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Decent laptop for its price! I like it’s big display, it runs Minecraft quite well on default settings and only lags a bit if I turn the rendering distance up to max. However, there are 3 major issues and 1 minor issue:
1. Though the display looks nice, it cannot dim very much, so it is quite bright at night.
2. The fans sounded like they were scraping a bit or hitting a foreign object inside the computer. Probably fixable, but I don’t want to mess with it without professional help.
3. The computer seems really slow doing basic tasks on the web, which makes absolutely no sense. As somebody who is used to MacOS, my first thought was to blame Windows for having bloat and whatnot. Surprisingly, Microsoft Edge ran better than both Firefox and Chrome but still super sluggish. Maybe web browsers take more processing to run than Minecraft after all? Or maybe the computer doesn’t have a slow CPU but has a problem with its network/Wi-Fi connectivity?
Minor issue: I like the trackpad for its size and it’s feel when scrolling and moving the mouse, but the clicking is so rough and loud it sounds like cracking plastic!
Overall: since it’s less than $200, I recommend this device as it’s hard to beat that price! I also tried dual booting Fedora Linux and that seems to run better than Windows, so that might be a good way to use it!
