Is this laptop worth it

Hollister11

I'm getting this laptop - http://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/laptops/lenovo-15.6-laptop-59426482.html

Is it good for, programming, YouTube, video editing and football manager to run smoothly.

Dravokivich

It would depend on how much video editing you are looking to do. Should be capable of the basic cut up and such. But anything more than that, you should look at what people are using in the forums for the software you intend to use.

The main thing with football manager has usually been down to ram as far as I recall. Should be fine on that, but im not sure as the description says "upto 8gb capacity" might just be a bad translation, or extra ram will cost more up to 8gb in total. Youd want to check that.

Hollister11

Thanks

Curry Addict

tbh its way overpriced. onboard graphics at this price is bull****.

Curry Addict

Curry Addict wrote: »

tbh its way overpriced. onboard graphics at this price is bull****.

+1 on this. I think the laptop is overpriced. Check some other retailers for comparable specs with better graphics. Should be some good bargains in the sales post Christmas.

Cathalog

To be fair, it does have an Intel Core-i7 "U"-type CPU. That's probably jacking up the price a bit.

It also has a 1080p screen and has a sleek look.

Hollister11

I got it yesterday and I find if brilliant. Even for games football manager runs 5/5 stars instead of 1/2 star on my old one. It was worth the money imo

TerrorFirmer

Crazy price.

For that price on Amazon or similar you will get a proper gaming laptop.

This one is grand but only worth about €500, it's also a ULV i7 not a 'proper' i7, performance is on-par with €400 laptops.

Cathalog

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Crazy price.
This one is grand but only worth about €500, it's also a ULV i7 not a 'proper' i7, performance is on-par with €400 laptops.

The battery usage reductions in ULV CPUs is worth the price imo though. Each to their own!

OP, you can get the same laptop but with better graphics (50+ % better) for much less on Amazon! Maybe it's too late to return it, but I thought I'd let you know nevertheless.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Z50-70-15-6-inch-Notebook-White/dp/B00O8SE29U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419636687&sr=8-1&keywords=z5070+lenovo

Take note of the laptop's reviews though

Hollister11

Cathalog wrote: »

The battery usage reductions in ULV CPUs is worth the price imo though. Each to their own!

OP, you can get the same laptop but with better graphics (50+ % better) for much less on Amazon! Maybe it's too late to return it, but I thought I'd let you know nevertheless.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Z50-70-15-6-inch-Notebook-White/dp/B00O8SE29U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419636687&sr=8-1&keywords=z5070+lenovo

Take note of the laptop's reviews though

Are you implying it's good or bad ?

£519 = €662!
I spent €829 so I overspent by €167.
Maybe I should have looked elsewhere but I'm happy with it and it is preforming very well. I'm happy with the specs and there is no faults I could give it. Graphics are great.

Cathalog

Hollister11 wrote: »

Are you implying it's good or bad ?

£519 = €662!
I spent €829 so I overspent by €167.
Maybe I should have looked elsewhere but I'm happy with it and it is preforming very well. I'm happy with the specs and there is no faults I could give it. Graphics are great.

Sorry, should have been clearer. I'm implying that ULV CPUs are worth the cost in general (that was just a reply to Terror's comment about ULV CPUs in general - not your laptop specifically).

With regards to your laptop, I'm saying that going with Amazon would have been €167 cheaper, and would have had identical specs except for the graphics, which would have been better. Win win!

braddun

seems expesive