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Lenovo IdeaPad 1 15 inch Full HD Laptop - (AMD Ryzen 5-3500U, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Windows 11 Home in S mode) - Cloud Grey

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So let’s carry on with our Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15.6in Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Laptop review and explore the product’s pricing.

Find out why Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15.6in Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Laptop scored an incredible review score of 8.7 out of 10.We test Windows PCs' graphics with two DirectX 12 gaming simulations from UL's 3DMark: Night Raid (more modest, suitable for laptops with integrated graphics), and Time Spy (more demanding, suitable for gaming rigs with discrete GPUs). Price is another really important factor for analysing the quality of Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15.6in Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Laptop vs other products in the Laptops and netbooks category. It’s obvious, but you will need to set your expectations of quality based on your budget and the price of the product you’re looking at, against the price of alternatives.

Next up is material. Read through the product description for Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15.6in Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Laptop to get an understanding of the materials the product is made from. Some materials will obviously be known for delivering better quality item than others. You might also have decided that you’ll only accept a product made from a particular material. Work from anywhere, even without Wi-Fi access. Work on offline apps and stay productive for up to 10 hours on just one charge. Charge 15 minutes with rapid charge boost for 2 hours' battery. What's most notable about this IdeaPad is its 15.6-inch display—notable in that the laptop uses a relatively dull 1,366-by-768-pixel resolution and an older TN panel. This combination fails to meet the sort of sharpness and brightness expectations we have for current Windows machines.Plus, with the low-powered CPUs found in these sorts of budget models, we simply don't have high hopes. The IdeaPad's graphics capabilities not only prove to be unimpressive, but they also don't hold a candle to AMD Ryzen-powered systems, like the Acer Aspire 5. Ultimately, the Lenovo is a machine built for simple web browsing and maybe some YouTube. Battery and Display Tests The next step after looking at products in the same category, was to look at products from the same brand, Lenovo. The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the Laptops and netbooks category, of which we found 151 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options. Also, there's not much in the way of configuration options, though you can find Intel-based versions of the IdeaPad 1 listed under the "IdeaPad 1i" name. Upgrades are sadly out of the question, as both the RAM and the eMMC storage are soldered directly to the system board.

As you can imagine, pricing is one of the most important factors of any purchasing decision. We can find the perfect product for our needs, that fits the brief in every single way. But if it doesn’t fit our budgets, we simply can’t (or at least shouldn’t) buy it. Thankfully, switching from S-Mode to full Windows 11 is free, and not hard to do (Microsoft even provides instructions), but it's an odd hoop to jump through on a machine sold at retail. The brand of product you buy can vary in importance, from person to person. Some people will of course be much more particular about the brands they will use. Whilst others aren’t interested in the brand and are more interested in the overall quality or price of the product itself. Thankfully Lenovo is a brand that many customers have grown to love over the years and is very popular for items in the Laptops and netbooks category. More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review. If the brand you buy is important to you, our best advice is to spend some time writing up your own list of ideal brands. That way when you come to the point where you’re comparing product options you can filter to only show the products from brands in your list.Unfortunately, part of this longevity comes from the display's noticeable dimness (and is also attributable to the very low native resolution). At full brightness, the HD screen produces just 258 nits—but that drops to a mere 32 nits when lowered to 50% brightness, as we do in our battery tests. Actual usability will require higher brightness, and even when dialed up to the highest setting, it won't offer much visibility in bright circumstances, like outdoor sunlight. One benefit of low-powered components is that battery life stretches farther when it doesn't have to drive faster components. And so, looking over the battery test results, we finally have a test that the IdeaPad 1 15 leads, stretching the 47Wh battery out to more than 12 hours of use. That's especially impressive in the context of similar budget systems, where you'll usually see inexpensive models break the 10-hour mark at best.

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