Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E420 for 349.93 AFTER $100 Staples coupon at Office Depot, B&M, YMMV

it's dissapointed without a website to buy~~!!

Quote from anonimis06 : Same computer I own and am using right now. Bought it directly through Lenovo for $450 a while back. Mine has a 7200rpm HDD which makes a difference. This doesn't seem to specify the HDD speed. With no dedicated video card, not a gamer but I still do plenty of Photoshop and some video editing and it handles it well enough (unless it's very intensive with many video layers). Don't be fooled by it's simple looks. It's a very solid, dependable laptop.

From memory, these should come with the WD Scorpio Blue @5400 rpm. The Blues are slower than the Black but still rate very high among 5400 rpm drives.

As for the i5's low score, it doesn't mean much. Any laptop you buy (i3 i5 i7) is gonna run like crap with all the bloatware loaded on there, and Lenovo is one of the worst offenders. My 4 year old C2D laptop can run Photoshop CS5 without much difficulty.

all the E420 on OD site are i3 and item# can't be found

any idea why many reviews say the laptop dies without any reason?

i love this laptop

Quote from rkdus : nice, what is the score on the mSATA, I'm thinking to get one and put on my dm4-3050us.

For some reason it is exactly or above then what the performance details say it is.

Sustained Sequential read up to 200MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write Up to 70MB/s

I had this as my boot drive and had the 7200rpm as storage but go greedy and bought me a Cheryvill 520 120GB but when I had the Msata which needed no Format no firmware update, it booted up was faster then the 500GB 7200rpm that came with it.

ran all test even SisSoftware Sandra on both and not one single problem not even with sleep mode.

ps I scored this Msata from buy.com at only $147.00 right now its over $170.00 so you might wait or try to score a 128GB MyDigitalSSD 50mm Bullet Proof mSATA SSD - MDMS-50128
I just wanted all Intel in mine I don't want one single problem or bloatware on this lappy

you can also have a second OS on the Msata just make it even more secure

Quote from hoalien : any idea why many reviews say the laptop dies without any reason?

See I also read those reviews but you know what my lappy that I scored from Newegg business for only $350.00 no tax free ship has a year warranty and not just the regular warranty it has one yearThinkplus Maintenance, This product is entitled to parts and labor and is entitled to EZserv service, Customers call local for more info.


So I am not too worry about it and it came free with it

Quote from coltrane69 : I'm glad to hear that you like yours. I bought one and absolutely hated the Matte Screen on it. The Lenovo's brightest setting was too dark for me, and even after tweaking, the colors seemed too dull and lifeless. Maybe I was just spoiled by my Dell xps15's 1080p panel, but I couldn't get over how lousy the lenovo was in comparison. It also sucks that it has no USB 3.0. But I have to admit, even with the aforementioned deficiencies it's still a hell of a deal at $350.

I hate the fingerprints it catches Idon't know why if its not glossy, Probably my greasy fingers

Can anyone point me to the $100 coupon that the OP mentions?
Thanks!

I have this computer which I use to type as I speak, Went to repair once (motherboard died as amazon reviewers said), will be going another time for touchpad repair not recognizing touch or not responding properly at times. However, it's a great computer. mSATA adds so much value to it. I guess once you passed that repair lines you will be satisfied. strongly recommend T's than E's in terms of build quality although the price differs quite significantly than this E420 deal.

Quote from johnnash : Agreed. Too bad I jumped on the Dell Inspiron 14rn deal already....

What deal was that one?

Quote from DamonCollins : Can anyone point me to the $100 coupon that the OP mentions? Thanks!

Here you go: http://reg.e.staples.com/c/s/tagf...reId=10001

Quote from mr2cool : all the E420 on OD site are i3 and item# can't be found

Clearance computers normally don't show up when you search for it on the O.D. website, the only thing that you can do is use the inventory checker and see if it's in your area.

got it at Plymouth Meeting in PA. woot! was an open box so not sure if worth it. any thoughts?

(thanks op!)