alk wroteHave some notes about the laptop:
- Lenovo uses Full HD to mean 1080p and not HD, it is confusing to some people so make sure of what you are getting written on the box
- Lenovo had a problem with certain laptop models of y500, the touchpad was changed to synaptics cause the one before (forgot the name) is causing problems (if the laptop has 650m if it has 750m which is the newer model it should be fine) so choose one with production date march 2013 and up
- I am not sure if they are selling the ME or the american version, cause there are some differences, and some points you need to research, first of, the american version has the ability to SLI using the ultrabay, while the ME does not, not a big deal if you don't care about gaming but it posses another issue .. , due to the SLI in the american version the hardware does not support optimus (they have a custom build hardware) the ME am not sure of it, this is where you need to research and ask the seller, cause if it has 650m (or 750m) and not able to SLI or optimus, well this is not that good of a deal get for the lenovo y580 (which has 660M and optimus battery life of 6 hours compared to just 3 and half in y500)
They're most probably the ME version unless they're imported illegally (Which I doubt those resellers do such work).
So the ME version doesn't have the ultra bay?
I think the problem with the touchpad was software related. My parent's laptop has one of those touchpads where it just stops responding or causes Window 8 gesture problems. Not really a big deal, you could just disable the third party software it comes with or just use a generic drive. Gamers are most probable to use gaming mice anyway.
Can you send me a link where the difference of the ME and the US version depreciate each other? :)