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frontpage Posted by boofat • Last Saturday
May 3, 2025 1:53 AM
Select Stores: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Laptop: Ryzen 7 7730U, 15.6" Touch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
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I'll take a slim laptop over fullsize any day, because I travel a lot and already have a desktop at home.
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For 500 this gives you a processer that is comparable, BUT the integrated graphics on the 226V are actually useable for some light gaming. Like this can even play some recent AAA titles on medium settings, and anything more than a few years old should run well at high. Battery life should be decent as well, copilot+ qualified if that matters to you (it may to him), Also a 16:10 aspect ratio screen which is super nice in day to day use, it's what most higher end laptops are coming with now, never seen it on one this cheap personally. Twice the battery life, half a lb less on weight, a little thinner. Metal body (important since college kids are violent lol).
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Then THIS if he specifically wanted a 16 inch class would be my pick in the sub 600 range today. The CPU is 25-30% faster than the two above (IGPU is worse, but this has a dedicated GPU so it doesn't matter). With a dedicated GPU, the system won't rely on the systems 16 GBs of ram to share like the other two. About a lb heavier, similar battery life to the lenovo you posted worse than the aver, because IGPU and faster CPU and bigger/brighter screen. MUCH brighter screen at 400 nits vs 250-300 for the other two and this imo is a BIG plus in favor of this machine. Wajahat says it's 600 nits in the title, not sure if a type on his part or Best BUys. If it's 600 nits then it's an absolutely top tier display brightness wise. Also double the SSD space which may matter.
All in all I would take the Asus vivobook>the ASpire>>>>>this lenovo. Obviously price differences etc.
I found a similar Acer Aspire at Costco (I'm a member) to the one you mentioned, which I'm waiting to go on sale. It has a 1Tb ssd. The rest appears comparable to the one on ebay. https://www.costco.com/acer-aspir...ue&nf=t
Nice. So if you are at all technically inclined, you can buy the one on eBay, plus a replacement SSD of 1TBs for like 50 bucks, grab a USB C enclosure for 25. Pull the current one when it comes in (this iwll not void your warranty anymore), put it in the enclosure, put the new drive in, copy the data over. Out the other side for 575 you would have the Costco laptop+ a half terabyte portable SSD.
I bought a cheap Lenovo Chromebook and I was very surprised at its low quality screen BUT I will never ever buy a HP again !! [youtube.com]
I added the 4-year warranty as it covers any drops, spills or issues (such as hinges).
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then they will talk about the 'Last Great Lenovo' laptops which were the T480 laptops that you could replace/upgrade Ram and SSD (thanks again and again Apple for the idiot Thin types of laptops, please go away. far away)
of course you must buy them Refurbished now, because the ignorant bought into Thin laptops destroying it for the rest of us.
Guess who bought 2 of the Last great Lenovos, and 2 Dells of the same repairable types. easy to fix, repair and upgrade, thank you.
and they upgrade to Windows 11 with 8th generation Intel chips, yur welcome.
All laptops should be Repairable, do you buy a car that isn't repairable? oops i found out they are doing this to cars too, buying used ones now that are.
who wants a Laptop that you can't replace the SSD, Ram, battery and components ???
um, i don't