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A couple of days ago I bought two Lenovo G550<\/strong> laptops – one for me, one for my wife.\u00a0 After spending a day browsing all the online shops and driving around all computer outlets in the city, I decided that this is the best option available.<\/p>\n

Specifications<\/strong>: Dual-core 2Ghz Intel CPU, 15.6 inch glossy screen (WXGA, maximum resolution 1366×768), 4 GB of RAM, 250 GB hard disk, a bunch of USB ports, HDMI out, DVD writer, WiFi, and all the standard stuff, weighting at around 2.7 kilograms. Battery life is around 4 hours. Price: 500 EUR + 15% VAT = 575 EUR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Both machines are running Linux (Fedora 12) already, even though they were coming with some Windows pre-installed.\u00a0 I wouldn’t know which one since I haven’t even booted into that once.\u00a0 Fedora Linux installation was straight-forward and everything worked, except for the wireless networking, which needs an extra step to enable those Broadcom drivers.\u00a0 Gladly, the required step is widely covered in the blogosphere. – basically, enable RPM Fusion yum repository<\/a>, install kmod-wl<\/em> package, and reboot your machine.<\/p>\n

Everything is working find and I really enjoy the laptop, except for a few things that annoy me with its keyboard.\u00a0 The layout is somewhat weird.\u00a0 First of all, I am not used to having a number pad on a laptop keyboard.\u00a0 But that’s OK – if there is space, then why not, right?\u00a0 Well, there is space, but I think it would have been utilized better for Home, End, PgUp, and PgDn keys.\u00a0 As they are now, PgUp and PgDn are located next to navigation arrow keys and Home\/End keys are only accessible through a Fn key, which is really strange.\u00a0 On top of that, Insert and Delete keys are in a different part of the keyboard – on top of the Backspace key.\u00a0 And while I don’t use Caps Lock all that often, some people will notice that Caps Lock indicator is missing, as well as NumLock and ScrollLock.\u00a0 What can I say?\u00a0 That’s one weird keyboard layout<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other than that though there is nothing that I can complain about.\u00a0 The machine is nice and cool and pleasant to use.\u00a0 My wife seems to enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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