Will I regret my Laptop purchase?

ExoMale · 10 Jun 2019 at 09:06

Lenovo Yoga 510

its in pretty much immaculate condition for a 2nd hand item and it cost me £100 on gum which i picked up last night.

i didnt do full research as i just wanted a laptop and wasnt fussed if it was normal or flexed, just a decent non atom spec, so i didnt realize the A9 processor was a straight up dual core, but it does have 4gb ram, 1tb hdd as factory and the touch screen all works, cant really fault it so far, just needs a windows refresh as they left stuff on it.

was these ever good laptops?

kurosagi01 · 10 Jun 2019 at 09:25

In my opinion it's as good as a laptop as you deemed for your use case, I would probably change the 1tb to a SSD which would help it a lot.

ExoMale · 10 Jun 2019 at 09:33

kurosagi01 said:
In my opinion it's as good as a laptop as you deemed for your use case, I would probably change the 1tb to a SSD which would help it a lot.

thanks for reply.

yeah the usage wont be too high, i just wanted something better than my atom netbook for general and something i might be able to run movies or netfix from etc without issue when im not home, ive just never owned this type of laptop or a lenovo for that matter(only towers) which is why i was curious and yeah im already in the process of looking for a decent ssd and will look at upgrading the memory too.

edit: oh and to stream xbox one games from.

ver01@ · 13 Jun 2019 at 07:35

The issue is the low resolution screen - while intel based ones are usually 1080p or 4K, AMD ones come with a 1366x768 which for a 14" screen is really poor.

James Daniels · 13 Jun 2019 at 10:17

As a newbie, what tasks can't you do with a 1366x768 that you couldn't do with a better one?

ver01@ · 13 Jun 2019 at 19:30

James Daniels said:
As a newbie, what tasks can't you do with a 1366x768 that you couldn't do with a better one?

I think you mean "that you could do with a better one"?

MiSJAH · 13 Jun 2019 at 20:52

James Daniels said:
As a newbie, what tasks can't you do with a 1366x768 that you couldn't do with a better one?

None, it's purely about the clarity of what is on the screen.

768 is considered standard definition and 1080 is considered high definition.

ver01@ · 13 Jun 2019 at 21:22

MiSJAH said:
None, it's purely about the clarity of what is on the screen.

which is the main reason why higher resolution screens exist

willhub · 14 Jun 2019 at 16:17

1366x768 on a 3" screen would be nice and sharp, much better and more clear than 1080P on a 17" screen.

Mr.Q · 10 Jul 2019 at 22:11

Is decent for what you paid for it.