I have a 2011 lenovo laptop that I use to backup my stuff & when travelling. So far I have only good things to say about. It has all kinds of fancy features like face recognition (that replaces your password) , a nice metal casing, and an overall good quality components. Mine came with 8gb ram, 500gb HDD , i5 2500 but the onboard gpu might put you off (unless you are not planning to use it for gaming) , but yeah the point is that you get good stuff for a very reasonable price. The power consumption is medium - heavy when watching movies . Trust me , lenovo is far from being junk. From my experience they delivered a high quality product.