98 of 104 people found the following review helpful Very fast! Somewhat upgradable! And mostly bloatware-free!, October 11, 2016 First of all, I want to say I've had Lenovo laptops before and I'm very happy to see that Lenovo has cut down the amount of bloatware they're shipping in their PCs. My prior models had just loads of bloatware that I had to wade through and uninstall, but this Ideapad came with almost nothing extra installed; Instead, Lenovo now gives you one app that is actually a link to their app store where you can download a bunch of apps that Lenovo offers for free. Some are even apps that you'd have to pay for if you got them from the Windows App Store, but Lenovo offers them free of charge. The other apps that are installed are mainly management apps for Lenovo laptop features and services, and they have a relatively small footprint. Of course, since this shipped with Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, it had the standard Microsoft bloatware (Try Office 365, Try Skype, McAffee, etc.) but those are easily uninstalled if you want. I had no problem removing Office 365 (a paid online... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful Great value!. Starts up in seconds! Watch the right hand shift key though, December 10, 2016 Great product. Really like the solid state drive because the PC starts up and shuts down in seconds. Only draw back is the right hand shift key is the wrong size making it a little annoying at fitst Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful Not what i expected, October 18, 2017 Like... I just don't know what to say... booting up I was sooo excited because it's clean as hell and it seemed fast but now I'm just disappointed... 12 gigs ram running that slowly? Lol OK cool but then the battery life is like 2 minutes too? | |