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I had problems with the sound card with one of these.
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You are stronger than I. I regularly break budget when I'm in the market. Kudos.
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In most cases 8 Gig is the sweet spot for most power users. Unless people are encoding decoding multiple video streams, or gaming and recording their video sessions on maxed out settings. Most people...
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How is this compared to $499 laptop found last week in Staples. Now it is $ 699. But this is not a game laptop. Thanks!
http://www.staples.com/Lenovo-Ideapad-Z580-59345254-156-Laptop/product_984631
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Go to Delloutlet and find a Dell Inspiron 17R SE; there are about a couple.
Find one that you like and use 6XZGKRL06HFKS5 (20% off) as the promo code, and the price should go down a little.
I...
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Could you post a link please. Much obliged.
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Its actually both, the onboard chipset is the intel 4000 HD, but the actual dedicated unit is the 635. I know it sounds weird but they are both in there.The HD comes with the motherboard, as the 635...
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I know I missed that deal that was actually $575 (but seems like no one got that), some guy on CL is selling one he got for $575.
Just made a deal alert. Kind of tired of my 2006 Dell Laptop,...
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Lenovo is kind of picky about hardware, so it might be a 8GB limit build-in.
For the most people it is OK, though, unless you are running 2-3 virtual machines and keep 20 tabs in IE and 30 tabs in...
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not a computer person at all. need some help.
missed last week deal of samsung 17.3 at staples for 699. it is back again on sale. ordered sony viao 15" yesterday from newegg for 580. now lenovo as...
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:nono: Cooling fan, nuff said.
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if only this was under $650...makes it outside of my budget.
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The SONY CPU was i5 speed rating 3835
This one Lenovo G780 is: 7187
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they are not always right...i've had multiple systems indicate a lower amount than what they actually support...sometimes it just means that the manufacturer has tested.. (i.e. if 8GB sticks were not...
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This was $20 cheaper a month ago. A month in computer-ville is a long time. Nothing too special here imo
Plus if the G780 is anything like the G580 the trackpad will be pretty bad - and screen...
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Do you know if the 15R SE also has two HD bays?
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Speaking of cooling, how are these guys thermally?
I currently have a Thinkpad W510 (i7 q720, 1.6ghz) that goes into thermal throttling (900mhz) anytime I do anything CPU intensive for more than...
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Go to Delloutlet and find a Dell Inspiron 17R SE; there are about a couple.
Find one that you like and use 6XZGKRL06HFKS5 (20% off) as the promo code, and the price should go down a little.
I...
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Should have got the Dell Inspiron 17R SE. I got one from Dell Outlet, and it has 2 HD bays with a dedicated video card, 1080p, backlit keyboard for about $719 OTD
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You forgot to mention anyone who analyzes 6GB+ of data in MATLAB will also need more than 8GB of RAM.
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1080P would seal the deal...
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Agree. W/1080P would buy it in a sec.
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Thanks Peter! Need high RAM for running Virtual Machine (VM), which needs 8 G of RAM. I am not a gamer.
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For anyone interested in a comparison between the GPU in this laptop (635M) vs. the GPU in the Sony laptop (7550M) that went FP a few days ago, according to this page, the 635M is about 45% faster.
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This seems like an absolute smoking price.
$729.99 -$50 V.ME.
Use VMEPROMOMAR13 at checkout.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-310-629&Tpk=34-310-629
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The SONY CPU was i5 speed rating 3835
This one Lenovo G780 is: 7187
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Got the same thing but with the i5 last week for 599 + 35 tax. Unfortunately, my budget was strained - so no i7 for me. :(
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Considered both and took HP over either.
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hp is too hot imo
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IF 17" is the only real requirement there are cheaper options. But if your looking for a good bang for your buck thats a 17" then this is a great buy if your going to be doing a lot of gaming on it....
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no touchscreen, no blu-ray player/burner, not slick
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I saw that as an alternative, but wasn't sure which one to get. Thanks for your input.
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always take sony over lenovo
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This is limited to a maximum of 8GB according to the spec sheet:
http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tech-specs/laptop/essential/g-series/g780/
That kills the deal for me.
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Nice specs... any good deals on desktops?
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I likes! :thumbup: 1600x900 screen so no 1080p but the rest of the specs are pretty solid.
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What is the maximum memory supported here? Is it 8 GB? Can it go higher to 16 GB?
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I would not say smoking, but it is pretty good. As someone else mentioned it was cheaper before. The i7 is nice, the lack of full 1080 a con, the 635 is a great card so can definitely do gaming. Some...
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I wish like the Dell 17R laptops it came with two HDD slots so it could get one SSD and one HDD instead of two graphics cards. Still the Dell 17R refurb deals with lots more and 1080p sound way...
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I posted a link in the first page of the thread that shows the model G780 M843MGE can support up to a max of 16GB. Since I doubt they use too many individual motherboards I would take a bet that all...
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