Laptop

markfj

Hi, I asked a little while ago about laptops, now looking to actually buy one. I see this one, is abit cheaper at the moment, though over what I was going to spend, wondered if its worth paying for

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-yoga-710-convertible-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-14-full-hd-silver/p3100893

Initially, I was looking for a laptop for web design/developing practise on, but Im considering studying with Open Uni next year, and was thinking about a laptop for that. I like the fact its covertible too, but are there any simialr as good but cheaper?

cheers

agrinnall

I have a Yoga convertible and to be honest I pretty much never use it in any mode other than standard laptop, so unless you really think you will make use of the other modes I would see if there are equivalent laptops at a lower price.

markfj

Thanks for that.

Never used a 2 in 1 but I'm often on my phone so I'd probably use it as a tablet too.

Though if there was a laptop a fair bit cheaper for the same specs I'd probably consider that

grumpycrab

This is FHD and has 256gb SSD. May not be as pretty as the lenovo but it's quite a bit cheaper (price of this unit is £30 higher than it was a couple of weeks ago unfortunately).
https://www.technoworld.com/deals/hp-250-g5-i3-5005u-15-6-4gb-256-ssd-win-10

Or similar spec lenovo laptop £500
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-ideapad-510s-14-laptop-i5-fhd-ips-screen-256gb-ssd-backlit-keyboard-pc-world-2549572

System

https://www.technoworld.com/deals/hp-250-g5-i3-5005u-15-6-4gb-256-ssd-win-10

Is that the one that got spanked by a 3 year old Lenovo Yoga on a recent episode of the Gadget Show when they did an article about whether it was better to buy used high end tech a few years old or new entry/midrange?

markfj

I was tempted to go for the 710s in the end, but since read alot about fan noises, there doesnt seem to be a fix for! Annoying.

Im tmpted by the ideapad now, but no offer on it currently so is still £550, which isnt bad but annoying 4 weeks ago was £500