I did some research before I bought it and it seems like a very good deal to me, but I want to hear it straight from the Gerbil's mouth. I was looking at this week's Lyft driver perks and one of them was 42% off a Lenovo Ideapad Y700. Here are the specs of the model it applied to:
i7-6700HQ (4 cores, 8 threads, up to 3.5GHz boost)
16GB DDR4-2133
1TB HDD + 256GB SSD
GeForce GTX 960M w/ 4GB GDDR5
15" 4K IPS touchscreen
JBL speakers w/ sub (wut) and Dolby Home Theater audio (whatever that means)
Intel Realsense camera (k)
backlit keyboard
Stagelight included (it's a $10 beginner's DAW optimized for touch, could be useful for quickly jotting down ideas when on the road)
I was in the market for a decently powerful laptop for school that can handle audio production and maybe some video editing, while being able to satisfy my gaming needs but not to an extent that I'll want to spend all my time gaming. This seemed like the perfect fit for the job. It came to $982 after taxes and an upgrade to a 2 year warranty (from a 1 year base). This model with these specs retails for $1500. So what do ya'll think? Did I get a good deal or could I have done better? I tried to go through Lenovo's student discount program to see if I could get a better deal there, but for the same system and warranty it would have been a little more.