Customer Ratings & Reviews

After having the computer for 3 weeks the camera is malfunctioning, and there are yellow vertical lines on any image. This wouldn't have been a huge issue, except for now when I'm primarily using the computer for Zoom meetings.

It’s awful I’ve barely used it and now it’s has a debt ce problem and needs to restart over and it’s ver again

This laptop is functional and fast! Love it! This is a first laptop for a teenager.

This computer is ok not the best not good. Battery life is not really the option if you’re looking for that. It’s a simple computer but it’s pretty good overall

Amazing notebook for the price. Decent screen for indoor use, nice basic keyboard, battery lasts ~3 hours on battery saver, ~1 hour video conferencing or rendering, enough memory and processor speed for Adobe and other office tasks (not recommended for gaming). Only improvements would be keyboard backlight, slightly brighter screen, and less plasticy build.

the good: - great 15'' screen for the price - light - simple efficient design - fast enough for basic work - faster and cheaper than most chromebook with windows 10 apps the not so good: - no USB 3. Today most devices use USB 3 to charge up. It is super useful to have only 1 type of charger. This one uses a proprietary charger.

I gave on my old slow outdated laptop a few years and switched to a low level but well reviewed Chromebook. I loved the ease of use, long battery, and reliability of Chrome operating system. However I started to yearn for a computer with a bigger, high definition screen and could fun all of the applications I wanted. I got this laptop on an early black Friday sale with 3 months to return it and have been very pleased. The screen looks great and is plenty big. I have not had any slow down or system issues with the processor or RAM. The battery says 4 hours which is okay but I keep it near the charger most of the time. The only things I cant do with this machine is playing games but I knew that going in and don't really have much time for. Overall unless you want to get into gaming or other high powered usage you will be happy with this machine.

Bought it as my business laptop in 2020. 4 years later, it's still running as smooth as when I first bought it. Great laptop that gets the job done!

If you're truly on a tight budget, don't buy this for $450, or you might be disappointed. I caught it on sale for $300. (Yes!) For me, it works as a laptop should. Quick and responsive. Had to take it out of S mode, but that was easy. The combo of 8GB RAM and 256 SSD is just right for me. The build quality is different for me, but I have no problems with it. Speakers are better than I expected (I still use headphones though), and the camera is just okay for video chats. Just can't give it 5 stars; the battery is a bit on the weak side after a few weeks, but the Battery Conservation Mode (through Lenovo Vantage) works wonders when I'm not walking around with it, which is rare. Aside from that, I was way past due for a new laptop, and I am definitely satisfied.

I would say I give this 3.5 stars. This is my 2nd laptop the last being a Dell and lasting for 6yrs. This laptop is made of plastic which is different for me, but it is very nice. I tend to notice it gets dirty easy. The keyboard has a great easy typing style and feel. The Webcam has a gray wash and low quality which was disheartening since everything is so virtual now. Also the thing that makes me the most upset about the laptop is the battery I get about 2-3hrs of use. I don't want to be attached to a cord when using a laptop. If that was the case I would have gotten a PC. I wanted to go with the Yoga C720 however I went with this computer since it was a good budget option.

The good; IPS screen with decent specs. The bad: Build quality a bit below average. It seems larger compared to other laptops. For $300, it is a great buy and your experience will not be much different in comparison to a $600 laptop. The laptop market has now become polarized. It is not worth buying a mid-range laptop anymore.

Outstanding ENTRY LEVEL laptop. I almost didn’t buy this because I was suspicious of the price point. I’ve been using it for a month now and am impressed with the value of my purchase. The keyboard feels solid, the screen is better than I expected for the money and it has the basic specs for the mostly web-based work I needed it for. Don’t confuse price with value. Plenty of inexpensive things have little or no value. Plenty of expensive things have little or no value. This laptop has exceeded my expectations and continues to impress me with the VALUE of my purchase. Read the tech spec and base your decision on if those will meet your demands. For me, so far so good.

Love this laptop. I have used Lenovo touch screen think pads in the pass for work, so I am use to this brand. I love this laptop, this is second purchase. I brought one for my nephew who loves it. Great size screen, battery life is good, remember to turn of laptop to save power. light weight, and easy to use. You will not be disappointed for the price.

works great! and it is so much faster than my ten year old Lenovo Laptop! My old one was very heavy, but this one is very light! And since I am older, the nice bright screen is a plus, and when my eyes get tired, I can change the background with ease

This Lenovo laptop certainly isn’t trying to be premium. However, the specs are very good for the price, and it has everything you need in a low-end laptop. In this category, you’re often looking at either half the memory, or half the SSD capacity. I consider 8 GB and 256 GB, respectively, to be minimum requirements. Anything less and you will be constantly frustrated. The i3 is also an upgrade from the various Pentium and Celeron options that you find among this range. Webcam quality is adequate. The screen is decent, at full HD. It’s higher resolution than a lot of the competition, and it’s IPS, so it doesn’t display the off-axis color shift of TN panels. Sound is actually pretty good (for a laptop). I also appreciate the number pad on the keyboard, which is frequently absent. The outer case is a bit thin and bendy, so be careful with it. Anyway, I don’t think you can beat the specs at the sale price, so if you need an email-typing, video-watching, spreadsheet calculating(?) budget laptop, go for it.

I got it on sale for $300 and it is obviously the best laptop in that price range and probably the best at the regular price too. It's very fast for web browsing and I've had no problems with lags or any other problems. It seems well built. The screen is big at 15 inches and it is IPS .

I got this laptop when it's on sale for $299 or $300. It's lightweight and fast, for a budget laptop. The color is very good and it looks almost like the more expensive UHD screens. Battery lasts between 5-6 hours depends what you're using it for, like web browsing or watching videos.

The Lenovo Ideapad 3 15" is a great laptop at $300. Upgradability wise, you can upgrade the M.2 SSD, WiFi card, and RAM. The system has 4gb of soldered RAM and 4gb of upgradable RAM. You can upgrade the ram to 4gb+8gb (possibly 4gb+16gb yet I cannot confirm this), even though the standard 8gb is just fine for general work. The 256gb SSD is pretty small, but at this price-point I'm not expecting much. The WiFi card is also pretty fast, nothing wrong there. The laptop does have a 2.5" drive bay, yet you have to buy the sata motherboard cable separately (Currently it shows as "out of stock" on the Lenovo Encompass website, but you can place an order for it. Part ID is 5C10S30052.) The screen is alright for 1080p. Whenever I type, however, the screen wobbles a bit. The speakers are also very nice for a laptop like this. Battery life could be a bit better, at full charge I usually get about 4-8 hours. Keyboard is okay, the key layout is nice and having a numpad is uncommon but welcomed. I wish there was a backlight for the keys though, hard to work in the dark. Overall for this price, its definitely one of the best budget laptops out there, but don't expect to game or do any heavy work on it. If it had a backlight for the keys, a little longer battery life, and either a larger SSD or a included sata cable to upgrade, then it would be 5 stars.

This has been a really good laptop so far. The display is great and the screen is large enough. The designers of the laptop were smart. The front facing camera comes with a simple, sliding shutter to cover it when you're not using it. Before that, I've used painters tape. (Someone was hacking cameras in our college dorms; I've always played it safe since). My only complaints are minor. I wish there was an ethernet port. I wish there were designated home and end keys. There are the home and end keys on the numpad, but that's annoying when you're used to the designated keys. The S Mode is annoying. You can't download Zoom, Chrome, Webroot, etc. with it in that mode. It's an easy click of a button to take it out of the S Mode though, so it's not a big deal. It's just a slight inconvenience at the very beginning.

This is one of the best laptops that I bought for the price. Its so good for the price I bought 3 of this, 1 for me and 2 as gifts. The laptop is very snappy, boasting a 10th Gen i3 CPU, 8gb of RAM. It is also very light since the 256GB of storage is an SSD. The specs alone should entice many to buy this. However, what really sold me is the screen resolution in this price range. Learning from my past mistakes, I checked the specs AND the screen resolution. This laptop has a Full HD resolution and 15 inch which is the sweet spot for portability and productivity. Most, if not all, laptop in this price range only have HD (720p) resolution. I tell ya from experience, a fast laptop is nothing if the screen hurts your eye. In fact the screen resolution is one of the main specs manufacturers go cheap on this price range. This laptop does not have that problem. Overall, I'm very happy with this purchase.