My most recent laptop died on my. Was an i5-3317U Acer Aspire which ran great, but was very thin and not very durable at all. Ended up getting a cracked screen from airplane travel which I replaced, but recently it died although I managed to salvage the HDD and get my data off it.
I have a beefy gaming desktop so I am only looking for something portable (smallish) and durable. Was looking around at some BF deals and came across the Lenovo Thinkpad 11e for $200 after rebate.
Seems to fit my needs exactly although I haven't been in the market for a laptop in a few years and don't know if it is a good value or not. Also can't find many reviews on the specific model. Non yoga model with AMD cpu, not intel. Seems to be the "newer" version.
Some notes: Can be seen a positives or negatives in some cases (i.e. durability desgn)
- AMD A4-6210 (seems to have pretty good performance compared to other intel cpus in the lower end range). Better performance than Intel version of 11e (intel N2940).
- Only supports 4GB ram, cannot upgrade past that. Intel version can go to 8gb.
- 500gb 7200rpm HDD
- Designed for students/education so it has features aimed at that market. Anchored key caps, thick bezel ("protecting LCD"), rubber bumper (seems stupid, but for a portable laptop this seems appealing)
- 11.6" screen, but 11.81" x 8.5" (14.55" diag) size. So even though small screen it is a bit larger than other 11.6" laptops/chrombooks (0.5-1" diag)
Any opinions on small laptops in this price range $150-250? Anyone use one for an extended period of time? Or on the Lenovo 11e specifically?
I have a beefy gaming desktop so I am only looking for something portable (smallish) and durable. Was looking around at some BF deals and came across the Lenovo Thinkpad 11e for $200 after rebate.
Seems to fit my needs exactly although I haven't been in the market for a laptop in a few years and don't know if it is a good value or not. Also can't find many reviews on the specific model. Non yoga model with AMD cpu, not intel. Seems to be the "newer" version.
Some notes: Can be seen a positives or negatives in some cases (i.e. durability desgn)
- AMD A4-6210 (seems to have pretty good performance compared to other intel cpus in the lower end range). Better performance than Intel version of 11e (intel N2940).
- Only supports 4GB ram, cannot upgrade past that. Intel version can go to 8gb.
- 500gb 7200rpm HDD
- Designed for students/education so it has features aimed at that market. Anchored key caps, thick bezel ("protecting LCD"), rubber bumper (seems stupid, but for a portable laptop this seems appealing)
- 11.6" screen, but 11.81" x 8.5" (14.55" diag) size. So even though small screen it is a bit larger than other 11.6" laptops/chrombooks (0.5-1" diag)
Any opinions on small laptops in this price range $150-250? Anyone use one for an extended period of time? Or on the Lenovo 11e specifically?
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