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What do you guys think of this laptop?
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I think you're gonna get a lot of flack, because this is an Apple enthusiast website and that's a Windowze PC. It's nice, but it's not as high quality as a RMBP, not even close. There are a lot here who wouldn't own, or use any windows pc, just because they refuse to run that albatross OS. Other than that it's a nice mid/lower-teir Windows laptop. Personally if I was going to get a Windows laptop, I would go with an Intel Core i5/i7. Those AMD CPU/GPU combos are just terrible in comparison to Intel's offerings when it comes to CPU performance.
Yeah, pretty much all AMD APU's except the very new Ryzen Mobile 2500 and 2700 are pretty terrible. Also, a hard drive is not something I'd want in my laptop in 2017 - there are relatively cheap Windows notebooks with SSDs these days. If you don't want to spend more, I'd suggest looking at the used market, there are usually some quite nice deals on mid-tier Windows notebooks.
I think you can do better for the money as others have suggested an i5 CPU, SSD and an NVidia dGPU if needed.
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Keep in mind that almost all budget laptops, including this one, typically have a 1366x768 display which is super cramped for productivity work and generally is a cheap TN screen with poor brightness, poor viewing angles, and washed out colors. I find that I cannot get anything done with such low resolution, it's just too limiting.
Personally I wouldn't buy Lenovo because they've been caught twice with preloaded factory spyware, including BIOS-level spyware that reinstalls itself even if you completely wipe the drive and install a fresh clean retail Windows. I will personally never trust a company that thought doing so was okay.
Anyway, it seems like a fair budget laptop if you can get it on sale. It looks like it was $300 just back in August at Best Buy. I'm not sure I'd pay anywhere near the $400 MSRP for it, at that point I'd want at least a 1080p display.
Personally I wouldn't buy Lenovo because they've been caught twice with preloaded factory spyware, including BIOS-level spyware that reinstalls itself even if you completely wipe the drive and install a fresh clean retail Windows. I will personally never trust a company that thought doing so was okay.
Anyway, it seems like a fair budget laptop if you can get it on sale. It looks like it was $300 just back in August at Best Buy. I'm not sure I'd pay anywhere near the $400 MSRP for it, at that point I'd want at least a 1080p display.