Apple iBook G4, 1.33 GHz, 768MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive, Internal Review

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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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I have had my ibook for almost 5 years now. I bought it Christmas of '05. I am going to tell the problems I have had with it first because that's probably what your most interested in.

The biggest problem I had was the battery. It worked great for about 3 years then died completely. (this can be expected with any rechargeable battery)

Other than that there have been NO MAJOR PROBLEMS EVER. I have not once taken it in for a tune-up, repair, inspection, ect.

The only minor hindrances are as follows:

The keyboard doesn't light up which makes typing in the dark difficult.

For some reason my hard-drive is almost full so everytime I search for something in the search bar, it runs really slow.

It doesn't use an IBM processor so I guess you can say it is a true blood mac, which makes some programs incompatible.

Now the good stuff:

I actually think that if you consider it was made 5 years ago, it is a better computer than what apple makes now. I was way ahead of its time and it still works great! The user face is really easy, it has done everything I have asked it, it just works. I cannot say enough good things about this computer. If you are just an average computer person looking for a nice little laptop, I highly recommend it. The only reason I'm getting a new one is because I like the camera, faster processor, and added memory. Only after 5 years am I just starting to see it become slightly outdated. I actually think that back in the day apple gave you more for less. This computer came with its own word processing program and a lot of added software. The new ones require you to buy every piece of software. And this one has a removable battery which allowed me to charge 2-3 batteries for road trips and just pop them in as I went through them. I think apple's biggest mistake with the new laptops is the nonremovable battery. When it dies, that's it, find an outlet. And eventually when it completely dies (and it will probably only last 3 years) they want you to pay a technician for labor+parts to put a new one in. It's ridiculous! If you can get this computer for a low price. Go for it!

2 Years Later:

It is now 2012, and my dad is STILL using this laptop every day. I must warn you, it has become outdated to a point where it's really not worth buying. Everything is today's world has become tailored towards Intel processors. But the fact that is still doing what it was built to do is amazing! This mac has served us well, and we certainly got our moneys worth. I highly recommend one of apples new macbooks.

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This thing was made 5 years ago and keeps up with my brand new netbook. The battery life is amazing and it runs smooth. The only downside to this computer is the 40gb HD. But with networked and regular external drives, flash memory and such, it not that big of a deal.

All in all, this is my first mac and I love it.

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Just recieved my G4 Ibook recently and I can honestly say I love it! im a college student and my pc laptops kept freezing and crashing nonstop! and I really wanted a mac but I didnt have the "mac" money or so I thought. This is my first mac and its life saver! for less than $300 dollars you can have a portable mac that does everything a $1000+ new mac does ( minus the camera)... It does get warm but that isnt a real big issue with me...as far as battery life it doesnt seem to be the greatest, in my case it isnt a problem because I intend on having my charger with me. I think people should consider this computer as a start mac.

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This G4 iBook is old (6+ years I believe), it has a small hard drive by current standards, a small screen (near netbook size), and an operating system some view as out of date BUT, the machine is quick has a full GB of memory, has an internal airport extreme card, and if we are really serious about portable computing needs this machine beat the heck out of netbook, at a lower cost and better performance. Old Apples Just Don't Seem To Go Bad at least not as quickly as some more recent machines.

Discount Asus G75VW-NH71 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop i7-3630QM 12GB Memory 500GB

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Luv it! great price. Only drawback is getting used to Windows 8 and that it only has 500GB, but that was me being skimpish. Overall it runs fast, it is quite, and it plays BF4.

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I haven't spent time doing the things I want but pretty fast. The only things that pissed me off is that it came with windows 8 BASIC not PRO. which limits your security control and programs installations. so I end up upgrading to widows 8 pro which cost few more hundred dollars. Make sure that you have widows 8 pro.

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thank you doremifa. its a great gaming machine, very fast and cool. with a nice specs and a good looking stuff.

Reviews of Lenovo G580 59359688 i3-3120M 2.5 GHz 15" laptop

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Has some compatibility issues with upgrading latest version of Windows. You have to download some drivers for it to work properly.

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Screen is just amazingly bright and beautiful when turned up how I like it!! Sound is loud and clear!! Keyboard is superb... Fan makes no real noise!! Fast as hell with a core I3... Two usb 3 ports in front. All the other important ports are there too. There is no Bluetooth but who cares? Not me.. This is simply a fantastic wonderful laptop. I always install Start8 software for 5 lousy bucks to turn windows 8 into a joy.

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Cheap and does what I want. I'm not too found of Windows 8, but the laptop is quiet and fast.

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This computer is fantastic and the service is bar none... I had a small problem with it and they handled it right away!!!

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Got exactly what I paid for, for ~400$ this laptop isn't a bad buy, definitely not for gaming but for web browsing and taking notes/ making presentations for college it's served me very well. The uptick on the i3 processor (3120M, up from 3110M in other models) was worth the 10-20$ difference in price.

Pros: Fast on boot up, very sleek looking, the keyboard feels pretty good for a laptop and it even comes with a number-pad, and as someone who uses the number-pad a lot this is great as more and more laptops are just leaving them out to save either on space or increase key size. Also, the DVI and HDMI out ports are very convenient for when I'm in a situation that doesn't require me to be mobile. The trackpad is actually pretty good, I've read a lot of hate on this model because of the trackpad, and despite being non-multitouch (which most laptops are not) it functions very well. Sound is actually fairly good for a laptop, speakers can get pretty loud, but the sound on the laptop itself is on-par, if not better, than my desktop on-board audio (H61M-P35 G3). On top of that they also have a reserved partition for all the laptop drivers, some people might not like this as it's just more work for them to be getting the full amount of HDD space they paid for, but I find it useful in-case I ever need to reinstall windows whenever my linux partition starts giving me issues.

Cons: These are all personal gripes I have, might not be the products fault but I think it warrants a few comments.

The finish is very glossy, while this looks nice aesthetically, after about a day of use you're going to have fingerprint marks all over the laptop.

Bloatware ho!: This laptop comes with a decent amount of extra crap (lenovo cam manager, something called "freeridegames," McAfee anti virus, Amazon store app built in (might be from win8 though). I understand manufacturers want to make some more money by marketing, but as a consumer I don't like having to remove all the extra crap included, especially if they boot up on start. Easy fix with 20min of uninstalling and checking to make sure you're not uninstalling some obscure driver (this happened to me as i had never heard of Aetheros Communications, so i figured it was a VoIP service and uninstalled, turns out it was the wireless card driver, not a big issue as they included drivers in a separate partition on the hard drive.

Windows 8 is pretty awful, but that's not the products fault.

Camera isn't the best quality, but it works fine for skype-ing.

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For me this is a pro, but for others it might be a con, the battery life @ 100% is about 6 or so hours, that being on the "balanced" power setting in windows, you can squeeze out more if you use Linux (such as arch or ubuntu) but i imagine that's not much help to the average user.

HP Pavilion dm1-4010us (11.6-Inch Screen) Laptop- Gray Review

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I got this HP to replace my Toshiba 13.3" netbook that finally BSOD'd after 3 years. I was very happy with my Toshiba and honestly afraid I wouldn't like this HP, but it was time for an upgrade. My previous lappy before the Toshiba was an HP DV(don't remember what the numbers were!) and I have a HP desktop, so I'm familiar with the brand and durability.

A few things: I mainly use this computer for the internet. I almost always have 2 browsers open with 4-5 tabs open in each of them (I play a lot of those stupid flash games on facebook and may have 4 up at once without any issues) and have never had lagging, except when my comcast was wigging out. I watch a lot of youtube and have only once experienced a choppy video, after which my comcast promptly went down for 3 hours (pretty sure the computer didn't have anything to do with that!). I have installed Photoshop CS3 (I know, I'm outdated, but that program is freaking expensive!) and used it almost daily since getting my computer a couple weeks ago-no issues with that either.

So, the pros:

1. Quiet as can be. I haven't heard the fan or hard drive once.

2. Audio is incredible. Thank you Dr. Dre.

3. Super fast everything.

4. Full sized keyboard is comfortable and has a solid inlay so little nitty gritty things can't get down there easily. It took me literally 2 seconds to get the feel of the keyboard.

5. Screen is more than big enough (I thought it might seem too small-the 10" acer/asus ones are just teeeeny to me and I wondered if the extra inch would really make a difference-well it does.)

6. Very sturdy connection between screen and main unit

7. Very light/portable & amazing battery life. The estimate says 9.5I'm getting closer to 11 hours (I keep my brightness at the minimum).

8. Sturdy power cord connection.

the cons:

1. It is a finger-oil magnet. Not so much finger prints, but rather little finger pad shapes. I gave up trying to deal with that and now just ignore the back of my screen. I'm thinking of getting some vinyl design thing to put on the back of the computer to combat this issue.

2. "Gray" is a poor description (more the fault of Amazon than the computer, though)-on the Amazon page, in the HP description and on the HP site, it says "Finish: HP Imprint finish in charcoal" -I would say that's a lot closer to correct. It's not quite black, but nowhere near gray.

3. HP likes to give you a lot of extra crap software that you either don't need or don't want. I still haven't figured out how to turn some of it off, and I'm not sure I ever will. All I can suggest is closing everything out when you start the computer.

4. The webcam isn't fantastic. I don't know how it can be called "truevision HD" when the picture looks like my webcam from 2005.

If I could do a 4.5 review I would, but I've decided to round up.

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This is the second iteration of HP's dm1z 11" AMD powered netbook. The first one had great reviews, boasting excellent graphics for a netbook (even better than many low-cost laptops) and amazing battery life. The latest model, the dm1-4010us has a newer but similar processor and physical redesign.

While HP might not include a lot of 3rd party bloatware on their machines, they certainly have a lot of 1st party crap that the computer would run fine if not better without. As a computer science student, I have access to some free software from Microsoft. Luckily, that includes Windows 7 Home Premium. I tried to keep the computer stock, but the combination of excess software and four partitions (one recovery, one for HP's software, one for the operating system, one for the bootloader which is impossible to avoid) was too much to bear.

First, with stock software:

The computer was laggy at times. Boot time was slow and some programs took a long time to launch (also an affect of the 5400RPM hard drive). It comes with Norton Internet Security, which is totally useless since Microsoft has their Security Essentials software and is perfectly fine, and very quit. It just sits in the notification area and doesn't bother you unless something tries to get in, something has gotten in (i.e., YOU let something in), or it's doing a scheduled scan.

Beats Audio seemed cool at first, but it took me a few dozens times to adjust the sound to get it perfect. Beats Audio, to me, is essentially the "bass boost" button on old budget stereos.

HP bundles some software that's supposed to help with keeping the computer cool, connecting to networks, getting customer service, games, etc. I found all of that completely useless, since having the correct display driver will likely keep the fan going when it needs to, Windows has perfectly fine networking tools, customer service can be found by calling or emailing HP, or doing a simple web search.

You'll also need to upgrade the BIOS, and you'll need to do two in succession since it's had two updates since the product launched. The updates must be applied in order.

With a clean install of Windows 7:

It's important to download the WiFi driver and/or ethernet driver FIRST and store it on a USB flash drive before reformatting the hard drive and installing a retail copy of Windows 7. I didn't do that, so I had to install Ubuntu first (install, not use the live CD, because I had to install the WiFi driver there too, and it required a restart) and then save the driver to a USB flash drive.

Without any of HP's software, the computer was significantly smoother. Boot time was shortened, less memory was being used, and there's nothing like seeing a blank list under your "uninstall programs" control panel. Of course, it's necessary to download and install the display driver from HP, but that's where I would stop. Audio sounds perfectly fine (through headphones... more on that soon) without the Beats Audio software installed. Strangely, it seems to sound better without it installed at all over having it installed but not using it.

Hardware:

I love the sleek black look. The chiclet keyboard is great. But (here comes a shocker) the touchpad kind of sucks. Whether I use the Synaptics driver or the built-in Windows driver, it's not fun. Actually, I find it less frustrating when using the generic driver built in to Windows. The feel of the touchpad is weird, because it's textured. With the Synaptics driver installed, you can use two-finger scrolling or edge scrolling, pinch to zoom, rotate, and there's a little dimple on the top right of the touchpad that can be double tapped to disable the touchpad. Without the driver, it just works and tracks your finger movement; no scrolling, no disabling feature, no rotating.

The display is really nice. I actually really love the display. With the ATI driver installed, it will auto-adjust the brightness (sort of) based on colors on the screen. For instance, if you are viewing a black image, movie, web page, etc., and then switch to something white, the screen will dim a little bit. Colors look great, purples look purple (if you've ever seen a crappy display, purples look light blue and hurt the eyes) and blacks look black.

Video plays nicely, that includes 1080p. No problems with that. I'm able to play Portal 2, which defaults at native resolution with the following settings:

-Anti-Aliasing: None

-Filtering Mode: Bilinear

-Wait for Vertical Sync: Enabled (Double Buffered)

-Multicore Rendering: Enabled

-Shader Detail: Very High

-Effect Detail: Medium

-Model/Texture Detail: High

-Page Pool Memory Available: High

The game played well and looked good, but the framerate seemed pretty low (you can just tell). I think lowering a few of the "high"'s to "medium" would help.

The webcam is your standard ho-hum webcam. It'll work, people will see you, but it won't blow anyone's mind.

Speakers kind of suck. They're fine for system sounds, but you'll need speakers or headphones for music and video... but it's a laptop. Not even $1500 Apple laptops have incredible speakers. There's a tradeoff that must be made in favor of compact size.

As for weight, I guess it's average. It's no Ultrabook or MacBook AIr, and it's a tad heavier than some other netbooks, but those other netbooks are kind of cheap and cruddy. The dm1z feels sturdy and well built.

You know how a lot of Windows laptops have bumpy bottoms? There are bulges all over for the battery, hard drive, and other components. This one is totally smooth except for the feet at each corner. Also, the entire bottom plate comes off for access to the computer's innards. That means easy, painless memory and storage upgrades and replacements. My only complaint with the case (the lid and the palm rest, keyboard too actually) is how it holds onto oils. We humans will probably never stop secreting oils from our pores, and, unfortunately, some manufacturers will always forget that.

Ports:

On the left, an HDMI port (I hook mine up to a 32" 1080p TV and all is well) adjacent to a USB port, with the power input near the lid. On the right, an ethernet port near the lid, a VGA port for older monitors, two USB ports, a microphone jack and a headphone jack (two separate, not a combo-jack) and next to that is an SD card slot.

Battery:

Sometimes Windows will show that I have 7 hours left, other times it has shown 7:40, most times it will show 3:40. As I write this sentence and unplugged the power cable with a 100% charge, I hovered over the battery icon and it's displaying 5:30. I have brightness slightly below 50%, Zune open and playing music, Chrome is open with one tab, Microsoft Seucurity Essentials is hanging out in the notification tray. That's no where near the 7 or 8 hour battery life advertised, and it's not as good as last year's dm1z. However, before I reinstalled Windows, the computer had a pre-configured HP power plan. I'm sure I could tweak Windows' balanced plan to match HP's power plan and increase the battery life.

Conclusion:

HP's latest upgrade to its dm1z line is a good one. I really like the simplified deisgn over the previous model's silver and black color and unneccesarily fancy lid design. It's also nice to have buttons under the touchpad this time around. I wish battery life was as advertised, and I wish computer manufacturers would ease up on the crapware. You can buy a computer from Microsoft's online store and get one with no bloatware at all... a pure Windows experience. Overall, I like the computer, but if I wasn't on a budget, I would have purchased an 11" MacBook Air and dual-booted it with Windows. But for under $500, there aren't many viable options, and I think the dm1z is one of the best options out there in the price range.

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I really like this netbook; it's light, fast, great screen. It gets 3 stars because of the INCREDIBLE amount of crapware it came loaded with. After I cleaned it all out (which took hours) I got 20 gigs of my hard drive back.

There is the option, in the setup function, when booting, to restore to a clean image with drivers & operating system only BUT it failed three times. What a surprise. What a waste of my time. On principle, I will not be buying ANYTHING that HP has preloaded.

If you can put up with that (I'd almost pay more not to have to deal with this almost) then go ahead & buy it if you are a savvy user that can clean it out. Otherwise, be prepared to put up with a lot of aggravation at first.

UPDATE

Well, A year of ownership has decided me against buying any more HP laptops. This was my second try (the first didn't work out well, either).My wife and a friend were also seduced by this same model, and none of them have been problem free.

My issue: The "delete," left and right arrows do not work. I called, and after the usual going over a checklist with three people, they sent out a box and I shipped it in for service. Back in ten days very nice. I was impressed with the turn-around time. Fixed? No. Same problem. If they can't fix a simple mechanical problem like that, why bother to try again?

I'll use this till it dies or I can't stand it any more. HP is permanently off my shopping list. Too bad.

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I had an HP dm9500 for several years. 17" was way too large and heavy as I started to travel a lot more. I bought a netbook, but it was way underpowered. It was extremely frustrating, even with max (2GB) RAM.

I saw that AMD was releasing the Fusion APU, and was waiting when HP released the DM1z. I didn't go for the first iteration, I never do, but waited to see the individual reviews from users. I ordered it at Thanksgiving 2011. I've been using it for a couple of weeks now, and it is exactly what I wanted.

I upgraded to max RAM (8GB)and the graphics performance is extremely good. I use Chrome and have 10-20 tabs open all the time, along with Word, Excel,Powerpoint, and Photoshop. It hasn't choked once. Switching between windows is fast, with no screen lag. Video rendering in Sony Vegas is not that fast, but the CPU is the weakest component in the machine. (Windows Experience Index is 3.9 based on the CPU. Game graphics and disk data transfer are in the 5.9 range. )

I love the tool-less access panel the bottom of the computer slides off and everything is easily accessible. It took less than 2 minutes to install the additional RAM.

It's not as light as the netbook was, but it is extremely light anyway. I can run around campus with it all day with no problems. Battery life is running over 7 hours on the HP power saver plan. I imagine that I can easily get the advertised 9.5 hours if I drop the screen brightness.

It runs cool as advertised, and the Beats Audio is fabulous with my headphones. Speakers are good for a small laptop. The screen is bright and surprisingly large compared to a 10" netbook. That extra 1.6" is really worth it. Keyboard is good key spacing makes it easy to touchtype. Trackpad is OK,especially with the dedicated buttons, unlike the first version, and I like the doubletap to turn it off. Build quality feels good and solid.

It came with a lot of programs but many were ones I use regularly, so it was good for me Evernote, Skype, Cyberlink Webcam software and Norton. It took very little time to get it up and running and everything installed.

I'd have given it a 5, but it's got no USB3 port. VGA and HDMI ports are good, given that I teach and sometimes need VGA for a projector and sometimes HDMI, depending on what equipment is in the lecture room.

Basically, it's exactly what I wanted, for the price I could afford at the time. If I had $1000 to spend, I would probably have gone for a Macbook Air and loaded Windows 7, but for the price, this is perfect.

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Background:

I was looking for a netbook that was small and light enough to be extremely portable, but powerful enough to play 1080p MKV files without hiccups. Expecting to pay over $600, I found this machine for under $500. After reading mixed reviews regarding high definition video playback, I decided to give it a shot.

First Impressions:

The unit is very sleek. It's been compared to a sports car, since its about as thick as a USB port towards the front, but slopes up slightly to the rear. It even has "Hewlett Packard" printed on its "rear bumper", reminding me of my Mustang. The monitor folds all the way back to 180 degrees, allowing me to stand the system vertically, balancing the front lip on my stomach while laying down and still get a great angle of the screen..something all of my other laptops couldn't do. The sound is surprisingly good for the size. I wasn't expecting much but thanks to "Beats Audio", the speakers pack a punch and get much louder than I thought they would. The battery life is pretty good. Obviously run-time will vary depending on usage and power settings, but so far I've been very pleased running it on full brightness and the "high performance" power option.

Upon my first couple days of use, I was slightly disappointed in the performance. For simple tasks like web browsing and word processing, it performed very well, but HD youtube and .mkv videos were choppy and I was starting to wonder if I should have spent another $150-200 on an i3 machine. However, after uninstalling much of the HP "bloatware" and configuring Flash & VLC Media Player to utilize the gpu, it felt like a new machine. Now I can stream 1080p videos over my 802.11n network with no problems! There's an extra memory slot to add another 4GB of RAM, and at some point I'll probably replace the HDD with an SSD, so the performance is only going to get better, but even as it is now it's performing admirably for what it is.

I have yet to try gaming, but will update the review when I can speak to its performance. Also I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Overall, I am very satisfied with my purchase. Sure, it's not the fastest computer, but it gets the job done for what I need and at this price point it's a no-brainer!

Pros:

Great value

Extremely portable

Capable sound

Cons:

Lots of "bloatware" that I had to uninstall for best performance

Fingerprint magnet

Windows Experience Index Scores:

Processor 3.9

Memory 5.8

Graphics 4.6

Gaming 5.9

Hard Disk 5.9

Sony Vaio vpcF12AFM/H Core I3-350M 2.26GHz 4GB 500GB HD Blu-ray Review

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I've been searching for a few months since my 7-year old, $2,000 HP Pavilion was about ready to give up the ghost. A laptop is also a "nice-to-have" rather than a primary computer. The drop in price of laptops has been stunning. You can now get a brand new Lenovo (formerly IBM) for $300. And HPs are flying for $5-600.

But I wanted performance, a large screen, a full-sized keyboard, good battery life ... and so many folks kept saying "get a Mac." However, an Apple Macbook Pro is very pricey, and used ones (4-6 years old) go for $5-700. Plus, they're not as easy to work on if you're a writer like me. The PC keyboard is simply built for writing. (After all, it is a standard, old qwerty typewriter keyboard.)

I compared lots of laptops, online and hands-on. Sony Vaios were looking better and better, but the new, top-end ones are $1100-1300. I somehow landed on this Amazon page with this refurb high-end Sony Vaio that's called a gaming / entertainment laptop. (Originally $1200.) I'm not a gamer, and not planning on watching movies on my laptop ... just a serious computer user and full-time writer. Guess what -the better graphics and horsepower make a lot of difference.

My old HP Pavilion is a 17" diagonal laptop. This Sony Vaio is a 16.4" diagonal. However, the screen format has changed to an HD look, so it's actually just as wide as my old 17", but not as tall. However, the extra screen size is not missed, and the more compact Sony is far better.

These refurbs are available from Sony directly for $977. But there are several here on Amazon as of this writing for as low as $550. I bought one of those and recommend the seller (USA Laptop Parts) highly. Great communication and product just as described. This is last year's model, and there are lots of things I prefer about it over this year's high-end Sony Vaio, including the touch pad and keyboard.

It's a beautiful PC that stands up very well against the Macbook Pro. It comes with 4MB of RAM and I ordered more to bring it up to the 8MB max.

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This Laptop has powerful processor, really good sound and video quality. Plenty of memory and nice design. Not really heavy at all. Recommend it to anyone.

Best Thinkpad X100e 11.6" AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335 (1.60GHz) 160GB Deals

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I have just received my awesome Lenovo Thinkpad x100e and I've only had it an hour and this is performing beautifully. Now I know that Lenovo doesn't really consider this particular model a netbook but if you are looking for something near netbook size and portability but the performance of a decent laptop this is the one for you.

I own quite a few computers and I'm what you can consider a technoJunkie. I have a 13 inch Macbook Pro (love Apple), Acer amd phenom II Quad core desktop, the Ipad, a dell inspirion mini, etc. The Macbook serves as my more powerful laptop when I need to do my more data intensive work or require more raw power. This little Thinkpad tho is great for everything else. Streaming video is far more superior then any netbook that I have seen. I know that the x100e has a few different models out there but if you are gonna get any model get the faster cpu. The amd athlon neo x2 processor really does make all the difference. Great keyboard as well.

This is a great little laptop and as a fan of thinkpads this is a beauty.

Sidenote: I know in the title it says 160 gb hdd but I took the gamble and I did receive a 250 gb hdd.

This review was written using my new Thinkpad x100e!

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At only 3.3 lbs this notebook is very light. It was also inexpensive. But the dual core performance is outstanding. Windows 7 Pro is icing on the cake. This was purchased to replace a net book used while traveling but I've ended up using it almost as much as my larger 15" notebook.

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I like the Thinkpad X100e laptop. It has good performance, small form factor, light weight, good keyboard and good price. The reason I give 4 stars instead of 5 stars is because its battery lifetime is not as great. You can use 2 to 3 hours depending on load, which is not as great as Intel's high-end ultra mobile processors or Intel's Atom. However, 2 hours is not that bad. Other than that, I am very pleased with this laptop. One thing you need to be careful with is that you should get a Dual-core version (AMD Neo X2). Lenovo sells both dual-core and single-core versions of Thinkpad X100e. The performance of the single-core version is not as great even though power consumption is at about the same level. A single-core version is recommended only when its price is very good.

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Right now Lenovo just launch the x120e, that solves all the performance issues that this model has. Please don't buy it...I just did and now I need to work with no more than 2 applications opened (Outlook 2010 and IE with 2 tabs open) to avoid freezing. It just doesn't worth it.

Weight & size are great, but without performance is useless...I just prefer a netbook for less money. Since I'm a thinkpad fan, I have many expectations with the x120e, with a great review at engadget.

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Poor Machine. I had it for less than a day brand new, ran it fora couple hours it hung, so I powered it off and that is the story of this laptop.

It would not power back on. Lenovo, Amazon, and Ant Online are reusing a return.

Reviews of Asus U46E-BAL7 -14" LED-8GB RAM-750GB HHD 5400RPM-2.8GHz-2nd GEN

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Now that it is working I must admit that it is a great little notebook. It is light, very fast and has a very long battery life. The screen is very easy to read outside as well.

However, when I bought it, I noticed that the sound was scratchy. Initially I decided to ignore this (mistake), later I brought it in for repairs only to find out that the board was bad. It was repaired, but my harddisk was replaced and I had to reconfigure the machine all over again. I have been using notebooks for 20 years and never had a board failure (mainly using IBM/lenovo). ASUS has a great reputation as a board manufacturer so I must have just been unlucky..

Other negatives are the preinstalled software. ASUS clearly has no idea of how to make software and I recommend removing their preinstalled stuff as soon as possible, because it interferes with operating the notebook. It is a mistery to me why one would duplicate microsoft functionality with ASUS branded functionality that is clearly inferior to what is in windows. For instance: the notebook works just fine with high resolution monitors e.g. 1920x1080 assuming you use the windows 7 screen resolution software. The ASUS preinstalled app doesn't allow you to do that, and ASUS support claimed that the notebook was not designed to do that either.

Update: 1 month after my board broke, my hard disk crashed.At this point is is not a matter of "unlucky" anymore. This is truely the worst computer I have owned in 30 years starting with the Sinclair 16k RAM back in 1982

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I had this laptop for over 6 months now at least. I really like this machine. It has great performance. i7 processor, 8GB ram, 750GB hard Drive, DVD CD burner, HDMI output. Pretty much all the bells and whistles. Build quality is overall OK. The monitor feels a little flimsy though. I need to take it easy on it. There are a few things I wish it had, 1 HD screen, 2 back-lit keyboard. If it had these functions it would have been awesome. I did get it from Best Buy and I would recommend it overall. It is about 5 lbs so it is not crazy heavy. The battery on it is pretty good also, if I have it on high performance it runs for 3-4 hrs. If on batter saver mode 6hrs. Anything I throw on this machines way it handles it really well. It does not have a dedicated graphics card so it is not for gamers.

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Asus U46E-BAL7 -14" LED-8GB RAM-750GB HHD 5400RPM-2.8GHz-2nd GEN i7-2640M

The Asus U46E has a lot going for it. It is a compact 14" laptop with a powerful Intel i7 precessor, 8GB of RAM and a very respectable 750GB Hard drive.

This extremely fast and power-packed computer comes in a gorgeous brushed metal (mine is a light champagne) case and appears to be well put together and constructed of quality components.

The positives are many, starting with the extremely sharp and clear display, very comfortable keyboard (which is unfortunately not backlit), compact design, fast & powerful processor and the incredibly long battery life (I regularly get approximately 8 hours per charge).

The negatives are few the stock speakers are just okay, plenty of volume but lacking the rich sound quality of the speakers on my old Toshiba laptop (but far better than the speakers on my previous Sony Vaio), however I keep mine hooked up to a Logitech Lapdesk N700 which comes with excellent speakers & a cooling fan. Other than that the only nit to pick is some of the Asus added redundant bloatware such as the Asus battery power settings (which I had removed so I could use the far superior in my opinion Microsoft power settings).

I am concerned about the reported problem of the hinges failing on the monitor, and had I heard & read about this issue before purchasing mine, probably would have went with a Toshiba with similar specs (and superior speakers). However I treat my laptops very gently and my Asus is not my primary computer (as I use my Lenovo desktop in my home office at least 95% of the time) thankfully thus far I have not seen any indication of a problem with the hinges after 12 months of ownership.

I have a bit of a concern about Asus customer support, but thus far have depended on tech support offered by a well-known big box store. However my biggest concern is the above mentioned reported problems with the monitor's hinges, as in my opinion an $800 computer should be built to last many, many years, and it would be a real shame if something as simple as hinge design could ruin the ownership experience of an otherwise top-rate laptop. I just cannot stress how quick & powerful this laptop is.

I should mention that I am not a gamer, rather I use my computers to do a great deal of photographic work, editing, as well as designing and maintaining a number of web sites for these tasks the Asus absolutely perfect & again it performs with lightening speed.

Thus far I absolutely love my Asus U46E, however since I also own a very nice (and surprisingly quick for its tiny size & 1GB of RAM) Gateway LT4010u netbook that I take with me on the go, and I keep the Asus on my table in my living room, I am considering keeping my Asus set up on it's table in the open position (with a dust cover over it when not in use) to cut down on the possibilty of the dreaded hinge failure.

To summarize If you are looking for a powerhouse in a small package that also has great battery life, the Asus U46E is definitely worthy of consideration.

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I bought this item from Best Buy as an open box and I could not pass up the price on it (even cheaper than Amazonwhich RARELY ever happens). I was looking for a replacement to my Sony Vaio which has been my road warrior weapon of choice for almost 3 years. I was looking at Ultrabooks but they were quite pricey for the specs I was looking for (i7, sleek silver case, 8g ram, thin, light)and they felt very flimsy because of the thinness. I needed something that would take a beating with travelling and being constantly on the go with it and still be thin and light. When I saw this with the open box price, I snagged it right away and didn't even think about what it had or didn't because it was cheap! So I ended up taking it home and here are the points worth noting.

GOOD:

1. Even at full price ($799 @ BB), it is still a good price point. If you can find deals on it, even better.

2. It looks sleek, brushed aluminum finish with a recessed hinge for the screen (I like the smooth transition, like the Vaio)

3. USB ports (most Note/Ultrabooks in the price range only had 2 total) incl 1 high speed USB port with the usual HDMI, VGA, Ethernet port, mic, headphone and a card reader

4. Intel i7 with 8 gigs of ram for the price is good. A lot of my work is excel and heavy data processing which this handles with ease, noticeably more capable than my i5, 8gig ram Vaio.

5. Decent battery life

WISHED IT WAS BETTER:

1. Not as light as my Vaio which was a 13.3". This is a 14" and although a bit heavier I can deal with that.

2. I wish it had a SSD drive but it is upgradeable

3. I wish it had a back lit keyboard, it has been quite an adjustment for me not having it.

4. I wish it had built in bluetooth since my mouse and mobile printer connect through bt. I bought a small dongle on amazon and it works fine now however I've lost one USB port.

Overall, for what I need from it to perform my work, it is excellent. It is not perfect although for what I paid for it, I should really give it a 5 star. However, there are some things I wish it washence the 4 star.

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It's cosmetically the nicest laptop I've own. I got a great deal on it also. It's extremely fast, thin, well built, long battery life. Very sleep black/silver. Nothing bad to say about it.

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This model is the worst. There is an inherent flaw in the design that cannot process static properly (forgive me as I don't know exactly what happens), so without warning the screen will turn fuzzy, like a TV channel with no reception. I have been working with Dell for almost 2 months to correct this problem. They "fixed" my initial computer twice and it still is doing it. Then they sent me a replacement unit which also does it. I am now awaiting a new unit model replacement. There is a forum on Dell's website where there are HUNDREDS of units doing this. Please, please, please do not buy this model!

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I love Asus, and most know that they create quality computers. A side note, my cousin's fiance has been working at Best Buy for five years as a part of the Geek Squad and informed me about the best computers on the market (Asus being one of those top brands). I also own a larger, 15.6-inch Asus laptop. My reason for purchasing this laptop is for the upcoming school year; I wanted something light, portable, sufficient memory, and multi-functional. I am a software engineer, so I wanted something that I could use for coding, as well as for taking notes in other classes. This computer is brilliant. I have been using it for hours and am entirely satisfied. A $400 laptop that is sleek, light, touch-screen, lots of memory, and efficient? Sold. The model of this computer is very appealing and couldn't ask for any better. No bulging battery, looks similar to an Apple computer. I love it and am looking forward to bringing this all over campus! If you need a computer to bring wherever you go, buy this computer! I've also noticed that it goes for around $500 on other online stores and nearly $700 at Walmart. Don't let the price on Amazon deceive you for this quality computer! :)

Also, those 1-star reviews are bogus and hurt the overall scoring on the computer. One is a lady complaining about a computer that doesn't work (not the actual, working computer); the other ranting about how she detests Asus. If you want lousy plastics and sub-par hard drives, buy an HP or Dell!

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UPDATE: 10/19/2013 Okay, so I've had this thing for a WHILE now, and I wanted to update this review. So here we go!

My ASUS G750JX-DB71 came with a 256GB SSD and I went to swap it out with my 480GB SSD that I put in my old G74SX. When I took out the G750's SSD, I realized it was a 7mm SSD, which fits PERFECTLY in the X202E. This thing boots up in just a few seconds, and now it even comes out of standby faster. With the 500GB HDD (that came with it), there would be times when you had Chrome open (with a few tabs) and you wouldn't be able to do ANYTHING for a little bit. When you look down, you'd see the HDD light staying SOLID... Not even flashing or hesitating. After the slow stock hdd calmed down, then the computer would be responsive again. You do NOT have those problems with an SSD! Whenever it's reading from the hard drive or when the ram is full (because of to many open tabs and applications), it pulls from the SSD. But it's so fast, that it doesn't slow you down at all! If you google me "wwjoshdew", I'll have a video on how to open this thing up and put an SSD in it. Remember, it HAS to be a 7mm SSD, a 9mm one won't fit. I HIGHLY recommend the one linked to below!

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With a USB 3.0 flash drive combined with an SSD, you can transfer files at over 200MB/s to the Patriot Supersonic Magnum flash drive!

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Also, I updated my X202E to Windows 8.1 really easily by visiting the store from my X202E and simply pressing download... Installation was easy, pain free, and all of my programs and files survived the update just fine. Plus I'm pretty sure it starts up faster now (I disabled hiberation and quick stat up. NOT NEEDED with an SSD!)

My ONLY Complaint with this thing is that when you have power save enabled (it turns it on when you reboot), you KNOW it's on... It's slower and YouTube videos stutter and pause so freaking much. Turn on performance mode, and 1080p YouTube videos look and play good. I also recommend uninstall power4gear hybrid and installing the latest version (3.0.5 as I type this review). Some of the programs and drivers have updates OUT OF THE BOX!

ALSO, Google a tool called "ASUS Backtracker" if you plan on upgrading to an SSD! It will take your recovery partition from your HDD and copy it to a 16GB Flash Drive. I recommend doing that ASAP and putting that flash drive in the box that your X202E came with, so that you know where it is if your HDD dies, or if you want to upgrade to an SSD and need to reinstall Windows 8.

MY INITIAL REVIEW IS BELOW!

I'm actually typing this review from the laptop. So far I'm impressed. I opened it up (If you search "wwjoshdew", I posted high resolution photos on Twitter) and the hard drive is easy to replace, but the ram is SOLDERED in! You can clearly see that in the pictures. I can't post a link, but on my Twitter I tweeted a link to an imgur album with several photos. 4GB is okay I guess. I'm going to be putting this 120GB Vertex 3.20 SSD in it and if the computer ever needs to read/write from the hard drive because all of the ram is used up, it will be really quick and you probably won't notice it.

The touchscreen feels GREAT! I review the latest Android smartphones and tablets, and let me tell you... I have many tablets and phones (all touchscreen) and I feel RIGHT AT HOME using this ASUS X202E-DB1T.

The fact that you can't upgrade the ram is a little disappointing, but if you upgrade to an SSD, you probably won't notice a difference (goes back to the whole reading/writing to the insanely fast SSD if the ram is full).

Usually I make it towards my computer doesn't go to sleep when I close the lid, but there is literally only a two second (or so) gap in between opening the lid, and being able to "swipe up" on the screen to use it like you were before closing the lid. So I think I'll keep it this way and only make it NOT do that when it's plugged in (under advanced power options and close lid options).

So far I'm very impressed and love this thing! I don't find myself using the track pad at all! And there is no need to carry around a mouse, because touching the screen is way faster and more convenient than using a mouse or track pad.

I'm on my very first charge, so I'll update this review as time goes on and after I put this SSD in it and clone/restore the internal hard drive that's in this thing.

07/31/2013 UPDATE: I'll need to kill it and charge it a few more times to give you accurate battery life. I just installed Steam and loaded MW3... Without changing ANY settings, it played pretty smoothly! (youtube.com/watch?v=-7dygM0Bk5Y&hd=1)

The SD Card slot is cool. Usually laptops suck the whole card in it, this one it sticks out. So no worrying about the mechanism breaking and not being able to get your sd card out.

This thing only picks up my 2.4Ghz network, NOT my 5Ghz network. Plus the ethernet port is 100Mbps, BUT it has a USB 3.0 port, so Plugable's USB 3.0 Ethernet Adapter will get you a FULL 1Gbps link speed! (I have 120 Down and 25 Up with Comcast. I'm able to pull 116 Down EASILY with the USB 3.0 port and Plugable USB 3.0 to 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Network Adapter)

For 399, you have to settle somewhere. Plus there are USB 3.0 docks (Plugable UD-3000 USB 3.0 Universal Docking Station for Windows 8, 7, XP (DVI, VGA, or HDMI to 2048x1152, Gigabit Ethernet, Audio, 2 USB 3.0 Ports, 4 USB 2.0 Ports, 4A AC Power Adapter)) that let you use that USB 3.0 port to it's full potential! Gigabit Ethernet, extra USB 3.0 and 2.0 Ports, DVI, HDMI, audio, and etc. I'm not complaining at all! This thing was worth it to me.

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After returning the ASUS Vivotab Smart Tablet because of weird and unexplained quirks and failures, I ordered this one because of the more traditional specs and full-blown Windows 8. After some software anomalies in respect to Windows Update, (it doesn't tell you the progress of the downloads and installation which makes you think nothing is happening), but everything else worked fine. I was very disappointed in the description of this unit when Amazon failed to mention that THIS model DID NOT have Bluetooth (I just assumed it did). Not a problem though because I ordered the Kinivo BTD-400 Bluetooth Adapter, plugged it in, and the software automatically downloaded (Windows 8), and this thing grabbed Bluetooth devices I didn't know I had!

It is not a perfect little machine by any means but damn it's good. I have had astronomically more good and surprisingly good experiences with it than disappointments. Wireless works well and fast. Boot up is fast! Touch screen works very well with no lapses, freezing, or failure to respond to touch.

Windows 8 will require a learning curve and sometimes the interaction between this unit and Windows is peculiar, but it is there and functional. Most of the time it's that pop yourself in the forehead and saying; "ahh there it is, why didn't I see that" kind of thing!

I gave it five stars because it's worthy of it. For what it was designed to do, and keeping in mind that no computer is perfect, this one does abundantly well what it was designed to do!

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Normally I don't write reviews, but seeing how I read reviews prior to purchasing this laptop I figured I'd return the favor for someone else.

Alright, right of the bat I'll say if you're looking for a laptop with a long battery life THIS IS NOT IT!

I actually debated about sending it back multiple times because the battery life is beyond poor for this type of notebook. If I'm surfing the internet and messing with apps, I'll get about 3hrs max. Also, these apps aren't very demanding they're not games or anything like that. I bought this for school, and it seems to be doing the job fairly well so far. I just have to make sure I charge it fully before I take it for the day. Normally, I'll have to charge it while I'm there as well. It's unfortunate.

Ok aside from that, it's a pretty good laptop for the money. I paid the $399 + Tax which came out to about $430. It's very light (compared to what I was using) and pretty thin for it's class/price. One thing I've been using a lot more than I thought is the touch screen. I figured it would be inefficient holding your arm up to use a laptop that had a keyboard with a trackpad, but it actually isn't anything like that.

Well, I'll end it here. If you're looking for a computer for school/work it should handle it pretty well, but don't expect to leave your charger at home. Hope this helps...

EDIT: Alright, after using this laptop after another day I can't take it anymore. I like to browse a few different websites at the same time, so I almost always have multiple tabs open. I also like to have some music going too, and for some reason this laptop just can't handle it. It connects to my router strong, but surfing the internet is now a hassle compared to my old computer. I have to wait a few extra seconds after the web page loads to be able to scroll or click on it, this ultrabook just isn't fast whatsoever. It's constantly 'micro freezing-up' if that makes sense. It's just not responsive at all. I wouldn't recommend this laptop to a college student, it may work as someone's first computer but that may be it.

I've decided to return it because I like my computers lasting atleast 2 years, and I don't know if I can go another 2 weeks with this thing. Again, this is my opinion you may like it, I thought I was going to after reading the reviews, but that's not the case. Hopefully the return process with amazon is easy. Maybe I'll update this review again in the future and let you know.

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I bought a light portable laptop that i could use for college. I will say that this a perfect laptop for a budgeting college student. The mouse pad is the perfect size, its not too small and not big enough to get in the way when you type! The Touch Screen is flawless and works great. The windows 8 interface and touch screen work really well together when reading my college Ebooks. young college freshman that are wanting a hybrid laptop for gaming and school, do not get this laptop. This laptop is strictly for business use only, it is not a gaming machine.

Review of Lenovo G530 15.4-Inch Laptop (Black Matte)

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We have noted various other computers while both shopping and helping solve our family's various computer issues, so I knew about what I wanted when it came time to replace our 10 year old IBM T23 Think Pad. Price was also a factor in our selection and frankly I simply wanted a Lenovo having had a long and very good experience with my T23. Lenovo is continuing the tougness of the past generation of IBM laptops.

The Lenovo G530 is really a fantastic laptop. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the $1200 laptops have, but it is extremely quick in doing everything I need when I go online. There is tons of storage space with a 165 gig Hard Drive, plus tons of memory-and I am even starting to like Windows 7. I may eventually go back to Linux Ubuntu distro which is my OS of choice.

The Lenovao G530 has a very bright wide screen moniter. All functions are responding well. Lenovo has continued the IBM PC and Laptop appearance, and I chuckle at the black matte finish and think: "something only a mother could love." Don't worry about appearances, they still have the toughness that I enjoyed for years with my T23. Imagine going from 30 gig hard drive up to 165 gigs, and the same relative improvements on the processor speeds and memory capacity. This unit literally flies from on web page to another. The visual properties of the 15.4 inch monitor as well as the more than adequate sound card give good performance for enjoying videos as well as extended listening to your favorite audios through Windows Media which is included in the Windows 7 Premium OS.

I plug in my Koss PortaPro Headphones and hear every detail of the music. The sound card gives crisp digital audio performance that you will really enjoy. I'm not an audiophile but enjoy listening to a lot of good music and I appreciate the sound that I get with the Lenovo G530

We are very satisfied with this purchase which arrived from Amazon in just two days. We used the $40 Amazon Vista rebate so the entire purchase was $400.00 which is a very good value for a laptop with the large screen and obvious quality and speed. A tip that works for me, instead of paying extra to buy Windows Office, we installed Open Office which works great for me both on Windows 7 and our Linux OS which I have on our Dell Desktop PC.

I recommend this computer and feel you'll get many performance features that you get on computers that cost much more. I have owned Gateway, Dell, HP and IBM and much prefer the current Lenovo G530 to all of them. Our Dell Desktops are recent purchases. The G530 has quickly taken over as my favorite. Great Value, Very Fast, and Built Tough.

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Love this computer... its having Windows 7 doesn't hurt either. It's fast, and feels good & solid (not like some of the cheaper models that almost feel like toys that'll break at the drop of a hat). We have another laptop we recently purchased at a local store this other one, besides feeling 'cheaper' has a dvd/cd tray that doesn't have the button to open the drive. This Lenovo has that simple feature I never appreciated before.

It runs nice & cool (amazingly cool, actually), great picture quality (gotta catch the recent NCIS episodes!) and the keyboard feels good to use.

The black matte finish keeps it looking nice (without fingerprints, etc) too.

Probably my only very minor complaint is that the place to plug-in the earphones (and microphone/alt audio-in) are at the very front which makes them inaccessible when I use my laptop cradle (which sets the laptop at an angle, resting against something on that bottom/front).

Oh, and I absolutely love the feature that allows me to physically turn off the wireless card!!!

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This system is much easier to deal with than I had anticipated. I bought is based on screen size, price, and knowing that lenovo used to make IBM's laptops. Figured I'd buy it and then cope with all the new system joy.

Well, it did NOT come loaded up with crapware. I'm a real fan of that! I had planned on spending an hour or two removing unwanted bloat, but didn't need to. It works just fine for what I bought it for running some light weight stuff like word processing, spreadsheets, finance and a tiny bit of web surfing. At the price of this thing, I can afford to keep it dedicated to those business type tasks while I use my other machines for gaming, heavy web surfing, etc.

All in all, I'm very impressed with this, my first Lenovo. I'm fairly certain I'll go to them for my next machine as well.

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I bought this laptop for my wife's birthday. So far, she loves it and has no complaints at all. It's not a fully loaded computer, but for the price, it's a great choice. One thing I noticed, though, is when you plug or unplug the power while the laptop is on, it makes rather loud beeping. It may be embarrassing when that happens if you are in a meeting. Does anyone know if the beep can be turned off?

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I probably ought to have researched this purchase just a little bit more than I did, but I do like this laptop. It's bare bones, but otherwise meets the standards of quality of earlier IBM-manufactured ThinkPads. For web browsing, internet video playback, Inkscape, GPS map unpacking / updating, Skype/Google video chat and telephone calls, and photo uploading (the types of tasks I routinely perform on my G530), it's fine. More than enough storage, speedy Windows 7 operations and boot / standby recovery times.

I use it regularly with HP's WiFi Mouse, Siig's USB to HDMI Converter, Sandisk's MicroMate SD/SDHC Reader, Belkin's Mini Bluetooth Laptop Adapter (for tethering to my Blackberry Storm2 9550, and Belkin's USB 2.0 4-Port Mini Hub.

The keyboard is first rate for laptops. Likewise, no problems with the trackpad (which features a scroll function along the right side). Operation is quiet, even when the cooling fan is on. And the unit never gets too hot. No problems with the mic or web cam to report.

But I do have a list of either "dislikes" or "things I should have considered before purchasing" that I think are worth mentioning. Hopefully these will give you some available features to consider before finalizing your laptop decision:

1. The screen is glossy, not "anti-glare" -which means brighter colors, but depending on lighting conditions, it can be difficult to view (or you may find you're looking at a reflection of yourself).

2. As much as I tether to my cell phone for internet connectivity, I could stand to have built-in Bluetooth. The Belkin adapter I use takes up one of two available USB ports.

3. The battery live is limited. I can get about an hour of streaming internet video before it's depleted. Not much more for just general web surfing. I haven't found an extended battery for this unit.

4. The speakers are lacking in volume output when something louder is needed, though the sound quality is fine.

5. To play online video from Hulu or NBC on my television, I have to use the USB to HDMI converter I mentioned. I'd much rather have purchased a laptop with HDMI out.

6. A built-in SD card reader would have been nice. The Sandisk reader I use is fine, except it's so wide that I need to use it through a USB hub because otherwise it interferes with the other USB port.

7. There's no backlighted keyboard, so typing in the dark can be challenging.

8. I'm not a fan of front-facing headphone jacks for those semi-regular occasions I use earbuds.

9. Part of me would like a numeric keypad for very infrequent use, though that usually comes with a marked size increase.

The narrow aspect ratio of the 15.4" screen is almost impossible to find on anything newer than this unit, which is too bad because none of the 15.6" laptops fit in my bag. (Boo hoo!)

Contrary to what I've written, I don't regret this purchase much -the price was right, the operation is solid, and since purchasing this G530 I've learned a lot more about how I'll want to use my next laptop (or, at least, what features I want in it). So I'm satisfied that I didn't overbuy this first time around, yet am able to do want with it.

If you're looking for a bare bones internet machine with enough processor to get through some drawing and photo editing, and will be close to a power source, I have no qualms recommending this on your list of consideration -especially at the prices you can find it for these days.

Fujitsu LIFEBOOK LH531 14" Notebook - Intel Core i5 i5-2450M 2.50 Review

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I only give 5 stars to perfections, and the lifebook is good but not perfect.

Pros;

Price is great for the features.

The battery life is almost 5 hours

The always on usb port to charge my phone is a nice feature.

Win7 64bit performs beyond expectations with Aero off.

14 is perfect for transportation.

Cons;

The speakers are just plain bad. Not a big deal to me though.

The display adapter is only o.k.

Would I buy it again....HECK YA!

It crushes my netbook on every single level except portability.

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Over the course of the last 1 month one by one the following have failed on my brand new fujitsu (bought less than 3 months ago) :

Network card (working sporadically only)

USB3 ports (both of them)

The trackpad (not working any more)

The numlock keys

The erratic jumps of the mouse (using external mouse)

Who knows what else will fail on this horrendous machine.

Never buy a Fujitsu any more the product is made in china to very low quality levels combined with horrible customer service (solutions not acceptable) I have just wasted $1100 on them.

Be Warned!!

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It's a fairly generic laptop. It comes with some software that's useful. However, the speakers are worse than any! I mean any! My iPod Touch has more volume.

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This laptop was purchased for me as a gift for college. As a rather average college student myself, I thought this laptop would be sufficient for my needs. 4GB RAM is NOT enough this computer started freezing and crashing in the middle of not-very-taxing applications like running a Facebook game, or even running Microsoft Word. I got the Blue Screen of Death just by going on Tumblr once. I'm a very light gamer, unlike some of my friends whose laptops handle LoL and WoW just fine. However, if I run iTunes, the computer's fan goes crazy and even after I close the application, I have to restart the computer to return it to normal.

Pros:

--The weight. Many people were jealous of how light my laptop was, especially because my campus is very walking-oriented. Portability was definitely a big plus.

--Graphics. The display is very clear and enjoyable for basic purposes.

--Initial battery life. The battery life is pretty decent in the beginning, lasting me about two classes before I need to charge it again.

Cons:

--RAM is way too small for the average college student. Anything remotely taxing on the memory throws this computer for a loop FB games, Tumblr, iTunes especially, Sims, etc.

--The whole computer is rather flimsy, made out of plastic. Pieces of it starting cracking off, and the top is a fingerprint and smudge magnet which I had to clean every week almost so that people didn't think I was some sort of gross person...

--Random crashes and bluescreening.

--One of the two harddrives was always completely full because of Windows Restore, so I only had 250 gbs to work with.

tl;dr:

If you want something stronger than a Netbook that has has a decent battery life, then this computer is for you, but there are better priced computers for the same specs.

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ok, so i read all the positive reviews on this laptop & decided to go for it, i bought it here on amazon from DIGIDEALS for $600, boy i must tell you the lappy is sleek, sexy, lightweight, don't overheat and just all round great, the only reason i gave a 4 star rating is because the 0.3mp cam is just teribble for a lappy of this caliber & it's also a fingerprint magnet, no joke, anyways i never will really be using the cam anyway (got an acer d250 & a toshiba nb305 netbooks, by the way the cam is way better on the toshiba, anyways, this laptop is a must have @ this price, and guess what...you see that word "Refurbished" that you keep seeing bandied about all over the net about this laptop?, HA, it comes factory sealed by samsung complete with users manual & packaging, well plastic downed & protected, as hard as you can try, you will not be able to tell if it's new or a refurb. but you wanna know what's the best part of all that has me beaming? i kept seeing everywhere that this lappy comes with an i3 processor, well let me just tell you, I GOT AN i5 running @ 2.27ghz in mine, & it was the R580-JSB1US model,(the JBB2 comes with the i3) boy wasn't that a sweet surprise, see my pix.

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super fast and its as if its brand new...no problems whatsoever from my new laptop....LOVE IT ! ! !

Works great for my college classes

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I bought this laptop about two months ago and it is absolutely incredible. I still can't believe all that it came with for the price. It is extremely fast, has an intel processor, high quality graphic, comes with a blue ray player, has software within to connect the laptop to your TV, so you can see anything on your laptop on your tv screen including your blue ray movies, etc. (must purchase a box to get the connection complete). Comes with a limited word processing software, and many other extras. After doing months of research this was the absolute best laptop for the money. The only negatives I see is the speakers don't seem to go very loud and the mouse takes a little getting used too, other then that this is one of the best out there.

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This laptop is great. had it for about a year. It has fallen, cracked and had a screen replacement and it is still functioning perfectly. I strongly recommend!

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SO I purchased this a while ago getting a refurb. After literally dropping it from about 6 feet in the air it still works great. I did upgrade the memory to 8gig but still. I am quite pleased. Make a back up BEFORE you start loading software though. Mine (as many don't) didn't come with a Win 7 cd/dvd/

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So first I will say I am coming from a MacBook air 11' mid 2011 with 2GB ram and 64GB harddrive. This one I got has 4GB of ram and 128GB harddrive. I use this laptop mainly for browsing the internet and some programming. Now that you have a little background Ill give a quick review.

From the get go this laptop is MUCH faster then my previous Macbook air. When you open the lid you are ready to go that second. On the old one I would have to wait a little for it to load and if I left chrome up and clicked on it right away then I would get the loading wheel. I havent seen this do it once. That could be because of the harddrive being so much faster.

When I opened the box the laptop was already charged to 91% so im trying to kill it. Well I was on it ALL NIGHT last night and now its the morning and its only at 60%. That battery life is amazing and let me honest thats what we ask for in a laptop.

If you are up in the air about this laptop(no pun intended). I would say give it a go. You could even buy it from the Apple store and if you dont like it just return it.

If you are replacing an older Macbook air and have one thats because the mid 2012 then I would say get it but if you have the mid 2012 I dont know if I would suggest spending the money unless you really want battery. I hope this helps anyone trying to purchase this laptop.

I am not an Apple fan boy. My desktop is a custom build Window machine so I know both worlds. Please if you have any questions just comment and I will be happy to try things for you or just answer questions.

I am a Computer Engineer so im use to testing things so feel free to ask.

(This is my first review)

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Working off formerly a 13" macbook air mid 2011, I just bought this new 2013 model with the Haswell CPU and low power consumption infrastructure.

Off a full charge, I disconnected 3 hours 40 mins and had an external drive connected the entire time, restarted 4 times, and did NONSTOP heavy application installs (Office suite, Photoshop etc.), a total of 23 applications, and ran youtube vids in the background the entire time, and after all of that nonstop heavy loading, I had 76% on my battery, of which id have around 35% on my older Macbook Air.

Further still, the entire unit has run UTTERLY COOL during this EXTREMELY heavy loading, installing and heavy 1080P video graphics play. My other Macbook Air would be almost too hot to touch underneath near back under same conditions.

Even without 802ac (new Wifi connection thru the new Air), I notice roughly 25% faster throughput on likewise file downloads using my new Macbook Air than that of my older version Macbook Air.

This new Macbook Air contains PCIe-Based Flash Storage Approaches 800 MB/s Read and Write. I notice BLAZING fast write speed on my 1.1 Gig Photoshop app, and seemed about 40% faster than my previous generation Macbook Air. Also, this new Air model contains PCIe-based SSD modules made by Samsung and is smaller than the previous Air model SSD made by Toshiba.

These new Airs also sport batteries with increased capacity driven by higher voltages: increasing from a 7.3 V, 6700 mAh power battery to a 7.6 V 7150 mAh power battery. Other changes include a redesigned expanded heat sink covering both the CPU and GPU, which must be why this unit runs SO COOL even maxed out.

ALL my apps run perfect on this new Air, including Office suite, and the entire Adobe suite and the rest of my apps, ....which it should, its still running Mountain Lion OS.

I really have to say again, that write speeds on HUGE app instals is just faster than you dare hope for; its just blazing faster than my previous gen. Air.

My Macbook Air has been without a question my most treasured gem of "go-to" Mac product hands down, I own all of them (2 Airs, Macbook Pro, MacMini etc),...I was skeptical when I shelled out $1099 today for the new Haswell Air and its presumed prognosticated "crazy long" battery life and improved speeds overall; but the hype isn't hype, its real and amazing. The mere NOTION that I can overload this Air with App installs, and have a 2.5" HD attached for nearly 4 hours, run 1080P Youtube vids,...and still be at 76% Batt life is just, well, its stunning.

Tested out the NEW dual (stereo) mic and it IS much nicer in record, additionally the camera/vid is much sharper and crisper than my other Mac Air. Considering the price point is lower on these new Airs than the older ones, I give the new Macbook Airs a "110%". Having repaired laptops (non mac) in the past, and owned at least 20X more laptops than most consumers, I don't lightly conclude this is the cornerstone workhorse for everything I dare consider doing, fast got faster, and battery life now is enough to make a crusty "hates everything" person like myself nearly cry with joy. Congrats Apple! Homerun on this lovely gem.

I didnt get this delivered in one day, I picked it up from my local Mac store, I got my buddy to sell it to me 1 day before they officially "have" them which is today 6/12. As for the questions about using this new Air with Photoshop and it lagging on heavy filtering and photo editing, Ive tested that fully and this IS the machine you want for ultimate portability, it works fantastic.

Also of great importance is that this version of Mac Air is supposed to have "nearly double" fast write speeds as the Macbook Pro Retina. And the new Hard storage on this Air has "up to 6X faster than a 5400RPM disk drive" as found in current Macbook Pro which contain 5400RPM Toshiba Hard drives (made by Hitachi for Toshiba actually). In short, YES, this is a perfect "must own" book in the field or travel use for photoshop work, with just blazing fast write speeds, and crazy long battery life.

This new Macbook Air brings TRUE definition to being "disconnected" and "portable" to those who want to do a LOT of work free of the power socket! Genuine portable is finally here, ...no more staring at the battery % to rush to shut down!

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This might look like just a minor spec bump from last years model. However, the new MBA boasts all day battery life: 11 inch (9 hours) and 13 inch (12 hours). This is a big step up from the previous generation. This is due to a larger battery and more efficient processor. The upcoming OS X Mavericks is supposed to be even more energy efficient than Mountain Lion. The MBA is also faster due to the new processor and has a faster wifi connection. The solid state drive in this computer makes it much faster than a regular hard drive computer.

This is a great computer overall. The screen is not as nice as the retina Macbook Pro, however it is not a deal breaker. The MBA is a lightweight, portable computer and the Retina screen is thicker, heavier, and more expensive. Once they manage to make a thin, lightweight Retina Display this computer might be perfect. You will probably not miss the disc drive on this computer because it is a featherweight without it and you can use an external disc drive if you have to or remotely access another computer with a disc drive.

If you are debating between the 11 and 13 inch models, it depends on what you want to use it for. The extra screen space, SD card slot, and longer battery life for $100 more makes the 13 inch a worthy choice. However, some want a truly portable machine that can fit easily in a large purse or briefcase.

If you are debating between this computer and an iPad with a bluetooth keyboard, consider the ease of use of the computer versus the portability and cost of an iPad. For students, it is nice to have a real keyboard and be able to easily create documents, spreadsheets, and powerpoints on an actual computer, but I see more and more students with iPads and a keyboard case getting by just fine.

If you are debating between 128GB and 256GB (or custom order 512GB from Apple), consider cloud storage. Flickr now has 1 TB free photo storage with no size restrictions. Google Drive and Evernote are great for documents and you can always store your iTunes library on an external hard drive if you have a massive library.

If you are debating between this and a Windows Ultrabook/ Google Chromebook, consider the operating system, reliability, customer service, and resale value. People love Apple products and you can resell the computer if you want to eventually upgrade. They hold their value pretty well. The operating system takes a little getting used to but it is a lot smoother than Windows and you will probably never want to switch back to the dark side. If you really need a Windows Program, you can run Windows on a Mac.

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A lot has been written about how great the Macbook Air is. I agree, this is a truly fine thing. Forget the "feeds and speeds" metrics so many people seize on (although the performance is pretty good on this for what most people do), I just feel that this thing is in total harmony with me. It is powerful yet light and agile. I have a 13" Macbook Pro and it is great but a bit heavy. The Macbook Air is insanely light and yet very sturdy.

The one thing I really stressed over was whether to get the 11.6 inch model or the 13 inch model. Years ago I had an early netbook. It was nice as a novelty but it was really underpowered. It turned out the 10 inch screen was just too small. The size of the screen on the netbook was just too much of a compromise (my eyesight isn't what it used to be!). I was concerned that the 11.6 inch Macbook Air screen might be too small also. I really wanted to get it instead of the 13 inch screen because to me, getting a larger Macbook Air just seemed to defeat the purpose of getting a small, light computer in the first place. I really wanted the 11.6 inch model to work out. The price difference really wasn't an issue, I just wanted to have the perfect size for me. I saw a few 11.6 and 13 inch models and I thought the 11.6 inch would be okay but I had the nagging feeling that when I started using it, I would regret getting the smaller version. You know how that goes, your first look at something is brief and you don't really get a feel for how you will use it in the real world. Sometimes your initial conclusions turn out wrong and you regret your choice. Well, I took a chance on the 11.6 inch version and after using it for a while, I am really happy with the choice. It is the perfect size for me for a portable computer. If you are struggling with the same decision, I hope this helps.

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I have been using the new Macbook Air for almost a week now. I actually started with the 11 inch because I wanted the lightest possibly laptop, and I used to have a smaller screen, but I guess it was just too small. I was noticing things like a shaking screen and I had been using a 15 inch Macbook Pro with the aluminum keyboard for the last five years. When I got the 13 inch, everything looked and felt just right.

In my opinion, a laptop battery has one major task. It should allow users to do everything they want on their laptop without having to plug it back in. I used it for about 1.5 to 2 hours two evenings in a row doing internet surfing, minimal video watching, and some word processing. The next day I used it for close to 8 hours of word processing and internet surfing. You know you have an amazing battery when the bar goes red, and you check to see that you still have two and a half hours remaining. I did not check exact times, but I think I got over 11 hours before charging it back up (including 3 days of sleeping). I was also surprised to see that it had recharged before I went to bed!

In this day and age, laptop users should understand that you never get the same amount of battery life watching non-stop high quality videos as you would using basic software and the internet. I use a laptop fairly frequently for projects/entertainment, but can not think of one instance in which I would need over 12 hours of battery life. More than 8 hours and my eyes start to blur. The bottom line is that Apple's initial estimate of 12 hours is not off, and I am happy to say that I will not be taking my charger with me anytime I plan to return to my house to sleep later that evening. I don't have to worry about battery life for the first time.

One small quirk is that the time estimates of the battery are sometimes off. For instance, I have checked my battery status and seen an estimate of 17 plus hours remaining. I admittedly got overexcited before it quickly went back down to over 12. The percentage is always accurate, however, and it's intriguing to see how long you can last with 100% battery life remaining.

As for the rest of the computer, the keyboard is great, the screen is nice, but not stellar, and there is a slight glare when I work in direct sunlight though it's nothing objectionable. I think that Apple has set a new standard with this laptop because it's obviously light, but the battery is truly amazing. It's also picking up the internet feed in my house as good if not better than my other devices.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: I have noticed an issue with volume fluctuation when watching movies on Netflix and sports on ESPN. The issue persists on Safari and Firefox. Unfortunately, other are having this issue and no one that I could find as of yet reports it as being resolved. This is a shame. This laptop is so good otherwise I am still giving it 4 stars, but this is a major issue. I have downgraded to 3 stars until this gets resolved.