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Summary : Screen Size, Screen Resolution, Graphics Coprocessor, Graphics Card RAM

Screen Size

15.6 inches

Screen Resolution

1920 x 1080

Max Screen Resolution

1920x1080

Processor

2.4 GHz Core i7-3630QM

RAM

16 GB DDR3

Memory Speed

1600 MHz

Hard Drive

1 TB flash_memory_solid_state

Graphics Coprocessor

NVIDIA Dual SLI GT650M

Chipset Brand

nvidia

Graphics Card Ram Size

2000 MB

Wireless Type

802.11bgn

Number of USB 2.0 Ports

Number of USB 3.0 Ports

Average Battery Life (in hours)

3 hours

Other Technical Details

Brand Name

Lenovo

Series

IdeaPad

Item model number

59359559

Hardware Platform

Operating System

Windows 8

Item Weight

6.4 pounds

Product Dimensions

15.2 x 10.2 x 1.4 inches

Item Dimensions L x W x H

15.2 x 10.2 x 1.4 inches

Color

Metal - Dusk Black

Processor Brand

Intel

Processor Count

Computer Memory Type

DDR3 SDRAM

Flash Memory Size

Hard Drive Interface

Serial ATA

Hard Drive Rotational Speed

5400 RPM

Optical Drive Type

Audio-out Ports (#)

Battery Type

Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

Voltage

110 volts

Batteries

1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)

Additional Information

ASIN

B00ATANVM0

Customer Reviews

36 customer reviews

3.5 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#44,831 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
#9,865 in Computers & Accessories > Laptops > Traditional Laptops

Shipping Weight

9.7 pounds

Date First Available

February 3, 2013

Warranty & Support

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3.5 out of 5 stars

5 star		47%
4 star		17%
3 star		8%
2 star		14%
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It's the little things...

ByBenjoon April 3, 2013

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I wanted so so much to love this computer. Its specs are unbelievable for the price, and the ultrabay and backlit keyboard are major bonuses. It has a great array of ports (side note: the product description says it's got 2xUSB2.0 and 2xUSB3.0 - this is incorrect. It has only one USB2.0 port on the right side), and the screen is simply beautiful.

I knew ahead of time that the trackpad and the keyboard might leave something to be desired, but I was not prepared for the degree to which this affected my ability to use the computer. The trackpad is just...straight up aggravating. There is a clear lack of spit and polish with the user friendliness of the keyboard/trackpad.

Let's take the trackpad -
Good:
*Nice texture
*Synaptics, so at least theoretically a good piece of hardware
*Two finger scroll
Bad:
*This is a circular problem. There is no physical button - you have to push down the trackpad; if you want to *click* the trackpad, you have to put just a few more pounds of pressure down on it than seems reasonable, and the computer seems to agree, as doing this appears to actually depress the entire pad into the body of the laptop by a few mm and sometimes make a disconcerting creaky noise; since you don't want to have to try to click the pad, you want to tap it, and here is where software fights you right and left for control of the computer. Granted I have my mouse sensitivity set very high, but it has been really frustrating to tap or double tap on things and find that for whatever reason the mouse has moved in some direction during that action. Unavoidably, there will be times where you HAVE to click and hold something while you drag it around or resize a window or something, and this is next impossible without turning on the click lock feature buried in the mouse settings, which you will then have to flip on and off every time you plug in a mouse, which you will DEFINITELY be doing because it's the only way to make mouse interface with this computer in any way a pleasant experience. It's enough to make me say that it's a shame this computer didn't come with a touchscreen so I could just avoid the trackpad for clicking things, which should say something.
*Even the fastest tracking speed seems a little sluggish to me. This may be a Windows problem and not a Synaptics problem, but I thought I'd mention it.
*Major smudgefest. Doesn't bother me all that much, but it sure doesn't do much to preserve the sleek look of the machine.

Now the keyboard-
Good:
*Backlighting is GREAT. I LOVE having a backlit keyboard, and having a couple brightness options is pretty handy too.
*Good solid keyboard. It feels great to type on. Not mushy or wiggly. For a laptop, I think this is a totally acceptable keyboard.
*Number pad! Hooray!
Bad:
*I don't know who the hell patented what that causes Windows PC's to hide all their most helpful function buttons BEHIND the function keys, but it's stupidly frustrating. Basic things like brightness, volume, keyboard backlight, and all the fun little additions lenovo gives you for quick access to search functions or program switching or whatever - they're all spread out in, I guess, contextual places on the keyboard. That's great except /why aren't they on TOP of the function keeeeeeyyys/?! Who uses those flim flammin keys so frequently that they take precedent over these basic, extremely important things? Why do I need two hands to turn down the volume. Also,
*WHY IS THERE NO MUTE KEY?
*The right shift is fun sized. Since my last keyboard lost it's left shift to someone spilling water on it, this is very hard for me to work with. Not a deal breaker, but again, a needless minor annoyance.

Maybe all these things are significant to me because while I am a gamer, I am also a person who likes to browse the internet and get other stuff done, and these sorts of basic UI problems significantly impede my enjoyment of this computer. Basically, I *need* a computer for all sorts of communication reasons, and these sorts of things can be done very easily and very well by a huge variety of computers. I have a 2006 Macbook Pro that fills my computer *needs* really well. It sends emails and skypes and clicks the stuff I intend it to click and even scrolls down in the direction that feels natural to me, which is all I ask of any computer. I also have computer *wants* - i.e. I *want* a computer that I can play Skyrim, and Tribes:Ascend, and Starcraft 2 on, and I presently have a Y500 that yawns in the face of these challenges. I was really hoping that it would cover my *needs* as well, but it falls flat on its face in that department, so I can't really justify the combined 15 or so lbs of computer it now takes to cover all my bases here can I? And which do you think is still under a return policy? *Sigh*

EDIT: I forgot to mention, that I had a few technical problems with the SLI cards. I installed and played enough games from my Steam and Humble Bundle accounts to fill up about 65% of the hdd, which, since it's a terabyte, I believe is impressive. Several of the games had some very strange, very quirky problems that are hard to describe. Weird stuff like not scaling text properly at some resolutions, or not behaving normally unless run in a windowed mode. Some games refused to work at all, and one even refused to explain itself - it simply closed without comment every time I tried to run it. I also had some graphical issues outside of games, specifically while using Chrome. At least two dozen times during the month I owned this computer, the screen would randomly black out, then pop back on at full brightness (not awesome in a dark bedroom watching TV) reporting that the graphics card had crashed and had been recovered, followed by Chrome locking up and needing to be force closed and reopened. These are all likely driver related issues that Nvidia will likely (hopefully) hammer out in the future, but it's worth knowing if you're thinking of buying this computer.

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Great spec'd laptop, not so great customer service.

ByJawanza Barretton August 1, 2013

Verified Purchase

I absolutely love this laptop, the laptop is basically a portable version of my custom built PC that I keep at home. Even with the 5400 RPM HDD, it's blazing fast. When I turned it on however I saw Windows 8, which I was not very happy about but I knew prior that it would have been installed to this laptop. I took the laptop to work to test out a few features such as RDP and joining domains since I am an IT, I need these tools to help assist my clientele. Everything worked smoothly just like any other Windows operating system. Then came the issues.

After a few hours of working with it, I decided to go with upgrading to Windows 8.1 preview. I missed the original start button from every other Windows OS. I successfully installed Windows 8.1 Preview without a hitch and tested out a few games and noticed that I had lost the functionality of SLI because SLI was not supported by such a new OS. So I used the One Key Recovery to put my laptop back the way it was when I first purchased it. Then comes even more issues.

After successfully recovering my laptop the way it was when I first purchased it, I went back to work to join the domain because one of my clients needed to be assisted, but I was met with a "greyed-out" box, which before could be typed in to put the credentials for joining the domain. I did a little research to find out that Windows 8 Standard does not support the joining of domains. So being very angry I called Lenovo to check to see what exactly happened. After two transfers, I was met by a woman who didn't know what a domain was but she talked to one of her colleagues. That colleague told her that whoever I had purchased the laptop from pre-loaded Windows 8 Pro on the laptop but once I recovered my laptop with their One Key Recovery button, that I lost Windows 8 Pro in the process.

I contacted J&R Music and Computer World which was the reseller of this laptop who also told me that they were unable to do anything to help out with my Windows 8 Professional issue. For such an expensive laptop I would imagine that the support to help me get back what was originally on the laptop would have been much better, unfortunately this was not the case. I am forced to leave a negative review on the product as a whole because hardware does not entitle the whole laptop. While I began to comfortably use Windows 8 over the time, I have no way to use the laptop for work.