Excellent value for the price I paid

I bought this laptop for $499 in December. The backlit keyboard (with two levels of illumination), matte IPS screen viewable from any angle, expandable memory and M.2 NGFF slot for an SSD card made this Lenovo the right choice for me. Excellent price for the specs. Runs silent and cool. Surfaces are a super-smooth matte finish which looks and feels beautiful but are a fingerprint magnet, so be forewarned. Battery life could be better so I use it plugged in most of the time. Two cons for me are 1) the trackpad which lacks discrete click buttons - it's all one smooth surface so I'm often clicking in the wrong place, and 2) there is a rather sharp tiny lip that runs along the front edge of the laptop when open that I find very annoying when my palm rests or brushes against it. I wish it was a more rounded, smoother edge. But other that that minor design flaw, a great laptop with all the features I've been looking for.Read full review

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