Laptop opinion

mad m

Lenovo Miix 510

http://www3.lenovo.com/ie/en/laptops/ideapad/miix-series/Miix-510/p/88EMMX50735?

Can get this for around 650 thanks to a boards member posting couple coupons... Is it good for college use

exaisle

mad m wrote: »

Lenovo Miix 510

http://www3.lenovo.com/ie/en/laptops/ideapad/miix-series/Miix-510/p/88EMMX50735?

Can get this for around 650 thanks to a boards member posting couple coupons... Is it good for college use

Lenovo used to be a well built and rugged machine, but the one I bought last year is a piece of junk. The left and right buttons are particularly pernickety and the keyboard doesnt give the feel of something well built like the old Lenovos used to... In terms of handling software, it works fine, but the interface is poor.

Alanstrainor

exaisle wrote: »

Lenovo used to be a well built and rugged machine, but the one I bought last year is a piece of junk. The left and right buttons are particularly pernickety and the keyboard doesnt give the feel of something well built like the old Lenovos used to... In terms of handling software, it works fine, but the interface is poor.

What system did you get? Lenovo make a lot of cheaper end machines that can suffer with poor materials. Their higher end machines are still quite good.

Bateman

Which forum around here are there vouchers posted on?

jimmycrackcorm

They were on sale in argos a few months ago. And I got one which I've since sold on.

It's a fantastic laptop and the only reason I sold it was I got an even better bargain for one suited more for my heavier duty software development needs.

The active pen is really good with it and it might be very beneficial once you get used to taking notes on a tablet. I found the handwriting recognition quite good but I just didn't need to use it.

mad m

@Bateman

nava wrote: »

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But do compare prices with the normal website.

mad m

Ok here is another one to consider.

Compared to the Miix 510

What do you think of this

http://www3.lenovo.com/ie/en/laptops/ideapad/700-series/Lenovo-IdeaPad-710S-13IKB/p/88IP70S0785

Can get the first one for 650 using link above

mad m

Obviously a price error

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7425035/Trail/searchtext%3ELENOVO.htm

Leo Demidov

mad m wrote: »

Obviously a price error

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/7425035/Trail/searchtext%3ELENOVO.htm

No stock anywhere!

Bateman

No stock

Is Ideapad or Yoga the better model ?

mad m

Ideal 520s laptop

ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100U Processor ( 2.40GHz 2133MHz 3MB )
Operating SystemWindows 10 Home 64
Display Type14.0"FHD LED AntiGlare 1920x1080
Memory8.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133MHz
Hard Drive128GB SSD PCIe
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 620
Battery2 Cell Li-Polymer
WirelessLenovo AC Wireless

Would the above specs be ok for college use. All the other laptops I was looking at are out of stock

magentis

mad m wrote: »

Ideal 520s laptop

ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100U Processor ( 2.40GHz 2133MHz 3MB )
Operating SystemWindows 10 Home 64
Display Type14.0"FHD LED AntiGlare 1920x1080
Memory8.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 2133MHz
Hard Drive128GB SSD PCIe
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 620
Battery2 Cell Li-Polymer
WirelessLenovo AC Wireless

Would the above specs be ok for college use. All the other laptops I was looking at are out of stock

Not a great processor,and storage is very small.You should aim for a 256 ssd minimum.

mordeith

When you say college use age you must talking about taking notes or are you doing something that requires a lot of computing power?

mad m

For a lads kid in work. Think he might be doing event management so word and stuff like that.

mordeith

mad m wrote: »

For a lads kid in work. Think he might be doing event management so word and stuff like that.

He won't need much so to be honest