Lenovo Ideapad i5 330s - Time for a new model

fwor

Eyeful said:

1. Why on earth does anyone need 16 tabs open at the same time!

Different people use their laptops in different ways.

I've probably got 40 or more tabs open in Firefox and maybe 10 in another browser. It's not at all unusual, from what I've seen of other people's browser use.

flaneurs_lobster

Eyeful said:

4. Get the store to let you try the model of your choice before buying it. 

If in Currys, check the build quality by opening the thing up, picking it up by the keyboard and flexing it.

A decent rigid chassis won't snap in two. 

HollyandCo

Eyeful said:

HollyandCo said:

Thanks.  I'm not a gamer.  I do have lots of tabs open at the same time.  I currently have 16 open!  Generally, as well as almost constantly surfing, flicking through youtube video's, using the regular, microsoft products, I don't really use it for anything else.  I probably would like better internal speakers but that is realistically all I'd like to change!

I definitely don't want to cheap out and I do think Lenovo are decent.  I can't afford a MAC and my son say's I wouldn't get on with the change either!

1. Why on earth does anyone need 16 tabs open at the same time!
2. I expect that you son is correct about the MAC.
3. It would be wise not to "cheap out". The way that Microsoft keeps bloating their OS, the cheaper PC's will more than likely become under powered far too soon. 
4. Get the store to let you try the model of your choice before buying it. 
5. Have you tried asking an AI chat bot, to give you review feedback (good & bad) on the model you have selected to buy?

1  Quite possibly ADHD!  I tend to have a hundred things on the go all at the same time!
4  Yes, that makes sense.
5  No, but I will

HollyandCo

Well, I've really confused myself now!  I've done the AI chat bot and basically I am now looking at Dell Laptops.  I had a fantastic dell previously and they appear to be upgradable.

I think I'm likely to go for a Dell.  Currently looking at theirblack friday offers with additional offers like 50% off extendable warranty.

Cisco001

Not a good deal 

Acer 14" intel 266V, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, OLED screen £400
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/acer-aspire-14-ai-oled-14-laptop-copilot-pc-intel-core-ultra-5-512-gb-ssd-4748940

bob2302

Eyeful said:

HollyandCo said:

Thanks.  I'm not a gamer.  I do have lots of tabs open at the same time.  I currently have 16 open!  Generally, as well as almost constantly surfing, flicking through youtube video's, using the regular, microsoft products, I don't really use it for anything else.  I probably would like better internal speakers but that is realistically all I'd like to change!

I definitely don't want to cheap out and I do think Lenovo are decent.  I can't afford a MAC and my son say's I wouldn't get on with the change either!

1. Why on earth does anyone need 16 tabs open at the same time!

16 tabs is negligible, there are people that have several thousand open.

flaneurs_lobster

bob2302 said:

Eyeful said:

HollyandCo said:

Thanks.  I'm not a gamer.  I do have lots of tabs open at the same time.  I currently have 16 open!  Generally, as well as almost constantly surfing, flicking through youtube video's, using the regular, microsoft products, I don't really use it for anything else.  I probably would like better internal speakers but that is realistically all I'd like to change!

I definitely don't want to cheap out and I do think Lenovo are decent.  I can't afford a MAC and my son say's I wouldn't get on with the change either!

1. Why on earth does anyone need 16 tabs open at the same time!

16 tabs is negligible, there are people that have several thousand open.

OK, I'll bite. 

What possible use case requires someone to have several thousand tabs open on a browser?

Newcad

OCD perhaps?

Frozen_up_north

HollyandCo said:

Well, I've really confused myself now!  I've done the AI chat bot and basically I am now looking at Dell Laptops.  I had a fantastic dell previously and they appear to be upgradable.

I think I'm likely to go for a Dell.  Currently looking at theirblack friday offers with additional offers like 50% off extendable warranty.

Last year I bought a Vostro laptop direct from Dell. Within a month one of the key tops “flipped up”. The scissor hinge was poorly moulded, no problem you might think… Dell Support said any keyboard fault must be unfair usage and wouldn’t entertain a warranty repair. They wanted £168 to repair the keyboard on site!
I bought a pack of scissor hinges from eBay for £4 and fixed it myself, a 2 minute job.
By the way, my particular Dell laptop has RAM soldered to the motherboard, so is not upgradable as far as RAM is concerned.

Eyeful

flaneurs_lobster said:

bob2302 said:

Eyeful said:

HollyandCo said:

Thanks.  I'm not a gamer.  I do have lots of tabs open at the same time.  I currently have 16 open!  Generally, as well as almost constantly surfing, flicking through youtube video's, using the regular, microsoft products, I don't really use it for anything else.  I probably would like better internal speakers but that is realistically all I'd like to change!

I definitely don't want to cheap out and I do think Lenovo are decent.  I can't afford a MAC and my son say's I wouldn't get on with the change either!

1. Why on earth does anyone need 16 tabs open at the same time!

16 tabs is negligible, there are people that have several thousand open.

OK, I'll bite. 

What possible use case requires someone to have several thousand tabs open on a browser?

Just tonmake sure the computer slows down or stops!