Cheap Thinkpad SL500 T5870 160GB 2GB

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I got this for basic browsing and personal use not for business or gaming. The power, speed and memory were adequate for my needs.

I like the quality of this product, the user friendly keyboard, and the fact that it has XP operating system vs Vista which I hate. I also don't care for the system hogging McAfee which is pre loaded (and expires in 30 days), but you can put in another one like AVG that uses less memory.

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Lenovo has been building solid laptops for years; my first ThinkPad lasted me over 5 years, before the screen was damaged in transit. I am in IT and simply need hardware that works. I moved from Lenovo a couple years buying HP, Sony and other brands but found that the hardware quality was poor (including fan noise, cpu overheating, display issues, etc). Never had an issue with ThinkPad hardware, Acer is a close second. Rated for business applications, not gaming or graphics, though the HDMI works great for watching movies on my 1080 plasma TV

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I have owned this laptop for about a year and a half. Overall I think it's a decent laptop, I like the finger-tip mouse widget, the matte finish screen, size, etc but there are some definite issues that will prevent me from buying another of this same brand. First off it was hard to even get it. I wanted Win XP Pro and everything at the stores had Vista so I went searching and found this machine which seemed to have good reviews at the time. I had it built and ordered directly from the Lenovo site but they kept moving back the shipping date. I had ordered in March and when the projected shipping date moved up to July I called them and asked if I should just cancel my order. Surprisingly it was shipped out not long after that. I believe I ended up waiting about 5 weeks.

Everything was going good until I got the bright idea to hook the laptop up to the TV using the HDMI output. Well, this was super fun at first to watch YouTube videos and movies on the big screen but then BOOM it just stops seeing the signal. I tried everything, new cables, changing settings, taking it to a friend who had HDMI input on their TV to make sure it wasn't our television having the issue. Even reinstalling video drivers, etc. Finally decided it had to be hardware related and sent it in. Customer service WAS good but I was still under warranty at this point so no biggie. In less than a week I got my laptop back and the HDMI signal was back, yay! But all good things must come to an end apparently because barely 6 months later we AGAIN have no HDMI signal! And of course the new part only had a 90 day warranty on it. We were very careful with it too, only plugging the cables in when both TV and computer were powered off and all that. How much to fix it? $575??!? Might as well just buy a new one (of a different brand!) for that price and hope the parts work for more than 6 months. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the laptop does still work fine but using the HDMI output was one of the primary things done with this computer lately so we are NOT pleased. Definitely do not buy a computer from Lenovo if you are planning to connect it to your TV.

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I purchased a new thinkpad with accessories all of which were back ordered. I had problems with setting up the home network in the Windows 7 system. I called their service and they denied the warranty I had just paid for. Their order status web site is always down. The 866 order status phone based system is a bunch of barely English speaking people who also do not have server access. My accessories are on a never ending delay (up to three months now). I bought Adobe Creative Suite Windows ED not knowing that ED did not mean edition but meant "educational". I did not get a serial number and could not activate the software. To return it cost me $50! Never again will I order a Lenovo.