anyone familiar with lenovo?

[historian]

anyone own one and have friends who own one? appreciate any comments about it. Was going for asus but they are so full of bloatware which are a chore to get rid of properly and ill give that a miss. thanks

[hobbit709]

1. Lenovo used to be IBM.

All of the prebuilt ones are full of bloatware. Download PC Decrapifier and get rid of the "trial offers" garbage software, etc.

http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/

[historian]

2. thank you

[Dead_Parrot]

3. Build quality has gone south

I'd stick with Asus if it was my money...

[CK_John]

4. Unless you need mission critical, like to run a nuke plant, buy the cheapest laptop and a used 60 GB

sata hard drive for backup, also device that comes with cloning software(Vista ready). A 60GB drive will normal be big enough.

Link:
<http://www.amazon.com/Apricorn-EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL-Upgrade-Universal-Notebook/dp/B00009WQS1/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_3>

[RC]

5. The problem with the cheapest is you get what you pay for.

A couple of 'cheap' replacements because they break soon become more expensive than a good device bought up front.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

6. Truer words have been seldom spoken.

"The problem with the cheapest is you get what you pay for."

My Dad (RIP, Pop) used to say that ALL the time.

I miss him DEARLY.O8)

[CK_John]

7. I no longer think there is any quality difference between brands. The components are made from

hundreds of back alley plants, interchangeable parts. Laptops have become an appliance. Good for about 2yrs maybe 3yrs, on parts and software.

Especially since HP has begun to ship 3.0 USB. Now more and more parts will become external devices. The laptop itself will be a shell.