sales tax In California, per state law, Lenovo charges an electronic waste recycling fee on this covered device at the time of sale of the product.
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Intel Pentium Gold 6405U (2C / 4T, 2.4GHz, 2MB) (4 x performance of J1800)
4GB memory soldered to systemboard, one DDR4 SO-DIMM socket
128GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe NVMe 3.0x2 (M.2 2242 SSD / PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 x 4 slot), HDD / SATA 6.0Gb/s, 2.5" wide, 7mm high slot
802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.0, M.2 Card
no Ethernet
4-in-1 media reader (MMC, SD, SDHC, SDXC)
One USB 2.0, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB 3.0, not USB-C), HDMI 1.4b,
0.3MP or HD720p, with privacy shutter, fixed focus,
integrated dual array microphone
14" HD (1366x768) TN 220nits Anti-glare
Integrated Li-Polymer 35Wh or 45Wh battery, 45Wh battery supports Rapid Charge (charge up to 80% in 1hr), with 65W AC adapter
Other Info. Provided by sder:
Caution:
Pay attention not to put stuff on top of the notebook cover. It is very soft and flex. It may damage and break the Lcd panel on the other side.
Internal pics,
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RAM:
works
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C56K...UTF8&
Also confirms RAM could be support to 20gb
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SATA Cable for 2.5" hdd and ssd:
it is the one that works
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...04493
disccusion and official Lenovo part list,
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If you are up to change the web cam,
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So what are the cons? It's not thin, nor light. The camera is hot garbage to me, but the wife uses it for Zoom and hasn't complained yet, so there's that. The screen is ... meh. I mean, our phones have better screens, and I'll bet a $150 phone might as well. At first I was concerned about the 4GB of ram, but honestly, it hasn't been a problem YET. I'm sure, in the future we'll have to revisit this. I would like an ethernet jack, but it's hard to tell because they only use them in the house and we have good wi-fi. If we go on vacation, it might be a different story. Also, 128GB of storage is nothing these days. You will run out fast if you have a lot of media. But this problem isn't exclusive to this particular model, as the majority of laptops are in the same boat. So add the cost of external storage (SD card, external drive, cloud) to the overall price. Finally, the battery life is not good. You'll have to pay more to start getting decent longevity.
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U (2C / 4T, 2.4GHz, 2MB)
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Then I tried one last time and I was able to check out, so it looks like I've got a second one coming soon. While the first one is for me (which is why I got the upgrades), the second one will be perfect for my oldest kid (8) who is starting to get interested in Arduino and other stuff that needs a computer to run the dev tools, so this will be the perfect computer for that kind of stuff. He has a Chromebook from the school for school stuff (and can't really be used for much else), so it doesn't matter if he screws this one up...I can always just restore the drive and start over.
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However, for anyone considering this as their primary system, I'd only recommend getting it if you are on a REALLY tight budget and can live with the compromises. Otherwise, I'd agree with spending $299 to get the much better screen and storage/memory that is probably more than adequate for most people.
Another plus I didn't mention before: no heat. The fan is quiet, I've rarely noticed it running at all, and the chasis has never even felt warm. Heat per se doesn't bother me, but I've often been annoyed by fans running constantly or spooling up frequently with other laptops.
Then I tried one last time and I was able to check out, so it looks like I've got a second one coming soon. While the first one is for me (which is why I got the upgrades), the second one will be perfect for my oldest kid (8) who is starting to get interested in Arduino and other stuff that needs a computer to run the dev tools, so this will be the perfect computer for that kind of stuff. He has a Chromebook from the school for school stuff (and can't really be used for much else), so it doesn't matter if he screws this one up...I can always just restore the drive and start over.
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Even if you are cheap on the initial price, but are willing to make upgrades later, there's always financing options or just straight up by a slighter high end one. And I'm not talking about $1,000 ones, but $300-500 range and trust me, there are plenty of those options with great CPU, RAM, webcam, etc.
It's like trying to pimp out your newly bought base honda civic with you switching out the LEDs headlights, add a spoiler, switch out rims, add in sport seats, etc. At the end, it's still a honda civic. It's still going to be a basic engine that gives you subpar performance. Just buy a better car.
I hope no one takes offense by this post. I just hope people aren't going to treat this computer as like the computer they are going to use for the next 3-5 years.
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