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quote:Lenovo Z510 Models What concerns should I have with this build at a $620 price point? Started by looking for a simple Windows Laptop because I like to fuss around with software so I wanted the compatibility. Trying to keep budget near 600 if at all possible. This seems like its overshooting what I was looking for, except I'd prefer a SSD (which I believe I can install as a replacement?). I just don't know a lot about laptops because I basically get a crash course every 4 years.
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Hadlock posted:1080p screen for under $700 is a pretty solid deal, you will be trading screen for overall build quality I'm not sure if I saw it offered. Which kind do you recommend? I'm on a Fios connection and currently I max it out on a 15/5 with just my n card. A review I read says I basically have to take the whole thing apart to do anything. Everything is under the keyboard. Id drop the optical for a SSD in a heartbeat once I read up how to do it though. I already know I never use the optical, evidence being my last Lenovo optical doing nothing for years. And yeah based off of what I've read here the 1080p with that CPU and even that integrated card are usually found in 1k+ machines that I have so little excitement paying for. I have no experience doing anything but the most basic upgrades, so I'm a little concerned about having to take the entire thing apart to upgrade or fix anything. But in that same mentality I've shifted towards valuing resolution and CPU because since I don't care about a GPU at all, I can upgrade RAM later generally or pop in a SSD once I'm ready.
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Hadlock posted:Intel Advanced or preferably Intel Ultimate with the 2x2 or 3x3 antennas, respectively. I get a solid 130mbps connection (about 7MB/s in explorer) anywhere in the house, and I have thick walls. Tiny apartment currently. But I'll remember that when it's time to move up. Thanks for the responses. It helped a ton, but I think I'm going to sit on my budget a bit because I felt somewhat bummed about how much I'm getting for such a high price right now with the laptop market. It feels like the start of a big push in a direction I'm interested in but I think the next round of devices (or heavy discounts on the current round of laptops I want that are far out of budget) looks like a better nexus point for me. This thread is very good though. Really appreciate the discussion here. Without reading through here I'd have spent a lot of money on something that didn't make me happy or otherwise became outdated incredibly fast, like my last laptop purchase.
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If you're a student you can get 4 years of Office 365 on two computers/devices at a time for 80 bucks. Outside of that I'm not a fan of Office 365 just yet. I think the idea has promise but they need to get way more a la cart before I could consider it unless I had kids or something. No one using Office for a home computer needs Outlook or Access. That said I really prefer Excel to other cheaper/free alternatives I've seen. If you're just typing who cares?
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Thoren posted:I'll probably use it mostly for writing but I'd still like a functional laptop. Expansion slots too, and really I used Google Drive to transfer a lot of files to a new PC and I'm very surprised how easy it works.
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