I have a W500 as a desktop device but I wanted something more portable, and Linux was a must. I bought a cheap Acer ultra-portable and it was horrific. Lag, stutter, freezes, etc. It was $400 on sale at BestBuy. After three days of trying to make it usable I gave up and returned it. Didn't even get...

BillMorrow wrote:
...welcome to the forum..

Thanks, the only Lenovo I own is a Y-50 70, so I guess I don't really qualify to be a member of this group

The general problem with almost all the comments here - people think what doesn't work for him is junk. It's not. The VAST MAJORITY of laptop users DON'T even need a PENTIUM for their computing needs, a modern CELERON is perfectly capable of running Windows 10 x64, playing youtube videos, browsing t...