Lenovo IdeaPad 1 Student Laptop, 20GB RAM

So Hubby has needed a laptop for a good minute. We usually buy his refurbished bc he doesn’t use a computer as much as I do. A #TB hard drive and top-shelf or even mid-level graphics card would be wasted on him, but he does need a laptop to access work files from home and general computer tomfoolery.

So his last system was a refurb/open box Lenovo Ideapad, 4g RAM, and 1T hard drive. We got it from BestBuy Outlet a few years ago. It was so nice I told my sister about it and she got the same one.

Fast forward to last December and the age was showing. I think the manufacture date is 2019, and it’s showing the age. I was using it for work (WFH) bc he didn’t need it. But then he DID need it so I had to go to a backup until he got me a desktop (see review).

The BB Lenovo was slow, so very slow it was like Chinese water torture. Booting it up took time, yeah, 2-5 minutes depending on its mood. I’m not talking from shutdown. I mean from sleep/hibernation to lock screen to desktop. Painfully slow, so we needed to upgrade him. We couldn’t shell out a lot of money for it, though, so I went shopping.

This system has good storage for him. He doesn’t take enough pix or do enough browsing to need more than 512G so the extra 128G is just gravy. The 12G RAM is a major step up and he’s no longer grumbling about how slow his computer is.

Yay.

I’m a little jelly. This thing is sleek. At this price, we could afford to grab another. I just got a gamer desktop, though (see review!) so it’s not practical.

Pros: See above
Plus: That card slot is a good thing since it doesn’t have a CD/DVD tray at all (see pic).
The camera cover/lock is NICE (see pic). I always tape a little paper over webcams but there’s no need with this.
One of the USB ports is a USB-C (see pic), which is nice since things seem to be moving that way.

I thought I was settling for the 15.6″ screen but it’s not as small as I thought it would be. My desktop system monitors are 22 and 24 inches respectively and my last laptop was 17″, so 15″ feels small to me until I actually see it.
As stated: Hubby doesn’t care. This laptop is the same size as his old one and even the same manufacturer, so yeah. He’s good.

Cons:
No disc tray. Anything he needs to physically add has to be on an SD card, thumb drive, or downloaded. Please note: Hubby doesn’t care.

For my geeky/gamer heart, it’s not nearly enough HD space, but for Hubby it’s perfect.
The preinstalled bloatware insists on being used even when you uninstall it, but isn’t it always?

Minimal ports. I need way more USB ports and no ethernet is a deal breaker for me.
Caveat: This laptop isn’t for me, since I have a gaming/work desktop system. Hubby doesn’t care about this at all, so it’s just a “that would be nice” thing.

Anyway, I like this machine a lot. It’s light and clean and a fantastic value for the price. I think it will serve Hubby well.

9/10 would recommend.

Pros – lightweight, good speed, value purchase
Cons – not a lot of processing power

THIS LAPTOP IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED. GREAT INVESTMENT

Be prepared to have to buy a new laptop asap. It has an Administrative Lock that popped up and asked for a password. It did lots of updates and keep disconnecting from the internet and got me kicked out of class. And I know it was the laptop because the next day I went to Walmart and purchased a new laptop that is working great right now. No administrative issues occurring. Why because no one has a lock on the Walmart laptop or internet or updating issue! Why again.. because it’s a brand new laptop; like the one I thought I purchased from Amazon.Also please look at the reviews the other buyers are having the same issues! I won’t even mention how bad the touch pad is to scrolling or even clicking ridiculous for the amount of money you spend.And after returning the defective product I can’t even get back all my money very sad not only did I get kick out of the class due to internet issues but I am also having to take a 40 lost this is seriously wrong!