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Intel Core i5-5200U 2.2 GHz
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8.0 GB DDR3L SDRAM
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1 TB 5400.0 rpm Hard Drive
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15.6-Inch Screen, Mobile Intel HD graphics 5500
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Windows 10
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Excellent for the price, but with compromises
This is excellent for
the price, but at $500 one must expect compromises. It's got a lot of
horsepower, 8 Gb of memory, and a huge hard drive. It even has an optical
drive, which has pretty much vanished on newer machines. It's large, though,
and can't be expected to compete with tablets or ultra-thins for portability.
Since this lives by my couch, that's not an issue for me, and I do have a
tablet with keyboard dock for travel. This even has a numerical key pad, which
I much appreciate. The compromises are battery life (maybe 6 hours of constant
use at best), the screen (the resolution is 1366x768, which is pretty low for
such a big laptop, and the contrast is poor unless you tilt it back so much it
wants to tip over), and the keyboard, which is very mushy and frankly sucks.
It's got an i5 processor, which is very good unless you're a gamer, but it does
all I need and does it quickly and well. One reviewer complained that the
battery wasn't removable. It's in the usual position in the back of the machine
and is held in with two screws, so I'd think it would be easily replaceable.
The battery life isn't an issue for me, since as I said it sits next to the
couch and the charger, and I can live with the screen. The lousy keyboard is
the biggest negative for me and why I knocked off a star. Considering the price
point, I'd probably still buy it again.
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