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This laptop offers a pretty good "bang for the buck" value. A good third gen i5 processor and a decent GPU with 1gb of dedicated VRAM. However, it has a few caveats that may make you give pause when deciding on this purchase. I just bought one the other day. It comes with Windows 8, which sucks. So, I began the process of downgrading. Since Windows 8 takes over the BIOS, there is no way to tell it to boot from CD easily. There are some guides out there that will help with that, but that is not what my main issue with this machine was. My biggest problem is the touchpad. It has a hyper-sensitive touchpad with multi-touch capability. So you can pinch to zoom, twist, etc. The problem is, the touchpad sucks. Even when you go into the mouse options and turn down the sensitivity, it still is very jumpy. You can hold your finger in one spot on the touchpad and your cursor will jump around. You'll often find yourself pressing buttons on screen while typing because the touchpad thought you were trying to click it. Even installing software like touchfreeze didn't help. I'm constantly clicking or zooming or opening "save as" dialogues while typing. I even had to retype this message twice. So, if you plan on getting this laptop, plan on using an external mouse and disabling the touchpad, or plan on headaches. Another bad thing about it is the speakers. They face towards the bottom of the laptop, so the sound is muffled unless you tilt the entire laptop back and give the speakers some room to breathe. It's a good machine, but those poor design choices hold me back from recommending it to anyone. IF you're using external speakers and an external mouse, it's a good buy.
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I researched several laptops before purchasing this one. Using Amazon Prime it arrived in two days after I purchased in perfect running condition. I've had it a week now and I was amazed to find this level of performance for only $599 on Amazon. It is more than capable of any computing (mostly MS Office Suite programs), skyping, and game playing that I do (granted I only play games like CIV V and Empire Total War, but it handles them on highest settings without a hitch). I love how cool this computer keeps itself. You can set it on your lap and type on it and it never gets hot. My old laptop was very hot to touch, so this is an added bonus. The only thing that I don't like is Windows 8, but everything comes with that version of Windows these days.
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