Question 1

IS THERE HDMI PORT?

Accepted Answer

Yes, there is an HDMI port on the left-hand side.  Also there is a VGA port.

Question 2

How long does the battery last with normal usage, as well as on power saving mode?

Accepted Answer

Here is a good website which will answer your question and more. I bought this laptop E550 in August 2015.
Haven't tested the battery for long periods, but once I did use it on battery power only for about 2 hours, web searching.
It's a great machine, no problems.

Question 3

Does this come with Windows 8.1 pre-installed or Windows 7 pre-installed?

Accepted Answer

It comes with Windows 7 Pro, but there is a paper inside the box that shows you how to make it Windows 8.1.

Question 4

is the battery removable?

Accepted Answer

Yes the battery is removable. I had to remove it when I installed a new 500GB SSD, replacing the 500GB HD. My E550 is very new, it was just cheaper for me to purchase the SSD I wanted instead of buying the product as a package.

Question 5

Don't want windows 8.1. Is windows 10 available and if so, is there an incremental cost?

Accepted Answer

For this model, I had Windows 7 pro x64 pre-installed but yes you can have the free Windows 10 upgrade at the moment as you're qualified to upgrade. Remember now, the upgrade is for the Windows Home version. So if you're keen on having Pro, then I'd get a copy of Windows Pro (x64)

Question 6

How can I get the Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit that was advertised? My company says Windows 10 is not compatible with their software.

Accepted Answer

The laptop comes with a key for Windows 8 embedded into the BIOS. If you can get an ISO for Windows 8 or 8.1 it should upgrade the OS and see the key automatically.

Question 7

What does this mean, "Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit / Windows 7 Professional downgrade"? I need a computer that comes with Windows 8.1 pre-installed. Can you help me?

Accepted Answer

It just means your getting windows 7 but you can upgrade for free to windows 8.1. Which is now not available your upgrade will go to windows 10 for free. I just bought and upgraded my E550

Question 8

Does this come with Intel graphics per your specs or AMD per reviwer?

Accepted Answer

I had to research this myself. According to Lenovo, if the laptop has the HD resolution of 1920x1080, which this one does, it comes with the dedicated separate AMD video card and it's a Radeon R7 M260. Only the regular resolution of 1366x768 comes with no separate video card and graphics are driven from Intel's built in CPU graphics driver.

Question 9

can i upgrade the memory?

Accepted Answer

No.
As noted in the specs,max supported memory is 8GB.
However, since the graphics is a separate card with its own 2GB dedicated memory, 8GB should be plenty for all but the most demanding of tasks.

Question 10

Is the RAM upgradable on this model? Does it have one or two RAM slots?

Accepted Answer

Yes, two slots, usually comes with 1 8GB, you can add a second 8GB for a max of 16GB

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