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Lenovo Ideapad 1i Laptop (Abyss Blue, 82QD00HMUS) for
$319.99.
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Lenovo Ideapad 1i Laptop (Abyss Blue, 82QD00HMUS) for
$319.99.
Shipping is free.
Specs:- 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) 16:9, 300-nits, 45% NTSC, Anti-glare, On-cell, 10-point Multi-touch, IPS Display
- Intel Core i5-1235U, 10C (2P + 8E) / 12T, P-core 1.3 / 4.4GHz, E-core 0.9 / 3.3GHz, 12MB
- 8GB (8GB soldered + 1x SO-DIMM slot) DDR4-3200
- 512GB M.2 2242 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80 EUs)
- Wi-Fi 6, 11ax 2x2 + BT5.2
- HD 720p with Privacy Shutter
- Non-backlit, English Keyboard
- Ports:
- 1x USB 2.0
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1
- 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (support data transfer only)
- 1x HDMI 1.4b
- 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
- 1x Card reader
- 1x Power connector
- 42Whr Battery
- 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs.)
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Basically the ideal is to have two matching sticks of RAM. The D in DDR stands for dual. If you add a 16 gb stick and an 8gb stick you get 8gb running at the faster dual and 8 more if that are not dual. That's one question. What the quote is saying is the speed in mhz of the RAM. If you add a 2400mhz stick and a 2666mhz stick they both run at the lower 2400mhz.
For simplicity sake if you have more RAM matching or not you will be able to have more tabs in your browser open without having issues….
Note this is for the older DDR4 and earlier. I believe this computer is DDR4. My understanding is DDR5 come in dual channel on just one stick of RAM.
More is usually better. BUT 2 matching 8gb sticks is better than one 16gb. But honestly 90% of normal users will not notice.
If I limit myself to only have 4 browsers open with only 3 or 4 tabs in each, it runs fine.
To do serious web browsing, I would upgrade to 16gb ram.
It's kind of sad a modern computer can't even handle web browser. I remember back in the day a 4gb ram is enough. The optimization sucks for website because they think everyone's computer has 16gb
You can add a 16GB Crucial for $25 at BB. That worked for me.
I saw this too on the BB website. Anyone feel this might be a better deal with the 16gb ram, of course it's AMD Ryzen. Any thoughts?
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This is garbage I bought and returned it screen freezes constantly only one memory slot occupied by 8gb soldered memory not upgrade
negatives:
half the storage 256GB vs 512GB
220nit display brightness compared to 300nit brighness
non-touch display vs touch display
entry level amd cpu vs lower mid level intel i5 cpu
positives:
16GB ddr5 ram soldered vs only 8GB ddr4 ram soldered + extra expandable slot ram.
I saw this too on the BB website. Anyone feel this might be a better deal with the 16gb ram, of course it's AMD Ryzen. Any thoughts?
1. That one has a very bad bad viewing angle and dim 220nits TN panel. But this has much better 300nits IPS touchscreen panel.
2.. Ryzen 5 7520U is actually considered as a refresh of older architecture. In terms of benchmark performance, it's about 30-40% slower than this Core i5-1235U running in multi-core.
3. The good thing about your model is that has already 16GB RAM (but soldered), but this one only has 8GB. As long as you know how and is willing to add a RAM stick, then it's not a real issue.
4. That has a smaller 256GB SSD
In conclusion, this deal is much better in terms of quality and usability, provided that you will add an additional RAM stick.
2.. Ryzen 5 7520U is actually considered as a refresh of older architecture. In terms of benchmark performance, it's about 30-40% slower than this Core i5-1235U running in multi-core.
3. The good thing about your model is that has already 16GB RAM (but soldered), but this one only has 8GB. As long as you know how and is willing to add a RAM stick, then it's not a real issue.
4. That has a smaller 256GB SSD
In conclusion, this deal is much better in terms of quality and usability, provided that you will add an additional RAM stick.
Now compare to 7530u processor. What do you think? Versus site says it is a bit faster than the intel 1235u