Laptop purchase

PSOVLSK
PSOVLSK Posts: 5,229
edited November 2013 in The Clubhouse
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-g500-15-6-laptop-4gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/2452185.p?id=1219072957875&skuId=2452185&cmp=RMX&ky=1vqvUDdwFJToQgiQMcLLGQtY9FMdNFzN7

Picked this up for my wife today. Early Black Friday deal for $399. Also had a $55 Gift Card and a $20 Reward Certificate, so not too bad I don't think.

I'm admittedly not much of a computer guy, so...good deal or not?
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,606
    edited November 2013
    You are going to hate the win 8 interface.
    1ST thing I did was install the run interface.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited November 2013
    Lenovos are pretty nice even the lower models like this one. Have pretty much the same model with 8 gigs of RAM. Been running for almost a year. No real problems.

    The only complaint is the track pad is a little "too sensitive". Something that Windows 8.1 upgrade seems to have tweaked a little.

    You can pretty much "ignore" W8 if you want by migrating everything to the Desktop, and or pinning it to the task bar on the desktop.

    8.1 gives you a button that lets you access the live tiles and switch back and forth from the desktop. It also reproduces a button in the tile view that allows easy access to ALL aps. I suspect 8.2 will "return" even more familiar functions.

    BTW. That's a very GOOD price for this machine which normally sells at about $500-549 discounted?

    cnh
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,092
    edited November 2013
    Hi

    That is a good deal.

    If you want to have the regular start button on W8.1 use Classic Shell works great on desktop mode. I use it on mine and like it.

    http://www.classicshell.net/

    Cheers
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