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expiredSUCHaDEAL posted Apr 25, 2022 02:18 PM
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expiredSUCHaDEAL posted Apr 25, 2022 02:18 PM
Lenovo IdeaPad 3i Laptop: 15.6" 1080p, i3-1115G4, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD
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As far as no touchscreen…..complaining for its price of $300 is….
It has full HD 15.6" lcd, 11th gen Intel i3 CPU, backlit keyboard, option for M.2 drive and while 8gb is basic it's still more than most of the laptops below $400 offer (it has 4GB soldered and one sodimm available with 4GB in it so 8GB stick or maybe even 16GB can be added).
WiFi supports AX 2x2 as well as Bluetooth 5.1
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After replacing that horrifying Toshiba Hybrid drive with an SSD, laptop is usable. That is if you do not need battery. Battery is drained about 2 hours of doing nothing. Some light web browsing (check mails, read news, check some deals, watch a video less then 30 minutes) and battery is dead..
So if you want to use this indoors, not on the go, and you are able to replace hdd with ssd, it is usable
If you do not have a free SSD laying around and you are planning to purchase is, I would go with below deal:
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I do like that the keyboard lights up. But you probably should pass on this laptop if you want to do more than just basic documents, surfing internet, or watching Netflix, etc.
Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11, and a nice looking machine. I've got no complaints (upon upgrading to SSD).
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Update: Received mine today (Saturday)...plugged in and started it up, once I got to the desktop I connected to internet and let Windows activate then I launched Task Manager, the disk drive was pegged at 100% for about 2.5hrs while Windows went through it's background setup and download of update files. Reboot took about 10mins to process the updates and return to desktop, once more had some updates to apply which was relatively quick. I then proceeded to create a recovery drive which took over an hour to finish. I then took the bottom cover off and tried different drives. Tried an m.2 NVME (type with one notch), with Intel VMT enabled it was not recognized by Win11 USB install, Intel VMT disabled it was recognized but could not write to the drive. Tried an m.2 SSD drive (type with two notches), Intel VMT enabled it was not recognized, disabled it was recognized and was able to do clean install of Win11. Tried 2.5" SSD, Intel VMT enabled it was not recognized, disabled it was recognized. I then proceeded to do clean install of Win10 (yes, Win10) on the 2.5" SSD. As expected, with the SSD response was much much faster than the HDD. I checked device manager and all drivers were found and updated via Windows Update. Not sure why I could not write to the m.2 NVME but to my knowledge the drive is fine as it was working on a different laptop.
Hope this helps someone sitting on the fence on buying the laptop.
Forgot to mention that Win10 Home was auto activated once I connected to Internet so this laptop can be downgraded if you want.
It's nice and snappy after cloning to a WD Blue 1TB NVME, but either I got a dud or I'm totally not used to cheap TN displays (I use an older ThinkPad with an IPS screen). Anyone else notice the LCD backlight flickering like crazy under load?
I tried disabling all the usual power saving/auto contrast crap I could find, but it's still flickering. I'm gonna ask her what she thinks of it tomorrow, but it's most likely going back. Not looking forward to having to restore Windows 11 back to that horribly slow spinning rust, though.
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