Customers are enthusiastic about the Ideapad 1 14" laptop's ease of use, affordability, and impressive battery life, praising its portability and lightweight design. However, many users express concerns regarding its processing speed and limited RAM, finding the performance inadequate for demanding tasks. Some also mention challenges with boot times and storage capacity.
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Pros mentioned:
Weight
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Do not buy waste of money
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very slow computer didn’t have time to sit there and wait for it to load and get all my stuff on their transferred. The computer itself felt very light, but also very flimsy would not buy it again still debating on returning it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Slooooow
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Extremely slow out of the box. I bought it to use TurboTax as it wasn’t supported by my 10 year old MacBook (which is still exponentially faster than this). I dread using this as I know most of the time spent on it is going to be loading and waiting. Wish I would’ve read the reviews more in depth before purchasing.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, AndrewW. We are sorry to hear that you have experienced an issue with your IdeaPad. This model is an entry level, light use system designed for singular, non-demanding tasks. Should you feel you are using the device for its intended use and still experiencing a performance issue, we recommend searching for and applying any available updates through Windows Update Settings. Also, ensure that your home Wi-Fi network is compatible with, and is capable of supplying your laptop with sufficient bandwidth to deliver the performance you desire for internet-based tasks. It's possible that your software may also run better upon switching out of Windows 11 Home in S mode to standard home as other users have found. If after these steps your issue persists, we then recommend reaching out to Lenovo Tech Support at this number: 877-453-6686, and providing a representative with details of your issue, so that they may help by providing a solution for you. We appreciate you sharing your experience so that we may use it to continue to better our products and services for yourself and others.
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Ease of use, Weight
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
One of the best laptop out there for the price. Very light and easy to carry. Speed and battery life are not bad either
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Ram, Speed
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Lenovo laptop
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The dedignitself it’s pretty but the it works very slowly pages take long to load. I know it has a low ram with storage but it’s works really slow.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, Tish. We are sorry to hear that you have experienced an issue with your IdeaPad. This model is an entry level, light use system designed for singular, non-demanding tasks. Should you feel you are using the device for its intended use and still experiencing a performance issue, we recommend searching for and applying any available updates through Windows Update Settings. Also, ensure that your home Wi-Fi network is compatible with, and is capable of supplying your laptop with sufficient bandwidth to deliver the performance you desire for internet-based tasks. If after these steps your issue persists, we then recommend reaching out to Lenovo Tech Support at this number: 877-453-6686, and providing a representative with details of your issue, so that they may help by providing a solution for you. We appreciate you sharing your experience so that we may use it to continue to better our products and services for yourself and others.
Cons mentioned:
Memory, Speed
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Yikes.
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This thing is... Not great. I'm literally only using it to do a coursera course and take notes on Google drive and it's maxed the CPU at 100%. I just closed some tabs on Edge and it spiked it up again, at rest it's about 20%, but playing a video on Edge uses up 66% of the CPU. And doing only this it's using 67% of the memory. Idk if I got a bad one, but this thing struggles to close windows, takes forever to load pages, can't even open file manager without taking forever. I was hoping for an affordable alternative until my better laptop gets fixed but this one is just frustrating.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, KaryB. We are sorry to hear that you have experienced an issue with your IdeaPad. This model is an entry level, light use system designed for singular, non-demanding tasks. Should you feel you are using the device for its intended use and still experiencing a performance issue, we recommend searching for and applying any available updates through Windows Update Settings. Also, ensure that your home Wi-Fi network is compatible with, and is capable of supplying your laptop with sufficient bandwidth to deliver the performance you desire for internet-based tasks. If after these steps your issue persists, we then recommend reaching out to Lenovo Tech Support at this number: 877-453-6686, and providing a representative with details of your issue, so that they may help by providing a solution for you. We appreciate you sharing your experience so that we may use it to continue to better our products and services for yourself and others.
Cons mentioned:
Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Understand what you’re buying!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Disclaimer: if you are looking for a high speed workhorse, straight out of the box, forget it! This is a barebones laptop. Reviewers who have cautioned you about a slow setup are correct. You will spend an agonizing amount of time downloading and installing both windows and Lenovo updates. After that, for this product to be useful, switch out of Windows 11 Home in S, in favor of Windows 11 Home. Then you will be able to download a better browser and enjoy your favorite apps. Doing this will improve usability. Again, this will not make it perform like a $1000 machine, but it will certainly help. I deleted Macafee, in favor of Defender already installed, and negated One Note, One Drive and the Microsoft 365 one year subscription. I don’t advise deleting Lenovo Advantage as it updates the BIOS. This device has a very usable keyboard and responsive trackpad. The unit is attractive and appears to be solid. I originally bought it knowing that it had low end specs thinking that I would convert it from Microsoft to a Linux based OS. If that is your intention, this will be an excellent choice. If not, consider doing something similar to what I did. With patience you will be able to make this bargain priced laptop useful and enjoyable.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, ChicagoSam. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We appreciate your disclaimer and highlighting our Lenovo Vantage software. We are pleased to hear that your IdeaPad 1 meets your needs and appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Really great laptop over all
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I love this laptop it’s really easy to use 2 in one laptop great speed and really good storage it runs games really well too and pretty fast as well
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Diamond in the Rough
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Realizing that it had a N4020 my expectations were fairly low. It did take forever to process all the updates and remove the temp files from the updates. Once all of this was done I was pleasantly surprised at how responsive it was. Plenty of storage left but got a 256 gb sd card and programmed it so all new apps and files go directly to it. Not a gamer so this works out well for me. For $119 including 1 year of 365 it is a steal!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Weight
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ideapad
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I got my IdeaPad laptop in December 2023 and decided to wait a couple of weeks before I gave a review but I honestly love this laptop. It is extremely light weight and fully functional with the systems that I use at work. Also, it has a great battery life. I can usually go 5 to 6 hours at work before having to attach the plug. It's kind of basic but it definitely gets the job done efficiently. I'm glad that I made the purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Ease of use, Price, Weight
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Lots of work completed with zero problems so far.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Does the job for a very reasonable price. Lite, slim and small. Good when you do lots of traveling.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Battery life
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Solid for remote work login, but setup is annoying
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I use this laptop for remote login for work, so need pretty much no power or storage in the device itself. Setup is pretty bad, as your first time starting will be very slow and sluggish. After completing a few restarts for updates it runs smooth and gets the job done. I’m a pretty aggressive typer and usually use a mechanical keyboard, but I’ve been pretty impressed with the responsiveness of this one. Trackpad is typical for a cheap laptop, so don’t expect much. Battery has been solid for the month that I’ve had it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Not intended for Adults
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Well for this price I would have to say it is good for kids and also school, but for an adult if your looking to play games on it or even cloud games this is not the notebook for you. The processor is sluggish and freezes up too much. But I mean it's good for surfing the internet or saving photos and making reports or anything school related.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hi, Miketsfan, thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are glad to hear that you found use in your IdeaPad, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your perspective with us, as it does not go unheard.
Pros mentioned:
Battery life, Weight
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome Laptop
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I bought this for my 4th grader and she love using this. The battery life is very god and it is lightweight. I plan on purchasing another one for my 3rd grader.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Good price but you get what you pay for
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
If you can stay on top of the updates it runs ok but otherwise its pretty slow and hard to deal with HD screen is good
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Ram, Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Decent
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Pretty slow but overall good use. I returned it because I didn’t realize that it wasn’t a 8 ram which is what I needed in order to understand Adobe indesign.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Lenovo Laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this laptop because of the very low cost brand new compared to others that were still much more expensive used. I had read the reviews about this laptop being rather slow but decided to give it a shot anyway. Although at times yes this laptop can be a little more on the sluggish side. It still gets the job. Only downside is have major issues with connecting to my quest2. Which was the driving factor that started my search for a laptop in the first place.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Slightly under powered entry laptop
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this for my 10yo. Still a bit under powered at times for the basic booting up and internet browsing but for the price, it is an okay first laptop.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Could be better, but it will do.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
When I first got it, it wouldn't even load a page. I had to remove anything not needed, remove the S-Mode, and I could finally get it to load. It still is not very fast, and you cant have too many windows open, but I was able to pay my bills. My normal laptop, an HP, died and I needed to pay my bills. I had to purchase another one to do my research.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hello, ShalamarJ. Thank you for choosing Lenovo! We are sorry to hear that you encountered issues initially with your IdeaPad but are glad to know this are going well now. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Computer
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It’s a ok computer not the best of the best but gets the job done
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Speed
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Ok at best
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Purchased for my kids school work. Overall is structurally well built. The processing power on the other hand leaves a lot to desire even for an entry level machine. Slow start ups, laggy processing and at times just a bit frustrating even in simple processes.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from Lenovo Product Expert
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Hi, MarvynO. We're sorry to hear that the performance of your IdeaPad misses the mark for you. To help ensure performance is optimal, we recommend searching for and applying any available updates through Windows Update Settings. Also, ensure that your home Wi-Fi network is compatible with, and is capable of supplying your laptop with sufficient bandwidth to deliver the performance you desire for internet-based tasks. If after these steps your issue persists, we then recommend reaching out to Lenovo Tech Support at this number: 877-453-6686, and providing a representative with details of your issue, so that they may help by providing a solution for you. We appreciate you sharing your experience so that we may use it to continue to better our products and services for yourself and others.