LenovoIdeaPad 1 Student Laptop, 15.6" FHD Display, Intel Dual Core Processor, 12GB RAM, 512GB SSD + 128GB eMMC, 1 Year Office 365, Wi-Fi 6, Webcam, Bluetooth, SD Card Reader, Windows 11 Home, Grey

My computer died and this seller got this to me the next day. It’s light weight, exactly the right storage and speed for the price. It’s not a touch screen which I would have liked, but for the price it’s ok. So far it’s a great machine.

Lenovo is so reliable. It works great for student and business purposes. And the keypad in the keyboard is a game changer.

Overall this is a decent, value oriented basic laptop. It will perform most of the stuff a student needs with a very simple version of MS Office. But at this price, please realize that it isn't built for games. (That may be a good thing if you want your kid to get their assignments finished on time ;0) To save some ca$h, I bought the "Used - Like New" version. The laptop I received probably had an older “generic image” of software reloaded for resale. As such, it required a couple years’ worth of Windows 11 updates, which can be frustrating. After a few failed attempts including one infamous Microsoft BSOD, I finally got the thing running reliably stable. But that took quite some time researching and downloading additional "update repair" software readily available at Microsoft’s websites after following advice from user forums. In my experience this is not unusual with MS. Their products have to work on many different brands of machines, which is not an easy thing to achieve. If you want a sturdy metal frame “good to go right out of the box” machine, buy a refurbed, slightly older Apple laptop for a little bit more. I’ve had several of those too. Apple has tight controls on both their hardware and software products. They work well and last a long time… As they say, “You pay for what you get!”

I love it

Do not make the grave mistake of buying this absolute piece of trash. It is horrible. I know what your thinking. "Wow those are great specs for so cheap". Yeah the old adage "you get what you pay for" applies here. Massively.It is SO slow. May as well have 1g of ram. No setting optimization fixes this. NOTHING works properly. Everything is so buggy and crashes often. I bought this to run quickbooks for a business and my 85 year old book keeper was making fun of me for how slow it was and how I shouldn't have cheaped out and bought this POS.Yeah imagine an 80+ yr old man complaining about how slow a "new" computer is. It's that bad and worse.The screen is literally the worst screen I've ever seen in real life. Laptops 10+ years older have a screen that blows this away. It actually hurts my eyes after about 30 minutes and that's never happened to me before. It is so hard to look at.The whole thing is SUPER cheap. The keyboard layout is stupid and if you're used to a normal keyboard get ready to hit the wrong keys constantly.There is no redeeming quality to this laptop. It's absolutely garbage DO NOT BUY. It's probably not even worth the aggravation trying to get everything off of it and return, so the best I can hope for is some good karma put out in the universe saving some other poor souls the misfortune of buying this POS.Do not buy. You're welcome.

I love this! Very good especially for the price! Lots of storage and moreUPDATE! The main board just went on me for really no reason. I bought this in February of 2024. Warren’s just ran out and it dies! Lenavo is not what it used to be sadly.

Good, excellent price and good storage.

CONTEXTI read many of the reviews before deciding to make my purchase. It was in my hopes that the reviews complaining about the computer’s slowness, bad screen quality, Windows S mode, etc. were wrong. I was hoping maybe those people had just gotten defective laptops. Wishful thinking. I didn’t want to spend more than $300-$400 on a laptop and this one advertised that it could do the simple things I need it to do, so I took the risk. Here’s what I think:THE REVIEWThe computer is slow. Its ram is not very high, so that makes sense. The screen quality is not good, either. And, yes, the computer *does* come in Windows S mode. These are my three biggest complaints, and here’s what I’ve done to remedy it:Windows S Mode - I saw another review on here that states that you can’t remove Windows S mode without contacting support. This isn’t true at all. I removed mine easily. You just need to make sure you have your windows login credentials on hand, make sure to pay attention to what you’re clicking & agreeing to (Windows will try to trick you into keeping S Mode enabled), but if you just follow the prompts, it’s super easy to remove it on your own. Just have patience and vigilance.Screen Quality - I’m not sure if this is the case for every version of this laptop, but mine came with completely messed up settings for color calibration. I noticed when I was using Google Sheets, and pastel green looked like dark blue. This is easy to solve! Look up a YouTube video for how to correct your color calibration for Windows 11. I promise you, it’s easy, and it only took me like 5 minutes. Is the screen quality itself great? No. Will it get the job done at least? Yes, and that’s all I need from it.Slowness - You get what you pay for. This computer suits my needs, as I am a part-time office administrator, and a fantasy novelist. The slowness is annoying, but all it requires is patience. Just. Wait. It’s slow to set-up initially, and loading pages in your browser takes more than a blink of an eye, but it DOES get there. If you can’t afford patience, then you should cop up the extra money for a faster computer - OR, buy more ram. This is definitely a laptop that has potential for tech gurus.Final Thoughts:This laptop sucks lol, but for the simple things I need it to do (google docs, google sheets, youtube, word press, data entry programs, so on), it can manage. I would not use it for gaming, programming, etc.We don’t *live* on our computers, people. If you don’t wanna cough up the money for a better computer, learn to be okay with what this one has to offer.