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View Jimenez's Profile Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 13 Mar 19 10.40pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

Originally posted by Cucking Funt

For price competitiveness and speed of delivery, check out eBuyer.

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View mr. apollo's Profile mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 14 Mar 19 7.38am Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

From what you have previously said you requirements are not that demanding, surf the net, store images, so pretty much any new laptop will be fine. Most of them come with a DVD / CD writer.

You only really need to worry about quality when you have specific requirements such as gaming where you would need a proper "gaming chip" for the graphics. So if price is the real driver shop around for the cheapest option and don't worry about the brand name, technology is pretty reliable these days.

If you intend to store lots of pictures I would suggest you buy an external hard drive which plugs into your laptop. You can pick up a good one for £50 with lots of space, this means you don't need a huge hard drive on your laptop although most seem to have that anyway.

Most of them don't, you will need to save to an external USB device or a NAS.

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ChrisGC Flag Wantage 17 Mar 19 7.06am

Avoid Lenovo laptops.

I run a Lenovo all in one at work which is about 5 years old and it's mustard. Just got the updated version at home and it's also very good. We had 2 Lenovo ThinkPads off the back of that which were utter s***e,the processor wasn't up to the task. And I've had to replace them as they're work tools for our engineers within a year.

It's the processor capability which is important. After research, we're upgrading the lads' laptops at work for HP SSD 14" which have i5 core processors and for the money (£400 on PC world) I don't think they can be beaten. I've got one myself and it's quality for what we use them for: not sure about suitability for games/p*** etc as we don't use them for that.

My overall gripe with every laptop/PC, and Lenovo are particularly bad, is that they come loaded with adware and apps which affect performance and need to be removed straight away.

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Originally posted by ChrisGC

Avoid Lenovo laptops.

I run a Lenovo all in one at work which is about 5 years old and it's mustard. Just got the updated version at home and it's also very good. We had 2 Lenovo ThinkPads off the back of that which were utter s***e,the processor wasn't up to the task. And I've had to replace them as they're work tools for our engineers within a year.

It's the processor capability which is important. After research, we're upgrading the lads' laptops at work for HP SSD 14" which have i5 core processors and for the money (£400 on PC world) I don't think they can be beaten. I've got one myself and it's quality for what we use them for: not sure about suitability for games/p*** etc as we don't use them for that.

My overall gripe with every laptop/PC, and Lenovo are particularly bad, is that they come loaded with adware and apps which affect performance and need to be removed straight away.

Edited by ChrisGC (17 Mar 2019 7.07am)

I just bought a new desktop and had the same problem it seems fairly common if you buy from the high street. It took me 3 days off and on to remove all the software cr*p I wasn't interested in and to turn on all the privacy options. A lot of this is Microsoft s fault as they embed their software so you cannot uninstall it for example 3d graphics don't want it don't care. Oh and by the way Microsoft no you don't have permission to turn on the geolocation on my PC sod off spying on me.

 


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View mr. apollo's Profile mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 17 Mar 19 1.20pm Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

oops wrong thread
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View Palace Passion's Profile Palace Passion Flag Bromley, South London 24 Mar 19 11.34pm Send a Private Message to Palace Passion Add Palace Passion as a friend

Is the Lenovo 320s any good does anyone know?

 


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Anyone please?

 


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View mr. apollo's Profile mr. apollo Flag Somewhere in Switzerland 02 Apr 19 1.03pm Send a Private Message to mr. apollo Add mr. apollo as a friend

Just google it,

I would suggest Lenovo is a good lower price range solution.

[Link] Best laptops under $500

[Link] under 400$

[Link] Lenovo specific.

Suggest Google is a good place for research.

 



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Is the Lenovo IdeaPad 320 Worth Buying?


By Rami Tabari | November 25, 2018 07:00 am


For a sub-$400 laptop, the Lenovo IdeaPad 320 can turn some heads, with its sleek, premium-esque design. However, the specs it offers simply aren't worth the price, as it sports a last-generation CPU, a lower-resolution display and a shorter battery life compared to a laptop like the Acer Aspire E 15, which sells for a similar price.


The IdeaPad 320 has a simple but sleek design. Its gray plastic hood is vast and empty, aside from a glossy, silver Lenovo logo in the left-hand corner.

Storage 500GB, 1TB 5400-rpm HDD
Ports 2 USB 3.0, 1 USB Type-C, HDMI, 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC), RJ45, headphone jack, DVD drive, security lock slot
Colors Platinum Gray
Size 14.9 x 10.2 x 0.9 inches
Weight 4.85 pounds

The interior, brushed-aluminum chassis has a gray paint job accompanied by a dark-gray keyboard. If the IdeaPad 320's keyboard is anything like Lenovo's other keyboards, it should be decent to type on at the very least. We like that the webcam is on the top bezel, but the bezels themselves are pretty meaty.


At 4.9 pounds and 14.9 x 10.2 x 0.9 inches, the IdeaPad 320 is relatively slim, especially compared to other sub-$400 laptops like the Acer Aspire E 15. That one weighs 5 pounds and measures at 15 x 10.2 x 1.2 inches.

For a sub-$400 system, the IdeaPad 320 has a solid number of ports. The left side features the power jack, an RJ45 port, an HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, one USB Type-C port, and a 4-in-1 card reader (SD, SDHC, SDXC, MMC). The right side offers a security lock slot and a DVD drive.

We haven't tested the display's color or brightness for ourselves, but it's not a good sign that the IdeaPad 320's 15.6-inch panel has a resolution of only 1366 x 768, especially when the similarly priced Aspire E 15 has a 1080p panel.

Regarding performance, the IdeaPad 320 is not getting any love with its Intel Core i3-7100U processor or its AMD A12-9720P CPU, because laptops like the Aspire E 15 have 8th Gen Core i3 processors. The IdeaPad 320 comes with either 4GB or 8GB of RAM and a 500GB or 1TB 5,400-rpm HDD, while the Aspire E 15 comes with 6GB of RAM (upgradable to 8GB) and a 1TB 5,400-rpm HDD. So, the two machines are relatively similar on the RAM and hard-drive front.

MORE: Longest Battery Life Laptops

According to Lenovo's website, the IdeaPad 320 can last up to 6 hours on a battery charge, which is disappointing considering we typically look for at least 8 hours in any laptop (with the exception of gaming models). In contrast, the Aspire E 15 lasted 8 hours and 48 minutes on our Laptop Mag Battery Test.

Based on the specs and price alone, we'd recommend avoiding the Lenovo IdeaPad 320. Sure, it's slimmer and lighter than something like the Aspire E 15, but the performance, battery life and display resolution simply aren't worth the price.

For $379, the Acer Aspire E 15 features a sharper panel, longer battery life and better raw performance for an eerily similar price.

Even for a sub-$400 laptop, you can do better than the IdeaPad 320.

 



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