How is windows 8 on this laptop?
1166629
i have 2 problems... sometimes i get blue screen with league of legends, and rarely when it come back from hibernation mode it doesnt turn on so u ave to restart it.
1166630
Honestly I was disappointed to the point that I rarely use the laptop now. I use my desktop computer for everything I do on the web, and if I have time then will just uninstall Win8 and install Win7 instead. I'm hoping that it is not a hardware issue though, as it is already 3 months since I purchased mine.
1166631
I think the computer crashes too often. When you use it for a while, opening a bunch of programs, it just dies and restarts by itself.
954065
This is an i5 machine running @ 2.5 GHz with a fairly slow 500 GB 5400 rpm hard drive and Intel 4000 on board graphics. In Windows 8.0/8.1 Performance is just OK nothing special. Surfing the net or word processing or other office type tasks are good. Movies and Video seem to be OK. Forget about any super games requiring a REAL graphics card! I installed Linux MINT in a second partition (Dual Boot) and Linux is very quick and responsive. Most things my daughter does are available on this Distro so even with ClassicShell she rarely goes into Windows
1857485
I have been just using my laptop running windows 8.1, works great. I would recommend a dedicated computer though as it does get dusty.
1992225
Yes - I use it on a computer running Windows 8 and haven't experienced any problems.
1724851
Dear Greg yes this is a Windows 8 operating system and it is a great little machine. The only negative is that it is NOT a touch screen but there are a ton of free apps and it works like a dream once you acclimate to windows 8. Lenovo makes a great machine and they have have a 24/7 support center that is there for you should you have any problems and they all speak English. If you want to try Windows 8 this is the way to go.. if you need a new laptop find another Lenovo on sale you can not go wrong with the brand.
2267804
I am not currently using Windows 8. For the applications and software that I am using it is quite good the most recent version of the Windows operating system which I use this device is Windows 7. The oldest operating system in which I use with this device is Windows XP
468787
yes, yes, and yes, Not a bad machine at all. I suggest you get the Win 7-64 however and 8 GB RAM. Win 8 is too clunky. Must have been the Win 95 dev team who made that.
852449
yes. It's a great laptop. Only thing I didn't like was the windows 8 desktop. But, was able to change the desktop to work similar to XP & windows 7 desktops with the start in bottom left corner.
679562
Never used Windows 8. We do have Windows 7 on another laptop but only because Windows was a reqiurement for some course material. Other than that we haven't used Windows on any of the many computers we have had since 2006. Since 2006 we have been using Linux exclusively (mostly Ubuntu, but lately We have been using Linux Mint). It works fine for Web browsing, office programs and email. Lots of software and games available for free download.This is the second computer we have bought with Linux pre-installed and it works well. Does everything we need
363438
I installed the Developer Preview of Windows 8 (32 bit). All of the Acer drivers seem to be compatible. It took a while to download all of them from the support website and install them, but after doing so and installing the required applications, it runs really smooth and has a very "touch friendly" interface. One thing I dislike is that my folio cover prevents some of the swipe gestures necessary for Win8. I've had a couple of random shut downs and a few program crashes (i.e. Mobipocket Reader gives me some problems [also you can't easily exit full screen mode without the keyboard dock]). The onscreen keyboard is substantially better in Win8. Some of the metro apps are either buggy or just incompatible. There is a game called Labyrinth that doesn't seem to do anything at all. The "Socializer" gets stuck in Facebook login mode forever. All that said, I will be purchasing Windows 8 as soon as it comes out for my Acer W500. It is so much easier to use than Win 7 with the touch and boots in 8 - 13 seconds.
875847
I have not tried to install other OS but since it is a touchscreen, Windows 8 works quite well.
573614
So far it has been a great laptop, I preferred Windows 7 and it was configured with this version. I had a HP laptop and this one seems solid, besides the HP motherboard died after about a year and a key broke. It's fast, I'm not a gamer so if this is your main hobby I have no idea what it will do.
795309
personally,I don't see why people don't like windows 8...its quicker and it looks very nice on this laptop..there is a desktop tile on the start screen that if you click on makes it look like windows 7!
2045628
This runs on my Windows 8 machine just fine. Have had it running all year with no problems.
430847
No the Windows 8 system just makes it look like it is. It is a standar laptop. Still love it though.
2020596
wifi is fine. no issues with connectivity. I'm not a fan of win8 but I can use it fine on this laptop with no touchscreen.
1476772
It has for me and I love it. When I installed it I had Windows 7 on my PC and I upgraded to 8 and have used it several times and have had no problems. Good luck to you&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Peace