Best Acer AS5742-6682 15.6-Inch Notebook Computer - Mesh/Black Deals

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For the price I couldn't ask for more.

Intel core i3 @2.4 GHz, 4 GBs of RAM, and a 320 GB hard drive.

Clear screen with rich color and a good black level.

Webcam is pretty standard for a laptop. Good picture given enough light.

Came with a bit of bloatware, but not too much. Even so, I reinstalled Win 7 and the programs I wanted for my needs (made sure to make an image of the stock configuration before).

Performance is quick and responsive while browsing, opening large pdf's, and watching video.

Should do fine with light gaming, although I don't use it for that.

With normal use, I'm getting anywhere from 3-4 hours from the battery.

Touchpad works well with no skipping. All the same, I invested in a laptop mouse and disabled the touchpad. Easy enough.

One little mono speaker, with the quality of sound you'd expect from that. It's clear enough to watch video and hear what's being said, but if you're planning on listening to music or watching video with stereo sound, get a decent pair of portable earphones.

It's pretty light for such a big notebook, just under 6 lbs.

If you're planning on traveling with this, you'll want a solid case for it. While it is by no means flimsy, it's not the most solid notebook I've owned.

Construction is all light plastic.

Have only has this for about a month, so we'll see how it holds up over time, but for now, all's well.

For just over $400, I consider this an excellent buy.

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This is the second ACER I bought for my 11 years son, the firts one he only was 8, and he is a amaze with his new laptop fast than the previous one, better screen quality and windows 7 he can't be happier.

This is a very good Laptop for this price.

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To all of those looking for not a good but a great computer for the price, make sure you get to see this one, not pricy and very easy to carry and work with, it has all the necessary stuff for you to work without worries.

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I agonize over any purchase over $20 and this one (thankfully as usual) turned out to be a good investment. I was looking for a netbook or laptop that could step in as a home media PC (limited use), handle basic tasks like word and even some light video editing/graphic design I was drawn to this guy over and over for the 2.4ghz processing speed, 4 gig ram (upgraded to 8 for $31 at microcenter), ability to handle HD vid/audio through HDMI and just overall good reviews. Take off the limited bloatware, toy with the wifi (if you need to) and you will be rocking and rolling with this fast little puppy! I can run photoshop and 8 chrome tabs with no problems, I installed VLC player and have watched hours of 720 and 1080 video, mostly MKV's, with no problems or skipping or anything and I'm running out the HDMI into a 55" plasma. It's a gorgeous video feed and no tinkering with settings, pretty much just let it mirror your desktop which it does automatically. Sound on the speaker can get decently loud however it's tingy but rest assured through headphones or into your home receiver or just portable speaker it is cranking out beautiful sound and 7.1 channels with no problems. Didn't need the big hard drive but no complaints. As said, upgraded to 2x 4 gig mem cards (it has 2 slots only FYI) for a total of 8 gig. My only issue was the wifi signal at home dropping out, it would start at 105 MBPS which is good but I would watch it drop out to as low as 7 at times! I was even thinking of returning it, I restored it, updated drivers, still bad. My 2 yo Acer netbook was flying with no probs. I hardwired this thing through ethernet and it was a steady 150 MBPS but who wants wires?! Anyway, I just opened the intel settings and tinkered with it and it was being limited to a 20 ghz channel (or something, I can't recall), I put that setting on auto and it's been steady over 100 ever since! Netflix in HD, no problems. Phew! I got mine from microcenter for $379 + $30 for memory upgrade. Oh and ya, it's a plastic cover which means (good) lighter laptop and (I guess not so good to some people) feels cheaper than my netbook or older laptops but look if you drop these things without a static hard drive or whatever you could easily be S-O-L regardless so don't let that bother you. Buy this guy, open up the pretty HD display (I'm getting 4+ hours of batter life which is a super bonus too!) and enjoy for less than 1/2 of what a mac would cost and a lot less than ultrabooks at the moment.

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I bought this computer for some correspondence college courses and general study/ internet and have been EXTREMELY satisfied! I wanted something that could handle some graphics for games such as battlefield and America's Army 3, but wouldn't break the bank and this is what I got! With the Core i3 processor and 4GBs of RAM, this thing ZOOMS on the internet! What a steal! the only thing that I don't like is all of the bloatware, but tha is to be expected coming from the manufacturer itself.

5/5 for me!

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Seller sent item and was damaged by shipping company.

After many good e-mails the seller was able to resolve issue.

I am never buying from AMAZON again but I would use GOLOco Services worry-free.

Even with conflicting information from generic outsourced customer service representatives at Amazon.com

He resent replacement items hassle free.

Item was as advertised and met all expectations & exceeded some.

Damage could only have been avoided by UPS hiring better handlers.

Seller resolved misunderstanding with us with a level head and a kind heart.

More than I can say in the way my husband handled it.

Please consider this seller in the future for your electronic needs.

Thank You, Leo of GOLOco. The annals of history may not remember your act of kindness but I will.

Kathy

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Reviews of Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 13.3-Inch Convertible Touchscreen Ultrabook

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I thought I give me first impressions of this new Windows 8 Convertible.

First off the device is very slick, its light weight, looks great. It not the easiest thing to open but once its opened it works well.

As excited as I was to get this, there were several blaring quirks that I wouldn't expect from a $1500 device.

1. The wifi intermittently cuts out. This seems to be a known issue you can read about everyone complaining here. To save you some time reading the thread there are three things I did

a.Update the driver

b.Change the power settings -Set the Wireless Adapter Settings to Maximum Performance (both battery and wired

c.Update the driver properties

1. Bring up the device manager by searching "device manager" from the charms menu under settings.

2. Click on network adapters in the device manager.

3. Right click on "Realtek RTL8723A wireless ..." under network adapters. Click on properties.

4. In the properties box click on the advanced pane.

5. Inside the advanced pane set the following values to these parameters:

selective suspend: disabled (I think this is the only change necessary but I did the other 2 parameter changes as well, you can experiment with different choices)

selective suspend timeout: 60

WiFi config: WiFi

Click OK to save settings

2. There is no keyboard light, which have been on all my Lenovo work computer, so it's hard to see the keyboard in the dark.

3. When you flip the Yoga and try watching a movie, you'll notice the speakers are now pointed away from you! Even still the speakers are louder than the iPad.

Ok about Windows 8

The biggest problem with Windows 8 is that it comes preloaded with Junk! The start bar is full on things I will never use and there is a ton of Trial Wear already installed. I was particularly disappointed that MacAfee (part of the company that gave me this Ultrabook) was continuously popping up messages that were very hard to close with tiny buttons and dropdowns asking me to buy a subscription or register when as far as I can tell it comes with a subscription.

Once you remove all this and get things set up its actually pretty nice, however moving tiles around is hard work (not nearly as easy as a ipad).

There is no Official Facebook App, after some research you can integrate facebook with the People App but when I did this the news feed is different and nearly all the businesses I liked are featured and it is missing a ton of features such as unliking the businesses I don't want to see as full page adds.

Also the App are more expensive. Why is Star Wars Angry Birds $5?

User profiles are very nice and this is something iPads don't have. I am pretty happy with this feature and you can add picture passwords that work okish.

Overall once you get it set up I think it is pretty nice, I don't think the average user wants to spend the time I did to set this up though and I really think it could have been done better.

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I got the Yoga 13 in support of my photography it allows me to have a fairly high-end computer in a very lightweight package, fully capable of running Lightroom and Photoshop and being able to process 18-21 megapixel images efficiently. I also like the touch screen and tablet mode for watching movies, viewing slideshows or just surfing. I have two issues though, that have made me sometimes wonder if I should have waited until there were competing models out there. (This was without a doubt, the most capable touchscreen laptop available at the time.)

First, the fan runs continuously, even when the computer is just idling. It can get quite loud when the system is working even modestly hard. This is apparently a well-known issue and there is no fix at the present time.

Second, the trackpad is absolutely awful. I'm in IT myself and have seen many many laptops over the years, and this compares with the worst, trackpad-wise. It alternates rapidly between being hyper-sensitive and not responding at all, it skips, it causes random effects... I've sent emails prematurely, deleted blocks of text, moved things around, etc. After a fair bit of fiddling with the mouse and synaptics settings it's gotten slightly better, but it's still much more effective to use a real mouse with this computer.

One other, relatively small item: the right shift and Enter keys are unusually small, leading to some mistyping.

On the flip side the screen and video are magnificent, the tablet mode works very well, sound is great, and all in a remarkably compact package.

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I've had this laptop for about 2 weeks. (Mine has all the same specs save for 8GB RAM I have 4.) I love it! Getting my programs and files transferred from my old laptop was a breeze and took very little time. I had an issue upgrading Windows 8 to the PRO edition with Media Center. Microsoft Tech support was outstanding (I know?) at getting me up and running in 20 minutes.

I have to imagine you've read all the professional reviews, and now you want to know if it lives up to it on the consumer end. I haven't used it much as a tablet yet because I plan to do that more in the summer. Also one of the first things I did was install Start8 to replace the start menu on the desktop. Very good software that is well worth 5 dollars. I move this thing around frequently. Battery life with heavy use is about 4-5 hours. If I am going back and forth to the machine, then it will last much longer. Every works really well out of the box, and it's speedy.

So here is the one thing I think everyone buying this machine needs to know. For me, it's not a deal breaker, but it was disappointing, and annoying. In my opinion, Lenovo needs to redesign the keyboard. I tried and tried to get used to the cramped shift key, backspace, and enter. I'm telling you, I missed them every time. So now, at my workstation, I use a high quality external keyboard and mouse and keep the laptop in tent mode. I LOVE this setup. The keyboard on the machine is above average for on the go stuff. It's outstanding in fact. It's just not something I want to use for long periods of work. So really, I have the best of both worlds. And for the record, I have read reviews that directly contradict mine. However, I think anyone buying this machine needs to know they might have an issue here. The keyboard issue seems to improve if you approach the keyboard off center moving your hands slightly to the left. This is hard to get used to doing. The other thing is, it would be nice for the keyboard to be illuminated.

Compared to my old laptop, this is a revolution. I am extremely happy with my purchase and would not hesitate, despite the keyboard annoyance, to repeat the purchase.

One more item. I tried using a bluetooth mouse with this machine. It performed very poorly. In my research, this seems to be an issue with Yoga and Microsoft Mice. I switched to a mouse with a receiver. perfect.

You will not regret this purchase unless you are planning on writing a novel in a coffee shop on this thing. And even then, maybe you will adapt easier than I did.

My guess is, Lenovo nailed the future of the laptop.

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I've been looking for a windows 8 tablet/touchscreen laptop for development work, i needed a i7 or i5 processer with a SSD as the primary boot drive. I purchased the Acer W700 first but returned it, it was very fast and well made but the high screen resolution made it unusable in desktop mode.

I had originally overlooked the Yoga 13 because of the exposed keyboard in tablet mode, but later after reading a review talking about about a second unused hard drive slot in the Yoga 13 (yes a tablet / ultrabook with 2 drive slots !!!) i decided to give it a try.

Lets get the bad out of way first so we can talk about the good in more detail:

My Yoga is going back it has a stuck/bad pixel, But i am going to get another Yoga 13 to replace it.

Windows 8 enough said.

Screen can bounce back at ya if you jab it to hard.

Single band WIFI in 2013?

Single channel RAM holds down performance a bit.

Difficult to to a do a clean install no OS disks or option to buy them.

To many partitions from the factory WTFO?

touch-pad tries to be jack of all trades but ends up being master of none.

The good:

The hardware is superb build quality is a 10. This alone makes up for all of the negatives.

The screen size/resolution is a good trade off for desktop mode.

Display quality and brightness are both excellent (even with a bad pixel).

Actually usable in all of its 'advertised positions' and you will find it will adapt and be usable in almost any environment.

If feels so good in your hands you will find it hard to keep from touching it whenever you walk by.

Very slim and light (for a laptop).

No issues with WIFI as other posters have said.

Room for a SECOND HARD DRIVE (very well kept secret).

Tips:

Make your icons on the desktop 'small' gives the desktop a roomy feel.

Turn off edge swiping on the touch-pad otherwise it will drive you crazy.

Learn and use the keyboard shortcuts in place of some touch functions (like F4 to close an app/window).

In tablet mode hold it 'hinge up' this places your hands on the palm rest area on the keyboard (feels good) not in the keyboard (feels bad).

In laptop mode angle the screen slightly back towards you this prevents some 'bounce back'. This also helps illuminate the keyboard.

While lack of a lighted keyboard is a negative the keys have a very bold white lettering that makes it easy to see by the screen light.

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For those of you that are having wireless connection issues... go to the Lenovo com website, click the Support tab, and then click "Drivers and Software", then next to "Quick Path" type "Yoga 13" (without the quotes) and press Enter.

Click the section that says "Networking: Wireless LAN" and notice that there is a newly released driver (June 6, 2013) that you need to download and install to correct your Wireless issues.

Hope this helps.

Cheap Acer Aspire V5-571P-6464 15.6" Touch Screen Laptop - Intel Core

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I bought this because I wanted a touch screen for Windows 8.

It includes Windows 8 and the touch screen is wonderful. Once you use Windows 8 with a touch screenyou'll get it. The keyboard is backlita first for me and something I find it convenient in low light.

The touch pad is huge! I'm not sure why, but it doesn't have a scroll region. At least, that I've found. I'm downloading the manual now to find out how to enable it.

Speaking of downloadingthis is one area of Acer support that is frustrating. I'm attempting to download the 96MB manual form the Acer US support site and it's so slow. The estimated download time is over 30 minutes! Come on Aceryou can do better than this.

One of the other reviewers mentioned that the plastic case flexes and it's true. To me this isn't a big deal I don't need an industrial strength case and would rather they use the minimal amount of materials to make something that (in the US) will eventually end up in a landfill.

Overall I'm very pleased with this notebook. This is a slim design that's lite weight and is convenient to carry. It's very quiet and runs cool.

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My friend bought this for my eight year old daughter. She insisted on having a touch screen. I had some misgivings on this one due to the other reviews on Acer products having internet issues. This does have some issues in that regard. It isn't consistent though. My daughter uses the internet for school. (she is home schooled) There were days when she'd have to reconnect 3 times in an hour then not again for a few days. Frustrating but not a deal killer. It would only be a real issue if you were playing an online game. I tried to download the new driver, which it did but it won't find it when I search for it. To be honest I haven't tried it again; my daughter doesn't complain about it that much.

The case does seem flimsy but she's had the computer for about 3 months now and it's holding up fine. The touch screen works well, even if it doesn't get used much. Even my eight year old prefers the mouse for most things. The screen itself is very bright and movies look good on it.

The touch pad doesn't work as well as the one the HP I had did. It doesn't seem to be sensitive enough to catch the Win. 8 swipes. I don't know if that can be adjusted or not. I haven't looked.

The keyboard is a typical island keyboard and the back lighting is good. It can be turned on or off; so that is helpful. I only wish there was a light or notice if you turn on/off the cap or number locks. The only way to know if either of these is on or off is to just start typing. It resets the number lock to off when you turn off the computer or switch users. Frustrating, all my other computer default to this being on not off.

Once you get used to Win. 8 this is a good computer. It plays the games she wants to play; specifically Sims3. It also plays a few others but as they weren't designed for Win 8 there are a few glitches. This isn't an issue with the computer though, I know it would play them fine if not for Win 8.

We got this computer when it was a little cheaper and my daughter is very happy with it. I would have preferred it to have more RAM memory though. That was a trade off though for the touch screen. All in all it is a decent computer.

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So far the computer has been great I have had no problems with it. Windows 8 takes a little getting use to. The computer has everything that I need on a computer.

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my nephew loved this late birthday gift. it was more than perfect, it came with great extras, only thing no directions, or the warranty info. but based on info it should be registered and I can get directions off the net. so no bigy!

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I purchased this Laptop in August from a major retailer and paid about $275 brand new. Its a good laptop for performing basic websurfing tasks and viewing pictures and videos. Nothing special no bells and whistles and not much to shout about. At a price of $275 this is to be expected...you get what you pay for and I knew this when I bought it. However keep in mind that the RAM, even though it comes stock at 2GB, is upgradeable up to 8GB. And RAM is honestly not that expensive or difficult to upgrade and boosts your memory, speed, and performance for less than $50 if your computer savvy or know a friend who is. You can also upgrade the graphics for less than $100 depending on if you really want a gaming machine or just to view a couple videos and the occasional game now and then. You can also upgrade the processor, but I would recommend a professional repair technician to handle changing out the CPU but upgrading from the stock 1 GHz Dual Core to a triple or quad core 2.5 GHz or greater would be worth it for the power and performance you could get, but thats up to you. Depending on what you are looking for, you can upgrade this laptop for alot less than buying a top notch performance system, and get at least equivelent performance. This is why I purchased this laptop to begin with...I plan on making those upgrades in the near future. Only issue Ive had is the LCD screen got a snowy red haze that showed up against certain colors, and found out that it was the screen itself going bad. But an LCD screen costs about $60 for the part, and I got a high gloss anti-glare finish replacement screen which shows color contrast better and shows up better in high light environments...so im happy and problem solved. Its a good starting point laptop to upgrade or for a kid starting out.

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The Toshiba came with some software that I could apply to my network. I am using this laptop only as a media center and it was so easy to incorperate in my network. I recommand anything Toshiba. I have purchased their tv.s before and have never had any issues with their equipment.

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This is my second laptop, but not in a row...I was convinced by the price, the RAM and the memory capacity, I been using it for almost 2 weeks and until now I don't have any problem with this laptop...the only thing is that run very slow with some games, in special for WoW, this is definitely a student laptop or just for internet users.....I still recommend it

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As a reseller, I always look for the best and with great pricing. Would have liked a 500G HDrive but for the money, you can't do any better. Toshiba makes QUALITY computers and this is another example of their committment to the public.

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I buy this toshiba an trust me I really do love it only problem is window stop coming up sad

Buy Toshiba Portege R835-P84 13.3-Inch Laptop

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Being a college student who needs access to a computer almost every day for a variety of tasks, I was in the market for a laptop with relatively high processing power and good battery life. When I stumbled on the Toshiba Portege R835-P84, I knew it was the perfect laptop for my needs. I have had it for almost a year and could not be more satisfied. The main pros about this little machine are this:

-it has an Intel i5 processor (2.40 GHz, 3.00 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology) which allows it to boot up very fast and can handle multiple programs running at once with ease

-it has a 640 GB hard drive capacity which is quite impressive for such a small computer, it means I don't need to consider an external hard drive to store school file

-the battery life is awesome...I have been achieving about 6-7 hours w/o charging and thats while the computer is being used for writing papers, browsing the web, you name it

-it weighs just over 3 pounds and is super compact (I don't even feel it in my backpack)

-despite being a 13-inch laptop and weighing only 3 pounds, it still has a CD/DVD drive!

-comes standard with a spill resistant keyboard and HDMI port

-if the computer senses an impact, the hard drive is automatically shifted into a safe position so that files are not lost (it is actually quite sensitive and you can hear it happen if you pick up the laptop quickly or abruptly...however this feature can be disabled easily by going into the settings)

-the frame is very sturdy and feels solid when carried

-it's Energy Star Certified and has a really cool Toshiba Eco program where you can monitor power usage in watts and adjust power settings depending on your needs

The few cons are the following:

-doesn't come with Bluetooth (I don't understand why not, but I don't really use it that anyway)

-the keys on the keyboard are kind of flat and may take getting used to...I did and now love writing papers with it

-the speakers are average

-the left and right click buttons are rather loud when clicked, I usually tap the touchpad for left click

Overall, you probably can't find a better laptop in this price range and I really enjoy working or just having fun with it. I think this laptop is equal to and beats the MacBook in many aspects including processing and features, and at less than 2/3 the price, it's definetely a good bargain.

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Did much research for an ultralight computer to replace my heavy weight Dell laptop. This was just what was needed.

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I bought this laptop a few weeks ago. The laptop is almost the same as the P81/p56x version, but was sold at lower price because of many sellers. It's very light in hand, the color is what I like. The only issue I found is that the keyboard doesn't feel as good as my old Thinkpad T61. But for a 13" laptop, I shouldn't complain about it at all.

Review of Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 15.6-Inch Laptop (Dark Chocolate)

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Seems good (you know, as long as you ignore the Windows 8 start menu), but I've had problems with the laptop since I first got it 2 months ago. There are battery problems... which Lenovo knows about considering there is a firmware upgrade on the web site... but this did not fix my problems. My laptop won't boot unless it's plugged in. The battery is fine; I can unplug it after start-up and run on battery for a normal period. I guess the computer just isn't reading the battery correctly (tried a battery reset too which didn't fix it). Annoying, to say the least. I am currently in customer service purgatory (I just want a replacement, not a fix), so we'll see how that goes. My last two laptops I bought old refurbished Dells which ran wonderfully. Last time I buy a new one! Grumble grumble

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I upgraded from a HP Pavilion dv6500 (purchased at Best Buy) and have had the Lenovo about three months now. I have been very impressed with it. The case is light yet sturdy and I love th color. The touchpad is huge compared to my old laptop--so huge I still right-click on accident because I don't expect the buttons to be where they are. The screen is bright and the resolution is beautiful. The sound is decent, most people use a laptop with headphones but for the occasional times I use the speakers, they don't have that horrible tinny quality to them, which is nice. They don't get very loud, though. The wireless card has a great range--I can stream movies upstairs in my house where my PS3 won't get reception. It has good battery life; I don't run it without the cord very much but when I do it lasts much longer than my previous laptop. The gesture functions make it much easier to navigate without a mouse than it used to be. This machine will run games, as well. I played World of Warcraft on it and it was only slightly less impressive than my gaming rig. It runs very quiet, so quiet it is hard to believe it is on and much, much cooler than my previous laptop. My only complaint is that the keys leave marks on the screen. They are just dust/oils from my fingers but they leave nice little squares all over the screen. I'm going to buy a screen protector/glare reducer and see if that helps at all. The keys have not scratched the screen.

I use it to run scientific analysis software without a hiccup. I am extremely happy with the quality and performance of this laptop. The ease of access buttons (volume, airplane mode, projector screen toggle) all work like they are supposed to, which is refreshing. I love having a number pad for data entry.

Windows 8 took some getting used to but now that I understand it I don't have any problems with it; I think it is easier to find "buried" applications in Windows 8 than in previous versions of Windows. It still gets confused if a wireless connection is available when an ethernet cable is also plugged in so I tend to keep it on airplane mode so it won't randomly switch to wireless. That was also an issue with Windows 7 and I'm a little disappointed it wasn't resolved.

Lenovo does sell a touch screen version of the laptop and I can see limited utility for that function but I really don't feel that I am missing anything by not having it.

There is always going to be some bloatware on laptops but I am happy that most of it is diagnostic or easy to ignore. I haven't uninstalled very much of it as most of it doesn't interfere with anything I run. The stuff I have uninstalled has been easy to remove.

I have used this laptop every day at work since the day I got it and taken it home on weekends for occasional use. I've found it to be a great machine so far.

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Great quality and looking. this is the best laptop I had so far, much better than my previous laptop samsung series 9 ultrabook in my opinion larger screen, easy to type, maybe I was tired to deal with the problem of samsung laptop. Love this laptop

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The computer is ok but I could be in the middle of something important and the settings menu comes on the screen and then it goes to the desktop. Very irritating.

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Lenovo (formally IBM) tends to make pretty good laptops. I use mine for business and it does the job. Can't complain.

Toshiba Satellite C855D-S5315 Laptop Computer (Satin Black) Review

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We purchased this computer just before Christmas. It has Windows 8 and worked fine the first few weeks. All of a sudden the internet connection began giving us problems. Extremely slow and a yellow triangle over the internet connection icon. When clicked it says "limited" as the status. This problem is intermittent.

Yesterday, January 2nd, I called Toshiba customer service since we bought the machine in November and it is still under warranty. I explained the situation and that I have four other computers using the same internet connection without a problem. Rep named John asks me if she recently downloaded a Windows update. I told him she probably did since she has Windows update on automatic. He said that could be the problem. He puts me on hold to "research the problem," comes back and tells me that he has to transfer me to one of the expert technicians who will assist me but I have to pay for this service. I told him that I won't pay for service on a two month old computer. He claims that he can't help me and only the higher level of tech support can at a fee. I told him I wanted to speak with his manager he claims his manager was busy and on another call but he would have him call me back. It is a day later and still no return call.

Their lower level customer service is not capable of helping so they direct their customers, who are still under warranty, to a pay-for-service rep. INSANE!

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We bought two of these laptops. Got them set up a week after purchasing and the one laptop only last 1 week before it would no longer boot. "No bootable device -Please restart system" Hard drive went bad after a week of light use. Toshiba charges $25 for me to ship it back to them AND I may be charged diagnostic costs. Ridiculous! Bad company.

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After 3 months the computer had vertical lines all over screen. Called and they said to send it in. After many days waiting I called and the Toshiba representative said that it was not covered. Likely been dropped. It was never dropped!!! They wanted me to pay $325.00 to get it fixed. Could not speak to a diagnostic team member who determined this was customers fault, but spoke to manager to no avail as her only job is to file a complaint. I wish I read the hundreds of bad reviews on Toshiba before I purchased this piece of junk.

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Bad customer support worse than nothing at all. Bad attitude like you woke them up from sleeping. This has got to be the cheapest made laptop I've ever seen. The whole keyboard sinks down when a key is pressed. the speakers are real bad all garbled can't understand them. screen is fusiy a lot hard to read & color is not very good washed out. The only thing I can say good about this laptop is its cheap !!

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This a great laptop. I bought it because my old one (Dell) was running way to slow. This one has all the features I was looking for. And a great price too!

lenovo G555 087325U NoteBook AMD Athlon II Dual-Core M320(2.1GHz) Reviews

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I was in the market for a 12.6 netbook and started looking at what else was out there for small laptops... then I came across this. I have a custom built 3.7 ghz (oc'ed) pc that I could not bring with me and this more than satisfies my needs. This is the perfect laptop for anyone that wants a powerful computer without spending outrageous amounts of money. I've owned if for only one day and I'm very impressed so far.

Positives:

Dual core processor.

HD Video Card (handled a 1080p file I have with no issues or lag!)

Beautiful screen

3gb of memory

Spacious keyboard, with number pad

Non-glossy cover so no fingerprint or smearing.

Camera is sharp for only .3 MP

Free 60 day trial of MS Office 2007

Face recognition feature for sign in

DirectX 10

16:9 Display

Windows 7 premium bundled

Wireless network works perfectly

USB ports on both sides laptop

Quick and easy setup

Negatives:

As expected bloatware and bundled programs

No gloss or shine cosmetically. A little gloss would have been nice somewhere.

Screen does not lock when closed

Battery charge icon does not change when charged

No HDMI out

After looking around for about a week, this was easily the best deal for a laptop under $500. The only thing I wish it had was an HDMI output. The negatives do not take away from the laptop as I was able to remove all the unnecessary programs in under and hour. The hinge for the screen has the perfect amount of resistance that it wont go flying open on you when it is closed, so the lack of a lock is nothing to worry about it. I am very satisfied with my purchase and no complaints thus far.

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First my cons:

1) Lower quality WiFi transceiver it seems

2) Impossible to type with jumping cursor until I disabled the touchpad

3) I could shave in the shiny reflective screen

4) The battery drains faster than the advertising

5) I'll add the bloatware myself thanks if I think I need it

1) I experienced some dropped connections that now apppear to be isolated to the extranet WiFi at work though both my Lenovo T60 and an Asus eeePC 901 I keep at work have never dropped a WiFi connection. The G555 did so repeatedly not keeping the connection for more than a few mins at times. I would have to disconnect and connect to regain my connection. At home the WiFi did not get dropped across the house but the performance was half to my Asus eeePC 1000H that I keep at home. So sitting next to the router the G555 could achieve only a 75Mb/s connection compared to 150Mb/s for my 1000H. Across the house the G555 drops down to 32Mb/s less than half again of the 1000H. I attribute this to seeing for the first time a Broadcom transceiver vs Atheros or Ralink. I noticed on the Lenovo support website for the G555 that the lastest drivers are from Atheros. Does this mean that Lenovo has done a WiFi switcheroo in production and I'm just one of the unfortunates not to receive version 2 of the G555. Why are the latest two drivers from Atheros?

I fixed 2) by buying a mouse and disabling the touchpad, I've never had to disable a touchpad on many a laptop before. There is no sensitivity setting for the touchpad available.

3) The screen is very reflective making it harder to see in a bright room or with a window behind me. I thought reflective screens like this disappeared a decade ago, how much could it possibly cost today to add a non-reflective screen.

4) The battery is advertised as 4 hours but I got low power warnings after 2.5hrs on Windows 7 Power Balanced setting. This of course was a little expected due to higher performance CPU and GPU than my ASUS machines.

5) Finally as mentioned in many reviews there is a silly amount of bloatware installed, I removed 90% of it. The software installs are located on the D: drive.

Other than the above the rest is pretty good for the price. It feels pretty solid, its fast. The screen is nice and bright (if only they had made it non-reflective). The camera seems to work fine, all the basic features are there that I enjoy on my ASUS eeePC machines. My mum will be happy (she did not know a mouse could be used with a laptop). Hopefully Lenovo can fix a few of those issues I mention for future owners.

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I bought this Lenovo laptop to replace a Toshiba that I gave away. It sits on my breakfast table and is used like a desktop PC for reading news, trading stock, watching video...etc. I have owned it for about 8 months and I like it a lot.

Things that I like:

1)The screen is big and bright, which is a positive if you use it as a PC replacement.

2)It has a dual core CPU good enough for web browsing and video watching.

3)Battery lasts 3 to 4 hours.

4)Integrated SD card reader.

Things that I don't like:

1)No bluetooth. Not really a problem. You can get a USB bluetooth "plug" in less than $5 on ebay.

2)It uses the old DDR2 memory. If you plan to upgrade its memory you better do it now; DDR2 is being replaced by DDR3.

3)All external connectors, such as USB port, are either on the left, right or front of the laptop which occupy more real estate on my breakfast table. I prefer them on the rear.

4)The normal placement of the Ctrl button on the keypad is now occupied by a Fn button. This screw my copy-paste operation a lot.

5)The Home and End keys, which I use a lot during typing, require "Fn" key being pressed down.

6)This is no easy way to automatically disable touch pad when a USB mouse is used.

Update 02/22/2012

After one year of usage, the laptop develop a weird problem that it won't boot if the laptop is warm. This means if I want to reboot my laptop, I need to shut it down, wait for 30 minutes before it will boot up again. Too bad that my warranty is past when this starting to happen.

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Well I would first like to say I've had this laptop for about a month and its been a perfect Gem handles 1080P MKV Media files better than expected.

Like everyone else I had issues with the touch pad being in the way so I just bought a wireless mouse and use that instead and disables the touch pad.

Pros:

Nice big and beautiful screen

Good Processing Power

Nice keypad and number pad placement

Light weight

Portable

Durable

Cons

Battery life could be better

Speakers could be better!!

HDD space is a little low

Touch pad Placement

I would recommend this laptop to anyone looking for a nice affordable, durable, portable and user friendly laptop!!

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Excellent product! Good value for the money! I've had mine for 4 months and couldn't be happier. It's lightweight and the screen has much less glare than my Sony Vaio (and weighs a lot less too!).

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****UPDATE***** I found out why this computer takes a while to connect to the internet. Apparently the Mcafee anti-virus program trial is the culprit. After the trial ended, I immediately uninstalled it and installed the free Avast program and this computer connects to the internet quickly. Shame on Mcafee.

This lenovo y580 is one of the entry models of the y580 series. This one does not have 1080p, blue ray, or a solid state drive. With that said, I knew that before buying this laptop. I don't own blue ray movies and don't care much for 1080p screen so I went for this laptop anyway. This laptop is amazing for the price. I paid $799.99 for it and for a laptop with one of the latest high end i7 ivy bridge processors equipped with a Nvidia GTX 660, there's nothing out there that can beat it. I've searched for a laptop for months and I have yet to see a laptop with the same processor and dedicated graphics for $800. This laptop can run battlefield on high settings without any hickups. If you plan to buy this laptop, I highly recommend installing a solid state drive if you want everything to load faster.

Here are the pros and cons about this laptop.

Pros: Powerful CPU, dedicated GPU, light up keyboard, JBL SPEAKERS, price, and 5 hour battery life (pretty good for a high performance computer).

Cons: Touchpad can get annoying (luckily you can disable it and use a mouse), Wireless card seems to delay connecting to the internet upon startup , and slow HDD.

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No, the screen isn't full HD, but it's still a great gaming laptop for the price, especially if you hook it up to an external monitor. The Nvidia card is great and can play most modern games at moderate to high settings; it's not as fast as the 670M or 675M, but it's half the power draw so it stays much cooler.

Personally, I've never even looked at the screen--it's constantly hooked up to a monitor, so that isn't an issue for me. The price is unbeatable for the specs.

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This laptop seems like a reasonably priced gaming laptop. For the money it cannot be beat.

There is an old saying in the auto racing community; Fast, Cheap, Reliable, pick two. This definitely applies to Lenovo y580. It is cheap, fast and unreliable. I have had the laptop for a little over 3 days and have already started calling it the "Crash Pad". The main problem seems to be the nvidia GTX 660m. The card is extremely unstable. It will crash in just about every application. I have tried 3 different nvidia drivers and as I type this am downloading a 4th beta driver to try and solve the problem.

It appears to me that the root of the problem lies in the laptop trying to switch between the integrated graphics and the nvidia dedicated card. When playing a game the card will run for about 5 mins if you are lucky, then artifact all over the place and crash to desktop. It acts like it has been overclocked too far and is unstable.

To even get the laptop to use the nvidia card you have to go into the power management sections and force it to run in high performance mode. There are a series of tricks you can use to try and keep the computer running under the high performance mode which are outlined in the links below. If you do not force the card to run in high performance mode you basically have a netbook, oh and by the way there is no possible way to run at anything other than 1/2 cpu clock speed and 1/2 gpu clock speed on the battery. You have to plug it in to even get the thing to run at the factory clock speed.

This has been a known issue with a substantial portion of the y580 production run. Just read the info contained in the forum thread I have listed below.

With any luck I may be able to force this thing to work for a while, if the new driver downloads before it crashes.

(Type "Lenovo y580 bug" into google and visit the Lenovo forums for the rest of the story)

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I received this computer a few days ago, and while I like the computer overall (speed, gpu performance, etc.), there are definite flaws in the overall design. This computer is designed to handle high end gaming, and it does a pretty decent job at it. However, the ventilation is extremely poor. It gets pretty hot, pretty quickly. As others have posted, the resolution is not 1920x1080...which I knew in advance, so that's not an issue to me. I tested it with several games (Skyrim, Diablo 3, Darksiders,

Another issue, and the reason for my return, is the screen developed a vertical line of constantly lit (dead?) pixels about 40% away from the left hand side of the screen. For a brand new computer, I have to say this was pretty disappointing. I was excited to receive this item, and disappointed to be returning it. I don't think I'll buy another, instead I'll look for a brand with better ventilation and better reviews.

Because the item was purchased through a seller, and fulfilled by Amazon, I don't have the ability to get it exchanged. I have to settle for refund from Amazon instead. I will follow up this review with the results of the refund process.

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I was looking for a cheap, lower end gaming laptop that could replace my current laptop(used for internet, microsoft office, etc.) and my PC (used for gaming and more loaded programs). This one was recommended on several lists of gaming laptops under $1000. This one just barely skims that limit with tax, but it sure is worth it for what you get.

This one pretty much kicks the living daylights out of my old laptop, which in its defense is 5 years old and a lot has changed in tech since then. Let me start with pros.

Good:

-Screen is sharp and clear, and while its not a higher resolution screen, it is still pretty good.

-6 gigs of ram, really helps with gaming. Makes things smoother and faster. Paired with an awesome NVIDIA graphics card. I haven't played more processor intense games like Skyrim yet, but its doing pretty good with what I've tried so far.

-750 gb hard drive. You don't necessarily need this for gaming, but between your save files, documents, music, and photos its really nice to have the extra space.

-Speakers! They sound really great for laptop speakers. I had to buy a sound bar for my toshiba because the left speaker quit after a month. These JBL speakers sound pretty darn good for built in.

-Light up keys and a number pad on the keyboard. I type in a lot of dates and numbers at work, so after getting used to the number pad it was nice to have one on the laptop at home. And the backlit keys are great for working in low lighting.

-Slim and relatively lightweight for the hardware inside.

Not so great:

-Miss the media buttons at the top. This one you have to hold down the Fn key to use the secondary functions on the keyboard, like volume and your music pause/play/stop.

-Touch pad has no defined right and left buttons, but it becomes slightly more 'clickable' the closer to the bottom of the touch pad. This means sometimes your cursor drifts right as you try to click.

-Disc tray is a little flimsy, and I feel I have to hold it up while locking the disc in place. Also the button for the disc eject is super tiny. Its hard to find by touch and even harder to press the button. Its pretty thin and doesn't stick out enough.

-Because of the number pad moving some stuff over, the right-hand shift key is smaller and easy to miss when you're typing.

Other than those minor attributes, I really haven't found anything else to complain about. This laptop is working great so far and seems like a really great bang for your buck.

HP Pavilion DV4-2160US 14.1-Inch Laptop (Digital Plaid) Review

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I looked for like a month before I bought this laptop (not sure what the difference is from the laptop on this page other than the color scheme).

Pros:

14" screen.

It has an impressive amount of features, including the intel i5-430 processor. I've had it less than a week, so we'll see how it holds up.

Fast

No problems with stuck-on pixels.

Nice keyboard. The DV4 has a full sized keyboard with full sized arrow keys. It actually has LEDs next to the Caps Lock and Num Lock keys. The num lock feature almost made me re-install the OS because I didn't realize it was on, and I couldn't log in. I had just used the windows easy transfer, and rebooted, and I was unable to log in. Lessons learned here: make sure you make a password reset disk, and make sure you make a second account just in case your first one gets locked out for some reason. Also burn your DVDs for system restore.

LED backlight for battery conservation.

Looks cool. The volume control and WiFi on/off switch above the keyboard are more of a proximity sensor, and are cool.

Comes with windows 7 home premium.

Wireless works well.

Cons:

The far right corner is dim, about a square centimeter area right in the corner. If I move my head to look directly at it, it's not very dim. You might not even notice unless you move the task bar like I do.

The screen is glossy. All laptops have glossy screens except for a few Dell business laptops. HP might have one too that you can special order.

The hard drive is a little noisy (but I believe any noise is too much), and a little warm. The fan spins constantly, but you can turn it off in the BIOS (it still cycles when it needs to).

Other:

The touchpad seems like it has a lot of friction at first, but it got better, and if I use the tip of my finger with light pressure it glides just fine. The touchpad screen scroll feature works well. Has a button to turn off the touchpad if you don't want to use it.

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I have had this laptop for 1 week and have had no problems. I don't find it to be any hotter than my Toshiba Satellite. The Toshiba fan vents on the side, but the battery compartment was hot from the start. The Hp vents on the bottom left rear corner, but the battery area stays relatively cool so all in all it is about the same as the Toshiba for heat levels. My CPU usage stays in the 3% to 19% for all of the activities I have done so far (I use the "gadget" that came with the Desktop features to monitor the CPU usage). The keyboard has a nice firm touch to it and the touchpad is fine, just different it is a smooth metal surface. The one thing that I have discovered (which is why I only gave it 4 stars) is that the internal wireless adapter Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter caps out at a speed of 150 Mbps. I went online to the Atheros website and read the specs, because I thought something was wrong with it initially I was expecting a higher speed than that. I had purchased an inexpensive wireless N adapter from Amazon, for the Toshiba, that caps @ 270 Mbps and runs perfectly. I am thinking of using it with this HP, even though it is bulky, because I can see a download speed difference with large graphics. The speakers sound fine, far better than my Toshiba that stuttered everytime the fan turned on. I wish it had come with a longer life battery and a USB port in the rear. I am planning on replacing the battery with a 12 cell. I use a vendor on Ebay and have had good luck with their batteries prices are great. The DVD drive is a little noisy so that's a minus. I really like the dedicated scroll "bar" on the side of the touchpad. I did not realize when I was first configuring the Hp that there is a button to turn on the touchpad. Mine arrived with the touchpad turned off as the default and it took me several minutes to figure out why I could not manipulate the touchpad. Operator error clearly. So far, so good. I got this laptop for $649 after the $50 rebate that is not eligible through Amazon, unfortunately. So for $649, I am very pleased.

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I searched extensively for about a month before making my decision. For my price range, there was no computer that even came close to the "H.P. DV4 2160us", and i mean no computer. Whether I'm blazing around the Internet, watching or burning DVDs, labeling the DVDs there's power a plenty and it runs cooler than most. A really pleasant surprise was how well the laptop speakers sound. The new Intel processor is noticeably faster than there previous version. All in all, if your looking for a notebook, that does it all, and looks great doing it with a easy to use keyboard, look no further. I highly recommend this model. You won't find a better book for the price of this one. So make sure you check out this model before you make your final decision. You can't go wrong with this H.P.Laptop.

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This laptop looks good, is powerfull and does meet my requirements for a Win 7 performance. It is the only laptop that I have found, at that price level, that offers Intel I5 processor with 4 GB. Everyone knows that Win 7 requires power and memory. Win 7 performance on this machine is very respectable. I own a powerfull desktop and can hardly see the difference in performance. Overall I am pleased with this laptop.

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I did a lot of searching for a laptop and this is what I chose. For price, features and performance, this is a good deal. I found this at a local office store on sale for $650 after a $50 mail in rebate.

Pro's:

*"N" wireless -awesome speed! I am registering 150 mbps vs. 50mbps on my old "G"

*14" screen

*i5 processor

*4 gb memory

*320 hdd

*hd output

*built in, removable remote control for the dvd player.

windows 7 it is amazingly stable. Not a single crash since I bought this laptop 6 weeks ago!

*volume control uses a cool touch sensitive slide

*mute and antenna buttons are also cool and touch sensitive

*great plaid dark brown, almost black look

*removable cd/dvd drive reduces the weight of the computer. Also, may allow for easy blue ray upgrade?

Con's:

*battery life is fair at best. Maybe 2 hours with a full charge.

*unit is a little thicker than some of the more cooler looking thin laptops.

*Cooling vent is on the bottom. This deserves some explanation. First, I looked at this feature before buying and in my opinion, the new laptops with the newer "i" processors seem to run cooler than older models. Also, there is a vent on the top of the computer directly above the bottom vent, to the left where the base and screen are hinged. You can only see the top vent when the unit is open. It seems that when the laptop is on a pillow for example and blocking the bottom vent, the top vent takes over releasing the heat but not quite as well as the bottom when not blocked. At least it seems that way to me.

*the unit does run a bit warm when using on a pillow and I am careful to monitor the temperature since my last computer dies this way.

*hp should have put the vents on the side!

My brother bought a Dell just 2 months before I bought this and he got a pre-i5 processor and g wireless. In comparison, the hp is much better in performance and price.

Highly recommended.

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This laptop has has a good performance because its configuration is ideal for games and programs like autocad civil 3d

I totally recommend this laptop, an excellent laptop at a very good price

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