Lenovo Thinkpad X200 12.1-Inch Black Laptop Deals

By A. Altman "Art" (San Carlos, California United States) -
This review is from: Lenovo Thinkpad X200 12.1-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows XP Pro) (Personal Computers)
First, please note that I'm reviewing the actual computer and not any vendor nor the manufacturer's customer service.

Thinkpads, generally in my experience have by far the best laptop keyboards I've used. This is my fifth (at least) Thinkpad and my second X series (previous was X60). I have found them all to be remarkably reliable with excellent ergonomics. I especially love small touches, like the little mouse in the center of the keyboard (looks like a pencil eraser). Thinkpad seems to have the only truly effective implementation compared to other I've tried such as Toshiba. Also 3 USB ports. Nice. VERY lightweight, speedy enough. I LIKE that they did not put a cd/dvd drive in this unit. I'd rather use external given how infrequently I need it. X200 has built-in camera - I still have not figured out how to turn it off - so careful with your attire while surfing Facebook y'all!

So I am thrilled with this unit, loved my X60 for the 2+ years that I had it, and the T series before that. These things seem designed for "road warriors" like me.

Also be sure to get the small travelers A/C adaptor that Lenovo sells for these. I think I paid $35 for mine. Nice.

 By Michael Ames "mountainrivera" (Staten Island, NY United States)
This review is from: Lenovo Thinkpad X200 12.1-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows XP Pro) (Personal Computers)
I have the x200 with extended life battery and 2.4 ghz processor widows 7. This is an amzing little machine. It's built like a tank, and the battery life is incredible. I get about 10 hours!! IBM/Lenovo has been building workhorses for business use for years. They know what they are doing.

By J. Hanson (FL United States) -
This review is from: Lenovo Thinkpad X200 12.1-Inch Black Laptop - Up to 6.5 Hours of Battery Life (Windows XP Pro) (Personal Computers)
The other two reviews that gave it a low rating had nothing to do with the laptop. It was their experiences that were the issue not the laptop itself. If you turned down this laptop based on those reviews you would be missing out on a very nice machine.

This is an excellent laptop and I highly recommend it. I've had mine for a couple of years now and have never had a problem with it. I have upgraded to Win7 since then and have a total of 4GB RAM (which is the max for this laptop hardware wise).

I am in IT field and need a reliable, ultra-portable laptop that has plenty of 'horse-power' to run several applications that I rely on. The X200 fits that perfectly.

I am fairly rough on my laptop and yet it still runs without a problem.

Pros: Light-weight, portable, great battery life, reliable, nice features (roll cage to protect against bumps, spill-resistant keyboard), price is just right, Lenovo's website for downloads (drivers and software) is always up to date

Cons: The finish on the top of it is not that durable. The lid on mine got scratched up a little bit. I ended up buying a 'skin' to go on the top of it to hide the scuff marks.

Lenovo IdeaPad S405 14" Slim Notebook Deals

By M. Bucci (Boston area) -
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad S405 14" Slim Notebook (AMD A6-4455M 2.10GHz CPU, 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM, 500GB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 7500G, 802.11 b/g/n, Windows 8) Model 20196, MO 59351953 (Personal Computers)
Having owned HP/Compaq notebooks for business (G6, CQ61, CQ62, NX series) for over seven years, I took the plunge out of HP into Lenovo and am very happy I did. Firstly, this notebook is a "budget" notebook, not a ThinkPad or Macbook Air, and should be compared with other budgets in its price range. It is ultra thin and very light. The 14-inch screen and the near-centered trackpad are best for my uses. Heat dissipation is excellent (no, it will not burn your legs while resting on your lap) and the unit is very quite. The keys are contoured to fit the fingers and require little pressure. The unit lacks a DVD drive but this is a direction taken by manufacturers to reduce weight and cost, and prepares the user for "Cloud" computing.

Aesthetically, upon receiving the unit, I immediately compared it to my Macbook Pro of 2009: sleek, slim and thin but at (what seemed) half the weight. The screen detail and color fidelity are very good for a budget model. The sound quality is satisfactory (as in most notebooks), and whatever narrowness in frequency range exists, it is partially compensated for by a "Dolby Advanced Audio" 10-band equalizer. The single USB 3.0 port speeds data to and from my HP Pocket drive (with USB 3.0) at blazing speeds (unit has two USB 2.0 ports also); wireless sensitivity is above average; trackpad fluidity is close to a Macbook's (smooth!); 4GB of installed memory can be expanded to 8GB; and the HDMI port and 500GB hard drive are essential assets. (Note: A 500GB hard drive model will have 400GB available due to Lenovo using disk space as a "recovery partition".)

I did not order a discontinued Lenovo Win 7 unit but leaped into Win 8 in December 2012 - "culture shock!!!" But . . . this is the future for the PC world and even we "old timers" must grow with the times. Win 8 is a "work-in-progress" for sure, and in order to adjust at a more relaxed pace to this OS, as well as get up-to-speed and "productive", I suggest downloading "Classic Start Menu" or "Start 8". These utilities will bring back the "Start" button and menu familiar to users of Win 7, Vista, XP, etc., but remove none of the features of Win 8.

All in all, this Lenovo unit is well worth the money. Again, this is a budget notebook and is not a ThinkPad or Macbook Air, but to me it is top of the line of any budget notebook I've owned.

Smooth, sleek, fast, compact, light . . . and very cool!

By Roberttoo235 -
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad S405 14" Slim Notebook (AMD A6-4455M 2.10GHz CPU, 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM, 500GB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 7500G, 802.11 b/g/n, Windows 8) Model 20196, MO 59351953 (Personal Computers)
I've had this computer for 2 weeks now. In that time I have come to realize just how sweet this little thing is. Obviously it is not a powerhouse for video editing or gaming, but for the normal online activities it is very good. I do keep the power setting on high, which seems to improve the speed of my web surfing. Windows 8 seemed daunting for the first couple hours, but it is so easy to customize and it boots up at such fantastic speeds. If you just need a competent little laptop that is inexpensive and has a great keyboard, but it now.

By Rae "Amateur Vagrant" (Harrisonburg, VA) -
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad S405 14" Slim Notebook (AMD A6-4455M 2.10GHz CPU, 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM, 500GB HDD, AMD Radeon HD 7500G, 802.11 b/g/n, Windows 8) Model 20196, MO 59351953 (Personal Computers)
This is a good little computer. It's very slim and light. However, the graphics aren't great: everything has a bluish tint. Also, the mouse pad is just ridiculous. Most anywhere you click it, a menu pops up. You have to be very intentional about clicking it very near the bottom if you want to click and highlight text, for example. I would totally recommend this computer for any day-to-day activities, but I would also recommend getting a mouse. I haven't been using a mouse (I'll get one over the weekend), and frankly it's driving me quite nuts. But everything else is great--fast processor, lots of RAM, lots of memory...Windows 8 is fun, no complaints!

Lenovo ThinkPad T430 23426QU 14' LED Notebook Deals

By Get Lost -
This review is from: Lenovo ThinkPad T430 23426QU 14' LED Notebook - Intel - Core i5 i5-3230M 2.6GHz - Black (Personal Computers)
I've been a Lenovo T-series user for about a decade, going through 4 T-series laptops for work. I finally bought a personal laptop for myself, because the soon-to-be released T440 is trying to be something it's not, which is an ultrabook (no more ultrabay, touch screen, internal battery). So I thought the T430 would be the last of it's kind for traditionalists who like Windows 7 better than 8, and like that this laptop can be upgraded with a 2nd hard drive, etc.

However, my complaint is that I received a model with a noisy fan. Search for "T430 noisy fan" on a web search engine and you'll find several others who had the same issue as me. The noise is an extremely annoying high pitched whine, like a jet turbine. So after having it for a day, I had to send it into Lenovo support. Per their instructions, I removed the hard drive and replaced the hard drive cover.

They shipped it back a few days later and seemed to have fixed the fan issue (if you get a noisy fan model, demand that they replace the fan with a quiet fan. There's nothing that can be done with software to fix it). However, when I tried putting the hard drive cover back on, the screw wouldn't thread back into the laptop. I called Lenovo again, simply asking them to send me a 5 cent replacement screw. They refused, saying the "Hard drive cover is cosmetic", even though it's the piece that prevents my hard drive from falling out of my computer. Hey, the hood on my car is cosmetic, but if a car shop gives it back to me with a broken latch, I expect them to fix it.

I ended up taking a screw from an old Lenovo which was the proper width, but too long, so I had to use a hack saw to get it to the correct length. Even though they have a 30 day return policy (through Lenovo) I decided to keep the laptop for now because I didn't want to go through the hassle of buying another laptop, but I'm unhappy with the frustration I've went through after buying a brand new machine.

On the plus side, the lighted keyboard is nice and I don't mind the new chick-let style keys, though I wished they kept the page up / down and Home / End keys in the same place they were located on the T410 / T420.

 By Hunter (22 Knightbridge Road)
This review is from: Lenovo ThinkPad T430 23426QU 14' LED Notebook - Intel - Core i5 i5-3230M 2.6GHz - Black (Personal Computers)
Lenovo's design is very professional. This laptop is quite strong for student and officer. You can use with almost of games and applications. The specs is quite strong. However, RAM 4GB is quite small with this version. If you looking for a laptop look same this, you can see T430 with 8Gb RAM.

T430 here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CRHM5SE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CRHM5SE&linkCode=as2&tag=best-refer-20

By Palma Solane "perfect contrast" (DALLAS, TX, US)

 This review is from: Lenovo ThinkPad T430 23426QU 14' LED Notebook - Intel - Core i5 i5-3230M 2.6GHz - Black (Personal Computers)
Performance:
-I use this laptop for work and it is not the best productivity machine. 4 gbs of ram is fine if your intended use is casual, however having multiple spreadsheets open while running Adobe reader, IE and various other applications can easily leave you spending a frustrating amount of time waiting for process to run.

-The battery life also leaves a lot to be desired, I've returned from 1-2 hour meetings shocked to discover how diminished the battery has become

Hardware:
-This has been a killer for me. While I'm the only one at my company that has had this issue, I've already run through 2 hard drives. I work in treasury so having to reinstall software, online banking certificates and various other access is extremely frustrating. As far as I know, it's an issue with the laptop outside of the hard drive.

-The last thing I find curious and a detraction is the design of the usb 3.0 ports. The ports themselves are recessed, about half and inch from the edge of the laptop itself. This is ok for cables, however it prevents usb drives from fitting.

Lenovo IdeaPad U310 43752BU 13.3-Inch Deals

By Ryan England "yikes199" (Pittsburgh, PA) -
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad U310 43752BU 13.3-Inch Ultrabook (Graphite Gray) (Personal Computers)
I did a good bit of research on laptops before making a purchase, went into stores, read reviews, etc. A few comments.

A number of people note how the screens are flexible, go into a store and try bending screens, all thin laptops are quite flexible. Seems odd to me too, but if everyones doing it, it must work.

I saw a few reviews about wireless problems with the u310, but saw many other good review so I disregarded. Don't disregard. There is a detailed summary at [...].

Seems to be that lenovo figured out the wifi was really bad, but kept selling units and just fixed it on the new ones. I bought my laptop on Sept 20, it was manufactured on May 28, the fix didn't come out until July 23... The date is printed at the bottom of the tag on the outside of the box, so if you buy in a store you can check.

In my case, the speed seemed not great to me, but the range was terrible. I got maybe 50 feet from the router before I lost signal. Even my phone (which I think has pretty bad reception for wifi) was better than that. I decided to go into work and see if I could pick up signal at my desk and couldn't ... back to the store we go. I read lots of reviews of 2-3 weeks for repairs and the problem not fixed, didn't sound like what I wanted to do with a brand new laptop.

Aside from the wifi issues, it was a great unit, solid build, really nice touchpad, good keyboard, screen was fine. I suppose some people might only use a machine at home, but for anyone that travels around, I think the wifi problems makes this machine a no-buy.

 By chemnash - (UK)
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad U310 43752BU 13.3-Inch Ultrabook (Graphite Gray) (Personal Computers)
I wasnt expect the building quality is so wonderful, very cool very solid!
The old wifi signal problem is fixed now, I've tested it intensively use on varies conditions comparing to my thinkpad laptop, iphone, ipad, etc. People who are interested in this laptop shouldn't worry about it now.

but the battery life is not that great. It is advertised as 7h which is not quite possible.
under normal usage of wifi and multimedia, I got about 4h battery life.

By Steve from PA -  (Pittsburgh, PA) -
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad U310 43752BU 13.3-Inch Ultrabook (Graphite Gray) (Personal Computers)
Bought this yesterday and I really liked the look and design.. however, luckily I tested the Wifi reception due to reading the reviews here. Sure enough it only got good speeds when right next to my router. I moved into next room and it dropped to under 1MB (From 20MB) I even changed the settings and un-installed the power mgmt software as detailed on Lenovo forums and it did not work. My 7 year old Dell gets way faster speed over Wifi which is un-acceptable.

Do not buy until Lenovo fixes it if Wifi is important to you.

Lenovo® IdeaPad Z570 (1024-DBU) Laptop Deals

By Julian Trejos Zelaya - (Ca)
This review is from: Lenovo® IdeaPad Z570 (1024-DBU) Laptop Computer With 15.6" LED-Backlit Screen & 2nd Gen Intel® CoreTM i5-2450M With Turbo Boost Technology, Gun Metal Gray (Personal Computers)
They advertise this computer as one with an HD screen. It's not... Everything seems to be OK but that.
The build seems nice, the keyboard feels OK, the price is excellent. The speakers are not great, but for a laptop, the do the job.
I will update this later as I use it a bit more. I just set it up some minutes ago.

Update, some days later: As I said, the computer performs very well, the i5 processor is very fast. I plugged it to my TV through HDMI and it works flawlessly. I'm planning to buy an external AOC screen for photo editing (a big one perhaps)

 By Paulo P. Silva Prado "Paulo Prado" (São Paulo, SP Brazil) -
This review is from: Lenovo® IdeaPad Z570 (1024-DBU) Laptop Computer With 15.6" LED-Backlit Screen & 2nd Gen Intel® CoreTM i5-2450M With Turbo Boost Technology, Gun Metal Gray (Personal Computers)
I liked this PC, it is very fast and made of high quality materials. The only thing I did not like so much is the keyboard because the keys are narrow. The touch of the keys is very good though. My wife does not see it as a problem because she has narrower fingers.
I for the price we have paid, we could not ask for anything better.
I am waiting for the price of the ultrabooks to go down to replace my Lenovo notebook PC but until then we will stick with the traditional notebooks around in the marketplace.

By Proactive Consumer -(Ca)
This review is from: Lenovo® IdeaPad Z570 (1024-DBU) Laptop Computer With 15.6" LED-Backlit Screen & 2nd Gen Intel® CoreTM i5-2450M With Turbo Boost Technology, Gun Metal Gray (Personal Computers)
Be Careful!!! I ordered the Lenovo Z570 laptop and what I received was not what Amazon was advertising. I ended up with something inferior. Although Amazon refunded the item, it was a huge frustration that adds to my existing sentiment about purchasing digital product online - too much uncertainty and not enough control. Buyers Beware!!!

Lenovo IdeaPad S400 14-Inch Deals

By bill s preston esquire - (CA)
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad S400 14-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Silver) (Personal Computers)
The computer starts up every time and seems to get all the jobs done that I need it to however a bit annoying to use:

If I forget to turn of the mouse pad it inevitably will highlight all that i'm writing and erase it (and windows 8 has no "undo" function in the email app:-( ). MOST of the time the kill button for the mouse pad doesn't work which is super lame.. I have to hit it over and over and then finally it wakes up. I'm very disappointed in how ALL other key/mouse pad functions work sporadically. (I MEAN ALL OF THEM) The mouse pad has two finger scrolling for example.. only works sometimes.. I wish it didn't have the feature if its not going to work.. I'd rather have the scrolling on the side of the mouse pad at the very least but it doesn't have that because it has the "two finger works when it feels like it" feature... Over all i'm not all that impressed with Lenovo and wouldn't recommend this nor will I ever buy one of these again. I previously had a Toshiba and it was soooo much better.. I'll go back to them on my next one as I had it for 6 years never had a problem, and all the features worked all the time. I'm guessing it has something to do where these products are designed. I live where the Lenovo is designed and its very much like many things there, 7/10ths. Almost there, but skimping on that last 3 of the 10 is what makes this computer okay and not great...
But on the plus side its light, it was cheap and the battery life is pretty long (more than a couple of hours).
I have my qualms with windows 8 being super dumbed down but that has little to do with the computer so i'll spare you needing to read about that..

 By M. Minkin "maxintosh" (Chicago, IL) - S
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad S400 14-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Silver) (Personal Computers)
This thing is awful. I admin IT for our company. We bought it for the office because we needed a Windows machine and it's hilariously bad. Slow as hell, can barely handle the Windows 8 nonsense. Screen broke within weeks--returned. New machine doesn't have a working WiFi card. There were literally a pile of returns of this machine at Best Buy. Lenovo's ThinkPad legacy is long gone. Avoid at all costs.

By Jaclyn Wilson - (CA)
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad S400 14-Inch Touchscreen Laptop (Silver) (Personal Computers)
you said it was
not what suppose to have cd burner
keyboard is suppose to light up
Jackie Wilson
Jacksonville, FL

Lenovo G580 15.6-Inch Laptop Deals

By Venkateswaran Viswanath -(CA)
This review is from: Lenovo G580 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Brown IMR) (Personal Computers)
I bought this laptop for my uncle. It is a good laptop for decent home and office usage. It is not ideal for playing high graphics games. If you need a laptop for home and office usage, this is the one!

Pros:
- Screen size
- Weight
- Keyboard with numpad
- Big HDD
- Good i5 processor

Cons
- Average Graphics Card
- Windows 8 (personal opinion - I didn't like it that much)
- RAM could have been more... although this is not a real problem as such!

On the whole, its a good i5/4GB/750GB combination!

 By valpo fan 44 (Valparaiso, IN, US) -
This review is from: Lenovo G580 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Brown IMR) (Personal Computers)
I bought a G580 and it failed right out of the box. Lenovo's customer service is not a service---it is a nightmare. Negotiating their phone menu is like trying to get thru a maze. I returned the computer as directed and heard nothing back. Nobody in their customer service knows what department does what. Constant holds and misconnections to wrong numbers. Then just try calling back. Finally after waiting (they said they would contact me) two weeks I told them to cancel sending me a replacement. DON"T buy Lenovo.

By Joanne Baker - (CA)
This review is from: Lenovo G580 15.6-Inch Laptop (Glossy Brown IMR) (Personal Computers)
Pros:
1. It seems to be a pretty fast machine for the most part.
2. It has the latest OS, Windows 8, only a disadvantage while getting used to this vastly different experience from any other Windows version.
3. Nothing has gone wrong yet with any of the hardware.

Cons:
1. Keyboard difficulties: (a) The standard key section is too close to the Num key section: this makes it harder to tell where certain keys are when the room isn't well lighted (very annoying!) (b) The CapsLk key looks the same whether caps lock is on or off.
2. The laptop user is led into using LOTS of junk software and software that s/he must eventually either give up or pay for.
3. Attempting to get a little laptop support online from a Lenovo rep was pretty much a waste of time and nevertheless a cost to Lenovo that the users probably pay for in the cost of the laptop.