Good value for money?

Juzza12

Hi all, would appreciate any input on this laptop http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Z370-13-3-Laptop-2nd-Gen-Intel-Core-i5-4GB-750GB-NVIDIA-1GB-Dedicated-VH-/181067921879?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D5222391872102180547%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D251214851902%26

I know it's Windows 7 but that's fine with me. A lot of laptops i've been looking at around the same price are i3 but this is i5.

Not even sure if I need that high specs, will be used mainly for browsing and streaming films, TV and live sport. Won't be used for work or gaming at all. Don't want to overspend.

zappahey

It went pretty hot on hotukdeals and seems like a decent spec for the money. Just make sure you're happy with the smaller screen that it has.

MandyAW92

Its a OK Laptop but you can get Lenovo G580s and Z580s for a much better price with the same or superior specs

fenlander_uk

I've had one for 12 months and just bought a second one for my OH, so you can tell I'm very pleased with it. The first one cost me £520 and they did rise to just under £600 a few months ago. Amazon now seem to be out of stock.
Buy it IF you want a smaller screen - similar specs with 15" screens tend to be cheaper. Couple of observations:
- don't get hung up on the one-key factory restore. Repartitioning the disk will break one-key, but who wants a single 750GB partition? Just make a Macrium backup once you've repartitioned, got all the Windows updates finished, removed the crapware and done your base software installation. Much more useful being able to restore that than going back to a factory reset.
- average amount of crapware, including Office Starter and MacAFee are easily removed.
- unless you're a games player, the discrete graphics are probably unnecessary and hit the battery life. If you are a serious games player the discrete graphics probably won't be fast enough, anyway. I keep mine turned off.
Other than that, mine has been totally reliable and up to expectation. I bought the second one because the price was so good and I didn't want to get lumbered with Windows 8. I still rate it better than the replacement z380 with an i3 and W8 at £50 extra.