Bought this last week for £280 and the price has dropped. Am very pleased with it and it was in excellent condition. Think it's very good for the price
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johnstalvern
16 Jan 163#19
This thread has brought out the plebs in full force.
lukec123
15 Jan 163#3
I wouldn't buy Lenovo ever again, bought a Z70 and a lot of people are having issues with a manufacturing defect which Lenovo acknowledged half a year ago with no further word since. I sent my Laptop in to get repaired and it was refused due to it being a manufacturing defect, just managed to get them to send it off again so I'll see how it goes... But that's definitely the last Lenovo laptop I will buy.
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a2tmfk
16 Jan 16#37
refurb so battery is no doubt gonna be pants
cheeky_chops
16 Jan 16#22
took the 499 john lewis lenovo z51 back at xmas as screen viewing v poor. At this price it's tempting. ..
huangxq2 to cheeky_chops
16 Jan 16#36
The screen problem will be the same on Z50.
This is a Refurbished for cheaper price, do not go for it if you already dislike the screen.
dealer101
16 Jan 16#20
Good price! Hot from me.
Not heard of this XS company before, are they any good?
zedman75 to dealer101
16 Jan 16#21
The service was very good. They are legit
GoFigure to dealer101
16 Jan 16#35
I had a good experience and would not hesitate to use them again.
Rich44
15 Jan 16#8
I'll take a lenovo over hp any day but I'd rather buy proper Thinkpads used for the much higher build quality than the low end gear.
If you're after a cheap laptop then this is a good buy
huangxq2 to Rich44
16 Jan 16#34
HP Probook and Elitebook are good too.
So do not dismiss HP completely.
HP Probook since Christmas has been below or around £300.
rowlanddvd
16 Jan 16#24
I had a Lenovo thinkpad for about 4 years for work before switching to a Surfacepro 3 (yuck) and the build quality was fantastic - we therefore didn't hesitate to get a refurbed thinkpad with i5 processor for our son who use the office suite for uni and also does some light gaming. That was over a year ago and it's still going strong for a little under £150 from one of the many eBay sellers. I would probably look for another deal like that rather than this one but if this is the model you are after, it looks like a pretty good deal to me.
fighting_stupidity to rowlanddvd
16 Jan 16#26
Yes! the old thinkpad's were fantastic machines, they could take any amount of abuse! Seems like Lenovo are cashing on in the thinkpad name these days.
huangxq2 to rowlanddvd
16 Jan 16#33
I think Thinkpad is good too.
But Lenovo Z50 is not a good model. Lenovo B, G, Z series are all budget, not good.
There are good quality business laptop for around £300, with i5, or i3 with SSD. Although not FHD, but Z50 FHD is quite bad, do not think it's FHD screen is worth much extra. Go for those business laptop on overall quality, not Lenovo budget models.
SartoriX
15 Jan 161#1
Looks interesting, any comments on the screen quality or battery life?
huangxq2 to SartoriX
16 Jan 16#32
bad.
Screen is a FHD TN panel. Not only that, it is a bad TN panel.
Do not like Z50 FHD. There were many deals of Z50 last year here. And have heard of a lot of bad feedbacks from people who purchased Z50.
Fortunately least this model doesn't have on SD card slot next to the trackpad. I use a cheap Lenovo laptop and the plastic above the card slot has split. Ridiculously thin and brittle and terrible design choice.
captainbeaky
16 Jan 16#29
Saw the AMD A10 version of the Z50 (8GB 1TB) in John Lewis (Norwich) for £215 on Wednesday. In the clearance section - sold as used but with 2 year guarantee. Seemed to have a worryingly large number of Lenovo returns.
jrawlins28
16 Jan 16#28
Do this company only deal in refurbs? Anyone had experience of buying from them and the condition they come in?
afroylnt
16 Jan 16#27
....the warranty type changes so it doesn't cover manufacturing defects... this does'nt sound right - what else would a warranty cover? it won't cover faults due to higher than reaonable wear and tear - I would look at the fine print of your wrranty from JL.
Go back to John Lewis; let then argue the case with Lenovo. Depends allot on who is providing the 2nd years warranty; my bet is JL have a policy that provides it and Lenovo only provide a 1 yr warranty with their products.
If however Lenovo are providing the 2nd year's warranty and won't honour it; then claim back of JL and suggest they better stop selling all Lenovo products.
fighting_stupidity
16 Jan 16#25
Got a brand new Lenovo around July, box undamaged. The chasis of the laptop was bent, the DVD drive didn't close correctly, it powered on but the CPU would get to 90*C and throttle. Sent it back to Lenovo, still waiting a replacement. Bought a Dell for less money and its a much more powerful system with a 4K touch screen, backlit keyboard and an SSD + HHD and a better GPU. I doubt I'd think about buying Lenovo.
Also these Intel ####U CPU's are pathetic, they're worthy of netbooks, they seriously lack processing power. Fine for browsing or maybe word processing. Anyone looking for a proper computer should avoid.
villan57
16 Jan 16#23
I bought a Lenovo . Felt like smashing it up the wall after a month . Windows 8.1 drove me nuts and the bloody thing was always trying to update and failing . I don't have the interest in computers to mess about with them , just want to boot it up and use it.
Bought a chromebook instead, which boots up in seconds and works . For anything else I have a works Laptop
johnstalvern
16 Jan 163#19
This thread has brought out the plebs in full force.
7777777
16 Jan 16#18
Why a nightmare? Why ebuyer should refund it after 6 weeks? Anything wrong with asking for some self diagnostic tests using dedicated software? Did you have to pay for the postage? Come on, maybe you should buy an Apple - only on and off with very few options ( tip - the Apple stuff break too)...any electronic device will contain some imperfections and there is no simple way to identify it. It takes time, it's no always straightforward and often they will have to check it in depth in order to fix it.
leeparsons
16 Jan 16#17
I am not sure that was technically right of ebuyer
Gollywood
16 Jan 16#16
Mine died within 6 wks of purchase. ebuyer refused to refund. Had to contact lenovo. They emailed me software. I had to download it on to laptop, carry out some rests & then email the results to them. Then I had to send the laptop to Germany for repair. Absolute nightmare!
jaydeeuk1
16 Jan 16#15
Old 2nd hand quaint 4th gen low powered i5 with poor battery life when new, lumbered with a slow HD and pretty average fHD screen.
townterrier
15 Jan 16#14
Thanks, have heat! Cheap enough, replacing an ageing Vaio.
lukec123
15 Jan 16#13
This is the retailer (John Lewis), who said they sent it to Lenovo.
They were talking some rubbish about because it's been more than a year (I have a 2 year warranty) the warranty type changes so it doesn't cover manufacturing defects
CoolElectronics
15 Jan 161#12
Not that easy with an unwilling retailer.
SartoriX
15 Jan 16#11
Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't noticed that bit, but it's not a problem as you say.
Rich44
15 Jan 162#10
Why are you faffing about with Lenovo? Go to the retailer invoke SOGA and get it replaced.
zedman75
15 Jan 16#5
The keyboard seems fine on this model. Bought a new HP last year and it stopped working after 3 months. Fortunately Argos gave me a full refund. I suppose faults can happen with most companies
lukec123 to zedman75
15 Jan 16#9
It's not just that, it's the fact that half a year later they still haven't given us an update and are refusing the replace the systems. I guess they're just waiting everyone's warranties to expire.
zedman75
15 Jan 16#7
It has a us keyboard layout So a couple of the keys are different but it's no big deal
PinkyPonk Driver
15 Jan 161#6
Seems pretty easy to upgrade the ssd and memory on this. Quite tempted now.
zedman75
15 Jan 16#2
Battery lasts about 4 hours on mine. Screen seems ok to me. No complaints.
SartoriX to zedman75
15 Jan 16#4
Thanks for the reply, I see there's 9 left, so a little time to do some research on if I can stick an SSD in it and increase RAM, thanks again :smiley:
lukec123
15 Jan 163#3
I wouldn't buy Lenovo ever again, bought a Z70 and a lot of people are having issues with a manufacturing defect which Lenovo acknowledged half a year ago with no further word since. I sent my Laptop in to get repaired and it was refused due to it being a manufacturing defect, just managed to get them to send it off again so I'll see how it goes... But that's definitely the last Lenovo laptop I will buy.
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This is a Refurbished for cheaper price, do not go for it if you already dislike the screen.
Not heard of this XS company before, are they any good?
If you're after a cheap laptop then this is a good buy
So do not dismiss HP completely.
HP Probook since Christmas has been below or around £300.
But Lenovo Z50 is not a good model. Lenovo B, G, Z series are all budget, not good.
There are good quality business laptop for around £300, with i5, or i3 with SSD. Although not FHD, but Z50 FHD is quite bad, do not think it's FHD screen is worth much extra. Go for those business laptop on overall quality, not Lenovo budget models.
Screen is a FHD TN panel. Not only that, it is a bad TN panel.
Do not like Z50 FHD. There were many deals of Z50 last year here. And have heard of a lot of bad feedbacks from people who purchased Z50.
Last year brand new Z50 FHD, i3, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, French keyboard, was £250 from Amazon Frence. Still some people not happy.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-z50-70-250-60-1080p-screen-haswell-i3-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-amazon-fr-using-code-2259150
Z50 refurb for £260. Do not touch it.
....the warranty type changes so it doesn't cover manufacturing defects... this does'nt sound right - what else would a warranty cover? it won't cover faults due to higher than reaonable wear and tear - I would look at the fine print of your wrranty from JL.
Go back to John Lewis; let then argue the case with Lenovo. Depends allot on who is providing the 2nd years warranty; my bet is JL have a policy that provides it and Lenovo only provide a 1 yr warranty with their products.
If however Lenovo are providing the 2nd year's warranty and won't honour it; then claim back of JL and suggest they better stop selling all Lenovo products.
Also these Intel ####U CPU's are pathetic, they're worthy of netbooks, they seriously lack processing power. Fine for browsing or maybe word processing. Anyone looking for a proper computer should avoid.
Bought a chromebook instead, which boots up in seconds and works . For anything else I have a works Laptop
They were talking some rubbish about because it's been more than a year (I have a 2 year warranty) the warranty type changes so it doesn't cover manufacturing defects