Good laptop in terms of price/performance, but the battery life is awful. If you are looking for a desktop replacement that can game, this is perfect. If you were hoping to game + have it last around 6 hours on a full charge, this won't do the trick. From what I've read the average battery life is around 3.5 hours, mostly because it has dual-GPU's, but it's still pitiful.Thoughts on the Lenovo ideapad y510p? Don't want to create a new thread.
couple of options: all are sub $500 notebooksI hope you don't mind me requesting for help on this thread, jukain, since I am also having trouble finding a new laptop, too (and I don't want to make a new thread ;x)
My college made it mandatory to buy a lenovo t61 with OS Windows 7 and I am still using it now (2007 - current). It's starting to get slow, so I decided to buy a new laptop. All I wanted was a simple upgrade from the archaic thinkpad, nothing expensive or fancy. I was able to do everything I wanted to do on that old laptop (working on assignments, chat online, play on showdown!, listen to music, watch shows), so I simply wanted to do what I've been doing on a new laptop. My friend suggested to me Toshiba Satellite (15.6'' and 4GB Memory) for $229.99 ($299.99 with 1 yr warranty), and I thought it was a major steal. It seemed like it was an all-round improvement from my old laptop, and cheap, too!
Unfortunately, I was wrong. The audio quality was SHIT. I enjoy listening to music on my laptop via spotify / youtube and watching shows online, so the shitty audio quality was a huge turn-off. Although everything about this laptop is great, terrible audio alone is a dealbreaker for me; I am thinking of returning this laptop and get my money back.
Can you help me find a laptop that does everything better than lenovo t61 without having to pay $500+? Or is there some inexpensive device that I can buy that would improve the sound quality? Maybe it's even something that I can resolve by simply changing the default audio settings? (I am a computer dummy) I agree with Bass that keyboard, mouthpad, and the screen is a large factor in user satisfaction, and I believe audio quality comes in play here, too.
I did my best to look at reviews and search for what people were saying about audio quality, but a lot of time that's barely mentioned. I wouldn't worry too much about it though. If you're satisfied with the volume from a 2007 Lenovo laptop I think you'll be happy with what you'll get in this. Not to mention, the entire grill above the keyboard is dedicated to the speakers, while on the Toshiba laptop you linked, the speaker grill is about half the size in height of the Lenovo and doesn't span the full size of the base (look at the Amazon pics). Even though at the end of the day speaker quality is determined by the driver and not by the size of the grill, I think it's safe to say that the smaller grill on the Toshiba laptop was not helping you, so I think the much larger grill on the Lenovo will be a big improvement.thanks, Faint! Of those 3, lenovo seems the most appealing (I could care less about touch screen, and asus's screen is way too small)
How do you know if these options have good audio quality, though? I am guessing that lenovo would have the same or better audio quality than my t61, since they are the same brand, so it's probably safe to choose it ;d
Can help with laptop searches in a lil bit, but worth noting two quick things:Hijacking the thread so I don't have to start a new one.
Plus I feel like a lot of the info posted is outdated so I was unable to take too much info from this so far to get some solid ideas.
Im in the market for a laptop. I don't game, but I will need programs like the Office package and Photoshop for starters. My price tag is anything less than $1,200.
I keep looking at the apple laptops as I've never owned one and have yet to hear a single bad thing about them besides maybe the screen quality and it's price tag for getting probably less in a unit compared to PCs. (and I'm unsure if they can get Microsoft office). But there are three diff styles of MacBooks and have no idea which balances price = performance best.
One thing I absolutely despise from these current Windows computers is the ridiculous desktop/tablet split screen they have. Idk what it's called but I just hate the look. It's like having a tablet screen as your laptop.. And it's just sloppy and confusing to me. But I've always felt these laptops gives the users so much for such a little price.
I know technology is upgraded practically on the daily. So it's impossible to always have the latest thing. But I heard new laptops on both sides are on their way. So do I just wait regardless?
Thanks for the input so far.Can help with laptop searches in a lil bit, but worth noting two quick things:
Macbook pro and air are both p nice. New macbook is shit (and far too expensive). Not even the thinnest computer on the market lol. Imo, the entry level pro isn't worth it, but upgrading a bit offers better value. The air does better with its lower end components. Both of them have crap storage (as do most thin laptops/ultrabooks).
Also, windows 10 gets rid of the split and it comes out in like two weeks, so you shouldnt worry too much about windows 8 qualms (though the tablet mode is completely unobtrusive anyway. You can treat it like a faster windows 7 pretty much. Start menu is super overrated when you have a really quick search bar always available, anyway).
Texas Cloverleaf Phadunk do you have any particular desires? Size? Thickness? Battery? Etc. there's a big "best one for YOU" element here :)
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-13-9343-laptopThanks for the input so far.
Battery life; 10hr+is nice. I heard the MacBook Air has such shitty resolution, which is a huge thing I feel makes it so bad. Like, I don't want a pc that is old compared to even 2015.
I honestly just want a thin, crisp, reliable laptop that won't be incredibly outdated asap.
I feel like if the air had the MacBook Pros crisp resolution and retina. It'd be over.
Windows 10 is a free upgrade foa ll computers. You literally click an icon at any point in time, and it will download it when it comes outAs much as I hate to admit it, Apple has a pretty good lappy game (except their latest macbook wtf is up with that single connector crap). Also on a laptop sceen anything above 1080p is practically useless. You just don't have the real estate to make the most of that pixel count. mayyyybe 2K (not 4K) if you're really pushing it.
With what you suggested go for a mid-high end ultrabook (maybe delay by a month to get Windows 10), it basically meets everything you've asked for.
Lol what? You don't only get an operating system for a year. If you have windows 8.1 or 7 (i believe), then you can upgrade for free (lol and you get to keep you operating system indefinitely)That's only for a year though. I'd rather wait and grab the full free OEM version that comes bundled with laptops.
No. Everywhere it's mentioned that it's for a year. I haven't seen anything remotely saying indefinitely free. Feel free to share if you see anything of the likes.Lol what? You don't only get an operating system for a year. If you have windows 8.1 or 7 (i believe), then you can upgrade for free (lol and you get to keep you operating system indefinitely)
It is free indefinitely. It is only available for free for one year. You receive the same version you are upgrading from (W7 Pro --> W10 Pro).No. Everywhere it's mentioned that it's for a year. I haven't seen anything remotely saying indefinitely free. Feel free to share if you see anything of the likes.
I definitely inclined to believe you're mistaken. It's quite unlikely that they'd just give away their newest OS to their existing (and overwhelmingly larger compared to new adopters) market of users for free. That'd be a terrible business policy tbh.
^Shinryu, Even if not subscription based it's more like a 1-year trial, after which you basically couldn't be arsed enough to downgrade to your old OS (because hey, who wants to go down a rung in the ladder?), so you just buy a new license.