Advice in laptop up 500 euro price range

TitianGerm wrote: »

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-5-ryzen-5-4500u-6-cores16gb256gbfree-dosips-screenbacklit-keyboard-at-lenovo-rewards-with-newsletter-3447308

Have a look at this. You can spec it how you want but based on the new Ryzen mobile CPU.

Yes,that is a great deal .
Lenovo are really cranking out some superb offers at the moment .

Only negative points is that the Ram is soldered to the motherboard,possibly only one slot of Ram and the housing is mostly plastic.
Lenovo laptops seem to have an issue with throttling too .

TitianGerm wrote: »

Herself needs a new one so going to order one tonight myself for her. Had a quick look and by dropping the OS I can get an IPS panel, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD for a very reasonable price.

Yeah,I've been looking out for a decent specced laptop for months and this ticks nearly all the boxes.

I will get 2 ,one for my brother and one for myself.

An aluminium body would be nice and Lenovo only just started the 4000 series yesterday so there might be good offers on Thinkpads down the line ,the better build quality would be nice .

The other manufacturers seem to be sleeping ,their laptops are grossly overpriced in comparison.

Just ordered one - 630e all in for:

Processor - AMD Ryzen 7 4800U Processor (1.80GHz, Max Boost up to 4.20GHz, 8 Cores, 8MB Cache)
Operating System - Free-DOS
Operating System Language - Free-DOS
Memory - 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Onboard
Second Hard Drive - 512GB Solid State Drive, M.2 2280, PCIe-NVMe, TLC
Display - 15.6" FHD (1920x1080), IPS, Anti-glare, 2.6mm Thickness, 300nits, Narrow bezel
Graphic Card - Integrated Graphics
Color - Graphite Grey
Keyboard - Keyboard Backlit Iron Grey English (UK)
Camera - 720p HD Camera with Array Microphone
Surface Treatment - Anodizing
Fingerprint Reader - Fingerprint Reader
Palmrest - PC/ABS
Battery - 4 Cell Li-Polymer Internal Battery, 70Wh
Power Cord - 95W AC Adapter (3pin)-UK (USB Type C)
Wireless - Wi-Fi 6 2x2 AX, Bluetooth Version 5.0 or above
Language Pack - Publication-English
Warranty - 1 Year Courier or Carry-in

maddog1983 wrote: »

Did you send to Irish or addresspal or parcel wizard etc going to order now

Parcelmotel (UK), wouldn't let me ship to Irish address.

Edit: Just note - I choose without Windows and will just install it myself, they're charging 100e plus for windows 10.

snoopboggybog wrote: »

That new 4800U chip is fantastic!
Some laptop for that price!

The 4000 series looks like it will blow Intel out of the water .

Just tried to enter the passcode now and got this "Sorry! It's not you... it's us. Please email websupport@lenovo.com for assistance." Anyone else got this?

I seem to be able to go onto their site and customize a laptop for what seems to be the same price anyway so all good

Very close to ordering this looks to be great deal. Is it worth upgrading from the 4500U? Wondering is screen worth doing to? Is the multitouch or 2.6 thinner screen going to be much of an upgrade. Not too pushed about the touchscreen and it would stop the kids the pawing it if it wasn't. Would go for it if the image quality was better. Hard to know I suppose as it's so new with no reviews and detailed specs.

8gb RAM is enough for me but probably should go 16gb for future proofing. I'll add the backlit keyboard and wifi 6 anyways.

Yea was probably going to upgrade to the 4600 but the 4700 is starting to push the price up. Extra grunt is good though I do do some photo editing and a lot of the reason for the purchase is as my wifes laptop has been taken over by my 12 year old playing Sims4 I know thats not too demanding but she's probably going to want to play more pc games. I wouldn't mind doing some light gaming but I've always been more into console gaming the last few years.

Screens are all 300nits IPS
Basic is 3.2mm thick
Multitouch is an extra €20
and 2.6mm thick one is an extra €30 no other specs mentioned assuming it only makes the laptop 0.6mm thinner? Maybe it is a better panel though?

As this is will be used a lot by my daughter it will be confined to a desk in the living room I was originally looking at getting a desktop but I'm finding it hard to get anything as well specced for the price. I'd pay the same as this for a desktop with similar spec and still have to get a monitor and keyboard.

Coming in at €498
Processor : AMD Ryzen 5 4600U Processor (2.10GHz, Max Boost up to 4.00GHz, 6 Cores, 8MB Cache)
Operating System : Free-DOS
Operating System Language : Free-DOS
Memory : 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Onboard
Second Hard Drive : 256GB Solid State Drive, M.2 2242, PCIe-NVMe, TLC
Display : 15.6" FHD (1920x1080), IPS, Anti-glare, 3.2mm Thickness, 300nits, Narrow bezel
Graphic Card : Integrated Graphics
Color : Graphite Grey
Keyboard : Keyboard Backlit Iron Grey English (UK)
Camera : 720p HD Camera with Array Microphone
Surface Treatment : Anodizing
Fingerprint Reader : Fingerprint Reader
Palmrest : PC/ABS
Battery : 4 Cell Li-Polymer Internal Battery, 70Wh
Power Cord : 95W AC Adapter (3pin)-UK (USB Type C)
Wireless : Wi-Fi 6 2x2 AX, Bluetooth Version 5.0 or above
Language Pack : Publication-English
Warranty : 1 Year Courier or Carry-in

Ryath wrote: »

Screens are all 300nits IPS
Basic is 3.2mm thick
Multitouch is an extra €20
and 2.6mm thick one is an extra €30 no other specs mentioned assuming it only makes the laptop 0.6mm thinner? Maybe it is a better panel though?

The most expensive screen is 100% sRGB ,the others are 62% .
The most expensive screen also has an aluminium lid whereas the others are most likely plastic.

Ryath wrote: »

It's not that clear on the Irish site if that is the case with the screen.

According to spec in pdf the top of the display case is aluminium and the bottom is too if you get a model with usb c charging. If you don't the bottom case is plastic. Apparently it's often hard to know what you get with lenovo as they may use different manufactures for the same particular part on the same model. Still temped though even in base spec it's a great deal . Though I better decide am I better of just holding out for a deal on a desktop before lenovo change the code again!

The German website mydealz.de has over 2550 posts on this laptop , thats where I got the info.

Found a better breakdown of specs. One screen has better colour range but doesn't say which one. Is it safe to assume the thinner model is the better one.

https://gzhls.at/blob/ldb/0/b/4/a/acea1a60ef1ee309a43c407092fc09ac66c6.pdf

Thats the 14 inch version btw

As its a new model the exact spec is a bit unknown and it could vary by region .
Its a bit of an unknown .
It looks like the memory is single channel too and soldered on which is a huge drawback.
An all metal body would be great but its most likely part plastic .

glasso wrote: »

has the touch screen a bad sRGB coverage also?

Yes