Gadgetory

hey guys this is Austin the Lenovo IdeaPad 100's looks good on paper but is $150 laptop worth it the unboxing experience is pretty straightforward crack open the box and you'll find a laptop itself the power adapter and a QuickStart guide for such a cheap laptop the design really isn't bad it looks especially dope and bright red while it's under an inch thin and made of plastic it feels surprisingly well built you've got a power port full size HDMI headphone jack and a micro SD card slot to expand the built-in storage it's also got a pair of USB ports although they are of the slower 2.0 variety the real draw here is being able to run full windows on such a cheap laptop performance is totally respectable when you get into juggling more than a few apps it can start to slow down but for normal use it's actually snappy since it's running Windows 10 out of the box that means you got features like Cortana and multiple desktop support all of which work fine here I've also got to give lenovo props for not loading it with blow air either there are a couple apps pre-installed all of which are easy enough to get rid of it's powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor which is good enough for some light gaming as well minecraft Windows 10 Edition works and while you won't want to try more hardcore games it's usable for casual stuff it's also passively cool which means there's no fan and while it would be nice to have more than 2 gigs of memory is enough to handle a few tabs without slowing down having only 32 gigabytes of storage is about what you'd expect on a low-end PC it's reasonably quick but you'll probably want to take advantage of that microSD card slot to cheaply get some more space all of this put together means you can expect some impressive battery life upwards of 6 to 7 hours even with moderately heavy usage the 100 I should really be considered either a first computer or a secondary machine well it's perfectly at home doing things like web browsing it's not going to crush things like photoshop and 4k video one area where the budget price is more noticeable is in the screen it's got an 11 point 6 inch 1366 by 768 display and it's average in every way it gets reasonably bright but the colour tends to be on the blue side and the viewing angles leave a lot to be desired you can adjust the screen all the way flat if you like though to make sure you keep it in the sweet spot audio is also average it has a pair of speakers on the bottom which are a bit tinny but totally usable the webcam on the one who does exists it's not exactly has that anything but for a quick Skyfall or something is totally fine right now by far the biggest issue with the 100's is the trackpad it's a decent size for an 11 inch laptop but it completely lacks multi-touch which makes scrolling a massive pain you either have to tap to click or use the mushy buttons it's usable but it makes something as simple as scrolling on a webpage way more annoying than it should be luckily the keyboard is one area where Lenovo has things well sorted it's nicely spaced with slightly curved keys which feel really nice to type on slightly mushy action is the main giveaway that this isn't a far more expensive laptop but it's really not bad one spot where options like a Chromebook win out is Wi-Fi the idea pad tops out with Wireless and compared to the much faster AC Wi-Fi and Chromebooks are absolutely the biggest competition for this laptop for about the same price you're able to get a similar laptop that's running Google's Chrome OS the main advantage is being able to run Windows app on the IdeaPad but the basics are just as good if not better on Chrome OS for $150 though you're getting a laptop that's not only usable but nicely designed with the exception of the trackpad with solid battery life and plenty of performance what do you guys think about the idea pad let me know in the comments below and I will catch you in the next one