| Laptops and Notebooks Reviews : Lenovo |
 | Lenovo G550 15.6-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 3.8 Hours of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium)
Great system -- 2010-05-31
I ordered this on the advice of one of the Amazon reps since it had everything I was looking for (and I was very specific on what I wanted.) It runs great. The only issue I had trouble with was the face recognition for login; the light always seemed too low for it to work properly and it would just churn forever. I disabled that (uninstalled it) and it's been running fine ever since. Plenty of speed and power for what I use it for -- Internet browsing, light games, word processing, spreadsheets. Movies play great, display is great.
First laptop ended in bad condition -- 2010-02-18
This is the first laptop i'm buying..CD Drive worked only one day..Now it s not working..Dont know how other laptops in lenovo...Totally i'm not saisfied with the product..
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 | Lenovo G550 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)
Faulty Touchpad. Read all the complaints before you decide. -- 2010-03-19
Oh boy... What a mistake!
Shouldn't have bought this in the first place. Totally blinded by its cheap price. Now what...
Its ALPS Touchpad is not working -- jumpy, unresponsive, frequently stopped working for no reason.
What can I do now?
Save your money. Buy Toshiba or something else.
Lenovo installs software, that SPAMS you and you can't remove it. -- 2010-03-13
You will be in the middle of working on something, and ads will pop up. Disabling the feature does not work. It's hard to find how to uninstall this and even then it comes back with a computer update. Unreal. It's been discussed about on many forums, and I've seen somewhere lenovo has been banned by US government from the government use.
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It would have been a great product, but now, I will never buy anything lenovo ever again and will advise my friends to stay far far away.
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| Lenovo G550 15.6-Inch Laptop (Black)
Excellent for the price -- 2010-08-03
I have this notebook for about 6 months. All I can say is that for the price, it's well worth it. It's powerful for almost any common tasks, including running some nice games, watching hd movies, and coding. The keyboard is comfortable, and the battery is not bad at all. All in all, I am quite happy.
Worst Customer "service" ever -- 2010-08-03
I can't say much about the product itself since it never arrived. I ordered directly from Lenovo and after 2 weeks of waiting, I finally got notification that the product had been shipped. It was scheduled to be delivered on 6/25, so I stayed home to wait for it, but it never arrived. I checked again and it was rescheduled to be delivered on 6/28. I stayed home yet again to wait for the product, and it did not arrive. The next day, I called UPS and they said that they did not know where the package was and that I would need to contact Lenovo to get a tracer started on the package. I called Lenovo and they assured me that I would receive it that day (6/29) even though I told them that UPS had told me to contact Lenovo to put in a request to search for the package. They claimed that the computer was held up in customs. The tracking results from UPS indicated that it was sent out for delivery at 4:11am on 6/28. I asked when it was released from customs and the rep from Lenovo told me it was released from customs at 4:00am on 6/28. It did not help explain in any way why I didn't receive my package since it had left customs and was out for delivery that morning. They refused to provide me with any help. When I finally got them to actually do something, they claimed that they were going to contact UPS. By then, I had to leave the house and so I asked them to email me with the status. I never received an email or any follow up call from them. Of course, I did not receive the computer. I called them again on Wednesday, 6/30, they again assured me that I should get my computer that day. They basically looked up the status online, which is the same thing I can do. UPS updates their website every night. When a package does not get delivered, it automatically pushes the delivery date out to the next day. Anyway, when I finally got to speak with a supervisor, the supervisor told me the same thing. They kept assuring me that I will receive the package. Then I finally was able to get them to just send me a new computer. I was told I would get an update on when I should receive my computer within 5 days. I never received any sort of update whatsoever.
I called again after 5 days and I was told I had to wait another 5 days to get an update. I told them that I already waited 5 days. I got hung up on several times during this process. I called back and asked to speak with a supervisor. The person on the phone told me that supervisor would not be able to tell me anything different. He told me that the new order request had just been put in. I informed him that I was told it was put in last week. When I finally got the supervisor on the phone, she told me the same thing. When I tried to tell her the whole situation, she didn't even let me finish before she just talked right over me. Then she goes and "checks" on the status again. She gets back on the line and tells me that they no longer make that product and that I can get a refund. There was no ETA on when I should expect to get my money back. By this time, it has already been a month since my initial order and they had already taken my money. They never offered to send me a similar product or anything.
If you plan on getting a Lenovo, please be forewarned that if you have ANY issues with your computer, do not expect to receive any sort of reasonable service from this company. Having had such a horrible experience before I even receive the product, I am weary about what might happen when I actually need to contact this company for technical support.
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 | Lenovo Ideapad Y450 14-Inch Laptop
Terribly Sharp Edge -- 2010-04-26
The edge where you rest your palm is so sharp that it almost cut my hand on my first day of use. This is a terrible design flaw. I returned the laptop immediately. I had to pay 15% of the laptop price for their design flaw. But, I could not use this for any longer.
Also the laptop was getting hot on the right side where you place your hand for typing.
A Mighty Mouse of a Laptop -- 2010-03-01
My IdeaPad (Lenovo) Y450 is a little mighty mouse. It is officially a Lenovo IdeaPad 41892AU model.
I'm still amazed that Lenovo (and other manufacturers) can pack such a complete computer package into such a small laptop shell for such a reasonable price. I'm not a laptop expert but here is my take on this little beauty.
Mine came with Vista Home (I transferred/upgraded free to Win 7) and a variety of other software titles including the usual 90 day trial stuff from Norton and Microsoft Office. It has a very good 14 inch backlight HD LED display screen, a nice keyboard touch and layout, tons of connections (for a mouse), good sound for a laptop, and the capability to run any software available today.
Mine came with 4GB of 204-Pin DDR# SODIMM RAM, the max for any 32 bit operating system. The motherboard has a 2.1Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processory #T6500 with a bus speed of 800MHz and 2M gate. In other words it cooks right along. It has a dual layer DVD, Dolby Home Theater premium audio system which is nice for movies, etc.
It has this face recognition password system which allows you to sign onto the system by just sitting in front of it. That save a few steps and provides good security. The tiny camera is located at the top of the lid.
It's physique is thin and light, 1.4" and a little over 4 pounds.
About the comments of the touchpad being sensitive I have found in my experience that any laptop touchpad is twitchy. That is why I use a $10 wireless mouse, and find things go much easier.
In summ, I think this laptop offers a great bang for the buck and I would recommend it for someone looking for a good general use computer/laptop at a decent price.
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