Newegg Lenovo IdeaPad G780 Core i5 (2.50GHz) 17.3" 4GB Memory 500GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M Notebook $549

It's a pretty nice graphics card for a Laptop. Better than the Intel 4000. For $550, not a bad price. Add some RAM to the computer and it's a really nice machine.

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Quote from atoneapone : Good deal. The only things to knock are the large 17.3" size versus 15.6" or 14" & slightly small size 500gb harddrive. This looks like one of the best deals of the BF shopping season this year. Definitely recommended if you're in the market for an all purpose work/gaming computer. This laptop will normally go for $600-$700, so a savings of $50 to $150. This is the second straight year that there's not better deals on BF shopping season versus Beginning of School year(Aug/Sept)but this is close!!. More surprise laptop deals may swing around again in Spring time (Jan, Feb, March) and again in Summer (june,July) But always consider buying in Aug,Sept--the best times of year to buy a laptop!

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this would have been cool. Backlit keyboard and under $500

if the 15" version of this lenovo had backlit keyboard it would be perfect.

Quote from muffinz : http://slickdeals.net/f/5574960-H...ndows-Free this would have been cool. Backlit keyboard and under $500 if the 15" version of this lenovo had backlit keyboard it would be perfect.

Actually not. The number one selling point for this low-medium budget Lenovo is the video card. 2GB dedicated video card vs HD Graphics 4000.

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yes 17.3" is out of stock. But you can still get the 15.6" for same price: 15.6" with similar specs & same price>>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6834310630
Differences are: 6gb ram vs 4gb ram, 1gb GT 635 vs 2gb GT 635, 15.6" 1366x768 vs 17.3" 1600x900; Despite the tradeoffs it's almost the same laptop & still available.

Received mine.

1. 4GB stick in one slot. Ramaxel PC3-12800 ram (RMT3160ED58E9W-1600). I bought 2x4G sticks at PC3-10600. Debating now whether I should get one 8GB stick instead

2. Overall satisfied with the laptop. Was worried about the flimsy screen but it was pretty good. Not a fan of cutekey since I like Thinkpad keyboard better.

Installing world of warcraft now ... will see how that plays out.

went out of stock for a while and came back at $649 now.

deal is dead

My son wants a laptop for playing minecraft and call of duty. Would this thing cut it? If not, what graphics or other hardware would you recommend? Thanks.

Quote from skintigh : My son wants a laptop for playing minecraft and call of duty. Would this thing cut it? If not, what graphics or other hardware would you recommend? Thanks.

Definitely will cut it! The GT 635m is a good medium-high class 2 graphic card (a lot better than class 3 subpar integrated graphics). >>http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVID...964.0.html
Check youtube for specific sample gaming results on a setup with this graphic card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUFaWNytjJk --minecraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VuplQ6q1q4 --cod black ops

So it's more than adequate, and should play every game on the market (atleast thru the year 2014 & even 2015) at around a decent smooth 35-50FPS with a mix of high settings and some medium low settings like shadow detail and sometimes reducing resolution to 1366x768 while 1600x900 and higher may become a little laggy.

Usually mid/high-end laptops like this have a 3 year PC gaming cycle (First 2 years should be good, with the 3rd year requiring lower settings.)
A GT 635m is a nice step better than last years graphics gt 540m, gt 550,gt 630m, radeon 7670m, 6750m); (I have last years good graphics 6650m and still get great gaming results; probably will be set thru 2014, so a 3 year cycle for me 2011-2014 and the gt 635m should be good for 2012-2015;

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I got this computer the first time it was on sale and I am very pleased with it. I'm able to play Skyrim on High settings at about 30 FPS. It's a pretty big laptop, but actually not as heavy as I thought it might be.

Anytime you can get a good graphic card like this around 2nd class level, then you will be set for playing latest games at reasonable settings at 30FPS for atleast 2 years (& maybe longer)...

But of course 1st level graphics like GT 560m etc will improve on smoothness and FPS at an additional $200 to $500 more (the price of 2 of these laptops).

Does it worth to spend $130 more to get an upgraded version of this laptop with i7-3632QM, 6GB ram and 750GB HD?