I wish these budget laptops would just move to USB C charging it would make it a bit more useful to justify it as a web browsing machine that you throw it in the bag and not worry about it
There are very few manufacturers who committed using usb c charging in lower end laptops. Mostly not very well known OEMs or niche manufacturers without extensive warranty coverage. Asus does have a few entry level models that support USB charging but the model's availability isn't widespread. Its kinda weird that USB c is becoming more ubiquitous thx to smartphones but laptops manufacturers refuse to make decent entry lvl laptops that support it for God knows why.
Absolutely, USB-C charging should be the default for these laptops, universal and you can use a power bank to charge it. The only reason I can think against that connector in this is if the 14" screen is a little too power hungry to be comfortable when maxing out the CPU, brightness and with added peripherals.
@@SweBeach2023 Higher wattage and voltage means only the included USB-C charger is compatible, though it's still better than a proprietary connector. I wish some smaller laptops could use 12V/2A/25W max so a wide variety of affordable chargers and power banks could power them, or at least trickle charge them.
For those complaining, what are you expecting from a $100 laptop? LOL A pretty good alternative (if you want to use an external monitor) is Samsung DEX. I've been using it about 75% of the time and it actually works REALLY well for web surfing, email, excel and light office work. It's not perfect, but feels very responsive. I often have several apps and browser tabs opened at once and have never noticed any lag. This is on a Galaxy S20 with a Baseus dock and wireless keyboard/mouse.
I’m thinking the same. I got one just as a stand in until I upgrade to a MacBook and it gets the job done. It might have a seizure on a zoom call but it was $85.99 plus tax so I’m chillin lol
I really think in the future, people will carry around portable screens and just use Samsung Dex or Motorola Ready For, basically using their smartphone as a computer. So many people spend $700+ on their smartphones anyway, they're definitely more than powerful enough for the majority of laptop tasks. I know Mr. Mobile on TH-cam made a video about his portable workstation using the Samsung Fold 3. He called it "The Four-Pocket Laptop" since he could actually fit everything in his pockets lol. He shows it at the seven minute mark of this video. th-cam.com/video/wrm_VWsmMS4/w-d-xo.html
Nice video as always! I think this one has the same guts as the Ideapad D330 2 in 1 tablet, so what we have here is the power of a low end windows tablet with none of the benefits of the form factor.
Thanks for another excellent video review! Your comprehensive & detailed product evaluations are always beneficial in helping buyers make well-informed purchasing decisions. Speaking of low-priced laptops, I'd love to see a review of the 2022 Asus CX1700 17.3" Chromebook [CXB170CKA-212.BCLN6]. Best Buy is currently selling it for $199.00 (though I don't know how long this sale is likely to last...) I'm curious to know whether it is a good bang-for-the-buck value, and there seem to be virtually no Internet reviews of this laptop so far. Specs appear to be fairly decent for the price, and Asus also claims that it meets MIL-STD 810H US military durability standards. I like BIG laptops, and this one looks rather intriguing...
I bought it today. Because my HP 14bs could not handle apple juice. Compared to Pentium Gold 4415U in it, this one has half the power consumption (6W instead of 15), nvme slot, fullHD display (Which is not so bad at all) and weight is also more than 50% reduced. Another things are smaller power adapter, smaller sd card slot and for me a big surprise very good touchpad, much better than HP had.
I take it all back. Have it for few days and it overheats really hard to the state that laptop becomes unusable. Bought Asus VivoBook A415 for the same price. 10nm tiger lake i3. Almost 150% better performance .
I bought the black Friday Ideapad 1i from Bestbuy, the one my dad got had a Mediatek wifi chip so Linux works fine on it with a newer kernel, but I also bought one for myself and it came with the Realtek one and I couldn't get the rtw89 driver to work, so I swapped an Intel AX200 into it, mine interestingly enough has some type of heatpipe cooler an a 2280 m.2 slot, I tried a SATA drive in it and it didn't work, I have an 128gb nvme drive on order to see if it works at all, I'm guessing it's probably PCIe only since they probably don't use SATA drives anymore so they saved on BOM cost by not connecting SATA to the m.2 port.
This has Win 11 but S mode or a limited version of 11? Thank you found a tossed out Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14IGL7. Nice portable laptop, but looks limited as far as upgrades! Think it also has Win 11 with S mode. Thank you
What do you think of the new G-drive armorlock ssd, why it nedd to be so big when SSD can be so small nowadays, is there any reason to get such a large physical size of external SSD instead of a faster and smaller external SSD? It has hardware encryption but is that a valid reason for it to be so big? It has usb and not thunderbolt speed too
On sale at best buy for $99. I think these laptops should not be made. A dual core with ht/smt would be the lowest processor I would ever buy with a minimum of 8gb of ram. I wouldn't even recommend this as a child's laptop because if they wanted to do anything more than look at the internet the laptop would let them down and would not grow with them. These laptops are the equivalent of a burner phone.
Hi Lon: Would this be a good laptop for my 82 year old Mother in Law to play some simple games? Nothing even close to the Half Life example. I can pick this up today at Best Buy for $99. Thanks for the excellent review.
I bought this as well for the same price and place. I would say it will play very old games just fine. I installed ms office 2000 on this machine, no problem. Most people watch videos, write emails, and do some spreadsheet work. This is perfect for that.
Thank you! I'm not techie. I just need a laptop for Word, Excel, web browsing and TH-cam videos.... but for decades, the sales agents always upsell me! Went to Costco and this was recommended. I'm happy.
Between this and the Asus E410 and a Acer Chromebook 315 which one would you go with? I literally just need it for some web browsing, Netflix/TH-cam and maybe some online classes here and there..... I'm kinda stuck here
Get a refurbished Acer Spin 513 for $180 off ebay, mine was seemingly brand-new and unopened. Touchscreen, convertible, super bright screen, runs great. The only downside is that the webcam sucks unless you use a ring light or lamp right in front of you (it's still a nice 720p camera though.)
It would be okay if thats all you can afford but if you can possibly budget around $1000 instead you will end up with a much better experience like with a dell xps or a thinkpad x1
2023 JAN and you can get Celeron N4020 ( 2 Core ) systems for $ 89 and Pentium N5030 ( 4 Core ) systems for $129 both on clearence... Too much unsold Christmas OVERSTOCK left over, pallet loads of these machines in inventory. Be VERY Careful with those power jack plugs - they are the weakest point on these little systems. For light gaming, the Intel Core i3-1125G4 systems with better graphics are under $400
Many folks must have a windows operating system because of the exponentially greater software base. If you're short on funds but need a modern windows OS system, this is something to look at.
No, these Ideapads are not exactly high-performance machines, haha! They do run silently, though. I happened to buy the similar model from a couple of years ago, but with a lower grade processor, I think the Intel 3550, and a smaller screen, the 11 inch. The important thing to remember, is to buy a machine with a SATA HDD, because then you can install a faster, better SSD. Also, if possible, try to get a model with a TFT screen, instead of the lousy TN variant. I know they used to make them in two variants. The TN screen on my machine is very disappointing, especially when viewed from an angle. However, as an internet machine, my Ideapad 11 has worked well. The wifi network card is "ac", and really good. It also has an HDMI-port, which makes it easy to hook up to a flatscreen tv or second monitor, and use as a video entertainment machine. Also, be careful to chose the 4 GB ram model, since the 2 GB is completely useless. With 4 GB these Ideapads will run acceptably well under Win 10.
Basically. That's what you get when buying these. E-Waste! Don't buy these. Buy REAL computers with Core i3s and higher. The Lenovo IdeaPad 3 or better would be a good option.
e-waste. EEEEEEEEE-waste! Seriously, why do these low-cost, unupgradable e-waste PCs exist? Nice video though, Lon. My $500 Lenovo IdeaPad 3 has upgradable storage and memory-wise. A much better option.
The problem is that this laptop is made for the people that are not willing to buy a laptop that is more than $300 windows laptop, yes shitty and unupgradable, the only job of these laptops is to watch youtube and document processing only
I bought it in January 2021 for online class but a difference is mine has an AMD A4 CPU and guess what, it still functions today. I only use it for some Roblox now and honestly that's it, pretty slow though
I wish these budget laptops would just move to USB C charging it would make it a bit more useful to justify it as a web browsing machine that you throw it in the bag and not worry about it
There are very few manufacturers who committed using usb c charging in lower end laptops. Mostly not very well known OEMs or niche manufacturers without extensive warranty coverage. Asus does have a few entry level models that support USB charging but the model's availability isn't widespread.
Its kinda weird that USB c is becoming more ubiquitous thx to smartphones but laptops manufacturers refuse to make decent entry lvl laptops that support it for God knows why.
@qtsssim it’s more the convenience factor of not needing to bring another power brick with you for a low power laptop like this.
Absolutely, USB-C charging should be the default for these laptops, universal and you can use a power bank to charge it. The only reason I can think against that connector in this is if the 14" screen is a little too power hungry to be comfortable when maxing out the CPU, brightness and with added peripherals.
@@beigebox1990 USB C can push 100 watt, I suspect this laptop doesn't draw much more than 15 watt at full load.
@@SweBeach2023 Higher wattage and voltage means only the included USB-C charger is compatible, though it's still better than a proprietary connector. I wish some smaller laptops could use 12V/2A/25W max so a wide variety of affordable chargers and power banks could power them, or at least trickle charge them.
For those complaining, what are you expecting from a $100 laptop? LOL
A pretty good alternative (if you want to use an external monitor) is Samsung DEX. I've been using it about 75% of the time and it actually works REALLY well for web surfing, email, excel and light office work. It's not perfect, but feels very responsive. I often have several apps and browser tabs opened at once and have never noticed any lag. This is on a Galaxy S20 with a Baseus dock and wireless keyboard/mouse.
I’m thinking the same. I got one just as a stand in until I upgrade to a MacBook and it gets the job done. It might have a seizure on a zoom call but it was $85.99 plus tax so I’m chillin lol
I really think in the future, people will carry around portable screens and just use Samsung Dex or Motorola Ready For, basically using their smartphone as a computer. So many people spend $700+ on their smartphones anyway, they're definitely more than powerful enough for the majority of laptop tasks. I know Mr. Mobile on TH-cam made a video about his portable workstation using the Samsung Fold 3. He called it "The Four-Pocket Laptop" since he could actually fit everything in his pockets lol. He shows it at the seven minute mark of this video. th-cam.com/video/wrm_VWsmMS4/w-d-xo.html
100? in canada it's like at least 280 (including shipping etc.) CAD!
I got this for little girl and she loves it as student it dose everything she needs to do really, so very good laptop for the price 👌
Lon! Thanks for posting this video
I remember when this laptop used to have an AMD A4 CPU.
E-waste as soon as it got off the assembly line.
Thanks i want to get this just for Microsoft office and some other basic university work
Nice video as always! I think this one has the same guts as the Ideapad D330 2 in 1 tablet, so what we have here is the power of a low end windows tablet with none of the benefits of the form factor.
Thanks for another excellent video review! Your comprehensive & detailed product evaluations are always beneficial in helping buyers make well-informed purchasing decisions. Speaking of low-priced laptops, I'd love to see a review of the 2022 Asus CX1700 17.3" Chromebook [CXB170CKA-212.BCLN6]. Best Buy is currently selling it for $199.00 (though I don't know how long this sale is likely to last...) I'm curious to know whether it is a good bang-for-the-buck value, and there seem to be virtually no Internet reviews of this laptop so far. Specs appear to be fairly decent for the price, and Asus also claims that it meets MIL-STD 810H US military durability standards. I like BIG laptops, and this one looks rather intriguing...
How would this suffice in a lightweight Linux, in emulation and older/lightweight games? And in TH-cam at 720p/1080p in a lightweight Linux?
I bought it today. Because my HP 14bs could not handle apple juice. Compared to Pentium Gold 4415U in it, this one has half the power consumption (6W instead of 15), nvme slot, fullHD display (Which is not so bad at all) and weight is also more than 50% reduced. Another things are smaller power adapter, smaller sd card slot and for me a big surprise very good touchpad, much better than HP had.
I take it all back. Have it for few days and it overheats really hard to the state that laptop becomes unusable. Bought Asus VivoBook A415 for the same price. 10nm tiger lake i3. Almost 150% better performance .
I bought one and i found out it doesnt have keyboard lights
Keep up the great work
I bought the black Friday Ideapad 1i from Bestbuy, the one my dad got had a Mediatek wifi chip so Linux works fine on it with a newer kernel, but I also bought one for myself and it came with the Realtek one and I couldn't get the rtw89 driver to work, so I swapped an Intel AX200 into it, mine interestingly enough has some type of heatpipe cooler an a 2280 m.2 slot, I tried a SATA drive in it and it didn't work, I have an 128gb nvme drive on order to see if it works at all, I'm guessing it's probably PCIe only since they probably don't use SATA drives anymore so they saved on BOM cost by not connecting SATA to the m.2 port.
The one I got did have the m.2 slot in so I was able to upgrade the store. It didn't help much though with performance.
Please between this and an HP stream 14 laptop which is better?
If u get the huawei matebook d14 u can use 65w usb c charger but no dp alt mode on the sole type c port...
Dec2022 it’s now 129 dollars with 128 gb of memory at Walmart
This has Win 11 but S mode or a limited version of 11? Thank you found a tossed out Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14IGL7. Nice portable laptop, but looks limited as far as upgrades! Think it also has Win 11 with S mode. Thank you
I just ordered one from Best Buy and it says the camera is 720P
Hope I didn’t make a mistake buying mine I have the 20 gig ram and one TB SSD for 339
I got an mint condition aftermarket lenovo ideapad 1 for just 70 bucks, good piece of technology
Thanks for the honest review.....
I just subscribed because your reviews are not like a commercial....
PLEASE SUGGEST ME if you anyone knows. In this laptop how many GB size (upto) SD card I can insert?
What do you think about recording music 👀
I’m having trouble trying to figure out how to download apps onto my Lenovo 14 inch laptop. Can you offer me a walk-through on how to do that?
What do you think of the new G-drive armorlock ssd, why it nedd to be so big when SSD can be so small nowadays, is there any reason to get such a large physical size of external SSD instead of a faster and smaller external SSD? It has hardware encryption but is that a valid reason for it to be so big? It has usb and not thunderbolt speed too
I use huawei matebook 14 so I have a fully functional usb c port (1 only)
does anyone know that if you can run obs or streamlabs on this with no problem?
On sale at best buy for $99. I think these laptops should not be made. A dual core with ht/smt would be the lowest processor I would ever buy with a minimum of 8gb of ram. I wouldn't even recommend this as a child's laptop because if they wanted to do anything more than look at the internet the laptop would let them down and would not grow with them. These laptops are the equivalent of a burner phone.
Does it have blue light filter?
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Hi Lon: Would this be a good laptop for my 82 year old Mother in Law to play some simple games? Nothing even close to the Half Life example. I can pick this up today at Best Buy for $99. Thanks for the excellent review.
I bought this as well for the same price and place. I would say it will play very old games just fine. I installed ms office 2000 on this machine, no problem. Most people watch videos, write emails, and do some spreadsheet work. This is perfect for that.
Thank you! I'm not techie. I just need a laptop for Word, Excel, web browsing and TH-cam videos.... but for decades, the sales agents always upsell me!
Went to Costco and this was recommended. I'm happy.
Just snagged one up for $129 Walmart just now
Does it connect to wifi 5gz?
Between this and the Asus E410 and a Acer Chromebook 315 which one would you go with? I literally just need it for some web browsing, Netflix/TH-cam and maybe some online classes here and there..... I'm kinda stuck here
Get a refurbished Acer Spin 513 for $180 off ebay, mine was seemingly brand-new and unopened. Touchscreen, convertible, super bright screen, runs great. The only downside is that the webcam sucks unless you use a ring light or lamp right in front of you (it's still a nice 720p camera though.)
@@vvvios please between this and an HP stream 14 which do you think is better??
Mine has 128gb storage
How can you get @ write with this key
If you are not interested in any gaming and only work etc would this be a good option?
It would be okay if thats all you can afford but if you can possibly budget around $1000 instead you will end up with a much better experience like with a dell xps or a thinkpad x1
11/20/22 $99.99 Best Buy Black Friday Deal for this configuration.
And can anyone please recommend a low budget laptop for me
Really low budget with the most manageable quality please.
hmm, so ideapad 3 next?
2023 JAN and you can get Celeron N4020 ( 2 Core ) systems for $ 89 and Pentium N5030 ( 4 Core ) systems for $129 both on clearence...
Too much unsold Christmas OVERSTOCK left over, pallet loads of these machines in inventory.
Be VERY Careful with those power jack plugs - they are the weakest point on these little systems.
For light gaming, the Intel Core i3-1125G4 systems with better graphics are under $400
That is a fantastic idea to get it and put Ubuntu on it.
You can very easily use it with lite version of w11. Without apps and garbage it uses only 1.3GB RAM.
This thing routinely goes on sale for $99. Can't beat it
It’s $99 right now
Do yu think it can run GeForce?
@@prixmm 😂 this thing is good for Netflix and doing word docs. If you wanna game this ain't it
Between this and the Asus E410 which one would be better?
@@touchmoneyyyy getting mine later today I’ll lyk
It looks like the type of laptop to just toss in a book bag and just not care what happens to it.
Top cover is very easy to scratch.
$99 at bestbuy right now 10/28/2022
why is the task bar in the far left?
I moved it there
@@LonSeidman Wasn't aware you can do that, nice lol.
i have this laptop and its broke the screen
Can I edit videos on this computer?
Hell naw
No numpad on the keyboard boo!
The 15" version has one.
This thing is $99 now.
Used or new ??
@@rayaneril8529 New. Why would someone by a used computer?
Just bought one from Best Buy new for $100
@@dpizzy99 is it good ??
2:50 Lenovo keyboards.
I got this as my birthday gift.....
Yeah i have depression
single channel memory is a crime that should be punished.
Along with 1366x768
Can it run Minecraft java?
not really the fps are is very unstable
Why would you buy this kind of laptop with windows? Chrome os is clearly more suited for this kind of laptop
Many folks must have a windows operating system because of the exponentially greater software base. If you're short on funds but need a modern windows OS system, this is something to look at.
No, these Ideapads are not exactly high-performance machines, haha! They do run silently, though.
I happened to buy the similar model from a couple of years ago, but with a lower grade processor, I think the Intel 3550, and a smaller screen, the 11 inch.
The important thing to remember, is to buy a machine with a SATA HDD, because then you can install a faster, better SSD.
Also, if possible, try to get a model with a TFT screen, instead of the lousy TN variant. I know they used to make them in two variants. The TN screen on my machine is very disappointing, especially when viewed from an angle.
However, as an internet machine, my Ideapad 11 has worked well. The wifi network card is "ac", and really good.
It also has an HDMI-port, which makes it easy to hook up to a flatscreen tv or second monitor, and use as a video entertainment machine.
Also, be careful to chose the 4 GB ram model, since the 2 GB is completely useless. With 4 GB these Ideapads will run acceptably well under Win 10.
Wow, Lenovo basically manufacturing e-waste here.
Basically. That's what you get when buying these. E-Waste!
Don't buy these. Buy REAL computers with Core i3s and higher. The Lenovo IdeaPad 3 or better would be a good option.
I would only use this as a Chromebook
@@mrmartywaring I wouldn't buy it in the first place XD.
I'd save my money and buy a real computer.
The point with these machines are that they are almost indestructible, silent and cheap.
With a fan-cooled laptop you'll get NOISE.
that shit is better than my pc, rip
Ain't no way
Sounds like a computer for the kids.
yh uhm about that i dont think my mom shouldve bought this thing with 4gb and 128 gb
If you are not planning to install Linux, don't go for laptops like these.
Don't buy
literal e-waste
The point with these machines are that they are almost indestructible, silent and cheap.
With a fan-cooled laptop you'll get NOISE.
Why do they produce junk like this.i mean its straight trash.the lowest Chromebook is better than this
First
Do you ever get sick of reviewing Lenovo? I got a Lenovo tablet and laptop, both junk.
I review most of the major brands - HP & Dell often send machines in too.
e-waste. EEEEEEEEE-waste!
Seriously, why do these low-cost, unupgradable e-waste PCs exist?
Nice video though, Lon.
My $500 Lenovo IdeaPad 3 has upgradable storage and memory-wise. A much better option.
The problem is that this laptop is made for the people that are not willing to buy a laptop that is more than $300 windows laptop, yes shitty and unupgradable, the only job of these laptops is to watch youtube and document processing only
@@thegent2716 Yeah, and even TH-cam will struggle. Celerons just suck.
Were they always this crappy?
The point with these machines are that they are almost indestructible, silent and cheap.
With a fan-cooled laptop you'll get NOISE.
@@pekkaastrom7346 I see. Makes me wonder if we'll ever have cheap, fanless, powerful PCs for under $500.
I bought it in January 2021 for online class but a difference is mine has an AMD A4 CPU and guess what, it still functions today. I only use it for some Roblox now and honestly that's it, pretty slow though
Looking for a very inexpensive laptop to complete my COMPTIA certs, so hopefully this works.
Just purchased one at Best Buy for $99 bucks, can't beat that... just to surf the web
$99 at best. buy today
will probably sell out today
personally I would not buy it try to stick with a $500
Is it foldable ?
Ye