Get the SSD you'll be able write in full words again

No. Just no.

if all it is going to be used for is working browsing and light media why would you sacrifice; boot times, load times, battery life and noise levels for more storage.

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An SSD is much more shock resistant, silent too and will make the laptop much snappier to use than a hybrid.

Word processing and web browsing isn't even going to break a sweat on it. I obviously have no idea what constitutes amateur photo editing for your own use case, but I use paint.net on my i3 4020Y for cropping, resizing and basic image editing again without breaking a sweat.

Do you think then that this would be ideal just for word processing, browsing, etc. I also do a bit of (very) amateur photo editing.

Hi Louie,

Thanks for your reply. I was looking for something for my aunt who will mostly use it for browsing, skype etc so I figured 128GB SSD is a better choice than 1TB HDD due to loading times/convenience. I guess it depends on individual needs :smiley: The laptop looks and works well and she is very happy with it.

Certainly true for a light use laptop. For my main desktop though I've got a 500GB SSD and I wouldn't be without it.

And for those people querying the need for an SSD the answer is no - just no. No PC should be sold without one these days, at the very least for your boot disk.

Looking closer at this deal I think this is a brilliant machine for the money - processor is OK for day to day stuff (miles better than the Pentium in my work PC), SSD will make startup fast, it has a LAN port (not all basic laptops do), it has USB 3.0, it has a DVD/RW drive. And it's made by Lenovo, so quality will be pretty decent. All in all given the cheap price this will make a great PC for kids and light home users.

Hello cwiara025,

Hope it's not too late to comment. I personally do not find it to be a good deal, the key points are processor speed and hard disk capacity. I did quite a bit of research and found one HP for £299.xx at Laptops Direct. It's an I3 -5005U, with 2GHs processor speed, 8GB Ram and 1 Tera byte hard disk capacity. Instead of paying £259.xx for a laptop with 4GB and only 128 GB harddisk, I would rather pay £40 more and buy the one with 8GB ram and 1 T hard disk HP laptop. Hope this helps.

Louie

Great deal and it's still available!

That's the 500gb HD + 8GB SSD model :smiley:

*does

99p cheaper at debenhams

https://www.debenhamsplus.com/p/1071134/lenovo-b50-50-15.6-intel-core-i3-5005u-4gb-500gb-8gb-ssd-dvd-rw-dl-windows-10-laptop-?refsource=DEadwords&crtag=DE&refsource=Deadwords&gclid=CMfhkpPGic8CFU0aGwodfKsIaw

​Yes it will :wink:

Hi, my daughter needs a laptop for college, I don't mind spending a £100 more is this a good deal for Microsoft office and online browsing an suggestions would be great, thanks.

I did mine a few months ago, looked up how to replace the drive on Youtube and it took about 4 minutes to do.

Thanks, much appreciated, I have a Samsung SSD and think I have the caddy somewhere, just wasn't confident enough to try to fit it. Will read 3 times lol

​What task?

They definitely have their advantages, but while they are less likely to fail, they are more prone to errors over time. And even though prices have been coming down a lot, HDDs are still cheaper. Personally I found that once my ssd kept corrupting my windows installation every 1-2 days on a new install, that I could handle doing something else when my pc boots up while most other stuff that I have been using since hasn't made too much of a difference to want to buy another. Although I have been tempted.

It would probably help people if you explained what that task was rather than a blanket statement. It's more than up to the task of what most people require from a cheap laptop. If your task is especially CPU intensive then that's hardly representative of what most people need a cheap laptop for.

An i3, even a U variant is more than capable of web browsing, playing media, some entry level gaming and the vast majority of use most people will ask of their device.

I was astounded at the difference when i got an SSD. Slightly concerned about storage space initially, but no problem at all. Cloud storage is plentiful, all of my photos go straight onto a private Flickr account with practically unlimited storage, entire music collection is on phone as well as laptop, chances of both going t*ts up at the same time are slim so there's always a backup. Startup time is superb. Every laptop I've had before has been put out of action by HDD faults, and I've spent many fruitless hours trying to retrieve data from my wife's external HDD which she backed stuff up on. Didn't realise it was stuffed until her laptop went kaputt, and she tried to transfer files from the external drive to put onto new laptop. SSD all the way from now on. Unfortunately the laptop I have to use for work is painfully slow, so I'm constantly reminded of the world of difference.

That's what I call a useful, relevant post, thank you

Haha a small 21" laptop. Acer are bringing a 21" laptop out next year. Might be a bit expensive though.

Just a usb -SATA cable should be even cheaper.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

hi try this guide, all the software tools you need are free or come with the drive the drive you purchase , you will need a usb sata drive case to hookup the drive then follow instruction, read twice migrate once, happy hunting8)
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/ssd-upgrade-tutorial

I like SSD's so much I have 2 in the laptop I am typing this on! One an m2 2280, one a 2.5" 960gb.

I can't ever go back to mechanical drives.

Poor man's MacBook Pro.

Thinkpads are still good.. their consumer laptops arent all that.

HDDs are a thing of the past, like headphone cables.

They are fine.
You realize that laptop i3, i5 and i7 chips (at least in the most common 'U' flavour) are virtually the same the same thing, just with slightly different clocks?

From my own experience i3's are not up to the task on laptops.

Exactly. Got the B50's at work. So poorly built. Batteries fall off and the keyboard flexes badly under the slightest pressure. HP or Dell for me.

Size of laptop is good but screen too small. Anyone recommend a small laptop with a 21" screen?

cold lenovo is PANTS get a Dell.
Buy cheap buy twice

Lenovo B50-80
Thx

Sniper tape.. more tactical

Great deal. 128GB is fine for most people.

I would take a device with 4gb of ram and an SSD over a device with 8gb of ram and a mechanical drive every day of the week.

Disk access happens all the time even just web browsing and light usage. I find nothing worse when using a computer than that grating sound of a hard drive churning away as a computer hesitates while something is happening. SSD's fix that, they make any computer more usable.

Nobody should be using HDDs in this day and age unless it's for nothing but storage.

I was gonna go for the lenovo as it was cheaper by £50, similar specs, good build quality and lighter in general, however I was refused credit so did my sister despite having a decent credit score and a credit card. The woman was not able to explain why we were not allowed to have it. The only option to get it was to go through our bank and verify some sort of nonsense, was blamed for identity fraud or something like that.

Spec wise absolutely but see the comment quoted below by Enterpart.
Specs can only tell you so much and build/material quality is something you need to look into.
Always check reviews.
Feel free to quote/contact me if you need any more help deciding.

I've got a Lenovo desktop & they have been nothing but helpful.

I was thinking of buying the HP 250 G5 over the lenova ideapad from very.co.uk, but be advised, the lenova from very.co.uk (£100cashback) has a better screen, an ips screen whereas the HP 250 G5 has a tf panel.
The lenova has backlit keyboard, bigger trackpad thats in the middle, better build quiality, you can buy a bigger ssd in the future. (I got the lenova from very)

Lenovo customer service is horrible.

Would you say it's worth investing more and buying HP 250 G5 for £425 with a possible £11 cashback making it £414 for i5 6200u 256GB SSD and FHD + 8GB DDR4 RAM?

That's all there is

Gaffer tape.

I can't access the link at work but I'm hoping that there is more space than just a 128bg ssd drive? Almost makes the laptop useless having that little space.

It'll be absolutely fine for that.
You'll probably have to turn down a few settings on League to hit 60fps constant but that'll be the case on any integrated Intel gpu at this level.

Similair model but with 500GB HDD for £219 @ Tesco Direct http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-100-15ibd-15-6-intel-core-i3-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd-black-laptop-219-tesco-direct-2508471

Which one? Model etc?

I understand what an ssd does and I do know. the point I'm making is this is a capable budget laptop. your only gonna be using this for browsing, light media, word spread sheets etc. why do u need a ssd in a laptop that is already capable of doing that quickly and without effort. if it was an older laptop that struggled or a top spec laptop I'd expect and ssd but this just dosent need it. unless you specifically want it that is

Anyone got a how to guide to add an ssd to a Lenovo laptop please?

Nice

I agree, SSD is the way forward now. SSD is a norm these days, because you can buy 1TB SSD for the price of 128GB when it just came out.

Cheers, I need a laptop to handle office work and coursework as well as obviously browsing. Wouldn't mind playing league of legends from time to time too. I think this should handle it.

do u need the ssd? anything your going to be using this laptop for shouldn't need the loadings speeds. if u insist on it for £10 more you can get the hybrid version of this with 500gb hdd and and 8gb ssd. might sound like a tiny ssd but what it does is shift the data you use regularly to it. plus u get the added bonus of 4 times the memory

How good is the cpu compared to i5 6200u, I don't want to end up paying £200 more for that and full HD laptop + 4GB extra RAM because I don't think it's worth it

Size of the screen is pointless if the resolution is weak.

I just ordered this for a mate for his kid to use at college http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/search?asug=&w=Lenovo+B50-50+Intel+Core+i3-5005U&submit1=+ Exactly the same machine brand new with guarantee but the box has been opened £237.47 next day delivery is $9.95 and 2.02% cashback from TCB.

It is a good deal OP. The only better deal I have seen was the i5 verion for just over £300 posted here a few months ago....

128gb SSD is just fine. The kids and the hipsters will still have 100gb free on this drive, because........this is 2016.

BT shop is renamed DABS of old, wonder if their customer service still sucks.

Will this run minecraft?

Would've snapped this up straight away if the screen was 1080. Still great value. have some heat :smile:

Plus 2% Quidco

Your point is un-informative. You say that an old laptop or a top spec. would need an ssd. You then say that this is capable and does not.

Cause it needs ssd, any computer does.

"Your only gonna be using this for browsing, light media, word spread sheets etc"

How do you know what people will be using it for?

Would this be good for any type of gaming? I want to play games on Fightcade and my girlfriend wants to play Sims, but would it handle anything better? Something like Starcraft 2?

£20 off if you purchase via laptop direct and take trial membership from which.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/content/which-promotion

Hi,
IT pro : been upgrading HDD to SSD on laptops/PCs for family and friends it gives almost any system a new lease of life, if its a new computer without SSD don't buy it, this is a good entry level computer for surfing, netflixing, spread sheets, email and all general use go for it, remember say no to SSHD (hybrid drives)

Powerful processor & graphics what dose this mean any thing works in the byte section?.

Couldn't agree more! I threw my retired desktop drive (OCZ Vertex 2) into a budget Celeron laptop (N2815/Passmark: 866 :confused:), now it flies. It makes an incredible difference to terrible computers.

I had a hybrid drive - pointless - put in true SSD and won't look back. Although if you want one is it here even cheaper at £257 http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/lenovo-b50-50-15.6-intel-core-i3-5005u-4gb-500gb-dvd-rw-dl-windows-10-lapt-80s2000quk/version.asp?refsource=LDadwords&crtag=LD&refsource=Ldadwords&gclid=CjwKEAjwmMS-BRCm5dn51JLbp1wSJACc61tFnPpL5xCXP5vJATPb0pGzUgr2um5hZ9OXUay35ployhoCIS3w_wcB

Voted hot.

Quality.

Tough

Wow. Super cheap for almost current gen i3 and ssd.Should make it nippy for office work and some online browsing, and ram super easy and cheap to upgrade if necessary. Have lots of heat!

...and if you don't know?

hot hot hot from me :wink:

Very cheap and very well spec'd for the price.

As long as you're happy with the 1366 x 768 screen resolution I doubt you'll find better.