Lenovo Laptop G560(0679-4TU) Intel Core i5 1st Gen 450M (2.40 GHz) 4 GB Memory 320 GB HDD Intel GMA 4500MHD 15.6" Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: Great specs for the price. Even comes with ExpressCard slot which you don't get with competitor's models in this price range.

Cons: You get what you pay for. Low quality build (doesn't even come close to a Thinkpad). Even my old Dell Inspiron 6000 is built better. This notebook is light but feels flimsy. The top cover flexes way too much for my comfort (doesn't seem to have any metal support). Going too need a sturdy case to travel with this. LOADED with crapware. Not terribly hard to remove, but annoying. Watch out for Veriface, you must configure and change setting in the program (to not run at logon) before un-installing. Otherwise it leaves you with an error on bootup.

Overall Review: Rated a 4 despite the problems because it truly is a good deal at the current price.

Pros: Awesome price, it's now much more expensive though by $150. I was replacing a desktop so size wasnt an issue. I like the fact it has HDMI output. Great for Netflix on demand or Itunes tv shows etc. Very fast i5 processor, it never slows down when multi-tasking. Windows 7 is a vast improvement over Vista and worth the extra $$$.

Cons: Everybody complains about the track pad. That being said it does suck, but there is a learning curve. It is super sensitive but you get used to it. If you use a USB nano mouse most of the time like me its not an issue at all. Screen resolution was not as good as i expected but i'm not using it for gaming, solitaire and chess look good enough.

Overall Review: I've been using the G560 with i5 processor for about 2 months with no complaints. You get what you pay for with laptops so if you want better resolution or a better graphics card you're going to spend $1,000.

Pros: Light weight, good power, runs cool, less noisy.take the crapware out and it is worth the cost. Comes with esata n hdmi. Screen less glossy than hp or Dell models.Has a webcam too.

Cons: Base body is light plastic, cannot remove DVD drive, only 2 USB ports.

Overall Review: Can come with higher ram.guessing require to remove the underbody to replace hdd or ram, no specific slots that I recollect seeing.

Pros: If you are looking for a good, mid-ranged laptop that can be a desktop replacement for home office and intermediate multimedia functions then look no further. Besides having a decent amount of power under the hood, this laptop has a great look and feel to it.

Cons: If you are looking for a laptop that you can play games on at a decent frame rate then this is not the laptop for you. While the system will allow you to play games on it they, in my opinion, will not be too enjoyable considering the graphics solution is not really meant to play high end pc games. Also the integrated webcam is a bit on the weak side for those of you that are looking at this feature and this laptop like so many others nowadays is a fingerprint magnet.

Pros: Awesome price, it's now much more expensive though by $150. I was replacing a desktop so size wasnt an issue. I like the fact it has HDMI output. Great for Netflix on demand or Itunes tv shows etc. Very fast i5 processor, it never slows down when multi-tasking. Windows 7 is a vast improvement over Vista and worth the extra $$$.

Cons: Everybody complains about the track pad. That being said it does suck, but there is a learning curve. It is super sensitive but you get used to it. If you use a USB nano mouse most of the time like me its not an issue at all. Screen resolution was not as good as i expected but i'm not using it for gaming, solitaire and chess look good enough.

Overall Review: I've been using the G560 with i5 processor for about 2 months with no complaints. You get what you pay for with laptops so if you want better resolution or a better graphics card you're going to spend $1,000.

Pros: Seems to run pretty smoothly, no complaints there.

Cons: The mousepad is really that bad. I read the reviews and figured people just were overreacting etc. But it is pretty unusable. The high gloss case/screen is also kind of disappointing from lenovo.

Overall Review: I bought this for boss who uses it at desk 100% of time and uses a mouse, so the mousepad isnt an issue. Its a decent cheap machine if you use a mouse. Also had loads of bloatware.

Pros: low heat, nice design, cheap compare the price and the specification

Cons: Malfunction mousepad since the first use, no bluetooth The mousepad does not work as it suppose to be. Some time too sensitive, many times does not respond at all which is very annoying. If you don't care using an external mouse instead, this laptop is good.

Overall Review: This machine wasted my time for a month till I decided to change to other brand. Due to the malfunction mousepad issue, I have return this to newegg for 2 times and call Lenovo technical support both times. I found out that all G560s from lenovo has this issue which is the manufacturing problem and unsolvable. So even I return this system back and get the new one, the problem will still exist. I decided to get the refund from newegg. Thanks to newegg for the 5 star customer care. But I won't buy Lenovo anymore since they knew the system has this problem, but they still sell the defect product to customers.

Pros: laptop worked for 3 months

Cons: hibernation issues, mouse functionality, disk read error and no windows boot disk included

Overall Review: this is a piece of junk