Lenovo V14-ARE 14" HD Laptop

The processor, RAM, and drive are great to have at this price. The main trade offs are that the screen is pretty bad - 720p with poor brightness, contrast and viewing angles, a very low res webcam, and minimal ports. Otherwise, you're getting a light, nicely built, very fast laptop for general use. As a bonus, the motherboard is easily accessible - one of the RAM slots is not soldered down, and there's even a vacant SSD slot for extra storage (disclaimer - I've not opened it up myself but watched videos online). Battery life seems ok too, there are definitely longer-lasting laptop batteries out there but my use case is fairly light work stuff...view more The processor, RAM, and drive are great to have at this price. The main trade offs are that the screen is pretty bad - 720p with poor brightness, contrast and viewing angles, a very low res webcam, and minimal ports. Otherwise, you're getting a light, nicely built, very fast laptop for general use. As a bonus, the motherboard is easily accessible - one of the RAM slots is not soldered down, and there's even a vacant SSD slot for extra storage (disclaimer - I've not opened it up myself but watched videos online). Battery life seems ok too, there are definitely longer-lasting laptop batteries out there but my use case is fairly light work stuff.

I can't speak to the longevity of this laptop as I've not had it long yet (couple weeks), but so far I would highly recommend it if you want to min-max your spending for good specs on a portable work/study device (surprisingly enough it runs FFXIV solidly, though with this screen and lack of discreet GPU I wouldn't recommend it for general gaming). The trade-offs are on the screen and I/O. If the screen didn't have such tight viewing angles that make text sometimes uncomfortable to read, it would be a full 5/5.

The processor, RAM, and drive are great to have at this price. The main trade offs are that the screen is pretty bad - 720p with poor brightness, contrast and viewing angles, a very low res webcam, and minimal ports. Otherwise, you're getting a light, nicely built, very fast laptop for general use. As a bonus, the motherboard is easily accessible - the RAM is not soldered down, and there's even a vacant SSD slot for extra storage (disclaimer - I've not opened it up myself but watched videos online). Battery life seems ok too, there are definitely longer-lasting laptop batteries out there but my use case is fairly light work stuff.

I can't ...view more The processor, RAM, and drive are great to have at this price. The main trade offs are that the screen is pretty bad - 720p with poor brightness, contrast and viewing angles, a very low res webcam, and minimal ports. Otherwise, you're getting a light, nicely built, very fast laptop for general use. As a bonus, the motherboard is easily accessible - the RAM is not soldered down, and there's even a vacant SSD slot for extra storage (disclaimer - I've not opened it up myself but watched videos online). Battery life seems ok too, there are definitely longer-lasting laptop batteries out there but my use case is fairly light work stuff.

I can't speak to the longevity of this laptop as I've not had it long yet (couple weeks), but so far I would highly recommend it if you want to min-max your spending for good specs on a portable work/study device (surprisingly enough it runs FFXIV solidly, though with this screen and lack of discreet GPU I wouldn't recommend it for general gaming). The trade-offs are on the screen and I/O. If the screen didn't have such tight viewing angles that make text sometimes uncomfortable to read, it would be a full 5/5.

Good for gaming Good for gaming

Fast, lightweight, ideal for "my" home use. Fast, lightweight, ideal for "my" home use.

Fast, lightweight, ideal for "my" home use. Fast, lightweight, ideal for "my" home use.

It looks good, it’s light weight, reliable, and the Radeon graphics are good enough for most purposes and better than most other laptops in this price range. It looks good, it’s light weight, reliable, and the Radeon graphics are good enough for most purposes and better than most other laptops in this price range.

Plus good enough to play Sims 4. Plus good enough to play Sims 4.

This laptop works very well for the price bracket.
The SSD, AMD Ryzen 5 processor, and Radeon graphics allow for the laptop to be used for gaming with little to no delays.
Also a really good laptop to use for online meetings.
The volume and brightness could be better but overall are good for the price. This laptop works very well for the price bracket.
The SSD, AMD Ryzen 5 processor, and Radeon graphics allow for the laptop to be used for gaming with little to no delays.
Also a really good laptop to use for online meetings.
The volume and brightness could be better but overall are good for the price.

This laptop is great! It has great performance while staying at reasonable temperatures, And the only issue is the slightly cheap keyboard which is to be expected with a laptop in this price range. It is also an actually good deal, unlike some other tech shops I could name... This laptop is great! It has great performance while staying at reasonable temperatures, And the only issue is the slightly cheap keyboard which is to be expected with a laptop in this price range. It is also an actually good deal, unlike some other tech shops I could name...

This is a solid laptop for kids. Performance is generally decent and compares very well to most mid range laptops. The only weaknesses are a somewhat dim screen and slightly plasticky construction.

After a month of use, no issues at all.

For the money, this is highly recommended.
Delivery of the order was very quick. This is a solid laptop for kids. Performance is generally decent and compares very well to most mid range laptops. The only weaknesses are a somewhat dim screen and slightly plasticky construction.

After a month of use, no issues at all.

For the money, this is highly recommended.
Delivery of the order was very quick.

I've been using this for laptop for about a month and I have to say it performs better than I expected I have no trouble having a few of the adobe products open all at once, the downsides are the screen is 720p and there is a lack of ports (no USB-C or Ethernet) but the specs make up for it. definitely would recommend it to anybody that wants good performance at a very good price. I've been using this for laptop for about a month and I have to say it performs better than I expected I have no trouble having a few of the adobe products open all at once, the downsides are the screen is 720p and there is a lack of ports (no USB-C or Ethernet) but the specs make up for it. definitely would recommend it to anybody that wants good performance at a very good price.

Working just fine for study and home use. Webcam quality is not great. Working just fine for study and home use. Webcam quality is not great.