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expired Posted by iconian | Staff • Jun 18, 2024
Jun 18, 2024 4:00 AM
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This laptop is good for the price.
Not a gaming, workstation, or creator laptop...
It's for general / basic use and it does the job well - silent, good battery life, good keyboard, USB-C power, plenty of ports, and decent horsepower.
Two performance cores boosting to 4.6GHz is good enough and you have eight efficient cores for more horsepower / multitasking.
16GB smooths out the experience compared to only 8GB on other budget laptops.
Even though this is a slim laptop the fans do not run or run silently under normal use.
While it has an aluminum chassis I believe the hinges are plastic. AL adds durability, but also weight.
Has backlit keyboard and keyboard feel is one of Lenovo's strengths.
The only cons are the screen and maybe weight.
This is the best $400 basic laptop that does not require jumping through hoops.
Edit: Lenovo specifications page: https://psref.lenovo.co
The Office Depot Vivobook is a HOT deal since people stacked on cashback, gift card and partial refunds. But it was difficult to find in stock and YMMV.
It has better colors and refresh rate which pairs nicely with the 3050 GPU. However no backlit keyboard, the default fan profile is loud, and only 8GB ram. Most will not have the expertise or desire to upgrade ram.
Better colors + high refresh rates are nice (and noticeable), but not critical for a basic laptop.
Just google "lenovo ideapad broken hinge" for more information on this ongoing problem.
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I don't know why it isn't listed in a thread just on its own.
Besides the power efficiency (which isn't ground breaking you'll be getting barely 5-6 hours out of either of these laptops makes it a bad deal imo.
Besides the power efficiency (which isn't ground breaking you'll be getting barely 5-6 hours out of either of these laptops makes it a bad deal imo.
They'll probably delete this post also. There are certain keywords that get auto-flagged for mod review; hint, anything critical of what SD has become.
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