Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E530 15.6" Notebook PC - 6272-55U

I bought this laptop with hopes it would suit my small business needs when I travel.

Let's talk about the pro's first.

Pro's:

Keyboard is nice, has the numberpad and fingerprint scanner which I liked

The computer is very fast, with the i7 3632QM processor it never felt like it was trying, everything responded very quickly

Con's:

There are lots of con's I don't know where to begin.

On first start-up fresh out of the box, it crashed. I restarted the computer and tried installing updates and then it crashed again, upon start-up.

I contacted my seller Laptop Authority' and they walked me through how to fix this issue using a special software update from Microsoft. Once updated with this 'special' update the computer crashed less, I guess that was a good thing?

Anyway, the computer was unreliable when it came to overall system stability. I never knew when it was going to crash next.

It would always freeze when it went to sleep so I had to put my sleep mode to 'never' and just pray I had battery life while working.

It had problems connecting to the internet all the time, some places I go it would connect right away, other places that had WiFi (work offices) everyone else had their connection but mine would stay unconnected 90% of the time as it dipped in and out of connectivity, this was by far the most frustrating thing for me to handle. I had 3 IT personnel look at this issue and they were all baffled.

It was not a hardware issue because it would connect for a few seconds at a time, if it was hardware it would not connect at all.

The mouse trackpad was a pain in the butt, it was overly sensitive and difficult to use because it was like an on/off switch.

The sound quality wasn't the best, since I am on a Lenovo hating rampage right now I will add that little tidbit of disappointment.

I spent hours trying to diagnose all these little problems and in the end I was fed up and just returned it.

Laptop Authority was responsive to me and sympathetic for my frustration and I was issued a full refund in a timely manner, although I did have to pay shipping back to the supplier.

Overall, this computer left a sour taste in my mouth and I don't plan on going with Lenovo in the future.

I bought this laptop for my daughter. I-7 quad core processor, extremely fast and great at multitasking. She should make it all the way through college with this laptop. The crispness of the screen is amazing. It comes pre loaded with windows 7 and includes disks to upgrade to windows 8, though personally I have no intention of going to 8. Great laptop great price:-) I love the quality products that Lenovo makes!

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