Lenovo 14" U410 IdeaPad, 3rd Gen i7-3537U, 2.0GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD + 24GB SSD, 1GB Graphics, Win 8 - $699 after $100 off, Costco.com only from 1/31-2/24.

Quote from aero : You need to learn English. (and maybe something about PCs So that so many people don't mock you here) You got busted using several names to push your private agenda shared by no one and now are whining. I am not an employee of Lenovo. I have been critical of some aspects you fool. What I said is that your claim that they are losing market share or profits is laughable since they are killing in market share and profits. we know why you are "aggravated". You had to abandon your last username after being pegged as a constant troll by so many.Would you like our pity? My guess is you are aggravated by lots of things.

Wow, late reply. No, I have 1 username. Again, that should tell you I am not alone. Is it that so difficult for you to understand that not everyone agrees with you in your self-centered world, and that there are more than one of us? Ponder this for a while and just try to let it soak in.

I, however, know that there are millions of people that don't agree with me, and that's why Lenovo is raking it in. Because they hide CHEAP components behind the main brand name parts commonly listed - Intel CPU, nVidia GPU, etc., the same as the other OEMs. And people buy them by the droves. What does logic tell you moron when a company can sell so inexpensively and STILL make such big profits?? Volume? No, because the sales figures are similar to Dell and HP. Chinese manufacturing? No, same asian manufacturing that makes all the other junk for Dell, HP, etc. They make them cheap by cutting corners wherever they can, whether it's the screens, motherboards, RAM brands, quality control, testing, etc. Are you too stupid to figure this out? That's rhetorical.

ps. The reason I'm aggravated is the abundance of absolute stupidity and ignorance in our society. So yes, you aggravate me easily.

Quote from aggravated : What does logic tell youwhen a company can sell so inexpensively and STILL make such big profits??

volume because thy crushed dell and hp.

Lenovo is hitting the full mix of what the educated consumer wants. that you don't get it isn't a surprise.

gpu not that good for gaming despite being a 1gb. I think it's a class 3 card

Quote from droyder : I'm hoping someone here gets this from Costco and reports back on the quality of its WiFi and trackpad. WiFi drop-out has been a frequent issue for both the U310 and U410 models, but apparently Lenovo "fixed" that after the July 2012 production runs. I'm still a bit skeptical though about it. The trackpad has also gotten some pretty mediocre reviews too, but that's not uncommon for Windows trackpads. I wonder if the trackpad works better with Win 8 though? If these two areas check out well, I'll strongly consider buying this from Costco. As you said, the price to performance ratio is very strong.

I bought one from Costco and immediately returned it. Wifi is still an issue, so am thankful for Costco's return policy, which even refunded my shipping cost. My machine was manufactured 01/26/2013, so I was hopeful--oh well.