Joined on 05/13/09
decent medium use laptop
Pros: specs are good. lenovo is sturdy brand. not too much junkware preinstalled. price is good. nice 15.1" screen, glossy. seems to be built on the tough side.
Cons: built in video lags it down, lowers vista experience index to 3.1. it would be 5.9 otherwise. was slow until uninstalled lenovo careware, now it flies. comes with no antivirus. mouse jerky at first but after playing with its settings is now acceptable.
Overall Review: overall very happy. the pros outweigh the cons by far. would buy again. this is not a gaming laptop, but it is speedy, even in vista once you tweak it.
lots to be desired
Pros: neat setup, small size. mount to back of a monitor or wall. wifi works right out of the box. still has windows 7, not windows 8.
Cons: very slow right out of the box. not an awful lot of bloatware, but enough to uninstall a few things. Nothing is instant with this computer. it is painfully slow and i believe it is because of the hard drive. Im thinking I could speed it up to an acceptable level with either a 7200 rpm with decent cache or an ssd. Otherwise the specs are "okay". 2 gb ram isnt a huge amount but enough to get on the web and do basic things. Im thinking atom processors are a poor choice and also contribute to the slowness of this system but not as much as the hard drive does here.
Overall Review: I deployed this for a customer who needed a very specific setup. must have windows 7 64, pc must be behind a wall out of the shop area which is really dirty and only monitor, kb and mouse are located in the shop for which it is to be used. It works well for this and lets them use their proprietary software. Luckily it wont be heavily used for anything else because you will have to wait a minute after you click on anything, including IE and FireFox.
zippy
Pros: small, lightweight, feels of average build. price. has windows 7, works just like a regular pc only smaller and no cd rom. can use usb external devices.
Cons: no cd rom. thats really it. its a decent netbook. not a gaming machine but then again its not supposed to be.
Overall Review: great if you want to surf the web on wifi, check email, write some documents. easy to use on the go. more sturdy feeling that those click together tablets, and half the price.
decent computer
Pros: comes with everything you need at a decent price. monitor is outstanding and the shining star of the package.
Cons: only a dual core processor, thats kind of a bummer. loaded with bloatware you must spend an hour getting rid of before you can use the computer, but once you do this, it performs ok. not for gaming thats for sure.
Overall Review: ok a few other reviewers commented on the low level volume from the speakers. i thought so too when i first plugged them in. look REAL hard at the speakers. one of them has a volume knob that is hidden!! when you turn that up the speakers perform satisfactory. in fact you cant even tell theres a volume knob unless you set the speakers side by side, look at the top of them and see which speaker looks different. thats the one with the knob.
Stay away from this!
Pros: easy to reload trimmer line. bump feed works nicely.
Cons: there is no mixing of oil and gas - they get mixed on you! as they constantly leak out of the machine during use. its a dirty operation to use this machine! wear old clothes. gets hot and will burn your arm. shield is too small, you'll get pelted with debris and wind up covered from head to toe. machine died after 2 years despite me taking excellent care of it. glad to see it go.
Overall Review: bad design all around. it doesnt splash oil into the engine from inside. there is a tube that sprays oil into the air intake of the carb essentially mixing the oil and gas for you on the fly. this leaks and drips real bad! also uses up the oil super fast. you can be running without oil and not know it!
Stay away from this!
Pros: none.
Cons: 2 boards DOA in a row. after spending 27 bucks to return 2 boards and eating the cost of the "restocking fee" on the second one, i might as well not even return this. the board posts ok but has internal errors installing any operating system. verified all other components were working. foxconn has serious quality control issues. should not be charged a "restocking fee" if the board is defective since i hope its not being restocked!
Overall Review: the money and time i have thrown out because of this board has me seriously agitated. I have built hundreds of systems.