Lenovo IdeaPad 15.6" Intel Core i7-740QM 4GB Memory DDR3 1066 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 0646-54U

Pros: -The price is pretty great
-It is lightning fast once you uninstall all of the bloatware that comes with it and get rid of all of the unnecessary processes
-The battery life is better than what I expected, I'm able to get 3.5 hours out of it when I dim the display
-It looks nice
-Speakers are nice
-Decent graphics card (I'm going to college soon so it's a good thing if it can't play games that are coming out soon)
-Lots of little features that aren't advertised: there's a neat little slider across the top to access programs, one touch battery life
-Multi-touch track pad

Cons: -Lots of bloatware, but it's fairly easy to disable
-The track pad is in the middle, so the cursor occasionally jumps around when I'm typing
-It puts off a LOT of heat
-It gets covered in fingerprints right away
-No numpad (but what can you expect from a 15.6" screen?)
-A little nitpicky, but the right shift key is small, so sometimes I accidentally hit the up arrow instead

Overall Review: It's the only sub-$1000 computer that I've seen with an i7 that I actually like the looks of. As of yet, there's nothing about this computer that actually bothers me, the cons were just things I listed that I thought others might like to know. All in all, I really like this little laptop.

Pros: wonderful, already written a gleaming review for this computer, time for some CONS.

Cons: Huge pain to get drivers working properly, the audio driver caused a constant hissing in the headphone line when not playing audio: had to update it with a user-modified driver to solve the issue.

Had to update/rollback video drivers quite a bit to find a happy medium.

Video optimization software clashes with Ahnlab's HackShield; these games are mostly unplayable.

Overall Review: Bought for XMAS 2010, had to RMA it to Lenovo due to a faulty AC power inlet. RMA'd APR 26th, and now "Your PC is currently on hold due to a service parts shortage. Please check back periodically for further updates. "

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.

I assumed that I could expect a good build quality with Lenovo, the company manufacturing the acclaimed business ThinkPad, but no. This is greatly irritating.

I am typing this review on a seven-year-old toshiba which has had no issues whatsoever throughout its entire life. Yay Toshiba, Boo Lenovo.

In short, I liked the computer for the intervals it worked without a hitch.