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Dell Inspiron Laptop: Take the game with you no matter where you're headed with this Dell Inspiron gaming laptop. Reliable processing from an Intel Core i5 quad-core setup ensures even play of even action-heavy titles, and Nvidia GeForce graphics keep you immersed in the visual aspect of play. This Dell Inspiron gaming laptop has a large 15.6-inch anti-glare display for comfortable gaming.
 
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Great setup experience, fast, quality display
on November 24, 2017
Posted by: kly411
from Little Rock, AR, USA
Verified Purchase:Yes
I'm only about 30 minutes in to my first time with this laptop and I'm very impressed so far. At the moment's price of $699 I feel I got quite a value. The setup was unique - I'm an IT guy and setup many machines including those with Windows 10 but this setup was, by default, Cortana driven, clever, quick, and immediately showed off the sound quality from the laptop's speakers. I've only heard Cortana so far but she was crisp with rich tone. Based on other recent consumer laptops I've set up, this setup experience also tells me that Dell has done the work to work well with Windows 10..others not so much.
Other likes:
-The trackpad is textured but works very well.
-The keys feel decent. Good spacing, size and travel. Not at all spongy.
-The display looks great to me but note I've not yet viewed any video or games. The screen is matte, just something to know if you prefer or are accustomed to a more glossy screen. The screen is rather bright out-of-the-box. I actually have turned it down a notch.
-Speed - hesitant to comment as I really haven't done anything with this computer yet but, still in wow over the setup experience, including how quick it was including updates, I don't anticipate any performance disappointment.
The only things I've noticed so far I don't like are:
-the backlit keyboard, at maximum brightness, is still quite dim.
-A trick of the eyes I'm sure but the significant bezel around the screen makes it seem smaller than other 15.6" displays.
-HEAVY, but I knew that going in
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
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I would recommend this to a friend!
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Pack your office in your travel bag with this Lenovo Yoga multimedia notebook. A 15.6-inch touchscreen display and a full keyboard let you choose the navigation option that's right for you, and the Intel HD graphics card brings videos to life. Featuring a powerful lithium-ion battery, this Lenovo Yoga multimedia notebook delivers up to 9 hours of use before needing a charge.
 
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Solid build and performance, typists beware
on January 15, 2017
Posted by: kly411
Verified Purchase:Yes
FEEL
Trackpad is simply accurate, though a registry tweak was required to make two-finger tap (vs click) work. I must say that this is the first windows laptop I've used, possibly ever, on which the trackpad functioning is never affected by resting the heel of your left hand on the far left-front side of the deck. On others, doing so while using trackpad with right hand often causes mouse pointer to jump and touch scrolling and gestures to be inconsistent.
Keyboard: As many other reviews have pointed out, be aware of the awkward right shift key placement. To ease that issue somewhat, the manufacturer comments on other reviews suggest a program named KeyTweak. I looked at KeyTweak but seeing that the program was last updated for windows 2000, I googled other options and am rather using SharpKeys which is working well. I swapped the functions of the right shift and arrow up keys. Other than that, the keys feel good to me and the keyboard has no flex whatsoever. I tend to type about 60wpm and am right at that on this keyboard.
The physical build of this machine feels very solid to me. The materials are comfortable during use.
The silver trim around the outside of the display is sometimes a bit distracting, especially when it catches a light reflection, and sort of detracts from the beauty of the display and thin bezel.
The power button takes a concerning amount of pressure to affect, enough that I'm so far regularly concerned I'm going to break it.
USE
Display is excellent and plenty bright. On a recently returned HP I had the windows scaling set to 150% instead of the default 125%. On this lenovo I didn't need to do this for everything to look the best for me.
On the first start up, this computer took a little longer than others I've set up recently but it went ahead and loaded all current windows updates, which does ultimately save time and effort. With the HP I had to initiate windows updates myself and had to perform some hacks/tweaks when the updating process froze.
Regarding general performance, I have experienced no lag whatsoever, fast reboot, about 10 seconds to full usability.
No games or graphics-intensive use yet but I haven't noticed loud fan as commented by others.
OTHER
Lenovo update tools aren't real straight forward. You first have to download the utility from Lenovo's support site, then on first run there was no program window. I had to kill the processes in task manager and restart to be able to tell what (or that anything) was happening.
All in all, this is a very solid machine and I'm confident this one won't be returned. If not for the right shift key placement I would have given 5 stars. I am an IT professional and tech enthusiast. This is my third Lenovo and when I give other brands a try, it seems I always return to Lenovo after not much time.
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
I would recommend this to a friend!
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View files or videos in custom positions with this HP Envy x360 laptop. The hinge lets you lay the computer flat, fold it for use as a tablet or prop the screen at angles to enhance your viewing experience. When you aren't streaming videos on this HP Envy x360 laptop, convert it to a traditional position for standard keyboarding action.
 
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Madly in like
on January 2, 2017
Posted by: kly411
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Can't say love as I spend my days on a macbook retina but this is, so far, a solid, enjoyable windows PC. I only have a few hours of use in so far and most of that is installations, config, etc. but being a veteran IT guy, having set up and used MANY pcs, I can already tell this is a quality machine and great value for $629.
Performance:
-I'm not much of a gamer but I am a software developer using tools with similar performance demands and this computer does not disappoint.
-In the process of downloading and installing programs I was rather impressed with wifi performance (download time) and install time as well.
-Unzipping a 300MB (385MB uncompressed) file seemed noticably slow but I am very used to dealing with SSDs so may just be perspective.
-Again could be the difference in traditional HDD and SDD but start up on this machine seems slow despite finding no bloat in what is included in start up. 3-4 minutes to become generally usable then another 1-2 minutes of laggy response.
Display:
-I googled a test 1080 steaming video and display was excellent also with no stuttering or buffering. I'm not much of a gamer so can't comment about video performance in that arena.
-I have display scaling at 150% to make icons, backgrounds look the best to me but at that setting common microsoft programs windows, and some third-party graphics and text are very slightly blurry. This, however, is common among windows 10 and not unique to this laptop or HP.
-In summary, display is impressive for static and general video content. I had not planned on it but now imagine I will watch a few movies on this computer based on my experience so far.
Physical:
-keyboard: good, on par with macbook. As with any other full keyboard including 10-key put on a 15 inch base, some keys are rather small but placement and size of keys on this keyboard have not thrown me yet.
-trackpad: better than most I've used in recent years. Pointer tracking (moving) and single-click respond to feather light touch/tap. If you press slightly harder there is a wonky, sort of uneven feel to it. Slightly harder still, at the bottom of the trackpad, feels like a normal, solid physical button click.
-temperature: I've not yet experienced this laptop getting even a little warm, and I've used it so far only in my lap, for extended periods of time. However I've not yet began running any real processor intensive activities.
Other - I use McAfee for antivirus on my other windows computers and this computer comes with McAfee installed but what seems to be a bug in the configuration step is preventing me from successfully logging in to Mcafee to add this computer to my existing account. I'm sure this is something I can and will fix with an uninstall/reinstall but still a minor frustration.
Whether you are a casual computer user or tech aficionado, I believe this laptop will impress you and meet any needs. Though I plan to put in SSD and additional RAM, I could use this as-is for day to day efforts and probably not be frustrated, and I'm easily frustrated by underwhelming technology performance.
Happy computing!
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
I would recommend this to a friend!
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CyberPowerPC Gamer Ultra Desktop: Power through the most demanding applications with this CyberPowerPC Gamer Ultra desktop computer. Its 3.8GHz CPU and Radeon RX 460 graphics card enable you to play the latest power-hungry video games. This CyberPowerPC Gamer desktop computer comes with 1TB of hard drive space to store an entire library of HD videos, music and games.
 
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Excited about a computer, first time in forever!
on December 6, 2016
Posted by: kly411
Verified Purchase:Yes
I'm a veteran software developer and IT guy..this is my first cyberpowerpc and first windows desktop in several years..I'm very much a mac. I love this cyberpowerpc so far. I haven't pushed it at all yet but some mid-range steam games performance and graphics (and basic OS graphics) are great. Using Dell U2515HX 2k monitor with.
I am a twenty-year amateur gamer, the kind who gets in the mood about twice a year and it lasts for maybe a week at a time..so I thought I wanted to try out windows gaming but only at a great value, which I found in this machine as part of the ramp-up to cyber monday. I was also looking for a modern case and components that I could build on/upgrade for a few years without feeling like I was wasting money.
The keyboard that came with this computer I pulled out just enough to type for a few seconds and it feels to me to be a cheap peripheral..I type all day every day either on a wired apple keyboard or mechanical so my bar may be a little high. I'm not using the included mouse and haven't opened it so no comments there.
I found the part about the windows license key not being already applied a bit odd. Also, when you register online it says you will receive your McAfee 1-year key/code within two weeks..again a bit odd but for the cost/value of this unit I certainly wouldn't lower the rating.
Thrilled and can't keep myself off this computer!
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
My Best Buy number: 2017374501
I would recommend this to a friend!
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