[Best Buy] Lenovo 15.6 laptop i3-8145u/512G SSD/8G/FHD - $499

How would that compare to this that goes on sale Wednesday:
https://www.staples.ca/products/2961744 ... P%3AHOSTED

FWIW, you can get refurb Lenovo laptops with the same specs off ebay for about (230 USD) ~$310 CAD

momack wrote: ↑How would that compare to this that goes on sale Wednesday:
https://www.staples.ca/products/2961744 ... P%3AHOSTED

How do you know it goes on sale? For how much?
(I missed it on Black Friday)

CaptainSnake wrote: ↑ FWIW, you can get refurb Lenovo laptops with the same specs off ebay for about (230 USD) ~$310 CAD

Could you show us?

momack wrote: ↑ How would that compare to this that goes on sale Wednesday:
https://www.staples.ca/products/2961744 ... P%3AHOSTED

Going on sale for how much?

N/M, found it in the flyer for $500

For anyone that missed the Black Friday amazon deal on the Lenovo flex 14 for $599 plus tax. I have an extra one that I ordered. If anyone in west GTA wants it they can have it for the price I paid ($678) or it’s going back to amazon brand new sealed. Let me know!

Lenovo Flex 14 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop, 14 Inch FHD (1920 X 1080) Touchscreen Display, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Processor, 12GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, Windows 10, 81SS000DUS, Black

indeals wrote: ↑ Could you show us?

I can't find it either.

momack wrote: ↑ How would that compare to this that goes on sale Wednesday:
https://www.staples.ca/products/2961744 ... P%3AHOSTED

i3-8145U perform slightly better than R3 3200U, for same price, I would consider the bestbuy one, or the microsoft store 399 S340 for 100 cheaper

soonleaf wrote: ↑ i3-8145U perform slightly better than R3 3200U, for same price, I would consider the bestbuy one, or the microsoft store 399 S340 for 100 cheaper

from display quality prospective, are they the same?(not taking into account the touchscreen option)

this one: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/lenov ... verviewtab
and this one: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/le ... 0/13982603

to me, it worth it paying 100$ more for 512GB, and i dont mind about touch or non-touch. what i mind is just the quality of the display, both of them are FHD, but not sure about the matrix itself... i am not savvy of monitor matrices

artsx111 wrote: ↑ from display quality prospective, are they the same?(not taking into account the touchscreen option)

this one: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/lenov ... verviewtab
and this one: https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/le ... 0/13982603

to me, it worth it paying 100$ more for 512GB, and i dont mind about touch or non-touch. what i mind is just the quality of the display, both of them are FHD, but not sure about the matrix itself... i am not savvy of monitor matrices

The 399 microsoft laptop should have the best displa quality among the three options

This laptop was on a "Today Only" sale on the 11th also, I purchased it that day for my grandparents. Haven't seen any deals that compare with a 512GB SSD and 8th gen Intel CPU. Only caveat would be if you wanted a touch screen or TN if that is the panel, I receive the laptop today so I can take a look at the model number.

The microsoft one is a good deal also, but the HD is a bit small as OS is probably 15-20% of the disk.

soonleaf wrote: ↑ The 399 microsoft laptop should have the best displa quality among the three options

ok, thanks much

RuffRyder93 wrote: ↑ This laptop was on a "Today Only" sale on the 11th also, I purchased it that day for my grandparents. Haven't seen any deals that compare with a 512GB SSD and 8th gen Intel CPU. Only caveat would be if you wanted a touch screen or TN if that is the panel, I receive the laptop today so I can take a look at the model number.

The microsoft one is a good deal also, but the HD is a bit small as OS is probably 15-20% of the disk.

yeah, i think to add HD storage, just not sure which ssd to get, will it work with the MS store laptop or not?

artsx111 wrote: ↑ yeah, i think to add HD storage, just not sure which ssd to get, will it work with the MS store laptop or not?

According to the teardown video, you can add a HDD to the MS store laptop, but I am not sure if it has to be a 7mm HDD or it can fits 9.5mm HDD

soonleaf wrote: ↑ According to the teardown video, you can add a HDD to the MS store laptop, but I am not sure if it has to be a 7mm HDD or it can fits 9.5mm HDD

so i should remove existing 128 gb and replace it with another, or can keep existing one? i am not good at such things.

The IdeaPad S340 with 15.6" FHD IPS touch display with Ryzen 5 3500U (2.1GHz, 3.7 boosted) was $585 all-in (+taxes, -rebates) near the end of October. Better display panel, and AMD onboard graphics are better.

I also support AMD's business practices over Intel, so I am biased there too.

This model does have larger 512 SSD instead of the 256 for the previous deal though, but prices are dropping for SSDs.

artsx111 wrote: ↑ so i should remove existing 128 gb and replace it with another, or can keep existing one? i am not good at such things.

Personally, I would just simply replace the 128GB SSD since I have a extra SSD at hand, and if you do a lot of downloading, you might need to add A HDD as well

indeals wrote: ↑ Could you show us?

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/LENOVO-IDEAPAD- ... Swtgxd6yqd

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Lenovo-81N800D2 ... SwPsBd0zkj

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Laptop-Lenovo-I ... Swv~ddycKE This is the one I was talking about. Not the exact same (i3-8130u) but similar.

Picked this up on the way home. What a shit keyboard layout! Definitely returning tomorrow, and paying closer attention to that next time.

EDIT: I wonder if they put the wrong one aside for me....worst problem is left shift is split in half with left part being shift and right being pipe+backslash, but in the pictures on the website its a normal looking shift.