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I always charge it when using it so don't know the battery life, it does get slow when running multiple models with circular ON, otherwise its fine. I bought it for recruiting too - completing case studies  etc since my main laptop is a macbook. Good laptop for the price imo
 

 

Cracks me up that people are downvoting you even though OP said personal use. Console wars alive and well in 2025. 
 

There is no better laptop once you remove work programs from the equation. 

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All things Lenovo but specifically I have the Legion. It’s a beast. I got the i7 for $1400, think it may be at $1600 now. 100% rec, I run a lot of high cpu software

 
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All things Lenovo but specifically I have the Legion. It’s a beast. I got the i7 for $1400, think it may be at $1600 now. 100% rec, I run a lot of high cpu software

I have a Legion as well. It’s a bit heavy but a beast.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Surface go 2. 

He who would travel happily must travel light.  -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (pick up that reference)

I've got a beastly desktop with a Das Keyboard ultimate, but the tablet/laptop has to be light.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

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The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.

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