Does anyone own a Lenovo computer?

Lenovo is a Chinese company that purchased the IBM personal computer group off IBM. In terms of notebooks they sell Thinkpads, that are designed, manufactured and supported by the same groups that did this work for IBM.

But this system sounds like an Ideapad, which are designed in China.

In terms of quality I would say that the Ideapads are probably as good as the HP Pavilions, they are probably similar in reliability as the Sonys, but may not be as fancy looking.

Why do you want the Mac, HP or Vaio? Do you want a computer to look at? Or one that gets what you want done? Macs look pretty, but there's a reason why Lenovo outsells them.

look up the Y530 on Lenovo.com, and see if you can live with it. If not, then look up the Y550 which has a slicker clamshell design. It should not be that more expensive than the Y530.

Depending on the price, it sounds like it is an IdeaPad Y530 or similar model. I don't own any of the new Lenovo laptops (I do have two ThinkPads though), but I'm likely going to buy one in July and have been doing a ton of research on their models.

One thing you left out is the price that your uncle is offering the computer for. If it's a used computer, you should get more than $100-$200 off the normal price of the laptop.

Since it has the touch sensitive surface and the subwoofer, I'm about 90% sure it's an IdeaPad Y530, as that's the only Lenovo laptop I know of with those two features and a 15.4" screen.

Lenovo products are amazingly built. They have the highest rated build quality in the industry, and last forever. You'd be doing well to buy the laptop offered, if it's at a good price. I would however consider the price being offered with it's condition. If it's about what a new laptop would cost, I would buy the new one. If it's a lot less (like say $200 less), then I would buy the old one.

If you have any other questions, do feel free to message me, and I will try to help you as much as I can.

Edit: To the person who posted below, you must really be a hateful person if you're going to insult someone for just being concerned about accepting help with a laptop. You also should have at least tried to help.

Also, I just looked over both the Y530 and Y550 lines, which were what I was thinking the laptop might be. The graphics card however doesn't match the Y530 line, and the screen size doesn't match the Y550 line, so I will continue looking to find you the laptop that was being offered unless you can find that information easily.

Congratulations though on having finished school. I know how great of a feeling that is, being a graduating senior myself.

If you're trying to see what else might be out there that fits your needs/restrictions, I'd recommend you that you check out this new application from Microsoft called "Laptop Scout." Here's a link: http://www.microsoft.com/...fault.aspx
That site lets you enter either general things like what you want to use the laptop for (gaming, school, etc.) or more specific specs (limited budget, etc.) and then gives you a list of some systems that match what you're looking for.
I'd take a look at what else is out there, and see if you can find something that will match your budget as well as what you want in laptop performance. Laptop Scout will even link to some Cnet.com reviews, so you can do some great comparisons between other computers and the one your uncle is offering. Good luck with your decision, I hope this was helpful!