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Lenovo IdeaPad 3i Laptop: i3-1215U, 15.6" 1080p, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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Target has Lenovo IdeaPad 3i 15.6" Laptop (Blue, 82RK00BDUS) on sale for $299.99. Shipping is free, otherwise select store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member the-whiner for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) TN 250nits Anti-glare Display
  • Intel Core i3-1215U Processor w/ Integrated Intel UHD Graphics
  • 8GB Soldered DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6 11ax, 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.1
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • 720p HD Camera
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x HDMI 1.4b
    • 1x Card Reader
    • 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
    • 1x Power Connector

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Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About the deal:
  • About this product:
    • Includes a 1 Year Limited Warranty.
    • 3 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate included.
    • This laptop has a 4.3 star overall rating based on 38 reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period. -Corwin

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Target has Lenovo IdeaPad 3i 15.6" Laptop (Blue, 82RK00BDUS) on sale for $299.99. Shipping is free, otherwise select store pickup where available.

Thanks to Community Member the-whiner for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) TN 250nits Anti-glare Display
  • Intel Core i3-1215U Processor w/ Integrated Intel UHD Graphics
  • 8GB Soldered DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 512GB M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6 11ax, 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.1
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • 720p HD Camera
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB 2.0
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x HDMI 1.4b
    • 1x Card Reader
    • 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
    • 1x Power Connector

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About the deal:
  • About this product:
    • Includes a 1 Year Limited Warranty.
    • 3 Months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate included.
    • This laptop has a 4.3 star overall rating based on 38 reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Sign-up for Target RedCard to save an additional 5%, receive free shipping, and attain an extended return period. -Corwin

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Written by the-whiner

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matts_lee
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Dell refurbished is old. This i3 cpu is faster than those 8th gen i7 cpu. This has an empty slot that can add at least one 8g ram. I think you can add up to 32g.
pet1700
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You obviously don't know how fast these i3 12th gen processors are...they would smoke those old used/refurbished i7s without a sweat
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Quote from someoneslick :
Good luck with lenovo products. My parents took forever picking out the right one, only used it very VERY rarely (probably like 3 times during the warranty) and now it stopped working at best buy even told them they can't fix it. Like seriously how do you have a $1k+ laptop that is unfixable in a year of barely using it? Also, in the tracking it kept moving all through China. lol.
I bought an Ideapad from Costco a year and half ago. Screen is black with no display. Keyboard lights up and I can hear the fan spin. Hooked it up to tv through HDMI and still no picture. Going through the process of 2nd yr warranty through Costco. Wouldn't recommend Lenovo either. My old Gateway lasted almost 10 years.
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Quote from FlyerFocus :
Perfect machine for editing your 50 MB raw images in Lightroom. If you don't mind turning into a smoldering heap.
Educate yourself on the 12th generation processors and you will be surprised how powerful and efficient they are...this would not break a sweat in Lightroom.
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BrianRangeFeb 22, 2023 03:49 AM
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It's so damned hard for the average person to buy a computer that they'll be happy with.
Most people have no idea what the specs.mean in regards to their use. It's mostly a crap shoot for most of us.
I've learned a bit from you all here after years of reading these deals but I'm still not comfortable enough to commit.
Like this deal...it seems great to me. But I've read on other deals that FHD screens suck.
And that Win 11 home sucks huge compared to Pro.
I guess I'll just keep reading deals here until my current computer dies and then grab whatever is the latest SlickDeal that's in my budget and hope for the best.

Edit: The reviews on Target are bizarre at best. Most of them from "paid promoters"? WTH?
And searching for this model # it seems that Target is the only place that has ever sold them?
Last edited by BrianRange February 21, 2023 at 08:57 PM.
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Quote from FlyerFocus :
Perfect machine for editing your 50 MB raw images in Lightroom. If you don't mind turning into a smoldering heap.
"In a nut shell, the new 12th Gen Intel Core processors exceeded our expectations and highlight what the new hybrid architecture is capable of. 15-20% performance gains were common, and in some cases we saw a 30% (or even larger) improvement over the previous 11th Gen processors. In fact, the 12th Gen CPUs performed so well that the entry-level Core i5 12600K ended up beating the top-end Core i9 11900K from the previous generation in every single one of our benchmarks."

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CymrianFeb 22, 2023 04:01 AM
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This laptop or the Acer I ordered from a couple days ago?

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zbs60Feb 22, 2023 04:33 AM
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Fingerprint reader??

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john_kcFeb 22, 2023 04:42 AM
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I bought one. Not sure why. Seemed cheap. 30 day return policy so I'll give it a go.
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Quote from PKGTR :
My issue with the current Ideapad 3 is they have a space for a 2.5" drive in the chassis but lack a SATA port for drive connection! Sometimes I'll need to throw a drive in quickly and easy wasn't what I found when I picked up last month's Amazon deal on these.
With a USB 3.2 connection you can easily get a portable ssd that will give better speeds and doesn't need to be kept inside of the laptop. And it'll be faster than the 2.5" drive.
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Quote from Cymrian :
This laptop or the Acer I ordered from a couple days ago?

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Acer is IPS. This one is TN. This one has 500gb... Acer only 250... Lenovo has a better CPU i think. Tough choice. Lenovo is cheaper... I'm gonna vote this one.
Last edited by Shogun749 February 21, 2023 at 10:01 PM.
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Quote from Shogun749 :
Acer is IPS. This one is TN. This one has 500gb... Acer only 250... Lenovo has a better CPU i think. Tough choice. Lenovo is cheaper... I'm gonna vote this one.
I bought the office depot i3 tn screen. I regret it. But it worked out to $275 so I'm not really complaining too bad. I just would pay more for ips.
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Quote from thelegaldreamteam :
I bought the office depot i3 tn screen. I regret it. But it worked out to $275 so I'm not really complaining too bad. I just would pay more for ips.
I think this one is better. More memory, more hard disk space, brighter screen, less of a cpu though.
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imacheapassFeb 22, 2023 06:37 AM
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So tempted to get it but I have so many old laptops I brought back to life using tinywindows 10/11 and/or linux laugh out loud
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Quote from IdgieBlue :
My wife's Toshiba is too old to be upgraded to Windows 11. Would this laptop at Target be a good replacement? TIA
If hers is that old, apparently all she needs is for email/web surf & such. Yes, this would be fine (assuming you don't get a lemon). The fingerprint reader & back-lit keyboard is nice, but the speed of this, compared to her old one, should knock her socks off. Repped, OP.

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Quote from BrianRange :
It's so damned hard for the average person to buy a computer that they'll be happy with.
Most people have no idea what the specs.mean in regards to their use. It's mostly a crap shoot for most of us.
I've learned a bit from you all here after years of reading these deals but I'm still not comfortable enough to commit.
Like this deal...it seems great to me. But I've read on other deals that FHD screens suck.
And that Win 11 home sucks huge compared to Pro.
I guess I'll just keep reading deals here until my current computer dies and then grab whatever is the latest SlickDeal that's in my budget and hope for the best.

Edit: The reviews on Target are bizarre at best. Most of them from "paid promoters"? WTH?
And searching for this model # it seems that Target is the only place that has ever sold them?
I understand how it could be daunting for someone to know which laptop would be best, or which operating system to use. Regarding "Win 11 home or pro?" it depends (like most things) on what you need the laptop to do. If someone isn't sure what they want to do, then Win 11 home would probably work OK. The Pro version has additional features that everyone doesn't need. Of course one could check for charts that summarize the differences between both to choose which operating system to buy.

FHD (full HD) screens are great - who thinks they are not good? FHD = 1920x1080 resolution. On a 15.6" screen that should be fine. What would not be good is 1366x768, which looks pretty bad on a screen this size. Not enough pixels for the display image so it won't look as smooth and sharp as an FHD display.

I think a paid promoter is someone that Target sends products to in exchange for them to provide a review. Now if that is the case, one has to wonder if someone receiving a laptop "for free" is able to provide an objective review. I would recommend checking for reviews from other reputable sites like PC Magazine, Tom's Hardware, Laptop Mag, CNET, etc. They will give an unbiased review and share their true thoughts on the product.

If you are unsure which laptop to buy, these could be good starting points. PC World "Best Laptops 2023 [pcworld.com]" and PC Magazine "Best Laptops for 2023 [pcmag.com]". If slickdeals breaks the links, just use a search engine to find those articles and read them. Read those to see what the reviewers say, what they indicate are good features for certain uses, etc. A little research should give you a better idea of what type of laptop you would like (CPU speed, display, screen size, amount of memory/RAM, SSD (storage) amount, etc.). Hope that helps!
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