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Here’s an entry level laptop from Lenovo and not bearing a ThinkPad or IdeaPad moniker. While it’s not wearing one of those tags, it still shows solid build quality from Lenovo. I do have to mention that the G550 sports a “cheaper feeling” plastic material than what we are familiar with from ThinkPads.

The top lid has textured cover while the bottom has well laid out access panels for accessing internal matters for easy upgrades etc. Available ports are well laid out for ease of use. I especially love a HDMI port which makes this laptop easy to use for connecting to high-def displays for media consumption. The glossy 15.6inch screen is bright and crisp even on all 4 corners. Sporting such a large screen only means one thing, and that is how large this laptop is overall. See attached YouTube video of my comparison between the G550 and T400 in terms of size.

The laptop resulted in 2542 Geekbench index which is not bad for a laptop at this price point.

Those who do not wish to shell out serious money or simply looking into a 2nd laptop as a beater, this machine fills that void nicely without sacrificing too much of performance. Well that is as long as you don’t mind the sheer size.

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I can’t think of another tech gadget or day to day item that you rely on that is more personal than a pair of headphones.  They go deep inside your ear canals and that appears pretty personal to me when something gets wedged into my body part, you know?  Coupled that with different people having different preferences on how audio quality is interpreted, one must look hard to find a headset that he or she find to be “perfect”.

I have been a loyal fan of V-moda headphones for a while now.  Their ‘phones usually have a heavy emphasis on bass frequency and that appears to be somewhat controversial.  While some may perceive this as too “bassy”, I feel that it’s just what is necessary on headphones such as these usually equipped with tiny drivers inside.  Headphones such as these have difficult time accurately reproducing the entire frequency because it’s just not easy to do so with tiny drivers as mentioned earlier.  V-moda however has been able to facilitate nice bottom-end to their headphones and that suits my listening requirement.

While it’s not perfect and you can certainly buy a pair that may be perceived better, it is hard to argue these ‘phones provide good looks, cleary better than average reproduction of audio at very reasonable price point.

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