Lenovo’s entry-level, value-priced line is called IdeaPad 1. Our 15-inch review model, 15ADA7, is on the low end of the line and costs less than $400. At these low prices, our most recommended hardware isn’t as popular, and most people don’t know about Intel’s Core CPUs. In this case, that means that the IdeaPad 1 15 has an AMD Athlon Silver 3050U processor, Radeon graphics, and only 4GB of memory. The storage is also cheap. Instead of an SSD or even a traditional hard drive, it has 128GB of eMMC storage.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 1 Gen 7 looks a lot like its predecessors, which is not a bad thing. It looks like a typical 15-inch notebook in the middle price range, and it has everything you’d expect from a laptop in this class. The laptop only weighs 1.5 kg, which is light compared to other 15-inch notebooks in the same price range.
[content-egg-block template=offers_logo hide=price]The laptop also has a wide range of I/O, including an SD card slot, a couple of USB-A ports, a USB Type-C port, an HDMI port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The 15.6-inch FHD (1920x1080p) screen on the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 1 Gen 7 has a maximum brightness of 220nits. When used inside, the screen is bright enough, but when used outside, it is completely useless.
The screen has a good amount of bezels, and I think the PrivacyShutter on the 720p webcam is a nice touch. Even though the screen isn’t as bright as my gaming laptop, which costs a lot more than the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 1 Gen 7, the colours looked good. Overall, this laptop’s screen is good enough to meet the needs of most people who are looking for a cheap laptop.
There are two Celeron processors and one Pentium Silver processor to choose from. Gemini Lake is the architecture that all chips use. All models come with Gigabyte DDR4 2400 MHz RAM that is built in. There are two ways to store: Either 64 GB of eMMC memory that can’t be expanded or an M.2-2242 PCIe NVMe SSD.
The Lenovo IdeaPad 1 doesn’t use much power because it has parts that aren’t very strong. The most power it can use is 13.2 watts, but some laptops use more power when they are not being used. Even though the IdeaPad 1’s battery only has 32 watt-hours of power, it has a very good battery life. Nine hours is enough to fill up a whole school day.