08-07-2017, 09:58 AM
I finally sucked it up and bought a new laptop yesterday. Picked up a Lenovo Yoga 720 from Best Buy for $749 after their $100 student discount (which requires literally no proof of being a student). It's got a current-gen i5 processor, 8 GB RAM and a 256 GB SSD. Screen flips around and can pretend to be a tablet, which is kinda neat I guess.
This is my first-ever new computer that is not an Apple product. So far it's been... fine? Not great. It came with the Windows 10 "creator update" or whatever, which means the Start menu is quasi-broken. Seems to be a bug waiting on a fix from Microsoft, so until then, I can't remove apps/tiles from the menu. The trackpad "clicker" is also funky and not working 100% of the time. I can tap but I can't press down to click. Disappointing right out of the box, but it's been functional about 85% of the time. Google indicates there was a bad batch of trackpads and Lenovo will send someone to your home (?) to replace it with an updated part. So, gotta call them.
Overall it's pretty cool, I guess. Just nice to be on a machine that's got a crisp, bright, high-res screen and is thin/light.
This is my first-ever new computer that is not an Apple product. So far it's been... fine? Not great. It came with the Windows 10 "creator update" or whatever, which means the Start menu is quasi-broken. Seems to be a bug waiting on a fix from Microsoft, so until then, I can't remove apps/tiles from the menu. The trackpad "clicker" is also funky and not working 100% of the time. I can tap but I can't press down to click. Disappointing right out of the box, but it's been functional about 85% of the time. Google indicates there was a bad batch of trackpads and Lenovo will send someone to your home (?) to replace it with an updated part. So, gotta call them.
Overall it's pretty cool, I guess. Just nice to be on a machine that's got a crisp, bright, high-res screen and is thin/light.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M