Lenovo Ideapad S405 Laptop: AMD A6-4455M 2.1 GHz APU, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, 14" 1366x768 LED, 4-cell, Windows 8 $274.99 with free shipping

Quote from slckofit : Thanks for this. I really hate Windows 8. I want to downgrade to Windows 7, but Lenovo isn't planning on fixing the brightness problem so I'm stuck.

I used it a lot yesterday, and having the classic shell really helped me do things like add users, modify computer settings, etc....

No need to downgrade to Windows 7 once you have Classic Shell installed.

Quote from msanchez187 : Sorry for the confusion. I meant to write "Classic Shell". You can find more information here: http://www.classicshell.net/ It basically brings back the start button on the lower left corner with functionality that you see in Win7 or other windows versions. As for the Adroid apps in Windows 8, you can use BlueStacks. You can get more information here: http://www.bluestacks.com/getyour...index.html Hope this clears up your questions. If not, let me know.

Thanks very much for the reply and info. Gonna check them out when I get home tonight.

Quote from BestDealer83 : Thats what Im doing expect not with this laptop - but with a Toshiba A6 laptop that I got from bestbuy's website for $271.99{$290} after taxes. I chose the Toshiba instead of this one because it has an HD website and a dvd drive, but as you said - Im going to keep it sealed in the box - if I see anything better for around the same price in the next week or two - I'll return this one and get the better one.

Ahh nice. Do you have link for the Toshiba A6 laptop?

Also I noticed on Staples (after witnessing someone doing this first hand in front of me on the counter) that they have an unique 14 day policy of returns with laptops where you can pretty much open, use however you want and if you have any problems or reason to return it, you can return with FULL MONEY back and no restocking fee....

So I just gave the laptop b-day present early to my sister (yesterday on Valentines Day) and told her that she got 10 days to figure out if you want this or not, so I can return this laptop to staples with full refund (and buy other laptop) without any problems.

Quote from QuickStriker : Thanks very much for the reply and info. Gonna check them out when I get home tonight. Ahh nice. Do you have link for the Toshiba A6 laptop? Also I noticed on Staples (after witnessing someone doing this first hand in front of me on the counter) that they have an unique 14 day policy of returns with laptops where you can pretty much open, use however you want and if you have any problems or reason to return it, you can return with FULL MONEY back and no restocking fee.... So I just gave the laptop b-day present early to my sister (yesterday on Valentines Day) and told her that she got 10 days to figure out if you want this or not, so I can return this laptop to staples with full refund (and buy other laptop) without any problems.

I tried finding the link for it but it seems like bestbuy.com and clearance.bestbuy.com removed the laptop. It was a 15.6 inch toshiba with 4gb of ram and 500gb hard-drive windows 8 usb 3.0 hd webcam dvd with an A6-4400 processor which is basically the same as this lenovo according to a member here - in his words - the A6-4455 is basically the ultra low voltage version of the 4400 - as well as the integrated graphics - both are the same.

Quote from icyuo2013 : See here.. http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo...d53cb6.jpg

Mine doesn't come with the sticker shown in the pix

Is it really worth it to do the 8gb upgrade? I mostly just browse, watch netflix, movies and word processing. Mainly used for school and no gaming. I'll most likely be upgrading to an sdd down the road though.

Quote from slckofit : Is it really worth it to do the 8gb upgrade? I mostly just browse, watch netflix, movies and word processing. Mainly used for school and no gaming. I'll most likely be upgrading to an sdd down the road though.

Unless you're going to leave 30-50 tabs open in firefox AND chrome, I'd say 4gb is fine for your use. SSD is always a good choice compared to a platter hard drive, but the cost of them has been going up so much it's ridiculous. It seems as large spinning hard drives have gone down, ssds have gone up.

/edit/ Also I don't understand why this is in deal talk? More than a few local stores still have this in stock for me... I played with one in the store and it seemed to work pretty well- I didn't see any "weirdness" with the trackpad.

/edit2/ Oh, the coupon expired on 2/14... My bad!

Got mine 2 days ago and my screen first time I turn it on wouldn't even come on.Then restarted and it work fine then did it again the screen not coming on so I have a faulty one.It should be no problem going into the store and exchanging this,right?

Quote from BestDealer83 : Thats what Im doing expect not with this laptop - but with a Toshiba A6 laptop that I got from bestbuy's website for $271.99{$290} after taxes. I chose the Toshiba instead of this one because it has an HD website and a dvd drive, but as you said - Im going to keep it sealed in the box - if I see anything better for around the same price in the next week or two - I'll return this one and get the better one.

I'm Lucky to read this, I didn't even notice it didn't have a dvd drive until this post. I guess I have to return this. Sort of wish staples was in town, but I have to make a 45 min trip.

Quote from BestDealer83 : I tried finding the link for it but it seems like bestbuy.com and clearance.bestbuy.com removed the laptop. It was a 15.6 inch toshiba with 4gb of ram and 500gb hard-drive windows 8 usb 3.0 hd webcam dvd with an A6-4400 processor which is basically the same as this lenovo according to a member here - in his words - the A6-4455 is basically the ultra low voltage version of the 4400 - as well as the integrated graphics - both are the same.

The 15.6 inch toshiba sounds like a better deal since A6-4400 is better than this 4455....

But it sucks that the link is no longer there, meaning Best Buys don't have this anymore...

Oh well...

Quote from QuickStriker : The 15.6 inch toshiba sounds like a better deal since A6-4400 is better than this 4455.... But it sucks that the link is no longer there, meaning Best Buys don't have this anymore... Oh well...

Oddly enough - I thought the more numbers go up{4400 - 4455 or 4600 if it exists} the better the processor is...

Quote from ets : I'm Lucky to read this, I didn't even notice it didn't have a dvd drive until this post. I guess I have to return this. Sort of wish staples was in town, but I have to make a 45 min trip.

Well hey - look at it this way - at least you can still return it.

Quote from ets : I'm Lucky to read this, I didn't even notice it didn't have a dvd drive until this post. I guess I have to return this. Sort of wish staples was in town, but I have to make a 45 min trip.

Well, you could buy an external CD/DVD drive from newegg from around 25-30 dollars which only needs USB connection as it's powered like portable HDDs....

Quote from BestDealer83 : Oddly enough - I thought the more numbers go up{4400 - 4455 or 4600 if it exists} the better the processor is...

That's what I thought too at first and got excited but someone linked and I read reviews and all, was like meh... AMD is weird.

Quote from icyuo2013 : See here.. http://www.notebookcheck.net/typo...d53cb6.jpg

Hmm, interesting. Mine doesn't have a label at all. The box was sealed and there were no signs of tampering. They better not give me trouble if the thing fails and I need to use the warranty.

Btw, this is the first time I hear about a laptop that has a warranty seal. I have owned at least 6-7 over the years.

Quote from kalinrs : Hmm, interesting. Mine doesn't have a label at all. The box was sealed and there were no signs of tampering. They better not give me trouble if the thing fails and I need to use the warranty. Btw, this is the first time I hear about a laptop that has a warranty seal. I have owned at least 6-7 over the years.

I checked mine last night and there wasn't a sticker under there either.