screen, 4GB Ram (DDR3's) 320GB HD and an INTEL Core i5 processor (because I wanted a system I could use, abuse and throw away after FIVE YEARS). I left the Fourth Box Blank (although I could have put SOFTWARE as in WIN 7 64bit OPSYS) in memorium to my dead brain cells.

The LENOVO (Ex IBM) G560 Essentials is the KING of the throw away Business Computers and I would recommend it STRONGLY for all HS/College Students/Business Professionals as a CHEAP but Great Computer.

STRENGHTS: C-H-E-A-P!!! Although it retails for $699.00 list, I paid $549.00 for mine at a Brick & Mortar Electronics store. If you pay more than $600.00 for it, you've been ripped off!!!

CPU: Intel Corei5-450 Dual Core with Hyperthreading. FYI, Intel only makes one chip, the Core-i7. It sells broken/detuned Corei7 chips as Corei5s and Corei3s. Don't buy the Corei3 chips as they will be obsolete two years after you take the computer home. Hold out for a Corei5 machine.

RAM: 4GB DDR3s---can be upped to 8GB but you have to throw away the perfectly good twin banked 2GB sticks. I say up yer RAM in 2.5 years when prices drop

CHIPSET: The extremely mediocre HM57. If a CPU is analogious to a car's engine, the CHIPSET is analogious to the transmission---it doesn't matter if you have a SuperCharged 640 BHP engine if you can't get your tranny out of 2D Gear!!!

KEYBOARD/Screen. Keyboard is THE BEST on the market and the 15.6" LED screen is very good. This sold the machine for me. I also liked Aluminum wristpad=a nice tactile feel for what is a soft, flimsy 'plastically' computer.

BATTY MGT: Battery (LiON) is good at approximately 3hrs typing mode or 1.5hrs game mode

HD: 320GB This is the Absolute minumum you should accept. Don't spend more $ for more space now that External 1Tetrabyte drives are going for $69.00 each and 2T externals are going for under $100.00

Features: 2 USBs, 1 eSATAp port (use this for external HD hook-up) and a HDMI port (which is wasteful as the graphics can't handle HD/BlueRay resolution).

Weaknesses: THIS IS NOT A GAMING PLATFORM!!! The HM57 Chipset is bad enough but when coupled with Intel's integrated HD Graphics card (one step up from its wretched 4500 integrated graphics card), it barely reproduces VGA graphics, let alone HD stuff. HP makes a good BlueRay ready computer with dedicated graphics card which will cream this computer BUT the keyboard sucks!!!

SOUND: SUCKS---the sound quality from my Sprint phone sounds better!!! So What? Ever hear of HEADPHONES? A stand alone computer amp with integrated sub/Pre-amp? I N-E-V-E-R take my computer out anywhere without my TRAVELPRO rolling suiter which has room for my joystick and my computer amp. NOTHING freaks fellow travelers out when I start running over screaming/cursing pedestrians or lobbing molotov cocktails at screaming gangbangers in GTA Vice City (an ancient 2002 game).

RECOMMENDATION: A GREAT SCHOOL/Business THROW AWAY Sub $600.00 Notebook. It is thin, modern looking and types great. I H-A-T-E computers because they age like a carton of milk. Take home a $2,000.00 desktop replacement laptop and SIXTEEN DAYS LATER, a better computer at 1/2 the price will be for sale---thus invalidating your buying decision, your mental soundness, your manhood. I paid $549.00 for mine so when the price drops to nothing or something better hits the market, I can shrugg "Whattya want---I bought a throw away computer for $549.00 and I already got my money's worth outta it". A Core i5 for $549? BUY IT, USE IT, THROW IT AWAY!

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Good laptop according to its price ($700). Very fast, cool and not so heavy. The problem is the mouse pad, it is a nigthmare, I'm using a mouse without problems.

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I bought this laptop primarily to use in a mobile recording setup with a firewire interface. The computer didn't come with too much bloatware, but I still removed it none the less. I like the fact that it has an eSata/USB combo port on it, HDMI and an express slot for my firewire card. I can stream 26 channels of digital audio to my DAW from my firewire recording interface without a glitch. I also hook it up to my main 42" tv and stream Netflix and the picture and sound are fantastic. I was a little concerned that it used integrated video instead of an add-on video card, since this usually translates into poor video and overall system performance. Kudos to Intel as this is not the case! For under 700 bucks this was a great value.

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The Ideapad has a very comfortable keyboard and stands up to daily use. The screen size is greatI do a lot of photo processing, and have watched movies on it. I've never had a problem and would buy a Lenovo again. The Veriface feature doesn't seem to work consistently but I don't need it, anyway.

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I needed a new laptop for college and after doing a lot of research settled on this Lenovo. Works just fine, I've never had any frustration with it, and it does everything I need it to do.

Comes with a lot of useless features like Veriface, which I guess is cool.

The cursor pad takes a little getting used to, I just have to tell everyone else that is using my computer to TAP, not click.

But it's lasted me 2 years now and still going strong. I even dropped it once but only very minor outer damage.

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A great product! Bought it as a Macbook Air killer and that's just what it is! Trackpoint and Touchpad work perfectly under Ubuntu 13.04. Sound and mute buttons work as well and a small hack makes the mute microphone button work as well. No drivers necessary for Bluetooth and wifi.

Laptop is very light and battery lasts 3 hours easily under intensive use.

The keyboard is a typist's dream! The surface of the computer is very nice to touch and it looks stunning.

SSD is a great bonus, Ubuntu boots in under 15 s.

Display width is perfect. Can fit two frames of 80 character text on each side. However, height could be more, 900 px is not enough. On the other hand, resolution is ideal for movies. The picture on the display is also really good and sharp.

The "always on" USB port is very handy for charging a phone and the laptop together from the same outlet.

Drawbacks:

Fn key is in where Ctrl should be, but as an Emacs user, my Ctrl is Caps Lock anyway :-).

Bottom panel gets quite warm.

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booting is quick,

CPU is fast enough,

Screen is very bright,

battery life could be better,

super light for thinkpad brand

extremely recommended

Lenovo IdeaPad U530 Laptop Computer Touch - 59401461 - Silver - 4th Reviews

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I've had this for a week now and I still love it.

The touchscreen is responsive and the keyboard is also nice.

The speed of its boot up is unbelievable as well as the speed of the entire computer.

Very light and has a nice sleek-look.

The Intel i7 really showcases the power of this laptop.

The battery life is also excellent in terms of its usage of power. I get about consistent 4-6 hours of battery when in web browsing or watching a video.

The screen is very bright and the resolution is astonishing. (Full 1080P HD)

It also has a protective HD, which means if you drop this laptop, the most important files would automatically be saved and restored!

Overall, I would HIGHLY recommend this product to anyone that loves a fast, high-tech, beautiful, and a powerful ultra book.

Plus, Lenovo is 2nd overall in terms of Laptop brand (First is Apple). So this brand is trust-worthy and a very reliable laptop.

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Both the color and style I like.And my roomate love it very much.I think it is good for use.I realy enjoy with it.

Wish you have a good sale.

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I loved this product. It was light, sleek, and easy to use. The only complaint i could have is the touch pad but it just took some getting used to but other than that great product

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With all of these specs.... i'm on top of the competition and will be for the next few years.... it is a great computer and i have no complaints.

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I am a little disappointed in the product itself it is a bit more difficult than I expected to use. It is not what I would call user friendly. I wish I had not given my Toshiba away.

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This item arrived 3-4 days after I placed the order around 12/19. Excellent packaging. LOVE the Sony VAIO laptop computer! Very easy setup it was easy to get connected wirelessly. The HD screen on the laptop really makes a difference when looking at video or pictures.

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Picked one of these up for six bills on a Black Friday online deal, which was a steal. But even at the current Amazon price of eight-thirty, it's still a good value. You get a lot of performance for your money this thing is a real screamer for a laptop, even offering moderately good gaming performance. It runs relatively demanding games like Bioshock and Assassin's Creed without a hitch, thanks to the Core i7 CPU, the six gigs of RAM, and the Nvidia GT 540M discreet graphics processor with 1 GB dedicated VRAM. It actually gives me better gaming performance than any of my (admittedly lower-end) desktops.

The graphics setup is pretty slick the machine has both Intel HD onboard graphics and the Nvidia GPU and is able to toggle seamlessly between the two depending on the demands of the application being run. For normal desktop stuff, it uses the Intel. For games, it uses the Nvidia. You can change the default either globally or by application, but it seems to work so well I've been reluctant to mess with it. Every game I've installed so far has automatically set itself to use the Nvidia.

It did take a bit of work to "de-crapify" after initial startup. Like most OEM machines, it was loaded with all sorts of garbage programs including a 60-day trial version of Trend Micro's almost useless Internet security suite. I promptly dumped it and replaced it with Microsoft's Security Essentials, which does as good a job as many commercial projects and costs absolutely nothing but the time to download it from Microsoft's site.

It probably took a half-dozen or so reboots to remove all the garbage, including some ASUS "Cloud drive" icon in Explorer. But once finished, and after a quick defrag, it really kicks some major rump. I love it I've finally got a laptop that truly qualifies as a "desktop replacement" and am looking forward to finally getting rid of those big ugly black cases. Woohoo!

Nice design, well-built with aluminum casing that stands up well to normal use. The touchpad's a little tricky, since it will let you do all this multiple-finger stuff like an iPad. Good battery life looks like it will give a good four hours of normal (i.e. non-strenuous) use on a charge, not bad at all for a machine with a larger screen. The 1366x768 resolution is okay for the 15.6" screen, if nothing to write home about. Great I/O USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA. Only thing it's really missing is Bluetooth, which is easily added with an inexpensive USB dongle when needed.

All in all, the nicest machine I've ever owned, desktop or laptop. If it holds up over time, this may be my first ASUS machine, but it won't be my last.

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Got this for about 630...so far it has been great. This laptop looks sleek! Ergo Keyboard that is awesome to work with, although the trackpad isn't top notch....but good to have a mouse anyway, the Logitech M305 is awesome!

i7 is def a beast, you can pretty much throw whatever at it and it just keeps on churning...Could have come with a better graphics card but for this price, this is a great work horse.

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I picked up one of these last Black Friday. Overall, a great laptop. The only negatives are the soft (dead) keyboard and the marginal speaker volume. And if you plan on signing up for the ASUS Accidental Damage Protection program, good luck.

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Picked up mine for 1000 probably the best computer I've had in years! Really quick, reliable, great user feel. A must have

Buy Apple MacBook Pro MD386LL/A 17-Inch Laptop 4GB Ram, 750GB Hard

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As far as I know Amazon has not carried the 17 inch Macbook Pro WITH ANTIGLARE. However, you can purchase the glossy screen variants from them. I was a bit cautious and hesitant to purchase such a big ticket item from Amazon resellers especially at the great prices listed for these 2.5ghz 17 inch Antiglare MBP machines. Alas, the other review from Nester gave a bit of confidence along with the consideration that these resellers are guaranteed through Amazon's A-Z Guarantee. I did on one occasion, about a year ago, did have to contact Amazon about some memory sticks purchased through Ant-Online when they sent me the wrong sticks of ram. Although I didn't have to go through with the claim as Ant-Online did take the ram back.

I placed my order through Mobile Chopper (amazon reseller) Sunday night and received it through through express mail today (wednesday). I am happy to report that my package is the real deal. Brand new, per spec, and with model number md386ll/a listed on the box. The package was shipped from Canada. I was under the impression that MBPs were more expensive there but I could be wrong. Nonetheless, my experience with the reseller was excellent. Ok, I needed to post this review with a commentary about the reseller program because, as mentioned, as of this writing Amazon does not sell the Antiglare models through their site. Not sure why but it is what it is. The resellers seem to be listing these at over $400 to $500 cheaper than the apple store and that's before tax. I am very happy with this purchase, now at this price range I'll be upgrading the ram with Crucial 16gb memory sticks along with a Samsung 830 SSD drive.

It's a lot of money for this laptop so you should definitely check them out at the apple store along with getting some reviews from owners which are not in short supply. In other words, get a real life hands on experience on one of these as a review of the laptop itself won't get you too far. I'm in tech so nowadays it's pretty necessary to be versatile and the need outweighs my personal preference although I can see myself using this as my dedicated machine. (only wish they had Fiddler for Macs).

Update 4/13/12:

I thought I had an issue with the sound and took the machine into the Genius Bar. I was having sound popping and crackling sounds when forwarding/rewinding youtube videos. They promptly replaced it with a new one after a battery of tests. Turns out it wasn't a macbook issue afterall. Youtube must have update their flash player with some bad code as my PCs were suddently making popping sounds too.

Update this machine with 16gb crucial ram directly from Crucial and it's been great. You want to be sure you use reliable memory if you plan on swapping out the hard disk with an SSD in the future. The MBPs are finicky about the kind of ram you use and problems can manifest when pairing them with SSDs in the future as many forums have indicated. Also, since this machine comes with an HD if you plan on upgrading to an SSD in the future keep in mind that Apple disables TRIM on non-Apple SSDs. This includes Samsung 830 and Crucial m4. It can be easily enabled through the terminal using a few shell commands found on the web.

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My huge Thinkpad W701DS was stolen on a recent business trip and I was forced to shop for another laptop. As a developer, I only buy laptops with 17 inch 1920x1200 displays as the development tools take up lots of screen estate. But it appears that the major laptop makers have stopped offering those displays. I'm guessing most folks today use external monitors and keyboards attached to their laptops -making the high rez laptop displays less valuable. Which is okay if you don't travel with the laptop often or have a docking station. In my case, the laptop goes home with me every night and I didn't want the expense and hassle of external monitors and keyboards.

There is still one manufacturer that makes a laptop with the WUXGA 17 display -Apple, on the MacBook Pro. So I bought the latest model, with faster disk drive and anti-glare display. Even upgraded the memory to 16GB (not supported by Apple). This laptop flies and I must say is best laptop I've owned in 18 years. To top it off I'm running Windows 7 Professional, flawlessly.

Pros:

17" WUXGA Anti-glare display at 1920x1200

Power adapter sounds like a small thing but the MacBook Pro power adapter is very clever, small and lightweight. Compared to the 1 lb brick I was carrying with the ThinkPad, it's an absolute delight.

Super skinny and light. Unbelievable really compared to the laptops I've recently used.

Cons:

Keyboard. It has backlighting, which is helpful. But I really miss DEL, HOME, END, PG UP, PG DN, etc. Those keys are used extensively when writing code and the two-key combination alternatives are frustrating.

Couple of other caveats: I'm not a video game player so can't speak to the laptop's video gaming capabilities. Also, don't listen to a lot of music on the laptop. Speakers sound fine to me but I'm not in a position to judge. I use an external mouse so I can't really address the trackpad.

Bottom line: When I bought in April 2012, it was the best laptop available on the market. I have no regrets and I doubt you will either.

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At first I hesitated to order this Macbook Pro model. Amazon does not directly sell Macbook models with different specs other than the most basic, at least not on the 17" model. I wanted the anti glare screen and most importantly the 7200rpm hard drive. The i7 processor is super fast, I was ordering extra memory from Crucial so the only bottle neck was going to be the 5400rpm hard drive from the basic model.

The reason I hesitated is that only sellers from the marketplace sell this model and I didn't know if I should trust such an expensive item to some seller other than Amazon directly. First, the description had some typos, but I contacted the seller and replied me promptly. I have to say that the description seems different if you check it out on the web browser or on the iPad Amazon app. I have no idea why, maybe the sellers have different fields to fill out for each device platform and they don't just do a copy/paste.

In my case, I ordered if from the Silverberries seller. What was strange is that this model was hidden on plain sight. If you search Amazon for Macbook pro 17" you don't get this model as second or third option. I had to specify the search as "Macbook Pro 17 7200" since I was looking specifically for the fast hard drive. Then, I got the search result. I wonder how they sell if the most basic search doesn't display it within the first page or second page.

Even though there are many reviews on the Macbook Pro 17" with the basic specs, there was no review for this model specially sold from Silverberries or a couple other sellers who have it available.

Today (March 1st, 2012) after 15 days of buying it, I am trying to help other buyers with a good review of the seller and the specific Macbook model but I found out that the Silverberries store front is unavailable and this model is available only from Semidevil88. With these strange seller names it is hard to trust them even if they have good feedback. My advice is to always contact the seller before placing and order of over $100 usd.

Overall, my experience with Silverberries and this Macbook model was great. The item arrived on time, well packed and new as described. I will not review the Macbook itself, just go and read other Macbook Pro 17" reviews from the basic model and add that I am completely satisfied with the hard drive speed and the anti glare screen. My only complaint is that I am used to my 17" Toshiba Satellite Pro with a full keyboard and the Mac keyboard is somewhat limited. I wish it had the keypad for fast typing numbers. Other than that, it is much slimmer, ligther and faster than my old Toshiba which is still a decent rig even after 5 years of use.

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I've had most models of Powerbook and MacBook Pros. This is my second 17-inch with anti-glare screen (typing this on the older one) and I find they are just amazingly reliable machines. Chose to get a discontinued model because the larger non-retina display suits my production and presentation needs much better. Upgraded the Ram to 16Gb. and replaced the HD with a 512Gb SSD. Excellent device.

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Recently bought one through MacMall new-in-box (OnSale has a *real* bad reputation). Third-party sellers are gaining some sales through professionals who are still desiring a 17" HD Apple laptop for editing, etc.; pretty soon these will be totally off the market.

This was my first personal laptop purchase and the first Mac I've worked with in over a year. Setup was actually quite easy, despite the fact my first actions upon getting the computer was to take off the back cover and yank out everything I could and replace it with a superior (SSD, max RAM, extra-large HDD instead of internal optical drive). Lion's "Internet Recovery" allowed me to direct download a fresh install after formatting my new drive with Disk Utility. Around 20-30 minutes and I'm off and running.

~Model MD386LL/A Specifics~

Pros:

Sandy Bridge quad-core is still a top performing CPU. The mobile graphics card isn't what I'm used to, but still quite good for medium range performance.

17" laptop with the Apple form factor that's thinner and lighter than any comparable model. Unibody is also pretty good with heat dissipation. If you want something light and small, buy yourself an Airbook/Ultrabook or a tablet.

Non-Retina models are still user-upgradeable in regards to disk drive, memory and optical drive bay. And the hardware improvements were practically plug-and-play.

Anti-glare screen may seem less "shiny," but I can really see the light reflections/glares on my iPhone 5, so dealing with it on a laptop would've been hell.

Lion's multi-touch features are pretty good for most tasks, save the things I would prefer to have a trackball mouse.

Cons:

Laptop vs. Desktop drawbacks: no CPU overclocking, Turbo Boost's sporadic jumps not much help for things like video/animation rendering.

Still very expensive. More so than the modern, non-Retina models. Best deals are on "fully-loaded" eBay offers, which include professional software suites along with the computer.

Being a discontinued model, there'll be less and less support for these in the next few years. That also means replacement parts will start to be hard to come by towards the end of the model's lifespan.

So far, it's been a great machine, and I look forward to tweaking it further. Will update in the future.

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As part of Lenovo's lower-end line, this has a plastic case that doesn't feel as solid as some of their other machines. But it seems solid enough, boots quickly, has a nice screen. It's primarily being used for Office documents and to watch streaming video; both work well. No issues so far. For those who are interested, I set this up to dual-boot between Windows and Ubuntu, which is working great.

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If you're looking for a small notebook, this Lenovo is an exceptional value. From the Dual Core processor to the large hard drive this computer is a class act. I could not find anything I did not like about it. Buy two--they're cheap!!

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When it arrived from china it was defective, with broken screen, and they refused to accept it back. In a month, the keyboard came apart. Never had a single issue with my prior dell for 5 years. I wish I knew this junk is directly from china.

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Don't be fooled, Lenovo has lost the IBM quality culture and builds very cheap (not to be confused with inexpensive) computers that you cannot find replacement parts for. I bought an edge 14 0578 model in April 2011 on sale for around $550. It started having a screen backlight problem in mid 2012 and the motherboard finally failed in November 2012. This forced me back to my 2005 IBM Thinkpad Z60t that with $100 in parts was usable again. . My motherboard replacement option was to spend $185 on a used motherboard with a 14 day warranty! For that price, I could nearly buy a replacement cheap computer with another one year warranty. I owned two very solid IBM's, but I will never buy another Lenovo because they obviously liked the IBM brand but have thoroughly ruined it with low quality build and zero parts support.