@Charlatan, ignore this charlatan. Lenovo is fine and I’ve had good customer service. I spilled a coffee on my last one and they sent me out a free replacement keyboard, without asking if it was under warranty. I heart Lenovo.
In September 2015, however, it became apparent that the high-end ThinkPads, ThinkCenters and ThinkStations — built and promoted as alternatives to Apple computers — were being sold with preinstalled malware, the Lenovo Customer Feedback Program, that forwards personal usage data to Omniture on a daily basis.
You should be able to tie the windows license to your Microsoft account, then do a fresh install of windows 10 directly from Microsoft. That should take care of most of the crap ware they install.
I wouldn’t buy any variant of mobile AMD GPU this generation as they all suck for real gaming. You want a GTX 1050 or 1050ti for 1080p, or a 1060 if you really want to max out all settings and still get high framerates.
RAM over 8GB doesn’t matter and the 1050ti will play 1080p games beautifully.
Reviews of the nitro say it runs hot and loud under load. So like, don’t game on your actual lap or you’ll burn your presumably externally-facing genitalia. Otherwise it should be fine and that price is a bargain.
@spiffy: Sure you can do VR on laptops. You just need a GPU that meets the minimum specifications (GTX 1060) and free HDMI and USB ports.
We bit on the $999 FX502 for my nephew.
1060, i7, SSD and 1tb, under 5 pounds, 16gb ram. Only bummer is TN panel and only the 3gb 1060. Will get him a nice 24” IPS monitor and kB/mouse for him to use as a dock in his dorm room.
After I read about the Acer Nitro in a Black Friday computer bargains article at the Verge, I started worrying it might sell out, so I pulled the trigger on it. I use a lap board so I don’t need to worry about burning any sensitive areas.
