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A question for those who have Ideapads: My Y500 has a 1TB HDD, no SSD (yet). One thing I've noticed is that upon startup, the trackpad driver seems to load very very slowly. In fact it might be the last thing that loads, which means the laptop is essentially unresponsive until a bunch of other startup items (like antivirus software, etc.) have loaded. If you have a mouse plugged in, it starts responding right away. Have you observed this, and do you know if the trackpad driver / software can be forced to start earlier? Thanks in advance!

If you think you'll use both OS's then definitely buy a Mac. It's much easier to use Windows on a Mac than trying to convert a PC into a hackintosh. Macs do tend to be relatively higher priced for comparable specs, but the quality is exceptional. My old Macbook Core 2 Duo (ca 2007) is still running strong!

Several people have reported good results with the Intel 7260 (both N and AC versions)

I don't believe it is a compatibility issue. Several folks have reported success with this card over in this thread. http://forum.techinferno.com/lenovo-ibm/2874-lenovo-y400-y500-unlocked-bios-wlan-whitelist-mod.html