PERFORMANCE ENHANCER: Pump up the power for work and play with the mighty Lenovo Z50. It comes with a speedy AMD FX-7500 processor, massive 1TB hard drive, and 16GB of memory, making it a great for multitasking at the office or serving as a multimedia hub at home. PRODUCT OVERVIEW:(1) Powerful AMD processor: The quad-core AMD FX-7500 delivers excellent speed for multitasking, as well as increased power efficiency and smooth video playback. (2)Picture this: AMD Radeon R7 graphics bring outstanding visual realism and ensure excellent performance for gaming and video playback.(3)Sleek and slender: The Z50 sports an eye-catching design with streamlined curves and a slim profile that's less than an inch thin.(4)Ports aplenty: The Z50 has two USB 2.0 ports, a USB 3.0 port for lightning-fast charging and downloads, plus HDMI and VGA ports for connecting multiple displays.(5)Cinematic surround sound: Immerse yourself in rich, room-filling audio with Dolby audio, which brings movies to life and puts you in the middle of the action.(6)The best Windows yet: Windows 10 delivers faster start-ups, a familiar yet expanded Start menu, and great new ways to get stuff done across multiple devices.(7)Signature Edition PCs : No Junkware or 3rd party trialware Configuration icon The best computer meticulously configured Security icon World-class security software KEY SPECIFICATIONS: Windows 10 Home 64bit Operating System 15.6-inch HD+ LED-backlit Display (1366 x 768) Quad-Core AMD FX-7500 APU 2.1GHz with turbo boost frequency up to 3.30 GHz 16GB DDR3 RAM 1600MHz 1TB SATA Hard Drive AMD Radeon R7 with shared graphics memory 1 USB 3.0 2 USB 2.0 Headphone output/Microphone input combo LAN (10/100/1000) 2-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC) Dolby Home Theatre Sound System 4-cell Li-Ion (2800 mAh) Battery Up to 5 hours of battery life
J**.
Dear Lenovo, I'm breaking up with you. It's not me, it's you.
I used to consider Lenovo a name I could trust....but it's becoming very apparent to me that their quality has diminished over the years. Their laptops used to sit proudly upon my office desk and their tablets were used daily by my children as they played games or watched movies on them. Every couple of years I would upgrade their tablets (just to keep up with advancements in technology) and again choose Lenovo as they had never failed us. I have now made my final Lenovo purchases. One being this reviewed laptop, and 3 more Lenovo tablets. All 3 tablets were hands down the worst tablet purchases I had ever made.As for this laptop, all I can say is nearly 3 years later, and the protective plastic wrap is still intact around the screen just as it was when I purchased it. (This thing never gets used) From day 1 startup, I have felt that this laptop would have a very difficult time giving a 1978 Speak & Spell a run for it's money.Costing me well over $500, this laptop was a HUGE disappointment and did not live up to it's claims whatsoever. In fact, (and I'm being completely serious when I say this) if you want to do something as simple as opening a calculator app or view a picture that you have saved, you better set aside about 5 minutes to OPEN EACH of those things. Nothing opens quickly, nothing closes quickly.Sadly, I had purchased this as a Christmas present for one of my children and had to go buy him another laptop in the store because there was absolutely no way this was going to run a video game.At the end of the day, the last 4 Lenovo products that I've purchased (totaling about $1500,) have all been completely useless for me and my family as they performed way below standard even when compared to other brand devices with LESS performance specs.
W**.
Not the best laptop, but okay
Not the best laptop I have ever used. This was bought for use at the office, when working at home and when traveling for work. As a small nonprofit I was looking for something that was not to expensive but would handle daily use for Microsoft Offiice, Quickbooks, and our online data entry service. There are two issues I continually have with this laptop and that is the screen/mouse will start jumping to different screens in the middle of working on something else and the internet will drop making me reboot the computer to get it back.For the screen issue - the mouse will move around on it's own and then the screen will show all the different programs I have open, i.e. word, excel, internet, etc. It does not matter if it is 2 or 5 programs. It is really irritating when you are in the middle of typing and it switches screens. There is no rhyme or reason to when it happens.The second issue is the internet/wifi will drop or not start up. The only way to get it to start again is to restart the computer. Sometimes when traveling for work, it will not connect to the wifi at a hotel.However, for the price it is a reasonable laptop which I have been using for a year now. Next time though I will invest in something a little more reliable so that I do not waste my time dealing with these issues.
N**N
Wish I had never bought!!!!
Even after a lot of troubleshooting and updates to programs and drivers, many issues. Slow performance (opening programs, startup, etc.), keyboard lag when typing, extremely fast battery drain, slow wireless internet connection (running 300mbps through router and can only get about 50mbps max on computer...even my cell phone was pulling 260+mbps), and Ethernet port was defective and does not work. Extremely disappointed especially for the price paid. Computer now at Lenova repair for possible repair/fix. We will see. All I know is I will never buy a Lenova again!!!! I have never written a review previously, but felt I had no option other than leave one for this product.
R**N
This laptop worked great at first but slowly degraded over time
This laptop worked great at first but slowly degraded over time. If you close the screen, there is no clearance between the screen and the keyboard; this creates marks on the screen that cannot be removed. The computer is also prone to randomly shutting down which makes it heavily inconvenient for nearly any prolonged use; at first I thought it was related to overheating when I gamed on it, but even using Chrome has caused the computer to shutdown after a few minutes of use. The computer also has issues with running multiple programs at once and will freeze, which is unexpected since it's a quad-core. Of course, this all started happening after I installed new drivers for all the components though the device manager, so perhaps it's an unfair judgement that might just be an issue with a bad driver installation.Update: Installed latest drivers, installed latest bios, installed Windows 10 again. Keep getting "thread stuck in driver". Various people have issues with this laptop and Lenovo blamed the operating system and refused to service it in warranty unless I proved it was the hardware, but I am not a computer technician. Hardware is failing, warranty is already nearly out of date when computer arrives leaving no time to return Lenovo for repairs. Do not buy.Edit:bios needed to be updated in order for video drivers to function after windows 10 update. If I didn't understand how to update bios, I'd be out of luck with this computer. Would not recommend based on that, but I have decided to give it some more stars since it is fixable.
T**.
My daughter wanted an Apple
After looking at pricey laptops with the same or similar specs, I bought this one. It is for my daughter, great video, super fast she loves it, and $900 less than apple.
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