HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14" Laptop / 14-b015dx / Intel® 3rd Review

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Good overall laptop. Gets the job done. The build of the laptop does feel a bit cheap though. Had it for a couple months, take it around with me all the time. The plastic where i rest my hands when typing is beginning to make a bit of noise. I do use it a lot though.

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I like the laptop and it is working well. I don't like the Windows 8! Windows 8 seems to want to make my laptop into a tablet but it can't. I need to get work done on the thing and it constantly gets in the way! I would change it to Windows 7 if I could. I might load Linux on it. I know that would be an improvement over anything Microsoft!

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I am very pleased with this laptop and have had it for 6 months or more. Cannot say a bad word about it... it has performed flawlessly and I would buy it again if I had to do it over again.

I dumped Vista and run Ubuntu on it. Highly recommend this product!

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Cheap Lenovo G570 43345TU 15.6" Laptop (2.10 GHz Core i3-2310M Processor

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Is everything i was wanting. Especially for the price. Just as good... better, than my previous laptop that i paid twice this price for.

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i have bought this in feb'2012 for $499 and dont have any issues till now,battery is also good.sleek and good finishing.

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Will not buy any Lenovo product in the future. I will not go too much into this product explaining all the issues that the thing gave me. Just a big waste of money. No more Lenovos at my home.

Reviews of Dell Inspiron i14RN-1593BK 14-Inch Laptop (Diamond Black)

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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.

Best Toshiba Satellite C655d-s5533 15.6" Laptop AMD E300/4g/320g/15.6" Deals

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I really appreciate the numeric keyboard as my other 15" laptop does not have this. The screen is very bright & sound is much better than other laptops it has two speakers above the keyboard. It has all the same items a more expensive unit has, but at a much better price. Built-in Webcam & Skype, CD/DVD player & burner for watching movies, three USB ports, an ethernet port and wireless WiFi (many only have wireless), matt finish stays fingerprint free.

Toshiba has long heald the reputation for making some of the best business grade laptops available. Three or four years ago they rolled into the consumer market and have carried that same quality forward. Toshiba is very competitive with HP, Dell & Lenovo...today's other PC Leaders.

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I bought a one-year warranty with this laptop. After 6 months the hard drive died. When I called Toshiba, I was told that my warranty was expired. I contacted the seller, who said they would contact Toshiba. A few days later I asked for an update, and the seller said they would contact Amazon (not sure why). Still no response a week later, so I asked for an update within 24 hours. The seller assured me that I had a one-year warranty, but Toshiba only covers certain things.

I'm still waiting for a response. It's clear that I've been scammed, and this seller is just running out the clock until I give up. I clearly have no recourse, since there's no option on this order to file an Amazon claim.

This was a great deal. But if something seems too good to be true, that's because it is! If I'd looked closer at the reviews, I would've seen that most of the negative ones are for computers. BUYER BEWARE!!!

Reviews of Dell Latitude D430 Core 2 Duo Laptop with XP

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We needed a computer at work to do nothing but handle files between our server to a 3TB external back-up drive. Bought this guy to do that function. A small burble was that it came in with Vista on it, and we need XP ... after a quick call, this was revised quickly, and we are up and running. Very nice customer service. Quick response. Good packaging. Very clean refurb laptop that works well. I recommend these guys to anyone.

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Purchased this little laptop from Data Sales, because I wanted a smaller, lighter and more solid laptop than my Inspiron 1545. The latitudes are made of metal, like the terminator. You will read other reviews of this particular machine that say "it's slow, it gets hot, wah, wah, wah..." Yeah, it is a bit slow by today's standards, and yeah, it gets a little warm, but it's also 5-6 years old and it cost you $130.00! It's also light and solid and mine came with a docking station with a CD rw/DVD rom! (yours may not) The computer arrived super fast, well packaged and with the docking station that I wasn't expecting. Data Sales obviously practices the policy of under-promising and over-delivering as the condition was listed as "used-acceptable" and minus a couple of minor blemishes on the top of the case, the condition is excellent to like-new. Mine came with windows 7 pro (yours may not), I dual-booted it with crunchbang linux and it spins like a top. At some point I'll replace the HD with a SSD and I'm sure I'll get many years of web-surfing, pandora listening and e-mailing out of it. For $130.00 I couldn't be happier.

ASUS K53E-DS51 15.6-Inch Laptop (Brown) Review

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This thing is a powerhouse. Easily cranking out between 2.5 and 3.0 GHz of processing speed. Plays games smoothly and with great buffering rates in high performance. And also great for simple things like watching videos

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I love this laptop, absolutely love it to death. Great for low-end gaming and performance if you're into that stuff. I got this on sale for around $450, so I thought, what they heck let's give it a try.

Pros:

-Plenty of RAM

-Fast

-Somewhat light

-USB 3.0

-Nice Screen size

-Great keyboard

Cons:

-Only 2 USB 2.0 ports and 1 USB 3.0 (But no worries you can buy a hub)

-Short battery life for travel use. It only has around 4 hours of simple use and around 2 for performance

-Poor cooling performance

-Power brick gets really hot

**Update**

After a while now its been about a year since I've had this, and I am very displeased with this laptop. It seems to be getting slower everyday and the sound quality through my headset and microphone have went down too, and I know for sure that it isn't either of them as I have bought brand new ones recently. The CPU gets unusually hot for some reason and the boot time every week or so has gottten longer by a few seconds. I've tried deleting some of my files but everything is too slow. As soon as I get the money I'm getting a better PC and throwing this heap of junk away.

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beautiful design. i especially like the color and cool aluminum finish. keyboard layout is nice and soft keys. only down side is the cursor does not respond as quickly on screen and can be a bit annoying, but honestly overall its a great upgrade from my last laptop

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I love this computer so far. I needed something that could travel with me for my new job that would keep up & so far, this laptop has been wonderful. The only draw back so far is that occassionally the wifi will disconnect for no reason...it always starts right back up but it is annoying.

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speed is fine but touch pad is a little touchy sound needs some help but overall works fine for a novice

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Excelente el producto, todo de maravilla,en caja como decía la publicación y en perfecto estado, para recomendar tanto el producto como el vendedor, entregado en tiempo y forma.Gracias

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Review of HP G60-501NR 15.6-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 3.75 Hours of Battery

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This is an inexpensive laptop, and not a bad value. It is all about expectations for what this computer can and cannot do.

As an alternative to a netbook, this computer is not bad. The positives versus a netbook. Full size keyboard and a number pad. Really nice big screen, actually a gorgeous screen. A built in optical drive. HDMI output for connection to a television. And a really nice track pad. A much faster processor. Easy hard drive and memory upgrades. The negatives compared to a netbook. Battery life, netbooks will run on battery power a lot longer than 3 hours. Weight and size, this is way heavier than a netbook. Portability.

On the overall positive side, this laptop will do most standard things a person wants to do with a computer, do email, connect to the internet, run Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint run perfectly well), edit still pictures, and watch movies. It's a general purpose machine. It will not edit movies or play games. In the end, nobody should expect either of these two functions the video is on board shared memory and the processor is a 2.2GHz Celeron single core. These specs are way below anything games.

Windows 7 boots up quickly and the OS runs perfectly fine and fast. All the graphics effects work just fine, the changing wallpaper, dock like bottom views, Aero, etc. The machine does not struggle at all with this OS. Word, Powerpoint, and Excel started up very quickly and ran very well. The built in wireless adapter connected to my network with no problems. The wireless wizard worked perfectly with my WPA encrypted router.

There wasn't too much crapware installed. It was very easy to remove all the Norton programs. Microsoft Security Essentials installed very quickly and Windows firewall worked just fine. There are a number of free offerings and a silly HP program launcher that is very easy to disable. No need to pay anyone to clean up your system from these things.

I rate this computer fairly high because it is a very good deal at any price below that list price. As it approaches the price of a netbook, this becomes a very nice deal.

I did run into a problem that you might want to consider when you get this computer. The screen cracked the second day of use. I don't think we did anything particularly wrong with the computer physically, so I'd conclude the screen is very fragile. So be very careful and always use a good computer case. The other thing to consider, HP considers this a non-warranty defect. You cannot get HP to fix this under warranty. Instead you have to purchase an accidental damage policy from HP. They will then fix the display. Amazon is an incredible company and does stand behind their products. Thank you to Amazon for making this very right.

Just remember the specs, this is not a barn burner, screamer computer. It is very basic transportation; 2.2GHz processor, 2Gb of memory (very cheap and easy to upgrade to 4Gb), a 160Gb hard drive, HDMI output, DVD/CD burner built in, four USB ports, a multi-card reader (no Compact Flash), surprisingly good speakers, a solid keyboard with number pad, a nice track pad, and Windows 7. No it doesn't have a webcam but darn it those cost like twenty dollars. Yes the hard drive is not huge, but you can easily add a portable 1Tb drive for around a hundred dollars. Just be careful with that display.

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I bought this on "Black Friday" but missed out on the $197 deal. I got it for $299, But still, I think I got a good deal. Amazon shipped it in 3 days and during the mean time, I read reviews where people said there wasn't any webcam. I've never had one and even though that would have been a great plus, I'm still happy with the computer. Hd quality screen, Windows 7 os, numeric keyboard. I was up and running in about an hour after copying my files from my external hd. I'm happy. I'm in school and keep most of my work work on a flash drive, so the size of the hd doesn't bother me to much.

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Pros:

Value/Price when purchased on Sale

Windows 7 is a nice improvement

Reasonable quality given price

Full Keyboard with Number Pad

Cons:

Weight (6 lbs 5 oz or so with the battery)

Size for screen resolution

Only a single core processor

Bottom Line: This is a superb value in a PC laptop. The machine makes a great Internet computer or any other application that doesn't require a lot of processing power. The computer is very large and heavy given the specifications (my nearly 2 year old MacBook is nearly 1 and a half pounds lighter for better specifications with similar screen resolution, but it also cost significantly more).

My main use for the computer will be to take it with me on photo shoots and temporarily backup pictures to the hard drive using the built in SD card reader and to review pictures as necessary. I will also use it as an Internet computer. This computer will work excellent for my needs and at a cost less (sale price) than an iPod. I couldn't hardly buy an external hard drive for this price.

For those that are interested, this is a no frills machines. The memory is two 1 GB SODIMM DDR2 800 MHz by Samsung (at least in my unit), so upgrading would requiring purchasing and replacing the existing memory with 2 GB modules. There is no web-cam as some thought.

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Bought it through Amazon for $197 and it load and runs fast!

The down side is there is no web cam like it said in the description, but for $197 it beats any netbooks out there. Great bang for your buck!

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I got this laptop for $197, but I think even at the regular price of around $350 it's a nice "starter" laptop. The display is bright and clear (widescreen), the sound is amazing (how do these little speakers put out that sound?), and the "build quality" seems solid and sturdy. Because it's a single core processor and has limited memory, I wouldn't suggest this computer as a primary system for most people. It's a great second computer to check email and surf the internet. I am impressed with the card slot and HDMI out. It even appears to have a built in modem for those who are still on dial up! Also happy that it has built-in wireless.

The specs on the HP site say it's about 7 pounds... feels like more than that to me but I haven't weighed it. I would NOT want to carry this around as a work laptop on airplanes etc as it's too heavy for travel in my opinion.

Out of the box it was very easy to set up, and so far I am happy with this laptop.

HP Pavilion g6-2210us 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black) Reviews

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I had an hp pavilion from 2007 and decided to stay with the line because of the four good years I got out of that hp computer. I purchased this pavilion because it was(at the time) under 400 dollars. Windows 8 takes some getting used to, but I haven't experienced many frustrations once I downloaded chrome. Firefox and Internet Explorer did have some strange issues and once in a while took some time to open(which I think is a windows 8 issue) so I downloaded chrome, adobe flash, open office and have been using my new computer mostly hassle free.

I would recommend this computer to anyone who is going on the internet, word processing, streaming videos, and saving pictures and movies. I don't know if it's good for gaming or putting together videos. I wouldn't pay the 450 or whatever price it is now for this computer due to some of the hardware limitations.

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This laptop is awesomely fast and terribly pretty to look at. Plenty of computer for a student or home office, with pretty good gaming capabilities too. Boots up like lightning, shuts down without a bunch of questions, and never gets hot due to the HP cooling feature. A little big for your lap on a bus, but I have a small lap. lol Windows 8 has a glitch or two, but I think I like it and they stay on top of it, update-wise.. If you want something really familiar, go with XP or Windows 7.

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This computer has been very reliable. The keyboard keys are a little small or shallow for fast typists. The touchpad keeps affecting typing. When you type, you might drag you thumb on the touchpad a bit. This moves the cursor sometimes which then changes the text insertion point. Result? Lots of typos that you have to go fix. Changing the touchpad sensitivity helps but it still happens a bit. Two fingered typists wouldn't notice.

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I am still new to trusting this whole buy from the internet. The first HP had an issue right out of the box. HP support said ship it right back. The amazon return process made it extremely easy for even this novice. But what mazed me wa sthe fact my replacement laptop was being shipped before i even had the old one back to the UPS store. That impressed me. The laptop was actually for my daughter who was in college and because they shipped it expressed, she got it on Monday with very little delay. Anyone can sell stuff. Its service after the sale that is hard to come by these days. Amazon has my business as long as they continue to treat me this way. This is my second very positive return experience this year.

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Great computer. runs smooth, looks beautiful, not heavy, fast, excellent keyboard, a lot of space to store music and pictures. My only major concern was windows 8 but after about 3 days use i can honestly say i prefer this os over windows 7. Would recommend giving this laptop a go, especially if you are on a budget.

Cheap Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p 59375625 15" i7-4700MQ 2.4GHz 16GB 1TB Hybrid

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This thing is a beast! It will play all the latest games and do daily task without breaking a sweat! If you are looking at getting the Y510p make sure you get this model, it has everything you need.

Pros:

Fast!

I7 processor

Sleek metal design

Matte 1080p screen

Decent webcam

Backlit keyboard with 2 different levels.

Stylish

Cons:

Runs a bit hot

Touchpad is a disaster

Fingerprint magnet(impossible to remove them too)

The ultrabay GPU's are still not on the market.

Slow 5400 rpm hdd(really is the only cause for slowdown on this laptop)

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Mine is the 2.2 GHz with dual graphics card (no optical drive). Performance is excellent in spite of 5400 revolutions per minute drive. It is not actually one terabyte drive but ~950 gigabytes, plus the 24 gigabytes of solid state drive (hybrid?).

Opens programs quickly and less prone to poor multitasking as the hardware and system much improved over the tech from 2002 and 2007 that always dragged on when doing anything moderately intensive. However, when the disk becomes 10% fragmented, it slows down considerably, but this may be due to the 5400 RPM. It does use less battery and load on the hardware compared to 7200 RPM, but I am a bit surprised that Lenovo (still?) has no SSD-only options at the time.

A few problems with the hardware (not software), the webcam is horrible. Nothing ever comes out clearly. Extremely blotchy like a Nintendo DS, I mean, the DS 3D one I have is the worst of all cameras (except for the very first smartphones?). You cannot get good sound with the internal microphones, and software actually records in mono; not stereo. Adobe Audition does not record in stereo. This must be a bogus feature to believe you into recording stereo, as I have an ASUS tablet with stereo microphones, and its applications record in mono. This is a stupid thing companies do. What is nice is to have a Blue Yeti Pro USB microphone that actually does what it says it does, but does cost quite a bit.

Pretty good machine, but for recording audio and video work, this laptop is the last thing you want. Most people use their digital cameras anymore and a USB microphone, so this is proof that the internal cam/mic on a laptop is a gimmick.

Recommended for those who want good gaming and heavy graphic design work. However, Adobe CC works much better on it than does CS6. Illustrator is really slow compared to the latest version. Always upgrade, if you can afford it. (Disclaimer: Do your research before 'just upgrading,' as sometimes upgrades have problems and are a waste of money. I have gone through this a lot in life!)

Thank you.

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Found out the hard way being that this laptop is opened and "modified" by the company selling it, the Lenovo Factory Warranty is VOIDED. So you are really taking your chances here buying a laptop that someone opened up and changed both the hard drive and memory, as you'll be SOL if it breaks down the road, as Lenovo will receive the laptop and just return it back to you saying your warranty is void because it's been opened and modified.

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I bought this computer a year ago for college and did not see a single computer at college that I would rather have (for the price). I love the super-small, lightweight design. I can carry it in a backpack and the backpack feels empty. It is easy to carry around campus and use anywhere I want. The battery consistently lasts over 5 hours--more if I make an effort to use less battery with toshiba's eco setting. It is plenty fast for me and does all I need.

There are a few things I don't like about it. I wish the keys were backlit. I have trouble typing in a dark room (I'm not a very good typist though) unless I turn the screen brightness up all the way. The keyboard is small, but easily usable once you get used to it. The screen is a terrible glossy finish and it's nearly impossible to see in direct sunlight. In Adobe Photoshop CS6, there are a couple features that cannot be used with Toshiba's graphic processor, but it does ALMOST everything I want. These are all little complaints, and, as you can tell, they did not even warrant a loss of a star on the review from me.

If you want a portable, light computer that can do almost anything you ask of it, you will not be disappointed with this laptop. I highly recommend it.

Edit: Found out how to use touchpad's multitouch gestures. Very handy.

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I got this laptop through the Microsoft store because they were offering a student discount. I bought this laptop for %719.99 plus tax. So far it has topped my previous laptop, the Sony Vaio VGN RW. I honestly thing that for the price it tops even the macbook pro's. The Toshiba has the core i5 with amazing battery life and portability.

The only drawbacks is that the speakers aren't that impressive but other than that it has performed well beyond expectations. I highly recommend this laptop for those who save a bit of money but still have the functionality of a macbook.

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I hate that I have to return the Toshiba Portege R835-P55X back to Microsoft. I love the size, the weight, the power, and the silence of the fan while doing regular computing. The reason I have to return it is because when I play flash-based games, it slows to a crawl, the fan gets very loud, and it heats up to dangerous temperatures. I checked the temps one time and my digital thermometer read 145 degrees. Thank goodness it wasn't on my lap. The only other complaint I have is the keyboard is a little hard to use. The keys are very slick and need a bit more pressure to depress. I use my nails to type so this wasn't a pleasant experience for me.

For others contemplating this model or other R835's from various sources, I would recommend it as long as the problems I experienced were just because of my defective machine.

Barring the defects:

PROS (in addition to the above-mentioned):

* Fast start-up from sleep

* Hot USB so can charge items even when the computer is off

* Plays HD videos very well

* Long battery life (however, didn't get close to 9 hours, maybe 6)

* Easy access "Eco" button to switch between power saving or max power

CONS:

* Keyboard

* No visual for volume up/down

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I like the appearance most, metal and decent.

Of course superlight and easy to carry.

battery lasts at 5 hours at regular use.

And quick reaction, large drive space.

Screen a little small to some people though.

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I bought this product for Christmas.I wanted an upgrade from my old gaming computer. And WOW!!! what an upgrade! Fallout 3 Crysis 2 Skyrim all fly on the Alienware MX-17. Crysis was really bogging down my old computer and it would not even play Skyrim. You could not ask for a better picture true HD.I am VERY happy with my new gaming computer. Thanks Alienware YOU ROCK! (and now I do too!!!)

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Great machine, although it's a high price product. Nice Sound, Great performance, silent fan, amazing looks, i didn't expected for it to be this size but it's great. Great keyoard. You may hear alienware is trash since dell bought it, well MY LAPTOP has not been infected, it's simply a great laptop, and for me it's worth the dough.

I'm in love with it, if you have the money...BUY IT NOW! .....seriously NOW!

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Great computer, fast, and easily up-gradable. Looks great with the lighted keyboard. I work in the dark alot and specifically wanted a computer with lighted keyboard, being able to change the colors is just lagniappe. I have had no problems with this computer, been able to play several games and FPS with specs maxed out and had no problems, drag, or freezing. Movies and games look great on the screen and plenty of USB ports for all gaming accessories. This is not a lightweight computer by any stretch, the battery alone weighs about 2 lbs, If you are looking for a desktop replacement that has the capability of being easily portable this is perfect. Very happy.

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BE WARNED! "ALIENWARE" computers today ARE NOT true Alienwares. The major computer manufacturer you see regarding these latest computers sporting the Alienware name (see Dell); purchased Alienware, and apparently began using inferior products and workmanship on what had become known as the pinnacle of gaming and/or high end computing Alienware. I paid just over $3,000 for what I thought was a top-of-the-line Alienware; and while it rocked for the first month, it steadily went downhill from there. Today, when fully charged, I turn it on and have to plug it in within about 30 seconds or it will power down from critically low battery. This thing weighs over 11 pounds and the guys at work joke that the heat it puts off is enough to heat the whole 4,000sqft building we work in! I will never ever EVER buy another Alienware until and unless Alienware is returned to truly being Alienware, and not some subsidiary of Dell or any other major computer manufacturer, that only seeks to use the name coupled with their inferior products to maximize their bottom line.

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I've had the Alienware M17x for almost three years. I'm trying to get a few more months of use out of it before I take a hammer to it and then set it on fire.

I'm not very tech savvy and I'm not a gamer but I spend a lot of time online. I wanted the fastest laptop available for that simple task so I ordered the Cadillac version of the M17x which set me back nearly $4,000. For that much money, the thing should perform flawlessly even if you drop it off a cliff.

Since I've owned this POS, I've gone through three power cords, spent approximately 30 hours on the phone with Dell "support", had three different service visits to replace the motherboard and other components.

Despite all that, the M17x overheats causing random shutdowns every hour or two. Two or three times a day the screen will just go blank and I'll have to do a forced shutdown and restart. It's ridiculous.

You would be wise to not chalk my experience up to getting a random lemon. Too many others here and elsewhere have had the same or similar experiences.

The bottom line is that Dell/Alienware are putting out outrageously overpriced pieces of junk. If you buy one, there is an excellent chance you'll hate yourself for it.

My actual rating is negative 5 stars.