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1.5 stars
"so dissapointed"
Pros: Hasn't lost any data yet.
Cons: Crashes/hangs daily. Not near as fast as the specs would make me hope for.
Summary: I have the Core 2 duo 2.16 and 2GB of RAM, SP Pro. My main gripes are these:
1. The ThinkVantage software is almost universally awful. It's buggy, the auto update service doesn't work worth a damn. It fails repeatedly, once installed a video driver that was 5 major versions old, and caused the system not to even boot. It's been the source of many frustrations.
2. The laptop hangs daily, soemtimes more than daily, and the only remedy is a hard reset. I haven't had such experience since Win95. Lenovo support is always nice, but has never had a single solution. I've given up calling them because their suggestions tend to make things worse, not better.
3. Aside from having lower screen resolution, the $300 Gateway PC I bought from Best Buy for my son is better in every way. It doesn't crash, it is faster, runs VM's more efficiently, and has far superior video performance when using external displays with the laptop.
To say this PC is a disappointment is an epic understatement. It's hands-down the worst PC I've ever had. I've been using Dells for the last 7 years, and was excited to use this PC. I'd heard lot's of good things. I'd like to believe that I just got a lemon, but most of the problems I have are also reported by others on Google; "interrupt Storm" for example.
Anyhow, having given an honest attempt at using a lenovo laptop for a few months, I'm strangely nostalgic for my Dell D610. I've wasted more time than you can imagine keeping this box running right.
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my laptop has never in the 1+ year of owning it shown ANY of the issues you described. i think it's time to use that warranty you paid for to replace it and try again.
