We reviewers are used to obsessing over incremental technology changes, but every now and then a supernova appears on our radar – something that can single handedly change the status quo.
The AMD Ryzen 4000 family is one such supernova and promises to bring some of the best processing performance ever to laptops, at a price that defies logic.
Lenovo IdeaPad 5 15 laptop – £475 (roughly $590/AU$920)
Lenovo is making a serious statement with its IdeaPad 5 15, with the emphatic inclusion of an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U CPU – in a device that costs under £500 no less. We’ve never seen a AMD Ryzen notebook deal like this, so grab it while you can.
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When we first laid eyes on the Ideapad 5 15, it was immediately clear Lenovo is going for the jugular.
Available for as as little as £475 (roughly $590/AU$920), the IdeaPad is considered an entry level model, so we were delighted to see the AMD Ryzen 7 4700U making an emphatic appearance.
Non-UK customers
Unfortunately, the Ideapad 5 15 isn’t available outside of Europe, so international customers may have to use a specialist parcel forwarding service if they want to take advantage of the deal.
The laptop comes with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD (M.2 2242, PCIe-NVMe, TLC) and, most importantly, you can swap out Windows 10 for FreeDOS (an MS-DOS equivalent).
You can also add a dummy hard disk drive for free, which means you can integrate a secondary 2.5-inch SSD at a later date.
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It also features a 15.6-inch full HD TN display, which you can swap for a touch/non-touch superior IPS model for a small additional fee.
Likewise, if your budget will allow, you can add a fingerprint reader, replace the 45Whr battery with a 57Whr model and exchange the Wireless 2×2 AC for a more advanced Wi-Fi 6 2×2 AX.
Note, the machine is not yet available in Australia or the US, but we’ve contacted Lenovo to find out when it will appear in non-European regions.
