The CPUbench score of 900 makes it worse than an Atom. Slow...

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N3050+%40+1.60GHz

I like the size of mine, it's perfect for moving about a lot, lets say on the bed, or going to show something to someone, I constantly find myself switching between the modes and randomly pressing the screen instead of using the trackpad.

When I first started using it I found the screen got glitchy and blocky, when I uninstalled McAfee it seemed to solve it, I haven't yet done a clean install, but I intend to at some point.

The screen is a good size for watching things on, I find most tablets too small, however it is a TF display, and as such suffers from colour distortion from some angles. Luckily, thanks to the multiple ways you can arrange it, you'll always find a suitable position.

The keyboard is a little shallow, but for the size it's not surprising, and is much better than most tablet keyboards, it also feels well built.

For the price, I think you'd be impressed. Yes you can get better screens and RAM, but for a lot more money. If you just want it for browsing the internet, watching films, iPlayer etc and operating Microsoft office (like 99% of most people's laptop use), it's really good value. I do however have an old i5 Probook that I use everyday, so the Yoga is really a back up computer, and for taking with me to the library and when visiting friends. In this role, it's pretty much spot on, and more flexible than a conventional laptop..

Thanks Chunky, did you get an error on reboot '"Insert external storage and press OK"' can't seem to get past it ? USb and sd card are still plugged in. Click ok nothing happens, click cancel return to windows 8.

As promised
1) Force W10 Update
http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/28/how-to-force-windows-to-start-downloading-the-windows-10-update-files/

2) Let it update/fail to update for whatever reason

3) Clean install W10 from USB
http://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/clean-install-windows-10/

4) Enjoy

No longer a 10% discount applied at checkout.

Back in stock but at £145.. :disappointed:

THANK YOU i did what you said and it's now connecting so thank you very much for taking the time to reply :smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley:

You could download it on another PC. Copy to a USB stick and transfer it across.

I can't get onto the internet form the laptop so I won't be able to download it from there. Will probably ring up then thank you :smiley:)

That's why it's not working.

I suppose you could just get them to swap it, but they may have none left. In the meantime you could try downloading the driver and installing it manually. I think this is the correct driver page for the laptop, and it;s the first link there:

WLAN Driver (Atheros, Realtek, Broadcom, Intel) for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) - Lenovo Flex 3-1120, Yoga 300-11IBY

http://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/yoga-series/yoga-300-11iby?tabName=Downloads&beta=false

Download that and run it and see if that fixes it.

Theres a yellow exclamation mark near 'network controller' and when I go to update the driver software it gives 2 options: search automatically and browse my computer for driver software. I've clicked on both of these and after each it says 'windows could not find driver software for your device'/ Should I phone up tomorrow or something

Check device manager for any problems. A list of all the components will show up and any that have a problem will have a yellow warning icon next to them:

Where is Device Manager?
Applies to Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1
You can use Device Manager to see the devices installed on your PC, update driver software for your devices, check to see if hardware is working properly, and change hardware settings.

To open Device Manager

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, then tap Search.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the bottom-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, then click Search.)

Enter Device Manager in the search box, and tap or click Device Manager. Administrator permission required You might be asked for an admin password or to confirm your choice.

Double-tap or double-click a device category to expand it. If there's a yellow warning icon Yellow warning icon that shows there might be a device problem on the name of a device, there might be a problem with it. Tap or click the device, tap or click Action, and then tap or click Properties to see details about that device.
If you need to update a driver, see Downloading and installing drivers.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/where-is-device-manager

Hi thanks for replying. Driver isn't installed? How to check for that and install it, I have literally just switched it on and charged it so i've not updated or installed anything as I don't know how to/

Can anyone help with wifi issue on this? Don't know what to do

Yes it's recharged via a usb cable

Is this recharged using the USB type-c?

Been out of stock since yesterday at least

Thank you very much for your very helpful advice :smiley: Having read all the comments I'm still undecided, but need to find a cheap update to my aging HP laptop (however the decision may be taken aware from me if stocks run out!)

Hi can you please expand on how to this in as much step step as possible ... bullet points/links/tips etc without turning it into a chore for yourself. Many Thanks

Hi
Just received this today and I can't seem to get it to connect to the wireless internet, theres just no option for it that I can find? Also if possible could you please explain how to do a clean install etc. I would have just connected it to the internet and started using it as normal straight away, so could you please let me know on how to properly set it up - Thank you :smiley:))))))))))

To those who ended up buying the laptop:
- There is so much bloatware on the laptop, a stupid amount that brings the system down to a halt
- Upgrading to W10 is an absolute pain but make sure you do it before performing a clean install to get the free windows 10 upgrade entitlement
- After a clean install, let Windows update handle everything
- Use PowerShell to remove all the extra bloat like xbox, weather app, people app, twitter and plenty of other useless W10 apps
- Do not reinstall any Lenovo software (apart from battery extender for those worried about battery degradation)
- Now all I have installed is Chrome, AVG, VLC, 7ZIP and Office. Most of the time during browsing I'm using 1.5gb of RAM and the system flies!

Now after around 6 hours worth of tinkering the system is brilliant. I bought this as my mums first laptop and I'm very surprised by how capable it is when all the bloat is stripped away (I currently use an XPS 13 9350 and boot times are very similar ~8seconds)

If you have any questions on the above, reply to this message and I will reply when possible :smiley:

Once again, thanks OP for this deal.

Sold out :disappointed:

Many thanks for the helpful comment.. Decided against it in the end as not as mobile as a tablet for my 4-5 year olds to play games and use apps they use at school... Still very tempted to buy as little something for myself given the price :wink:

Genuinely cannot believe it but I got mine this morning. The description is wrong, you get the N2840 processor. My unit was brand new apart from the broken seal. Thanks OP

3 more left!

Sent it back. Resolution doesn't really matter, it's the contrast that gets it. Also, if you tilt your head a little, colours invert making even reading close to impossible.

Hot! Thank you!

I'm looking to replace my Nook HD+ as the battery won't charge anymore and am quite shocked to see that all these years later very few budget tablets seem to have 1080p screens. :disappointed:
Still great price for this tablet laptop thing.

I think the one on eBay is this one 397/9224
Not the £229 one with the N3050 cpu.

What else could I buy just to do this? Would a tablet be any good for just running autoroute??

3.2gb of free space required apparently. So I'd been fine with this then?

I'm after a tablet/laptop that I can install autoroute 2013 off a usb on and run it for work..... Would this be capable of doing this?

28 left!

I wouldn't touch this. Screen is horrible

1366x768 needs to die. Too low a resolution for the screen size

where are people getting spec details from? eBay listing doesn't mention much ?

where are people getting the spec details? eBay listing doesn't say much

has this got win10 pre installed ? or need to upgrade?

Will autocad work on this?

Just ordered, can't way to try it out. For that price it is worth buying!

how is the size of this screen for reading comics and magazines - i've been using a 9.7" which is a bit small.

Just purchased. For a laptop for surfing and with the bonus of touchscreen, got to be worth a punt at this price if even just to keep the kids away from the MacBook. Thanks OP.

Says £ 129 on eBay?

Has anyone ran Football Manager on this? How does it cope?

Whats the battery life like?

Shock News: Founder of the 'Celeron Victims Support Group' caught considering this item! :man:

Only 45 left!

12 gig once it's fully updated. In face to fully update Windows 10 you will need to connect a 10gig or larger usb or sd card.

I bought this from Amazon at £139 2 weeks ago and have installed a clean win10, excellent for day to day browsing and work. recommended. v nice as tablet on the train in convertible mode

This got very hot at £139 new a couple of weeks ago.I was tempted then and struggling to resist this one. Anyone care to put me off?

Can this play the android apps and games like clash of clans etc or is that only possible on mbiles/tablets?

kind regards

Says £ 129 on eBay?

I bought the amazon one a couple of weeks ago, i love it, great piece of kit, laptop, touch screen tablet etc... Bargain for the price

I have one and for the new price is a bargain

damn, only bought this from there for daughter last week for £139 :disappointed: Came as manufacturer refurbished and in brand new condition. Upgraded to W10 for her using a USB stick and its nipper than her old laptop so more than enough for browsing and YouTube etc.

N2940 CPU from amazon deal has twice the cores and twice the benchmark from the statistics. Can't imagine this Yoga with a much slower CPU than the N2940.

I like the size of mine, it's perfect for moving about a lot, lets say on the bed, or going to show something to someone, I constantly find myself switching between the modes and randomly pressing the screen instead of using the trackpad.

When I first started using it I found the screen got glitchy and blocky, when I uninstalled McAfee it seemed to solve it, I haven't yet done a clean install, but I intend to at some point.

The screen is a good size for watching things on, I find most tablets too small, however it is a TF display, and as such suffers from colour distortion from some angles. Luckily, thanks to the multiple ways you can arrange it, you'll always find a suitable position.

The keyboard is a little shallow, but for the size it's not surprising, and is much better than most tablet keyboards, it also feels well built.

For the price, I think you'd be impressed. Yes you can get better screens and RAM, but for a lot more money. If you just want it for browsing the internet, watching films, iPlayer etc and operating Microsoft office (like 99% of most people's laptop use), it's really good value. I do however have an old i5 Probook that I use everyday, so the Yoga is really a back up computer, and for taking with me to the library and when visiting friends. In this role, it's pretty much spot on, and more flexible than a conventional laptop..

Then it will be fine. I have a Lenovo Miix 3 which is a really nice well built little tab/laptop. I was expecting it to be rubbish when I bought it as I had never seen one and got it from JL last year. I was well impressed when I opened the box. It is a little slow and you do notice it is slower at populating web pages when compared with more powerful machines but for the money I paid it is an excellent product and suitable for my purpose which was to browse, watch videos etc.

The model is still on Argos website with a different catalogue number, same spec and is showing the processor as an N3050. Some lucky people who bought the recent Amazon deal were lucky to get a faster processor. If only I had know I would have bought one.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5095742.htm

I can't see where the N3050 Processor is mentioned in the specs on ebay.

I got the £140 Amazon deal with the N2940 processor, which uses marginally more power, but is more powerful and has a much higher 3D benchmark result. That being said, It's a steal at this price!

How much free storage space is there after the Windows 10 installation?

Good for mackintosh...maybe

but lenovo will definately have better build quality

personally the 2gb ram puts me off
it cant be used as a laptop like that

cool, thanks. I'd only really be browsing the internet and things like that so should be fine.

which is bettter, this or http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acer-Aspire-Switch-11-6-Inch-2GB-32GB-2-in-1-Laptop-Silver-Windows-8-/361428433041?hash=item5426d03891&_sid=2048038

Got this the other week on the Amazon deal, boots up in seconds and perfect for basic things. Advised to unistsll all the crap lenovo pre load it with!

got one of these from amazon few weeks ago , not a bad machine for the price more than enough to do daily basic web needs , this price its a steal. I am assuming its a customer return when it comes to argos refurbs , if thats the case , bargain.

The CPUbench score of 900 makes it worse than an Atom. Slow...

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+N3050+%40+1.60GHz

I have had 3 Lenovo tablets from Argos EBay all in great condition but had a problem with one and it has taken 7 weeks to sort out and still counting , apparently they can't fix Lenovo products so they have to be sent to Germany for repair.