Seen this on the PC World website looking for a cheap laptop for the daughter for christmas. Not sure about reviews, but likely to be the cheapest full HD screen at this price I'm thinking. Tempted to jump on this even if at the top end of my budget. But slightly concerned on just the 4gb ram and Lenovo as a brand. Either this or hold out for a better brand with more ram even if just 720 hd?.
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fundy to tightpants
16 Nov 166#24
well when i opened mine up it had a spare slot to add 8gb to the existing 4gb that was already present and now recognises having 12gb
Lancman
17 Nov 165#33
From the review posted earlier, here is a shot of the underside. Looks like there is no replaceable battery either.
paulandpam1
18 Nov 163#51
I wouldn't take any notice of what the chimps in PC World tell you, the 9 hours to re install is bull S**t I'm surprised they never tried to sell you a gold HDMI cable to go with it.
ben38sufc
16 Nov 163#1
I see fhd and I give heat
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ben38sufc
16 Nov 163#1
I see fhd and I give heat
K1LLER HORNET
16 Nov 16#2
FHD IPS. Wow. I have to take a look. Will report back with my findings.
@dave99461 Regarding RAM
dave99461
16 Nov 16#3
Yeah, but does this laptop carry 2 ram slots (as to add an additional 4gb stick) or just the single slot I'm wandering?. As struggling to find out as far to many variants of model. But as upto 12gb ram, is it fair to assume 2 ram slots than just 1 to save binning the 4gb just to add 8gb?.
K1LLER HORNET to dave99461
16 Nov 162#4
Reviews seem to suggest the screen in these 500 series machines have poor colour reproduction covering only 60% of the srgb colourspace. Realistically this will mean muted colours.
It says up to 12GB so that would mean 2 slots.
RiverDragon8
16 Nov 161#5
I have the Lenovo 500s i5 13.3'' version, the IPS panel is excellent.
ShannonAirey96
16 Nov 161#6
does anyone know if this would run the sims 4 well?
benjam1n to ShannonAirey96
16 Nov 161#8
I have no clue about sims but no it's not a gaming machine. According to min requirements for sims it would run but I doubt it would be a very nice experience.
MBeeching to ShannonAirey96
16 Nov 161#10
Medium settings should be realistic, though you may have to lower the resolution if it feels sluggish.
Alternatively you could start at 1080p on low then gradually increase each graphic setting.
Yes it will. Wifes 4th gen i5 does a decent job at the native 720p res on her laptop. It runs surprisingly well on low end hardware.
benjam1n
16 Nov 162#7
I bought this a few weeks back. It's a nice little laptop. Fairly thin and nicely built for a budget laptop. Backlit keyboard is a nice touch. The screen seems fine. No competition for a MacBook retina but good enough. Colours look vibrant enough, not like those smokey looking screens on the £200 laptops. I'm pleased overall. It's the nicest looking laptop I've seen in the price range. I spent a day working on it on a business trip and it was perfectly acceptable.
dave99461
16 Nov 161#9
In thinking about my daughters iPad\pc habits which includes a lot of YouTube viewing, and as it seems certain to have a spare ram slot to add to than replace I think we will go for this as she will benefit more from the full HD screen for watching videos than a better known brand lower hd screen. As doubt we will find another full hd screen at this price any time soon. Plus IPS screens are generally better than TN screen I gather even if the above is suggesting slightly otherwise.
dave99461
16 Nov 16#11
As long as this will play the games on Facebook and flash based games with no issues my daughter would be happy I guess. Though she is asking for Minecraft for which slightly unsure on if it will run on this laptop?.
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@dave99461 Regarding RAM
It says up to 12GB so that would mean 2 slots.
Alternatively you could start at 1080p on low then gradually increase each graphic setting.
Lots of info here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Sims-4-Benchmarked.125840.0.html
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