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I usually don't write reviews but I think this one is warranted. This has to be the best "bang for the buck" machine that I have ever purchased. The 10th gen 1035G1 i5 is obscenely fast when mixed with the 16gb ddr4 and the 1/2 TB NVMe sdd. This is elegant as anything as well. A beautiful chassis. I was surprised by how light it is. I guess that is to be expected since I think everything except for the cpu fan is solid state. The onboard camera is very clear and a driver license text is legible for secure websites. The CPU includes neural net instructions from the Xeon line for the first time for consumer in the 10th gen chips. If you are doing data science with development suites like Anaconda using Jupyter notebooks or working with Netbeans or using a MySQL instance for learning this is blazing fast for a great price.
In a nutshell, this offers Windows workstation performance with Chromebook simplicity/pricing.
*update* (2/2/21)
Well I bought this on Dec 16th 19', so I figured an update was in order. Power on hours read as 2970 according to HWinfo64 and it is still running strong and I have certainly put it through its paces Some might say that the UHD G1 graphics are a bit anemic but I think that it's fine for the 1366x768p screen. Triple A games most likely will be very slow but classic titles like Portal 2 can be played "maxed out"
The Intel 660p QLC drive is also really good i think for the price. Through installing and deleting I have about 13TB worth of mileage on the drive, still very fast, device health of 98% S.M.A.R.T.
I have not had any issues with the wi-fi on my unit. I know it is not the fastest solution out there but on my Asus AC1300 router I get 325mbps from a different floor of the house the hypotenuse length being about 20-25 through a floor and a wall. I can game on Google Stadia and download a series of torrents and keep my Comcast 100mbps service relatively transmitting a lot of data for hours with no drop-offs on the Wi-Fi. Now granted I am stationary, I'm not jumping from tabletop to tabletop confusing the beam-forming of the router.
So, it a solid performer that can handle some pretty heavy stuff thrown at it.
*end of update*
December 2019 · Electronics · verified purchase