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I just bought this yesterday for my 16 year old son. He is in year 11, doing subjects heavy in maths and science. His old laptop was 8 years old and falling. I had a budget of $1200, reluctantly, as I knew that DDR prices and storage prices had gone through the roof recently. Typically, I have spent $700-800 on laptops for my kids.
I walked into a local retailer and this was presented as a laptop that had been ordered and not collected or paid for. Price was $1,999 firm.
After some negotiation, I walked out with it for $1,500. Way more than I was comfortable spending but it seems to be a good deal, unless I am missing something?
That's about $1000 USD. I'm general pleased with the enterprise Lenovo laptops I deal with, and the few consumer ones I have touched have left good impressions on me. I think for the hardware you got a great deal.
As far as Windows goes, I suggest debloating it at the very least. If you are not tech savvy and don't feel like digging, this tool is great. Just don't uninstall Edge.
Also, there is no cost associated with downloading and installing Windows pro or Enterprise. You could purchase a key off kinguin if the activation message annoys you, or run the massgrave script to pirate it.
What tool?
https://github.com/christitustech/winutil
Chris Titus' debloating utility. Professionally, I perform much of the same.
I've loved my Lenovo Legion.
I had a Yoga running morning Mint for a bit. It was quite solid.
I just bought a LOQ and put Linux Mint on it. It's a much more pleasant experience than the few times I booted into Windows 11.
I really enjoyed Mint for its stability. I ran it for several years. When I upgraded my video card the stock kernel was too old and not compatible with the card (the stability!). I have been running Fedora since then, and I'm quite pleased with it.