Lenovo ThinkPad Z61t 9442 - Core Duo T2500 / 2 GHz - Centrino Duo Reviews

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I saw that this laptop had all of the system requirements that I needed. I now use it to connect to the internet at home and work on many church projects. I also use it for personal use.

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I bought this notebook to use primarily as a streaming device connected to my TV. It does this well. I also have a few games loaded on it and it runs them well with their settings turned down. I purchased this on Monday of black Friday deal week (2012) for $329 and then used Microsoft's windows upgrade offer (windowsupgradeoffer.com $15) to install windows 8. The verdict is still out on windows 8 but for the notebook I feel I got a good value. I especially like that it has a HDMI port so it is just one cable going to my TV for video and sound.

If i needed a second I would definitely buy another at the sale price and possibly at regular price. I gave it four stars because I would say I like it not love it. It would have to be faster to love it but that would also cost $500+. Overall I would recommend this notebook for streaming video, light gaming, paper typing, and internet.

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Excellent for students, good quality in video and fast enough w/ regular MS applications, good responsein internet. It is not too heavy and it doesn't get too hot in your lap.

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I got this on thanks giving deal so i went with it.Being a dell fan, i wished for a better build quality but this one is so poor that i am afraid any given bad day, if this falls out of hand, there will be no use of this.The keyboard is such a junk and i fear it might break when typing. If you get this below 300, then its worth the buy. My suggestion, better look for other inspiron laptops. Not this one.

After 10 days of use(12/7/12)

Not sure if i got the defective one but i have returned the laptop back. Appearance of blue screen every day, wifi connection issues made me return it. Now the cost has shoot up to 529 which absolutely the laptop does not worth. Please do not buy this laptop for 529. You get v good laptops with i5 in ASUS and HP for below $500. But yes, as long as Amazon is there, you need not fear buying it. If the product isnt good, you can always return it and get the money back.

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Dell Inspiron i15N-2728BK 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)

Although Microsoft lost a foothold in the world of computers when they faded out XP ,This Dell is a very good laptop . I told myself I would never own windows 7 ,but had no choice .

I purchased a lap-desk and a cooling pad also All in all I am happy with my Dell

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I don't review things very often, but I have decided to give it a go. Below is a list of things I thought were worth mentioning. Hopefully I will remember to update this over time.

It has a very pretty glossy finish. The only negative about this thus far is that it attracts smudges and fingerprints very easily.

Set up was really simple and fast. I did not have to uninstall many programs.

This is the first laptop I have had with the island style keyboard. It will take some time to get used to. In my opinion, it feels a bit clunky.

The optical drive is kind of loud. So far I have only used it to install a few games. I am hoping that it is not quite so loud while playing dvds.

Speaking of games, if you like to play The Sims 3, it works wonderfully.

The Windows Experience Index is 4.6

The webcam could use improvements.

The track pad is not jumpy and the zoom is fun to play with. The scrolling is going to take some practice though.

With default settings, the speakers kind of suck. (What I did to make it better: start/control panel/hardware and sound/sound/right click on speakers/headphones and choose properties/enhancements/check loudness equalization/apply)

Update one:

Thankfully the optical drive is not loud while playing dvds. However, something I have noticed is that when you open it while it is laying flat on a surface (the laptop) the disc holder thingy will scrape along the surface.

I had an issue after using sleep mode for the first time. After doing so, whenever I put it on hibernate, I would find that hours later it had turned itself on...by itself. I did quickly find a solution though and it has not repeated this since.

Samsung 15.6" AMD Dual-Core 500GB HDD Notebook Reviews

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Got this on sale for $400. For that price, it's a great laptop. Has USB3, HDMI port, Bluetooth, great display, light weight (compared to laptop I replaced), basically all the features most people would want. Windows 8 is a problem for many but there are Windows 7 start menus available by 3rd party's (google startisback) including one for download right from Samsung to make it act exactly like Windows 7. Silly to downgrade to Windows 7 as others have suggested when you can make it work exactly the same without loosing any of Windows 8 features you may eventually learn to use.

I have since upgraded the memory it comes with (4gb) to (8gb). You must replace both modules, not just add but the memory is inexpensive. I also replaced the HD with an SSD I was using in my older laptop. This laptop now is crazy fast. Total bootup time is maybe 30 seconds. So if you can get this on sale and make the 2 upgrades I suggested, you'll have a quality, full feature, well built and very fast laptop for an inexpensive cost. Samsung makes quality products with support software built in.

Well worth the investment.

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I have had this computer for 8 months. At first it was pretty good....now...not so good. When typing the cursor jumps to another area adding text to an already finished sentence or wipes out titles to documents. It is by far the most frustrating PC I have every owned and don't recommend it to anyone. I am just happy I didn't pay alot for this POS.

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Good product:

Pro's:

-Cheap

-powerhouse for the price

-not the best laptop on the market, but the build quality is fine for the price.

-For this price it seems this is one of the best choice around.

-Good battery life, about 5-6 hours. I can take it to all my classes and still have a little juice left at the end of the day.

Cons:

-Keyboard mimics Macbook keyboard but fails, Keys are rounded squares and spaced far apart. As a normal sized male (5'8" 140) I feel these keys are too small for me, It's like they copied apple but shrunk the keys and failed.

-Windows 8 (I hate windows 8), very frustrating operating system, and windows 8 doesn't allow for downgrading back to 7.

-bloatware from Samsung (removable)

Overall if your fine with Windows 8, and can use the keyboard, this is the laptop for you in this price range. There are acer and asus models around the same price with similiar specs (one even has a slightly better GPU) but I'm gonna stick with samsung

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It's got plenty of power for any reasonable non-gaming functions. It's very frustrating that they force Windows 8 on you. I also purchased a copy of windows 7 and installed that instead. Adds to the price though.

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Laptop was intended as a gift and is definitely great value for money. Fantastic visual display. Overall pleased with the price and shipping.

Cheap Lenovo G570 43347PU 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)

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I was shopping around for a decent laptop at an affordable price. This is one of the upper models from the G570 series from Lenovo and I could not be happier with it. I did not buy my Laptop from Amazon, I bought it from Fry's for A LOT cheaper when they had it on sale, but the performance is great. It has the new iCore 3 processor with plenty of RAM at 4GB. The keyboard is as close to a full size one that you will see on a laptop, so if you will be doing a lot of data input then you will definitely love it. The looks and style is very simple looking, but the design is great. I have talked to several computer experts and they all feel that Lenovo is the best brand out right now along with ASUS. Also if you didnt know, Lenovo is made by IBM who used to only make business computers, but they are now making personal laptops.

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I have only owned this item a few days, but so far I am happy with my purchase especially as I found it at an extremely low price. The matt charcoal, lightly grooved surface of the top lid and keyboard surround is 100% fingerprint-resistant, the touchpad is very slightly pebbled to increase tactility. Very subdued, stealthy and practical style much appreciated compared to its glossy competitors.

The external switch to turn wireless off is a nice touch and I'm pleased with boot times and internet performance. Out of the 4 USB 2.0 ports, one is a combo eSATA/USB. The i3-2330M is only a dual-core running at 2.2GHZ, but it does have hyperthreading and shows up as 4 virtual processors in the Device Manager however, it lacks Turbo Boost. By comparison an i5 has 4 cores, Turbo Boost, but no hyperthreading. I'm currently testing various games to see what this level of hardware is capable of playing so far Left 4 Dead 2 is the only one I've tried, and it was acceptable.

With computer manufacturers releasing & discontinuing so many minute variations of their products, it was extremely hard to find an accurate specification list (as well as the correct images) of this item and I would mention that even after realizing there was no HDMI-out it was not enough for me to return it. It was simply too good of a price and a very limited time window for me to make my decision.

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Great computer. I just start college for accounting and this computer has a great number key pad that has been extremely useful. I have had this computer for about 3 months and I love it.

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solid purchase. I would have liked the speakers to be a little louder but find it just as easy to put on a headset and stream music. Fast and the battery life is solid. also the plug in receptacle is way more solid than my last hp product. 5 years later and two adapters it quit on me.

I love the keyboard and had my doubts that it would be as nice as my last hp, but the display is crisp and the unit seems to be just what I needed.

I would rate it at 4 stars. I hate the google chrome browser, so I downloaded mozilla and off we go. Not bad for the $399 price.

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I purchased this laptop in November of 2011 and in June of 2012, the LED display went out. I returned the laptop to Lenovo since it was under warranty. Lenovo informed me that the LED display is not part of the warranty and it would cost $300 to repair. I am guessing that anything they do not want to repair is not "under warranty". I bought an LED replacement myself and was able to fix the PC for under $50. This laptop was a rip-off and of poor quality. Service and warranty is no better.

Reviews of ASUS U38N-DS81T 13.3-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Dark Silver)

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I was quite impressed with several items on this computer:

1) The overall build quality is excellent, and the fre laptop case was a nice (and unknown by myself) touch

2) After removing most of the Asus bloatware and putting the computer power settings on the Microsoft balanced settings I found that the battery life improved significantly. Also the fan noise greatly decreased as the processor can now idle properly.

3) The performance of the processor and full bore is also quite good (6.2 processor score and 6.6 gaming graphic score on WEI) more than sufficient for any application with the exception of high end gaming and video editing/compression

4) Fantastic monitor. I am not even sure what is the next cheapest laptop you can get with a high quality 1080P TOUCHSCREEN monitor.

5) Very light overall. Honestly if it was much lighter I would be concerned about its overall structural integrity as a touchscreen computer.

6) Although I have previously installed windows 8 on a desktop, using it on a touchscreen laptop is a significant improvement. I find myself able to find a sweet spot for when to use the touchscreen (which can also easily pull up a keyboard) and using the actual keyboard. I find it better than either a traditional desktop/laptop or a tablet.

7) The only negatives I have are the initial bloatware (which can be easily removed) and the trackpad/mouse on the keyboard. The trackpad is actually too sensitive and it takes some time to be able to type on the keyboard without activating the trackpad.

Strongly recommend this computer as I know of now other which can do as much as this computer for less than $1000.

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I have been using this laptop for the past month and could not be more pleased! It has exceeded all my expectations and my friends are envious. The Look and feel, Size, AMD A10 processor, and Touch Screen... ALL for under $800 is a total deal!!

Looking forward to seeing what's next from Asus\AMD!!

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Pros:

Slim and sleek. Absoluteyly gorgeous

Fast Boot up

Crytal clear screen

back-lit Keyboard

Lighweight

Cons:

Extremely short battery life for AN ULTRABOOK.

Desktop and touchsreen windows freezes once in a while with only two windows open very annoying for a brand new and slightly powerful ultrabook

Conclusion: I will return this laptop because of it's extremly low battery life barely three hours when watching a movie and web browsing. However, if you are always plugged-in I highly recommend this laptop.

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My wife purchased this for me from Tiger Direct a few weeks back. Previously I was using an HP notebook and liked it except for the weight and bulk.

The screen is amazing super HD you wont believe how some pictures look on this screen. It is also super light and thin and amazingly fast. I was a little suspect of Asus quality prior to this but this unit has changed my mind! Great unit and worth every penny!

Acer Aspire S3-951-6828 13.3-Inch HD Display Ultrabook Review

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I have owned this laptop for only a week, but I've had a chance to play with it enough to provide a review that I hope is helpful to someone considering this product.

The primary reason I bought the Acer S-3 i5 with Solid State Hard Drive (SSD) is for the speed, weight, and form factor. Coming from a 15.6" screen laptop that weighed almost 7 lbs, this unit is refreshingly light and appealing to the eye. It is very slim and the cover is attractive and simple. I was concerned that the 13.3" screen on the Acer would feel too small, but that has not been an issue. The SSD drive makes the laptop very responsive, and the fact that it is 256GB instead of just 128GB or 160GB like some of the other brand laptops I was considering is nice. I have room to actually take advantage of this fast hard drive.

Like most laptops, this one came pre-loaded with many programs and offers that I did not want, so be prepared to spend 10 minutes uninstalling the unwanted programs. While you're at it, spend a few minutes updating the wireless drivers on Acer's website . My wifi connection appeared to go dead in the first few days, but after I updated to the latest wifi drivers that problem has disappeared. Another issue that seems to have been resolved with a software update is the laptop fan. It was on the loud side until I updated the system bios from 1.15 to 1.16, and now it appears as though the fan is more reasonable.

Overall I'm happy with this laptop. The form factor and SSD drive makes it pleasant to use.

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So I bought this lap top in December 2011. I bought it for work (I travel and edit) its light design and power was too good of an offer to pass up.

WELL

out of the now 6 months of owning it It has been in the shop 4 times for the exact same problem.

History of my ownership

purchased: December 8th 2011 (certified Acer store)

SSD drive fail: Jan 17th 2012 (replaced and handed back turn around 3 business days)

SSD drive fail: Feb 17th 2012 (replaced and handed back 3 business day turn around)

SSD drive fail: April 18th 2012 (mailed to service center replaced shipped back received May 1st)

SSD drive fail: May 1st (right out of box from fed ex office in Clients office to right back into box. reloaded UI/ Default... which did not work or me when I tried doing in the office? and returned may 8th)

That is a some what typical story from this Acer line. They keep saying the problem is fixed because it leaves their shop working... I just got most of my software loaded back and I'm now nervous to even start work for fear its going to crash on me and I'm going to be back in the same boat as again.

The SSD drive is garbage and all acer is going to do is replace it and send it back. When it breaks again... they will replace it and send it back.

I own the i7 version of this lap top but it has the same SSD drive as this version.

I would love to see everyone pull together to get a recall put out for this garbage.

Over all don't buy this product/ buy at your own risk. There are better and more stable/ reliable companies on the market.

Also if you are calling acer technical support and want to speak to a human voice immediately (even though it is outsourced and scripted) press the button for sales instead of tech support (normally option 2)

EDIT:

My product is now out of warranty and they stopped returning my phone calls a LONG time ago (while it was still in warranty) I had to buy another computer because this one was a complete and total lemon.

After that I had a 3rd party look at it (best buy qeek squad... if you buy protection from them you can register 3 more products... figured why not let them see it.. its was free) Upon inspection they determined the motherboard was bad and hence frying the SDD.

The lap top still makes a great paper weight

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i love the keyboard...computer is light, fast, easy to use.

The speakers are very poor....but the sound with headset excellent.

This is exactly what i was looking for.

The only thing that really puzzles me is why acer does not make an airplane charger for their products, especially an ultralaptop for travel.

there is currently one charger available from some very odd foreign dealer...

this just seems odd..

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I got this laptop instead of a tablet because I like the added versatility and a little bigger size doesn't make a huge difference to me. The laptop is fairly quick (partially thanks to the solid state HD); however, the downsides are the weak speakers and quirky touchpad. The speakers are barely loud enough to be able to play a movie/TV show on it and have enough juice to make it sound good. The touchpad has had some issues where it almost acts like it fell asleep.

Overall, satisfied with the purchase and am much happier having the added RAM, processing speed, HDMI out, and SSHD that cheaper ones don't have.

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If you want a truly portable laptop (< 3 lbs) and has a big enough usable disk space (240GB SSD), this is the one for you. I was considering to buy a Macbook Air but a comparably-equipped model would cost $1,600! I was also considering the Acer 6646 model, which has a hydrid drive (20GB SSD + 320GB HDD) and costs about $800 but I didn't want to deal with the headache of a split partition and, the slow speed and reliability problem of the harddrive. So I chose this model. For 2 weeks now, I'm impressed with the startup/sleep and operating performance of the laptop. The only downsides I see is the mouse pad takes some getting used to: clicking the left/right buttons takes some force double tap is better but right click can not be substituted, and the mouse pad is slightly off-centered from the space key, causing my right thumb to accidentally touch the mousepad occasionally. Overall, it's a very good laptop and a solid, less-expensive alternative to the Macbook Air, if you're accustomed to Windows 7 like me.

2012-08-31 UPDATE: It's been more than 5 months since I bought this laptop and I'm still loving it. I've been using it every day for the last couple of months. All is still well. Love the fast boot up and sleep feature.

Buy Sony VAIO PCG-V505DX Laptop (1.40-GHz Pentium M (Centrino), 512 MB

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This new laptop replaces a Toshiba A15-S127 that we bought 3 months ago and one that died 4 weeks later when the LCD screen cracked. This one still confuses my wife and me given that the thing spent most of its time in its carry case and it bore absolutely no external damage on the laptop's shell. To add insult to injury the store we bought it from wanted to charge us literally 2/3rds the cost of the thing to repair it, manufacturer's warranty be dammed, I guess. Suffice it to say that we won't be buying Toshiba products again nor shopping at this store (who's name, by the way, rhymes with Stomp Youse Say), ever again. I would have reviewed the S127, but what's the point? We hardly had it long enough to get to know it.

When Sony began producing computers, I was less than impressed. Yet another big name producing very shiny products that look great while using second rate parts that deliver underwhelming performance. That was several years ago and while I still don't care for big name brand PCs, they are still good machines. Even though I build my PCs from parts I choose, I can't build a lap top, and after the Toshiba debacle, anything would have been an improvement. Truth to tell, I didn't really like the Toshiba from the start, but my wife wanted something cheap to take to work and use it to learn Spanish, practice her mathematics and watch the occasional movie, and the Toshiba did a fair job at all of those things. The Sony PCG-505DX is a vast improvement in every category, though it was twice the price.

The 505 features a 1.5 Ghz Pentium 4 Centrino processorpossibly the most important consideration when buying a laptop these days. The CPU scales its speed and processing ability to conserve power and extend the usability of the lap top. With the full charge the 505 will run for nearly 5 hours when doing things like word processing. Obviously, the more things you do, the shorter the battery life will be. The Vaio also sports a whopping 512 mb of RAM, an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 with 16 mb of its own RAM, (a lot of laptops video RAM is actually shared with system RAM and performance takes a real hit), a 400 Mhz FSB, an 11 mb IEEE 802.11b `Wi-fi' wireless network adapter, 1 PC-MCIA slot, 2 USB + 1 IEEE 1394 FireWire ports, CD-RW & DVD player combo drive, Network and modem ports, VGA port, and a Sony memory stick slot. All of this is packed into a very small and very attractive box,. The casing also has a lot of polished aluminum, which will no doubt enhance the durability and life of the computer.

Though the S127 was fully 600 Mhz faster, the 505 out performs it every categoryit boots faster, loads programs faster, and came with much better software pre-installed. I actually plan to keep all of Sony's own music and video programs, which is odd as I usually spend the first day or so with any laptop I have owned blowing out all the junk and promotional software that comes with them. About the only things I removed was AOL and that really terrible office package known as Microsoft Works. Everything else will stay. Sony also wisely partitioned the 60 Gb hard drive to make mirroring the drive much easier. (What they didn't include was a system restore CD or DVD and instead require you to make your own. If you want to do this, make sure your have a stack of CD-Rs handy, because it will take 9 of them).

The 505 is actually pretty much the same size as my old 486 Compaq Aero, which itself was a dynamite little machine. I love the Vaio's design and feelit's sturdy, incredibly well made and given the luck we have had with our other Sony products, I suspect this little beauty will be around for a long time. About the only real complaints I have about it is the speakers sound terrible, but then again, this is a laptop and a general gripe about laptop keyboards in generalI just can't get comfortable with any of them. This is the best laptop I have ever owned in both performance and build quality. The screen image quality is great, the keys and controls intuitive, I only wish we had bought this first instead of the Toshiba.

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This is one of the best laptops I worked on. Though many people think 12.1" screen is smaller, I do not think so, it gives you an 1024x768 resolution which is very good, unless you are expecting your laptop to be a TV replacement to watch movies. I am a student and use my laptop for heavy software development and I never faced any problem with the CPU performance. Till now my experience with this new centrino processor is awesome. As for the battery life issues, it cant be better than this. Though compared to the other centrino machines this machine is bit expensive, but I pay for the style and brand and the quality of the product. Its been 3 weeks since I bought this notebook, and I never repented for paying the extra buck..

AS for the other side,You have to make your own recovery CD's, which is very important step before you do anything with the laptop.. And I could not upgrade to windows XP professional, it gave me some virtual memory low message and kept on restarting after the installation was done, So I had to do complete installation of XP Pro. If the XP pro upgrade is not successful for you also, do not worry. You can put the recovery CD 1 and get all the software installed back on the clean XP professional. So there is a way around to keep the software which came with the machine and have XP pro.. And I am little disappointed SONY did not provide us with a third party CD writer software, we are forced to use the inbuilt XP writer, which is slow compared to NERO cd burner software or Roxio easy cd creator.. Overall you will get the value for your money..

And I do not understand why Amazon display's different specification on this website than what we see on sony. My laptop has an L2 cache of 1MB, but amazon displays here it as 512 KB which is very confusing. I didnt buy my notebook on Amazon becoz of that confusion..

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I've had the sony PCG-V505DX for more than 2 years and overall, I've been satisfied with it. What I like the most are the keyboard, the sleek feel of the computer, and its weight. It's a pleasure typing on it. The design is great and it's light enough to carry around.

My only negative experience, unfortunately, was a near-catastrophic one. After about 8 months, it stopped working. It wouldn't even boot up. I called Sony's tech support and they were no help. In fact, their suggestion that I ship it in and they would reformat everything was less than helpful since saving my data was of utmost importance. Fortunately, I took it to a local shop and the guy fixed it in a day without any loss of data. Also, the warranty covered the repairs. However, the experience left me with little confidence in Sony's quality control and no confidence in their tech support.

All in all, the computer is a pleasure to use. However, the fact that the computer wouldn't even start up after just 8 months has convinced me that my next purchase will be of a company with a better reputation for reliability.

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The laptop is sleek, sexy, and is ergonomic enough, but apparently, there is a reliability issue. Mine stopped booting up after 18 months of normal use. I don't leave it running hot, I use that Targus cooling pad with a USB-powered fan.

It was definitely not an LCD issue. The repair technician recommended that I replace the motherboard and/or CPU, but was unable to fix it otherwise.

I found this 66-page thread too late... but it's enough to keep me away from purchasing another Vaio to replace this broken one:

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Wow. I'm also surprised at all the negative reviews. Maybe I just got lucky, but this laptop has done everything I expected it to. Keep in mind that I've had it since March of this year... so that's a good 9 months of use. It's perfect for my school assignments. It runs things I need like MS Visual Studio just fine. And I can bring it to school without the power cord, knowing that I will have enough power to last me several hours.

I even played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and City of Heroes on it over the summer break. For CoH, I had to kind of tweak the video card a bit... but that appears to be a known issue with customized laptop video cards (Mobility Radeons, to be precise).

Overall... I love this laptop.

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I really like the laptop but struggling with Windows 8. I don't like the email setup compared to Windows 7.

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What I like most is the design of the computer. It was a fair price. It was easy to set up and get going. It is lighter than my previous Dell,but heavier than the XPS I have. This is used by all in this house.

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product looks good but keypad lock is broken near F5 key, so once i punch anything f5 it makes lot of noise.

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Functions well, but feels cheap with all plastic case. Mouse pad does not have scrolling bar. Battery is ok. Overall not too bad for this price.

Review of HP Pavilion g7-1318dx - AMD A4-3320, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive

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I ordered 2 of these for my family . I am not a laptop fan but these surprised me with great monitors and power usage(reset the power to "Power saver") on battery and good to go.

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Computer fan stopped working, sent for repair, came back, turns itself off for no reason. HP won't replace. Don't buy!

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Firstly, I should give credit where credit is due.

This machine is nicely put together, and very solid for a netbook. It's probably the nicest netbook I've used (physically).

Unfortunately it has a very significant problem:

A part of the included HP software causes very high CPU utilisation, and basically the machine runs at 90-100% CPU most of the time. The means that the computer is much slower than it should be to respond, and the battery life is very poor (as another reviewer pointed out). The piece of HP software that causes the issue is the HP Wireless Assistant. When this is disabled, the machine runs well, when it is running the whole machine grinds to a halt. You require this software to turn the machine's WLAN, BT and WWAN radios on or off. If you don't require turning these on/off, you might be able to get away with not running this software (I think). For my job in the field, I'm constantly required to turn the radios on and off. The runaway process is wmiprvse.exe.

There's a number of people experiencing this same problem.

I spent two weeks on the phone to HP trying to fix the issue. When they became convinced that the issue might be hardware, the machine was replaced. The new machine had the same symptoms, and after battling with both machines for almost 2 months I threw in the towel, got a refund, and bought another brand. After 2 months from being made aware of this issue, HP still hasn't done anything to fix it.

Before buying this machine, please ensure that they have rectified this issue... otherwise you'll regret your purchase (as I did).

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I bought this netbook with touchscreen option for my medical practice entering electronic health record info.

This was functional but does not allow onscreen digital inking function of tablet pc computers which is important in medical practices to capture patient signatures. The keyboard was comfortable. The screen size was not optimized for my application.

Battery life was not as expected with the 6 cell option. Only lasted about 4 hours.

I will be using this as a backup ocmputer but cannot see this as my primary notebook

Review of Toshiba Tecra R940-S9441 14 LED Notebook Intel Core i7-3540M 3 GHz

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Over the past 21 years I've had a total of 12 different notebooks including Macs, Sony Vaios and Toshibas plus a brief and disastrous flirtation with Dell. The processing power & memory of tablets are both too feeble if you need to do serious work with real software; Macs are still excluded due to lack of compatibility with Sage Line 50 accounts software (besides other issues) so to replace my 2-year old Portege I looked again at the current crop of Toshiba notebooks.

The Intel Core processor in the Tecra offers a Goldilocks combination of VERY fast data processing even with high-demand programs, with long battery life and at 3.6kg slightly heavier than the Portege but still easily manageable. After 4 weeks it's proved fast and trouble-free, with >8-hours of battery life continuously working away from the mains.

As usual with Toshibas the Tecra is discrete and tasteful rather than flashy, with a dark aluminium casing. It has the usual integral mike and camera, good speakers with clear volume & tone as well as plentiful connecting ports for externals. I can never get the fingerprint-security facility to recognize even two of my finger scans as from the same person, so don't use it.

The Tecra boots in about 30 seconds and is then fully functioning. The screen color resolution is beautifully clear and sharp, windows7 one of the easier, more user-friendly operating systems MT has offered us.

Overall this Tecra is very good value for a mid-range machine with a lot of processing power and memory combined with lightweight, carry-in-your-hand portability and long battery life. I'd award five stars if it were 20% lighter, and 10% less expensive. But generally in a free market, with IT you get what you pay for.

I have only one experience of Toshiba's warranty service. With a previous machine I had a screen fault, and on that occasion they sent someone to collect and return it, repaired, after two days: very efficient and all FOC.

If you're going to get one of these I'd also recommend a good transport case for mobile working, and a `port replicator' (check them out) for your office.

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OK, let's be clear. The Pixel is something special. It is a work of art, an engineering triumph, and a game changer. You really have to experience it to fully understand it. I have been using Chromebooks for a couple of years, the first Acer model, then the Samsung 5 550 model. Both decent for what they cost, but with limitations as far as quality and performance. Samsung performed better, Acer actually had the nicer display. So I use them and I understand ChromeOS and the experience it delivers. I also understand the virtues it brings and the trade-offs you make in exchange. I have some excellent Windows Notebooks accumulated over the years, a tablet and other similar devices. So I know the gear, the OS, and what to expect.

I read probably every review of the Google Pixel online and all the comments. Thankfully, there were some good reviews in all the chaff. But...you really have to see, touch, and use the Pixel to know. That said, I ordered mine sight unseen...a man of faith. ;)

I have always felt the physical limits of the low cost devices were a mixed blessing. Yes, cheap is good and has it's attractions. But if you spend untold hours online as I do, you begin to long for a nice keyboard and, especially, a nice display for tired eyes. Also, as someone who enjoys art, photography and videography as hobbies, a good display is something I require. I appreciate the value of having a good one and am willing to pay for it. Life is too short to endure the crappy displays so prevalent these last many years. Thankfully, that's now changing.

So...to me, the Google Pixel, while expensive, was something of which I could understand the value proposition on offer. The minute I got mine, I knew. This was what I had been looking for, not just in a Chromebook, but as my primary computing device. Yes, damn expensive (even though I got a very good deal on mine), but worth every penny to me.

Incredible display, gloriously clear text and beautiful colors and images. Excellent keyboard, one of the best I have used on a notebook. And absolutely the best trackpad/touchpad I have ever used in my life. What a joy! I feel no need for an external mouse at all and that's exceptional, because I feel that way about no other notebook. Perfect right out of the box. No false taps or errors. It simply works. (For those who have experienced the truly abysmal touchpads on many recent highend notebooks, this will catch your attention and I hear your sigh of relief!)

An "intelligent" back-lit keyboard...best I've used (in a thin ultra-portable size device). Fabulous tactile feel and response. And the perfect size and shape! The Pixel is exactly the right size. That is no small thing. And the screen is exactly the right size and the perfect ratio (3:2), same as my photographic images. At working distance, the width is correct for your eyes and the height as well. I can live with wide displays and even prefer them for certain things. But the 16:10 and 3:2 ratios have always seemed the best to me for general use.

The quality of the display and the appearance of text reminds me of the very expensive typesetting machines I used many years back when I worked in publishing. They had very expensive high resolution monitors for displaying fonts with precision...just as the Pixel. My eyes are loving this.

The build quality. The elegance of the design. If you have to work long hours online and then you are crazy enough to also want to play longs hours online...well, then you might rejoice at using such a finely crafted rig, one where you enjoy it every time you open the lid, or feel the solid mass and quality as you pick it up. I value good gear highly, so this is a natural pleasure for me.

The speakers are also outstanding. The stereo separation is excellent. The tonal qualities are very good for a small unit such as this. Music is very pleasant. Good clarity, plenty of volume. The tonal range seems very good, bass is meager, of course, but overall the sound is very good and you can get by without headphones or speakers (though, of course, either will improve the sound). Sound while watching videos/movies/Netflix/Amazon Instant Video and so on is also fine. Never did I feel I had to go looking for my bluetooth speakers. Perfectly acceptable sound for a portable device.

It is nice to use something where everything feels right, works well, and you never think...oh, I wish it had a better screen, or keyboard, or whatever. That is worth a little extra in my book. Watching movies is fantastic. Great contrast, black levels, detail, color...and it was weird at first. I am so used to having to adjust the screen for the best image...here the image quality is constant...no need to adjust the display angle...move left or right, stand up, sit down...the image still looks great. Amazing. Good image quality and a good video/movie experience are a hard requirement for me and the Pixel delivers.

The free terabyte of cloud storage is nothing to sneeze at, either. It's free for three years. At the end of three years, you get to keep everything you have stored there indefinitely, but must pay if you wish to add more. Google Drive as it's called is well integrated with the File Manager and is very easy to use and quite convenient. It's worth $1800 if you bought it outright, so a nice bonus. (If you are a small business, this is something to consider. A terabyte of Google managed storage at your disposal and an excellent high-end notebook...hmmmm.)

The Pixel comes in a nice box with a magnetic latch (mirroring that of the Pixel display). There is no manual, per se, but there are extensive 'getting started' items in an included app of that name and plenty of info online and on the unit itself. And, of course, if you've already used a Chromebook, as I have, then you're all set. There are a bunch of useful apps preloaded, such as the main offline apps you might want (Gmail offline is very nice), and it automatically syncs up with your apps, bookmarks, and other content as ChromeOS is designed to do. So, whichever of my chromebooks I use, I can access everything and it will always be up to date. Sweet!

At about 8.75 x 11.75 inches (slightly larger than a sheet of paper) it's very portable and easy to handle. And the solid feel and heft are a pleasure in use. This rig is about as close to perfect as you can get as far as design and build. It really is that good. Really.

The ChromeOS which elicits so much comment and sometimes scorn is, in my view, an equally great asset. I have been in IT nearly all my life and have been living and breathing computers and tech since I was a child. I have owned and used an incredible variety of units, from the Commodore, Apple, Amiga days til now, and worked with Linux in the late 80's and 90's, back when only a few hundred people had ever heard of it. I have spent countless hours installing and maintaining both hardware and software. I know the nitty, gritty details quite well. I have power-user rigs at hand. Maybe that's why I understand and value what Chromebooks are all about. First of all, the security. For daily use, nothing beats a Chromebook for security. Reliability. Synchronization across all of your chrome devices. Ability to easily wipe the unit clean and start fresh -without losing anything, without having to constantly backup and manage disk, without having endless updates, viruses, and other annoying problems popping up. The Chromebook is the most stable, reliable, secure computing environment I have ever used. The hardware and OS are designed for security from the ground up. Back in my UNIX Sys V days I championed thin clients and I still appreciate their virtues.

Chromebooks are the perfect notebook for 80% of the people who just want to do the common things like read email, surf the web, post their photos, watch streaming video, listen to music, and so on. Very few people actually edit video or photos at any level that requires Sony Vegas or Photoshop. Having spent many hours helping friends and colleagues with computer and software issues, I know how happy they'd be with a Chromebook if they made the switch. But, though it's popularity is growing fast, it's still a small part of the overall market. That may well change. The Pixel stands as a beacon as to what is possible.

I just use it. It works. I enjoy what I'm doing and can focus on what I am doing and not the tool I am using to do it. Though, as a techie, I do stop now and then to admire the elegance of the Pixel. For me, it is well worth the price I paid.

Pros:

Very fast web surfing, faster than any of my windows notebooks. Web pages look great, easy to scroll and zoom.

Gorgeous 2560x1700 Display has beautiful colors, contrast, and detail. Everything looks good.

Solid aluminum body looks great, feels great. Top quality build.

Keyboard is one the best I've seen. Intelligent back-lighting works very well. Use Alt-BackSpace for DELETE. ;)

Touchpad/Trackpad might be the best in existence. Works exceptionally well.

Elegant design means a pleasure to use, everything just works and well. Ultra-portable.

Chromebooks are very secure, data syncs automatically across devices, very stable and reliable.

Includes a Terabyte of Google managed online storage (an $1800 value) probably the best quality cloud storage on offer.

Has a touch screen that works well.

Cons:

Expensive. (But you get what you pay for.)

ChromeOS wifi connect can be flaky sometimes (a known software issue which hopefully will be fixed by an update).

Keyboard missing keys like Delete, Home, End, Page Up/Down, etc. (There are equivalents, like Alt-BackSpace for DELETE)

ChromeOS still maturing. An occasional minor quirk here and there.

Battery life is only 5 hours or so, could be better. Mitigated a bit by the nearly instant on/off cycle of the Pixel.

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Don't be fooled by Google's cutsie marketing, their customer service is as bad as the worst you've experienced. Usually this is not a problem because anyone who has bought into the "google way" most likely googles all their computer problems anyway. However, if you have a problem with this machine expect zero support. Don't believe me? Go to Google Play and read the warranty. If buying used, don't expect any "goodies," (the Drive Storage and Gogo In-flight offers) no matter what any seller tells you. Google won't let you activate them.

These offers are so much a part of this unit and the whole selling point of this OS that their lack of support must necessarily result in a downgraded rating.

If you are buying this machine for the hardware and planning on installing Linux, Ignore everything above. The case is beautiful. The screen is unparalleled and the backlit keyboard is one of the best I have used (though at first I thought it was a little spongy). And it is fast at everything.

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The Chromebook Pixel is an absolutely beautiful device.

The computer has no air vents that can be blocked on my bed, it silently expels hot air from the hinge area, which can not be blocked. The screen is (obviously) incredible. Google is so friendly to giving people control of their own devices, that it's very easy to get ubuntu linux on your machine, side-by-side with Chrome OS. Having a 2560x1700 display with linux, is downright incredible. The speakers in this laptop are surprisingly good. I have hi-fi audio gear, and this laptop is really impressing me with the quality and quantity of its sound. Oh and the touchscreen included makes me laugh at Microsoft for thinking that their tablets stand a chance when Google is making trophies like this.

I have practically no doubt that this is the finest laptop ever produced.

Google is God.

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I delayed buying the Pixel because of the relatively high cost and because of some of the published reviews--which consistently praised the hardware but noted that the Pixel was only suitable as a "backup computer" Well, I've after working with the Pixel intensively for several months, I find that it is the computer I use almost all of the time. It is simply a pleasure to use. It is on instantly--no sluggish OS to load. Once on, the speed is astonishing. I've never used anything that compares. The hardware, as nearly all of the reviews have noted, is superb. It is simply the best out there. The screen is brilliant (After you turn it on for the first time, I'd recommend immediately viewing Google's demo video. The resolution is stunning). The backlit keyboard is excellent. I have been frustrated by every trackpad I've ever used--except this one. It tracks flawlessly. I worry about security, particularly in connection with online investments and banking. with the Pixel viruses are just not an issue. This is now the only computer I use for banking and managing personal finances.

In short, this computer has eliminated almost all of the frustrations associated with laptops: the long boot-up, the hassle with virus protection, the uncomfortable keyboards, the eyestrain from dim, fuzzy displays, the sluggish performance. The Pixel simply does what it is supposed to do--simply, consistently, and very quickly.

I have read comments from reviewers stating that the Pixel is useful only when connected to the Internet. Not so. Ninety percent of what I do online: write and read e-mails, edit documents, manage photos, work with spreadsheets, etc I can do with or without an Internet connection. The terabyte of free storage with Google is wonderful (and far exceeds my present and future needs).

Finally, like some of the other reviewers here, I would note that the Pixel gives a user the kind of pleasure associated with using something of the very highest quality. The look, touch, and feel leave no doubt: the machine is state of the art. The only quibble that I have with the Pixel is battery life. I seem to get between four and five hours from a fully charged battery, and I hope that Google finds a way to double that. Perhaps a Haswell chip is in the Pixel's future. If so, I'll be among the first to order.

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I posted this review originally on the other listing(s) for the Chromebook Pixel, but my review doesn't seem to have transferred across to this listing, so for the benefit of potential purchasers my original comments were...

I bought my Chromebook Pixel direct from Google, fully expecting to return it within the 15-day return period once I had taken it for a spin. But, you know what? It was so good... I kept it! Despite the hefty price tag.

Having used other Chromebooks such as the "cheep and cheerful" Samsung Chromebook (Wi-Fi, 11.6-Inch), and being more concerned with their function rather than their form, I surprised myself by falling in love with the potentially gimmicky and indulgent features that set the Chromebook Pixel apart from other Chromebooks:

1. The display really is awesome, even when simply browsing the web and noticing the sheer sharpness of the on-screen characters.

2. The sound is really awesome, nice and loud despite the fact that you can't see the speakers (which are hidden under the keyboard).

3. The touch screen is surprisingly useful for scrolling up and down through web pages and documents, and I seem to be able to hit the right buttons on screen with less hit-and-miss than I have experienced (for example) when operating the Microsoft Surface (32GB) web browser in desktop mode.

4. I love the solid feel and square simplicity of the aluminium casing on the Chromebook Pixel.

As explained in The Chrome Book (Fourth Edition): The Essential Guide to Cloud Computing with Google Chrome and the Chromebook, all Chromebooks are born equal in the sense that you should be able to do pretty much the same things on all of them. But it's so much more pleasurable to do those things on this beautiful machine. And I didn't expect to say this!

Why four stars rather than five? Only the price. But I guess that if you want quality... you have to pay for it.

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This is a very basic, low-level laptop. It's not necessarily bad, it's just not that great either. Loads slow, video buffers a lot and system stutters when browsing through panels in the W8 modern UI. Perhaps with a little more RAM it might run faster, but I don't want to have to upgrade a laptop right out of the box. If money is an issue, this will work, but you can probably find something perhaps $50 more that may be a bit better out of the box.

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Purchased this on cyber Monday, received the laptop in 2 days...so far so good, I have to get use to Windows 8, but I love the format. The keyboard is slick, the laptop is light, easy to open and shut....Will give a later review after messing around with for a month or two.

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My old Dell's screen went out, so I began a search on which laptop would be as reliable but have more space. I purchased this laptop (toshiba satellite c855-ds5357) around November of 2012 I am SHOCKED at how slowly it processes. I don't have it bogged down. I can have only one window open, but videos lag and look choppy. It takes me an hour to process a Fed Ex print order that used to take me only 5-10 minutes because page changes are S-l-O-W. Customer support was a joke they told me 2 months ago that I didn't have a warranty. It was supposed to come with a 1 year couldn't understand their CS Rep but I knew he was trying to sell me more stuff that I didn't need. What I needed was a reliable computer that did what it was supposed to.

It's pretty but it's garbage.

Run away folks. Bad news in Toshiba land.

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Well, I got this laptop on Christmas and it was great...for about 3 months. I had a lot of applications on it and a lot of things downloaded from the internet. So a couple months ago I decided to reset it. It deleted all of my things, and now I believe I have about 10-15 things downloaded on the laptop and it works fantastic!

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In less than FIVE MONTHS, this laptop suffered a complete hardware failure and I lost EVERYTHING!!!!!! Very upset! I lost photos, resumes, cover letters, personal information. I am very disappointed.

ASUS 1225B-SU17-BK 11.6-Inch Laptop (Black) Reviews

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Asus has made a fantastic product at a great price. I previously owned an Eeepc 900 and loved it for about five years. I learned to use linux with it, I fell in love with Ubuntu using it and really got hooked on having a computer smaller than a pad of paper. I was worried that the Tablet would end Netbooks for good and hated the idea of a crummy throw away operating system made for cell phones, and incapatibility with windows. Then I heard Asus was coming out with this next-Gen netbook and I was excited. I have had it for a while now and feel it deserves a review. I Love It! It is so fast for its size and has tons of space. I run my website off of it and use it for writing papers, editing photos,watching movies and basic email/internet use.

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Before I begin I will provide a little more information about the product that should be given in the description.

The Windows Experience Index is 3.7. The individual ratings are as follows.

Processor 3.7

RAM 5.6

Graphics 4.3

Gaming Graphics 5.8

Primary hard Disk 5.6

The 320 GB HDD is partitioned into two partitions. One 99.9GB and the other 183GB. Not really sure why they did that but not really a negative.

The Netbook also comes with a TON of bloatware. Tons of ASUS apps such as a top dock, a special media sharing app, a BIOS updater, E-CAM (adding effects to the webcam) and a trial of TrendMicro AntiVirus. There might of been more that I forgot because I uninstalled most of them as soon as the device booted up.

Interestingly it also has a built in OS that you can quickly boot into by pushing the button next to the WiFi button. Good for quickly checking something on the internet.

The Netbook as a whole is very solid. The Keyboard is a little cramped but not bad seeing as it is a 11" screen. The backlight is very bright and crisp. The tracpad is a little over sensitive out of the box for my liking and the uni-button on the tracpad takes time getting used to.

The webcam is the usual low quality webcam but has a physical switch that blocks the camera and also a digital zoom button along with a on light for the paranoid.

Under the tracpad there is a on light, charging light, HDD light, WiFi light, and a caps lock light.

It has a app for sending media over WiFi to other devices but I don't have a device that supports it to test it out on.

Summery:

Good Excelent battery life (5+ hours of actual use), Decent keyboard, great performance for the price, built in operating system

Bad Amount of bloatware

Weird Partitioning of HDD.

I will update this review is anything breaks or goes wrong.

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Looking for a small PC..? If you have money I would suggest you get a Mac book, If not... maybe consider this one under $440. Happy with my purchased! So far.. One of the top netbooks that you can get under 12 inches for 2012. 4G Ram and 320 Hard Drive, pretty good for the size. This is perfect to people who loves to travel..like me. I don't want to bring my heavy laptop with me when I travel. Thin and light 3.2 lbs and faster than other netbooks who only have 1G or 2G RAM. So far my only complaint is the battery, it said on the box up to 7 hrs.. mine only last 4 1/2 or 5hrs at times on hybrid mode. Well no biggie...that's good enough for me thats a lot. I mean, battery consumption also depends on the task you are doing on the computer. Well if you are comparing this to Acer aspire one 722, Just to let you know, I bought the acer aspire one 722 before this one which has exactly the same specs but lasted only 15days, Gladly returned it..the power just did not turn on again. Lemon.. Do not get acer. This one is better.

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I wanted hardware that was this small cheap and packed. I needed high specs like 4Gig ram and decent processor. I didn't want to have to pay for windows since it gets flushed when I get it anyway but the general public hasn't accepted that M$ is on its was to being phased out anyway. Other that that all the hardware works great with Ubuntu and my requirements. Free shipping was fast and reliable. First week but running strong and looks slick too. I respect ASUS for kicking my ACER habit. I will be buying ASUS for my work horse Desktop now. I recommend this to anyone looking for a portable mobile with good specs and especially to open source computer nerds who could appreciate this piece of machinery. :D

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We got this for my wife to use while we travel, paid a little under $500 with software and a padded sleeve included. It was the only computer we could find that had decent speed & 4 gigs of RAM, was ultra portable that cost less than $800. We could have gotten a tablet but she felt the storage and ports of a real computer would be more useful. It's very compact and is surprisingly fast -with the 1.6 dual-core AMD chip it runs 64-bit Windows 7 no problem. The display screen is nicer (although much smaller) than the one on my $1100 Thinkpad. I thought the smaller 11.6" screen would bother me but it's not bad at all. It remains to be seen how well it will hold up while traveling throughout SE Asia for months on end, but I'm hopeful.