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I use these computers at work for temporary assignments (road trips) and they perform really great! I have had several different models (Dell D430 and this HP NC2400). I like the NC2400 a little better because it has a DVD installed. Not that I need a DVD all the time but it is nice to have when you need it and you do not have to carry an external one with you everywhere. I have loaded Linux and Windows 7 on these machines and they are really fast with Linux (Linux Mint) and fast with Windows 7 32 bit.

For what these machines are they do their job really well. They are not Game machines, nor are they video edit machines. They are Great for Web, Word processing (writing reports) putting up a power point, and fit in almost any small case as they are only 12" screen. This one I am writing this review on has an 80GB HDD, a dual layer DVD (I may change it to a Btu-ray) It has a dual core 1.2GB CPU and 2GB RAM. Just fine for road use. Lightweight, Small form factor, easy to use and Windows 7 works like a champ on it. What more could you ask for? I have another unit on the way I purchased on Amazon.. HP Compaq Business nc2400 Notebook

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got it refurbished, the seller had not been accurate in many issues with delayed responses. i got it as a second laptop. the screen resolution is poor, keyboard is ok, good sound. it came with windows xp, poor battery life.

the only issue is that it is cheap and has a nice size with cd.

Lenovo IdeaPad Z580 20135 15.6" HD LED Laptop, 3rd Gen. i5-3210M Review

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Laptop is very good.. Look and processing speed is fast.

Only thing is they are not providing Operating system CD and registered antivirus in pack.. You have to buy it separately.

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Now I usually don't write product reviews. But in this case I will make an exception. Simply because I know how frustrating that it can be purchasing a "QUALITY" laptop on a limited budget.... Now I have used and am familiar with HP's, Dell, Toshiba, Acer, and etc., etc, and for the sake of continuity I will not include in my review any experience I have with Apple being as it's a completely different O.S., but that being said..... I love apple and I love this Lenovo. As I've stated I am on a limited budget and I desperately needed a quality laptop for a good price. Now I don't know about most consumers but if I'm going to fork out ANY of my hard earned money I am going to make sure I do an extensive amount of research.Especially when it is potentially hundreds of dollars. That being said. I did this and if you are like me even that is not enough... Trusting other people and biased reviews and such. But with this computer I searched high and low for a great "fit" in terms of performance, functionality and all around usefulness and I took a chance on this one. By taking a chance I mean I had never used any lenovo product but being as they are consistently rated in the highest echelon of laptop manufacturers I took the leap and I must say that all around (for the price range, and even significantly above) this is the best lap-top I've ever used. The Keyboard is phenomenal, the functionality, and ease of use is just great. The only Gripe I have and I mean the only is the fact that a significant number of programs that have been standard on previous lap-tops I've used " I.E. microsoft word, office, etc." do not come with the laptop but in trial version only. All in All great computer, extremely fast, durable and funtional I hope you enjoy

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I spent weeks researching computers with help from some experts and this laptop was brought to my attention. It was by far the best deal that I found. I was looking at Dell Inspiron's on Amazon for roughly the same price, but they either lacked the processing power (1.5Ghz) or had far less memory and/or hard drive space (this one has ~750gb).

I only received this yesterday, but so far it has been an excellent purchase for the money.

I did hear lots of negative things about Windows 8, but so far I'm surprised to say that I like it. I hear that Windows 8.1 update will come on 10/17/13 so hopefully that will add back the start button.

The touchpad on this computer allows for a 2 finger scroll, but it is reverse direction and should be able to be set to regular. Minor issue, but I hear this will be fixed if it hasn't been already. In the meantime, I'm getting used to scrolling like I do on a smartphone.

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This was purchased fro my son to use in school who has a learning disability. It needed to run several programs to assist him in school. It had plenty of storage and runs great with them. He loves it and so do we

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Great deal... super fast.. K button on the key board has to pressed several time to work... Windows 8 will make you want to pull your hair out at first... you get a refurbished computer... you gotta expect something gonna be wrong. You just hope it's not major in the long run... still running good.. I'm just glad it's the K button...If it was a vowel like A or E or I...then that would be different story...

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I stumbled upon the bad reviews left for this laptop and felt the need to share my experience. I converted from mac, since macbook airs were exceeding my budget. I cannot do windows, so I installed the next best thing to macos: ubuntu linux. A review I saw online suggested installing linux on the build-in SSD drive, which is used for windows fast boot otherwise. It works like a charm. My laptop now boots super fast and stays super fast. It loads firefox in 4 sec (initial load, not from cache) under Ubuntu. Oh, I also did not have to load any drivers for Linux, everything just works.

All of the components of this laptop function flawlessly. The problems reported by other reviewers, such as spotty wireless, slowness, etc must be due to windows 8. It is not fair to blame this laptop for those. I also kept windows 8 and playing with it from time to time, and have not seen any problems there as well.

I like the keyboard and trackpad the most. They are very comfortable to use.

For this price, this laptop is highly recommended.

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I usually think most negative reviews are due to defective items or people not using the product correctly. In this case, the negative reviews couldn't be more accurate and I have little to add, other than my low rating.

This machine has the most spotty wifi I've ever seen, it will connect to a network, then after you close the lid, putting it to sleep, it won't connect to the same exact network it was just on when you wake it up 5 minutes later (and I'm talking even giving it a full 5 minutes to wake up)! I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers about 50 times, as it's the only way to get it to reconnect.

For a Core i5 with "ExpressChache" it boots up, and runs programs, slower than my wife's basic Core i3 HP Pavilion laptop that was half the price and has more USB 3 ports and an optical drive....

The customer service is awful. I never complain about tech support in other countries, as I personally feels it gives customers the benefit of 24/7 tech support, but when you can't understand a word the technician is saying and they can't understand you, it's kind of a problem. I'm used to them forcing you to try steps you've already tried before but when they don't even understand what you are saying when you try to explain what you've already done... Ugh.

Also, and I'm not sure if this was mentioned in previous reviews, the Samsung specific apps that come installed with the machine don't work properly. The "SW Update" (to update drivers and Bios and programs) won't let you hide updates you don't want, like it keeps telling me I need to reinstall the Norton Suite it came with despite my having another antivirus installed, and half the driver updates fail. There's even an update for the wireless card but it fails every time, even when I'm hard-wire connected by Ethernet! The "S Service" app (which is supposed to allow Samsung techs to connect remotely to your PC through the internet) starts up, says "there is an update to this program", downloads the update, starts back up, says "there is an update to this program", downloads it, restarts... You get it, over and over again. I let it do this for 5 hours hoping it just had a lot of information to download but it was still going!

Now my biggest irk. I called customer care about the wireless issue, which I've seen reported everywhere EXCEPT on the Samsung Support Webpages, and after a while I was told to send the Ultrabook back to Samsung. They paid for shipping but I was responsible for packaging the Ultrabook, where as most other companies will send you a box to make sure the machine is protected in transit, and told if the software needs to be re-installed, they will charge me $40 even when it's under warranty!!!

My advice, if you have the money to waste on something that won't work correctly right from the start, waste it on something else.

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in my opinión Windows 8 is not very friendly, but thats OK I am stiil learning triks!

the touch screen has been a very usefull tool

Samsung is doing very well, I hope warranty and services works as well to!!!!

RAL

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great purchase, like the product, works well i had to buy software and don't really enjoy windows 8 but I would recommend purchasing because I saved close to $300

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This item absolutelly overperforms its price, good price, great sound, perfect size, the touch screen wroks great, I'd buy I again if i went back on time. I've had it for 4 months and I've had no problems with it plus I've found it very easy to carry in my constant trips

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REVISION: I've now had this computer for 5 months and I'd like to revise my earlier review. The notebook was fantastic until the power supply issues began. I've RMA'd the product back to Asus. However, they've had it for more than 3 weeks and are still waiting for parts. I can't imagine why they don't have parts on hand for a computer this recently manufactured. When I looked for a way to contact the company about my frustration at how long it's taking to get my computer returned, I realize that no addresses or "contact us" types of information is supplied on their unbelievably BAD website. When I call the customer service number given me with my RMA information, I am assured that they'll fix it as fast as they can, but the customer service reps won't give me an address, or connect me to a higher up so I can figure out what the hold-up is or how to get a replacement. I'm deeply disappointed in Asus--they were reputed to have the highest quality laptops () and very high customer service. Yet I'm reduced to venting about my unhappiness with them and their lousy product at Amazon!

First impression review: Having very limited funds and a need for a solid laptop to last a few years, I did a lot of research into the best laptop for the money. I needed something quick and nimble to run various programs for animating and design work, and something utterly reliable, because I'm taking distance classes right now. I needed something that would still be versatile and functional 3 years from now, because I don't buy these things like potato chips. This computer fulfills all of those requirements beautifully. Perhaps anything would have been better than my 3 year old HP laptop, but the Asus seems especially quick--.pdf files open so fast I have to wonder about the laws of physics. It stays pretty cool. Vista wasn't even as bad as expected--though I appreciate the free Windows 7 trade-in.

Only one real problem: If you ever want to listen to anything without using headphones, forget it. I didn't take the warnings about lousy speakers seriously, and then I tried to watch a DVD with my kid on this thing. Simply COULD NOT be done--neither of us could hear, even with no background noise. Get external speakers! The only other problem I have had is that Vista installed funky at first and kept saying it was an unverified copy. I couldn't access the wireless network. After a websearch using a different computer, I found a quick fix and have had no other problems, crashes or freezes.

I purchased my Asus from the the Amazon seller J&R Music & Computer World, where it was dramatically discounted. It was actually so discounted that I was a little worried that they would send me the wrong model--that they must have made a mistake! No mistake, everything is correct. Moreover, they did a FANTASTIC job of packing and shipping. It think the computer itself was packed in something like 6 nested boxes, which may concern one on an environmental level, but I believe nuclear waste would have come through the mail safely in their packaging.

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Update, 6/17/2010

The repaired computer continues to work great. My wife is very happy with it.

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It turned out that the Nvidia 240M was bad on my unit. Used ASUS support to send my laptop in for service. ASUS sent me a FedEx label, so shipping was free. They repaired my unit and sent it back to me. Took a little over a week to get it back.

With Windows Vista 32 bit, it got a windows experience rating of 5.6. I installed a 500 GB hard disk, and installed Windows 7 Pro, 64 bit. It now gets a Windows experience rating of 6.4, better than my wife's AMD Athlon 64 6000+ based desktop machine.

Very happy with the laptop now.

Chris

> I cannot complete the 'Windows Experience Rating' without having the Nvidia display driver crap out and be restarted. I end up with a Windows Experience rating of two, > because of the lousy display driver. I've tried the version of the drivers supplied on the install disk, the versions of the graphics and sound drivers from the ASUS support > website, and the latest drivers from the NVidia website.

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> Is this just another Nvidia driver bug? Or, is my hardware flaky?

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> I just installed a new disk, and installed Windows 7 64 bit on the machine, clean install. Updated with all available updates from Microsoft, and I get the same error

> under Windows 7. In fact, I got the blue screen of death after the Windows Experience rating quit attempting to run.

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I have had this notebook for just about 4 years. The first year was spent RMAing it. Then finally I had a working laptop. The battery life was 3hrs on power saver doing things such web browsing and typing. Then one year ago the hard drive failed. So I replaced it. Now after 4 years of cleaning dust and replacing thermal paste it still works.

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I ordered this laptop about 30 days ago and have been solidly satisfied ever since. I desperately needed a new laptop for home use and wanted a machine that was stylish, updated and could handle a basic level of tasks. I use this as my primary and only home computer (which doesn't say much, after work, I go home to veg. I needed a machine I could use while watching TV, use while half-sleeping on the couch and something to answer emails in bed after I wake up late for work/other commitmentsagain).

Pros:

It looks great! It has a distinctive mocha case with a nice detail on it. And, no it's not as light as the MacBook Air or something, but is easy to handle, travels well and looks sleek.

The screen is solid and is a nice size.

The laptop runs very, very, cool. I don't think that mine has even warmed up a bit.

Windows 7 looks great on this laptop.

ASUS has some interesting programs (crapwarebut not that crappy).

I can run MS Office programs, Google Chrome, IE, VPN access my work computer, edit web pages and listen to Pandora at once just fine (occasionally the Pandora skips, but that just might be the connection).

Cons:

The keyboard takes some getting used to. . . it's very wide, I tend to favor the buttons on the left and some of the command buttons are in areas I did not expectand on the way right. With that said, it's a little annoying but easily solvable (I just look down more when I am typing).

The speakers are really not that good. But not a big deal for me because I mostly use this laptop for general home use (to finish projects from work, catch up on volunteer stuff and to check email and my FB). With that said, if I ever felt the need to watch movies or TV shows on it or something, I would just plug in speakers.

This is my first computer with an AMD processor. It's alright and works for me. I can tell the difference between this an Intel processor thoughespecially when playing basic games and do worry that this laptop will become dated sooner than its Intel counterpart. But the computer has never crashedjust some of the games run a bit slow (READ: I am not a gamer, I am talking about basic silly free games). I saw a review that mentioned the screen cuts out or something like that. . . I noticed that it did reset once or twice while I was loading my files and programs onto the machine. Nothing major though, and this happens on my desktop computer at work too. . .

You have to make your own recovery disks. It took 12 DVDs for meand A LOT of time. Painful.

But all and all I am super happy with my purchase. Totally worth the price and totally stylish.

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I purchased the A53U-ES21 but stumbled on this product with a poor review. This is exactly the same laptop that I purchased, this just has a larger hard drive (500GB instead of 320GB). Yes, this laptop is not lightning fast but it is a great laptop. I have not noticed any lag or times of no response. I did, however, format the hard drive and reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 7 (not included) because there is a lot of preloaded garbage on there.

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For a desktop Linux user, this laptop is perfect. It is virtually impossible to purchase a laptop in the U.S. without an operating system; however, Microsoft apparently charges OEMs so little for Windows Home installed on cheap hardware that it doesn't really impact the price.

I installed the latest version of Ubuntu alongside the factory Windows install. In two weeks of heavy use, the system is holding up well. Some sites, such as Google Maps in streetview mode, render slow because of the weak hardware. If you're a gamer, you probably should not be buying this. If you're using it mostly for ordinary business tasks, this laptop is more than sufficient, at least under Ubuntu. Of the 4GB RAM, I have yet to see more than 2GB used at any given time.

I would consider other alternatives if you are planning to become a Windows 8 user, as I'm sure that system will be heavy on resources.

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I have owned a ASUS laptop before and was happy with it. I felt pretty safe getting another. I am afraid that I am going to have to return this one though. It is very slow. Very slow. Trying to load the Huffington Post can take well over a minute.

Playing the Microsoft version of Mahjong will give error messages of an overloaded cpu. I am not anywhere near being a power user with this machine. It is used primarily for surfing the net, checking e-mail and listening to music preferably at the same time. Sadly this thing is unable to keep up with that,

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I bought an ASUS laptop in 2006 and it is still going strong, including the DVD drive. I can't say the same for other brands of laptops that I have owned (after two years, the drive on my Compaq crapped out and HP was no help at all in trying to recover the driver). Windows runs a little slow sometimes and I get a handful of program not responding, but I'm not attributing that to the computer just yet (I'm still running an old version of office). What I really like is the light weight frame; I travel with my laptop and use it in the field so that is definitely a plus. The screen has great resolution as well.

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I've had this massive screened beauty for 4-months now with not a single glitch! I replaced a 15" Dell XPS, and this larger screen size is very welcomed. Here are some observations:

1. Sheer size. This laptop is in the category of DTR (desk top replacement). In other words, this machine is large enough to feel like an acceptable replacement to a full blown desktop system. The beauty of a DTR is how much cleaner your desk will look with the laptop open or closed.

2. The screen is bright and beautiful. The glass covers nearly the entire lid and there is a 1/2" black framing under the glass on the sides and bottom. The framing is slightly larger on the top where the web-cam resides.

3. The lid operates solidly. It does not have a wobbly feel. The hinge is tight enough that when you open the laptop, you have to hold down the lower half of the machine as if you are prying the two halves apart.

4. The keyboard is full size and includes a ten-key number pad. The keys are what is called 'chicklett' style. The keys operate properly but I am still not used to the unique arrangement of some of the key. Especially annoying are the dedicated half-size directional arrow keys. I could turn off the NumLock and use those arrows, but I use numbers a lot. The back-lit keyboard is a first for me, and I like it a lot!

5. This machine does play (but not burn) BluRay. (Honestly, blank BD disks are still expensive. An external USB drive is a better method of data storage.) Also plays and burns DVD & CD. This optical drive is a tray loader. I prefer slot loading only because when I have the tray extended I always feel like I could accidentally break it.

6. The sound system is incredible! Six speakers including a sub-woofer. When watching a movie on this computer I'm about 3-feet from the screen, and the picture quality and great sound are in competition with my large screen HDTV and THX sound system. It's that good.

7. Of the 5 USB ports, one is USB 3.0 which allows my primary backup drive to do it's job in a fraction of the time compared to USB 2.0.

8. Because of the sheer size, I will not be hauling this around on a regular basis. I have a netbook that I carry to school. But I did want to have a case for this machine for those rare occasions. Again, because it's to big, finding a case took hours of searching! Here is the model I found that I purchased. Cut and paste this into Amazon's search bar: Everki Advance Laptop Bag Briefcase, Fits up to 18.4-Inch (EKB407NCH18). (I wrote a review on that case love it.)

9. The machine connects rapidly to wi-fi. There is an easy access dedicated button on the front left edge of the device that instantly brings up the wi-fi and bluetooth toggles.

10. The bottom line for me when selecting this machine was company reputation and price. The laptop has perfectly handled all the heavy processing digital media editing and processing software that I have installed. Not a single burp in four months.

I would feel comfortable recommending this machine to any friend or relative seeking a DTR. In the realm of 18"+ screens, the market is still narrow. You could go with another manufacturer and pay more. Just compare the specifications and make your own wise decision.

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I have had this laptop for only a couple months and it is still under warranty. The battery life is nice but I have already sent it in twice to be fixed. The first time was because of a crashing issue and the second time was because a group of pixels in the screen died. Each time I had to pay for shipping and was without a computer for more than a week.

My real issue is that after getting the laptop back from the pixels issue, less than two days later more pixels died. I called ACER customer support and they told me that I would have to pay for the screen to be replaced this time even though the laptop was still under warranty. I find it unacceptable to be required to pay to replace something that they were just supposed to have fixed two days ago!

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Pros: Excellent overall package.

Classy understated aesthetics, with a nice brushed aluminum finish.

Solid construction, very rigid for it's size. Seems slimmer and smaller than you'd think for an 18.4" screen.

Keyboard ergonomics are good, keys are well spaced and have a nice tactile feedback.

The removable touch-pad works well and is actually more than a novelty. It works in both normal and landscape orientation.

System stays cool and quiet during normal use, and only gets a bit louder and warmer when running games.

Speakers are surprisingly good, for a laptop mind you...

The Hard Drive is formatted as just one partition (Yay!).

Came pre-installed with Windows 7 Ultimate!? Not advertised as such, but thanks!

Has a minimum of "bloatware". Took me about an hour to get everything the way I like it.

Pretty much everything you could want in a "desktop replacement". An outstanding value for this role. There is nothing it can't do, truly a Jack of All Trades.

Cons: Just a little shy in the memory dept. 1333mhz, or at least the option to upgrade would have been nice.

The video card is not top-of-the-pile, but it is a nice mid-level card with good battery and thermal performance.

The hard drive really shoulda been a 7200RPM. This machine has some serious horsepower but it somewhat hamstrung by it's slowish (but spacious!) hard drive.

Other Thoughts: I have owned many laptops over the last 20 years, this is the best one yet. I use it for CAD, 3D Scanning, 3D Printing, Office Apps, Internet, Games, Videos, etc... While not the absolute best at any one of them, it excels at all of them.

I would have paid another $200 for a better Hard Drive and Video Card.

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Acer didn't even bother to wire the 2nd hard drive bay.

It costs you $60+ for the cable and brackets and lots of research to make the laptop usable.

I will NEVER buy an Acer again.

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After about 10 months, it quit turning back on after sleep. Now, it just randomly shuts off after being on for a while. Before that, I would have given it a 5 star rating.

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First off this was bought to be a gaming laptop. There is no reason to buy this if you are not gaming or need high end 3d graphics. I've been quite happy with it playing Guild Wars 2, Black Ops 2, and more. The fan can get a bit loud under high loads, but it's not obnoxious if you are wearing a headset like I normally am when gaming.

Pros: nVidia 680M, i7, customizable backlit keyboard, great matte screen, 2x 2.5" drive bays plus optical, great speakers

Cons: Taller than standard 15-16" notebooks, this can cause a bit of hassle trying to find a bag.

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It is a very good configuration, but for the price I paid a SSD would be fair enough.

Nevertheless, it's a good purchase.

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I've had this laptop for over a year now and I still get compliments about how cool/pretty it looks. I like that its different cause when everyone pulls out their laptops for class or at the library, mine's different. in a good way. 14" is a great screen size for everyday use. The track pad is different but these are all things you get used to over time. Now when I use other track pads.. it bothers me that two fingers doesn't mean scroll. And I like that the pad doesn't have the right and left click buttons separate and sticking out from the body.

As of now.. the only downside I've had is that the hard drive and the battery are stuck together so you can't take out the battery..

But overall, LOVE this laptop. I would buy it again if I had to. :)

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I've had this notebook for about 6 months and I do not like it. I bought it because it looked like an Apple, i.e., it was pretty. But, the keyboard does really weird things when I'm trying to type. It will suddenly put letters in previous words or will erase words for no reason. It is way too much trouble to use... almost as much trouble as trying to type on a phone.

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When in the market for a very basic laptop (one that can hang out on my coffee table for anyone to surf, check email, or whatever) I did a great deal of comparison around this price point. In terms of features, processing power, and memory (processing and storage) this laptop beat all comperably priced models by a landslide. A comperable laptop in terms of performance was at least another $150.

Now that I have used if for a few weeks, I am stil impressed. Satisfies the intneded need perfectly, and I have also loaded up some software development and simulation software which the machine handles just fine.

I highly recommend this is an excellent choice for a general purpose laptop.

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i have been using my new computer for one week now and i love it! love that it's compact and not oversized. it's pretty fast and i love the keyboard! the only thing i wish was different is the screen, not a big fan of the glossy screen, but not a deal breaker. i also wish it was just a little ligher, but other than those two items, i am very happy! i recommend this computer to everyone!

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The computer arrived with a dead battery! Dell needed to send a new one for me and I ended up paying additional shipping. In addition, one of the USB ports works when it feels like.

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It is the same as it is described. I really like it. It has run about 1 year without any problem.

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Recently went out of town for 2 months to sell my parents home, needed a good laptop that I could count on. It has been great and a nice size.

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I bought this laptop from tigerdirect and i am very pleased with it. For under 400 dollars this thing is a beast. The dual core celeron is fast and it can be overclocked to around 3 ghz. The laptop is light and has good build quality too. I would recommend this laptop to any average consumer.

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this laptop is what it is a cobbled together, undocumented frankenstein of a notebook.

first, the good: battery life is great. not record setting, but perfectly acceptable. I was skeptical of windows 7, but it's turned out to be pretty damn solid.

the guts are quality components. i've had zero issues with any of the hardware. it's fast and just all around good.

now the bad:

this is an off brand laptop, so you wont be getting apple or dell build quality. it's a bit flimsy. the display is not good. it has an extremely limited vertical viewing angle. blacks are more gray than anything. it only looks good viewed dead on in a semi-dark room. the trackpad is inaccurate and it is not possible to disable tap-to-click. this wouldnt be a big deal except that it is very easy to brush it when typing, which will move the cursor to wherever the mouse is. this is a constant pain and the #1 thing i wish MSI would address. I have buttons for clicking, I do not need nor want tap-to click.

everything else is fine the HDMI is sweet, the optical drive is fast and capable, 3gb is plenty of RAM, and the hard drive is adequate. the keyboard is acceptable nothing special, and it takes some getting used to it being offset due to the numeric keypad.

but it's cheap. damn cheap. cheaper than any other similarly spec'd laptop. and that is its saving grace.

you have to understand, MSI is not traditionally a laptop manufacturer, they are laptop assemblers. this computer is cobbled together from whatever parts they had laying around, thus the wonky numpad keyboard and subpar trackpad, as well as lack of drivers and support. it is what it is cheap with good specs but disappointing execution, all of which can be forgiven when you consider the price. would i recommend this laptop? not really. I'd throw another $100-$200 and get a dell if I could go back. but it's not terrible. if you know cars, you know the toyota corolla is a solid vehicle. well, think of this as a geo prism, a corolla clone, rebadged and done up with a cheaper interior. but under the hood it's still a corolla.

one last gripe the friggin LEDs under the mouse buttons are bright as hell and completely useless. I covered mine up with some electrical tape.

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I was impressed of Taiwan brand like Asus because of the build quality. I thought of giving MSI a try since it s also make from Taiwan and it has a reputation for great motherboard. I bought this product less than 1 year ago but very unhappy about the quality of it

Beside from the pro which is surprisingly cheap for a poor college student, there are tons of cons:I constantly have to restart because some internal problem . The build quality is cheap and the customer service will not do anything about it because they will blame on you for physical damage . My problem with this computer build quality is that the frame glue came off less than 1 year use. The lid have some problem with closing ( One side of the lid joint wont move) and plus, I have some hard time with keeping the lid open on it all at some angle ( and yes, within one year of use, no abuse, no dropping)

I would advice not to purchase this product AT ALL, you dont want to mess with their customer service

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An excelent option, very low price and a great performance. It's easy to carry, only 4kg. The only problem it's that the battery lasts only 2:30 hours of activity, but if you customize the power saver option, and decreese the processor level to a 50% of maximum, usage, the battery last up to 4 hours.

With his celeron processor, give's an excelent option for internet and multimedia.

And inlcudes webcam and microphone built in, so you can use skype, or other videoconference with an excelent performance

An excelent computer, with a very low price,

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COMPUTER WORKS GREAT , FELL IN THE PRICE RANGE , DOES THE JOB FOR WHAT i AM USING FOR ..

I was familiar with MSI , i have owned there mother boards , the computer i am n fight now has a MSI video card , so i knew what type of quality they produced .

it like anything electronic , the more you spend the more you get 1 i think for the money this vomputer comes with plenty of goodies . its not a slow computer, has a express slot , HDMI, web cam and mic ,,, comes with Windows 7..

I wasn't looking to spend a fortune. So I am happy with it.

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I bought my Sony Vaio UX380N back in the beginning of 2008, and I haven't regretted it one bit. Even now, after having it and using it all this time, i still keep finding newer and more exciting ways to use my UX380N. Sony had a real winner on their hands with this model, but they were quite outrageous on the prices of them. If they would have lowered their prices to a more reasonable amount, and maybe have upgraded the RAM to 2Gb instead of just giving up on the UX model idea, they would and could have probably sold them like hot cakes. Everyone that I have talked to and showed my UX380N to really loved it, and they really were interested in purchasing one. But the Sony price of them, along with Sony's decision to discontinue the model rather than make a few upgrades to it and lower the price of it, drove them away from buying one. Sony could have made a killing profit with this model, but their poor business and tech practices, once again, put a damper on their sales.

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Bought my UX380N back in 2007, this is an excellent micro-laptop if you travel much. I usually bring two laptops when I travel a bigger 13" or 16" laptop to do serious work and this guy is my entertainment laptop to play video, light games and serve as my BACKUP laptop just in case anything happens to my main machine. In this regard it is perfect I could fit both laptops on my back pack and barely know the UX is there.

To fully appreciate this laptop, you MUST upgrade it to Windows 7 Vista Business is WAY too SLOW. Once you put Windows 7 it is a totally different machine snappy, performs well and is a joy to use. The 1G RAM is sufficient for Windows 7 but not Vista Business. Oh, I did a clean install as well for Windows 7 and loaded all Sony drivers, everything works perfectly, actually much better than under Vista.

The screen is small indeed, the keyboard tiny, but what do you expect it is a micro-laptop, it is supposed to be small. The quality of components is superb the screen is crystal clear, the keyboard slide action is great, can't expect better built quality than this. Never tried out the EDGE modem, but it is too slow to be of any use anyways.

By the way get the extended battery. It makes it slightly heavier but much more practical. I could get 5 hours of light use out of the UX. With the standard battery, it is slightly smaller and lighter, but not practical with only 2.5 hours of juice.

I wish Sony would continue production it is sad to see it discontinued....

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I've had a UX-380 for 3+ years, and it hasn't been used much the past year because of newer toys. But the first thing I did when I bought it was to rip out Vista and put in XPpro. Machine surprisingly fast, and is a REAL PC running all my desktop/laptop apps.

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The Asus N750JV-QB72, The computer is beautiful. The love affair died down within a week of putting up with Windows 8. It is like two operating systems on top of each other. It had to go. I decided to put Linux in the system. The UEFI rom is programmed to authenticate Microsoft, so be careful if you try doing the same thing. You can mess up your bios and render it worthless. Turn off secure boot. The computer is quick. Do not expect wonders from these speakers. My $500 Toshiba with harman/Kardon speakers sound much better than this Asus. The little bass speaker does not perform as one would expect. Play with the adjustments to get your best sound. You will be better off purchasing a nice pair of Logitech computer speakers. The video is crystal clear!!!

great for watching movies or viewing pictures. I have not used the Blueray, no comment on that.

Taking windows 8 off this beautiful machine:

Linux Mint 15 Cinnamon: Installed without problems. Everything works on this except VLC video player and Skype. Once Mint updates their Kernel, this will be the best operating system for this computer in my opinion. I have yet to get bluetooth to work properly in Linux. As more kernels are developed, it might be a year before I can get this to work properly.

Ubuntu 13.10 beta Everything worked to include VLC and Skype. Problem with this, Gnome 3 is much easier to control than the Unity desktop. The problem with this operating system is the fact this is not due out until October. It crashed a lot (Expected). The touch pad was way to sensitive. Changing the sensitivity settings proved to be difficult.

I also tried Fedora and Debian...I don't have the time right now to configure everything. In the future, I will probably check these out in further detail.

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This laptop is a great value. Fast, dependable, easy to set up. The screen is bright and clear. The only minor complaint is that I don't care too much for the touch pad: it is a bit hard to click. That is easily fixed by adding a USB mouse. I have been running this laptop for about a month now and am very pleased.

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I am extremely happy with the computer itself. It is a great deal for the money, well made, light, and fast. I would have rated it 5 stars except for the garbage MacAphee software that came preinstalled on the computer. This software caused me not to be able to access many internet sites, including my Fidelity account and Netlix.

It would also not allow me to uninstall the program. After some extensive searching on Google I found I needed to go to the MacAphee website to dowload their software to uninstall the software that Acer preinstalled on my computer! This was a big hassle, and one that could have been much bigger if I had no technical background.

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the laptop works great and gets around 4 hours on a charge. you can double or triple that by buying an extra battery which will cost around $100. memory is only $10/GB for this model so if it starts going slow there's a cheap fix. make sure you get a protective sleeve for it or put a pad around your desk because if you drop it, it will cost $200 for acer to fix it. (drops are not part of the warranty).

the textured surfaces look very nice and the hdmi output is rare for a laptop and allows output of HD media to a TV with HDMI input. the display is 1st rate the weight is very reasonable. really, a terrific value.

if you like the feel of this keyboard i would recommend it. the microprocessor performance is equivalent to a slow intel i3 but uses a bit more power. i recommend you go to to compare microprocessor performance. there are so many options. some are a bargains. some are not.

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It is a good computer but Windows 8 probably works better with a touch screen so I guess windows 7 would have worked better.

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Ok, let me first start off by saying... I did not order this product from Amazon. I bought mine at Radioshack and got the warranty-which I've not had to use. Also, mine I believe is slightly different than this one. Maybe it's just my lack of computer specs knowledge, but mine says "3 GB DDR3". If it's the same, great, if not, I'm going to continue to write this review because everything else is the same.

What I use my laptop for:

-Web surfing

-Checking e-mail

-Facebook

-FFXI online

-Documents

-Pictures

I am able to run FFXI in window mode and still pull up youtube at the same time. I have had FFXI windower, youtube, facebook, and google open at the same time. I wouldn't recommend anymore than that though or else it starts to get laggy. Also please note, the internet speed itself will vary and cause lag if it's not a strong internet connection. So if you experience lag on this computer from simple things, check the internet connection first.

Now.. while that is impressive, the reason I'm giving this computer a 5 star rating other than what it can do is because what I've done to it.

What I've done to the laptop:

-Dropped it from multiple heights, multiple times. One of which the keyboard fell out of the actual computer itself. I was able to pop it back into place and after a few minutes, it worked.

-Managed to get a virus and had to do a system reboot. Which, if anyone needs to know, with this laptop/brand, if you cannot boot windows; at the start up of your laptop, hit ALT F10 to start the reboot, as this unit does not come with a reboot disc. Sometimes you will need to do this 3 times before it takes. Meaning restarting your computer, not hitting the key combo 3 times during the same reboot process.

-Accidentally sat it in a puddle of water. Due to playing music while cleaningnot dropping it in the toilet or throwing it in the shower... so don't do that.

-Short in the battery charger wire due to my own wear and tear... that nearly caught fire.

So all in all, this is an awesome laptop for the money. The screen has not busted from all of my banging and dropping. The only things I've noticed from the falls; the microphone is a little sensitive to loud sounds, the speakers don't work like they once did but you are still able to hear everything, and the keys sometimes act funny.. but then again, anything would act funny after basically losing its guts. The point is.. electronics go to my house to die, and so far, this has been the cheapest and most sturdy electronic that I still have not managed to kill. It has even outlasted my HP $950 laptop.