
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars with 496 reviews
4.3- Ease of use (82)
- Keyboard (60)
- Size (56)
- Price (47)
- Performance (20)
- Speed (35)
- Storage (17)
- Memory (7)
- RAM (5)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome little computer for the price
I purchased this little laptop to replace the large clunky laptop I had at the time. It is super fast and can handle a lot of PC games made in the mid to late 2000's. I attached an external slim DVD burner to this for some of these game which were disc based and this PC handled it with no issue. I also was able to burn and copy discs with no issue. It has a long battery life so you don't have to plug it in as often. The 32GB of internal memory is just right as I also installed a 64GB Micro SD card to hold more content. There are no cons to this laptop. I would highly recommend this little thing to anybody who wants a powerful little laptop to take on the go without having to lug around a large heavy laptop.
Posted by scooter0886
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Better performance than expected!
Really good for surfing and research... I bought it as a tablet, but it works so well I ended up using it more than my laptop.
Posted by Paul
- Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good.
So it started off good. Awesome compact computer/tablet. I bought this open box. So I finally start really using it and I'm starting to notice little things. 1.) The charger, the charge time is ridiculous. I'm sitting at 50% and indicates like 5 hours till it's charged. Also if I'm using it while charging it takes double the time. I had my phone connected and I got a warning indicating to connect the charger cause I was sitting at 5%. It was connected and even the battery icon indicated it was charging. Guess the phone was sucking all the juice from the charger. 2.) Idk if it's a setting but the brightness fluctuates. I put it as dim as possible and as I'm watching movies it gets brighter at random times and darker at others. I'm also not watching action movies. (Family guy) 3.) I can't transfer files from the computer to my cellphone. (Via usb) setting are good on the phone I tried doing the same thing on a different computer and it work just fine.
Posted by Kris
- Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Problems with keyboard
I'm going to bring this product back to Best Buy because the keyboard will not stay attached I can barely hear the sound even when it's turned up also the power cord is very short and it fell apart
Posted by missg40
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Get up and go buy one NOW!
I have been looking for a month or two for a new, inexpensive laptop or tablet for travel. I kept overlooking this one for some reason until it popped up yesterday morning at $80! If you are even thinking about, go get one NOW at that price before they run out. Honestly, I am seriously considering buying another one! My regular laptop is a pretty expensive, relatively high-power machine. I honestly do not feel like I am giving up much at all using this little beauty that cost LESS THAN 10% of what that one cost. Does it take a second or two longer to load a web page! Yes. But I could honestly see myself happily using this one all the time. I am retired so I no longer do a lot of extensive spreadsheet or database work, but I am online 5-6 hours per day. I do not expect extreme performance, but after years of working all day on PCs I do expect a certain level of speed and will quickly ditch something that does not deliver. This little Insignia is fine with me. I want to address some complaints that I have seen in other reviews as well as some concerns I had. Space - As soon as I turned it on I let it do all the updates it wanted to do. I held my breath, but I had no problem running out of space during the updates. I don't know exactly how long the updates took because I had to leave it for a couple of hours. I do know that in the 30-45 minutes it was working before I left, it was very far along. So I would say it did not take much longer than my much more powerful laptop takes for a major update. After everything was done, I did a disk cleanup and system cleanup, including removing the previous version files. I now have over 18GB free. The sd card will hold all data and most program files so space should not be an issue. RAM and power - As I mentioned (and expected) some web pages do take a little longer to load, but still quite acceptable. I am not a minimalist PC user. I keep a lot of tabs open in Chrome. In fact, I have 16 tabs that open by default. I know that sounds a little crazy, but I use most of them several times every day, and the others are things I need quickly when I need them. Aside from taking a little longer to load, I have not had any low RAM messages or other issues so far. Construction/Stability - This little device feels like a brick, in a good way. The construction feels much higher quality than I expected, and it has a good heft. Some tablet keyboard combinations can be unstable on your lap because the table is so much heavier than the keyboard. This one does not have that problem. It feels quite stable. Ports - I love that it charges by USB-C port. My phone does, as well, so I already have the chargers and adapters needed for travel. It is also GREAT to have a USB-A port on the keyboard unit. I do not care that it is a bit under-powered since I will rarely need to use an external HDD or DVD drive. When I do, I have everything to deal with that anyway. Display - I was a little concerned about the slightly lower resolution of the screen, but it is beautiful. My bigger laptop has extremely high resolution, and for day to day internet, word processing, etc., I honestly cannot see much difference. The touchpad is very generally very responsive. Occasionally there is a little lag, but that could have been something going on in background. It is just a bit sensitive when you are trying to click on something small. It is easy to move the pointer a bit when you go to click. Once you have it positioned you just have to be a little careful about moving your finger to the button to click. It is not actually a problem with the touchpad; it is just easy to accidentally move your finger a bit on the pad as you pick it up. Maybe it is because I have been using laptops with touchpads for so long, but I have not had any trouble with accidentally touching the touchpad as I type. I am a pretty decent touch typist, and I have had no problem with the size of the keyboard despite having slightly large hands. The layout is very standard and easy to use. The keyboard to tablet connection feels extremely secure. I cannot imagine it ever coming apart accidentally. It take a little effort to press on and pull off. I highly recommend this little tablet/keyboard! If you are looking for something inexpensive for a student, travel, or just carrying around, I cannot imagine you will find anything better unless you want to spend much more. Get one now before the run out! If anyone has questions please feel free to leave a Comment, and I will try to answer if I can.
Posted by RainmanP