Lenovo V145 15.6" Laptop - AMD A9 3.1GHz CPU, 8GB RAM, Windows 10

With Microsoft no longer supporting Windows 7, I was left in a bit of a quandry - do I replace my old Sony Vaio laptop or do I try the Linux route - and in light of the fact that I do have a company laptop (also Lenovo) and I own an iPad, what exactly did I need another laptop for. Good question - well I am a bit of a dinosaur where modern tech is concerned - not scared of it, but always questioning why we have to have certain bits of tech, but in my office I do have two screens to work from so that when I am working from home, it is nice to have two screens too - so eventually decided that Linux was not for me and that yes, I would like a replacement machine without breaking the bank and, eventually, settled on the purchase of the AMD A9 V145 Lenovo machine. Setting it up was a doddle and, moreover, migrating information etc from my old laptop was also very easy and, as for speed, well this machine having a solid state drive is very quick - indeed it registers even more quickly than my iPad, so it is fast! And, so far, everything is working very well indeed with a nice clear screen to boot! However, and I do have to say this, compared to the Vaio, it is not made from very nice plastic and feels very flimsy - but there again what do you get from this segment of the market that is way below a grand to purchase? The plastics used are not very tactile and the touch pad is super sensitive to the point that even the lightest touch feels like it is going to make the pad crumple under the weight of the stroke! However, not being a fan of touchpads, I have also purchased a wireless mouse which resolves that particular problem and would certainly recommend this addition for less than a tenner. On first starting the machine, I did plug it into the mains until it came up to 100% and then disconnected it to see what kind of off mains usage you can get - and the answer seems to be about 2 hours of Internet browsing. How it will perform with power hungry apps, I am not too sure but I am not that bothered as I am never far from a plug in point so 2 hours battery life is fine by me - but for those with high power usage, this might be an issue Obviously, it is early days yet, but if I get anything like near the wear and tear that I got from my beloved Vaio, then this will have proven to have been a rather good buy Addition 05/01/2021 - 12 months on since my original purchase and this machine hasn't let me down at all. The battery life remains around about the 2 hour mark, but that is not a problem for me as I usually plug it straight in before I switch it on but this aspect may be of concern for those who need it to operate in isolation with power hungry applications. The build quality remains my only concern, so I do tend to treat it a little with kid gloves, unlike my Vaio that was pretty much bomb proof in it's construction. But that all said, I remain very pleased overall with my purchase and certainly would not hesitate to recommend this machine to anyone considering a machine from this end of the VFM sector of the market! Addition 05/01/2022 - And another year goes by and my Lenovo is still hitting it's stride each and every day and running for at least 9 hours a day with no failures and nothing falling off. I was concerned about build quality but I have been proven wrong. It may feel a tad flimsy but it is certainly staying the course...VFM it sure is... and here's to another 12 months of failure proof use!! Addition 10/02/2022 - Well, still very stable with nothing falling off although I have experienced a situation wherein the battery went normally down from 100% to around 64% and then, without warning, dropped off of a cliff and shutting down. When plugged back in and restarted, the battery was showing as zero power. Then, after fully recharging returns to normal with the battery being run from 100% down to just under 10% with no mishap. Whatever the issue is, it is something that you can't repeat on demand but this has happened three or four times inside the last 6 months....just something to be aware of is all as you could potentially lose everything that was on screen at the time the power fades off that cliff! Addition 25/04/2023 - The battery situation rectified itself but lo and behold, another issue has emanated! When on battery power only if the machine lies idle and it goes into "sleep" mode, you cannot recover the screen as it will not light back up unless and until the machine is plugged into the mains. Even when the battery is then showing as full, to remove the plugged in power source results in the screen loss, therefore the machine now has to sit constantly plugged in (although by closing the machine completely and bringing it back up again, I can use the machine unplugged until again it needs recharging at which point, the fault re-emerges!!)....not in itself an issue but certainly an annoyance.....particularly as my ancient Vaio, now being used purely as a storage machine, continues fault free! Such is modern tech heh!? Addition 09/05/2024 - the above mentioned fault remains unresolved, but I have learned to live with it BUT seeing that I have now had a couple of messages from Microsoft informing me that they will stop supporting Windows 10 in October of 2025 and that this machine will not run Windows 11, that I will be needing to purchase a replacement machine......therefore this machine will become (as my Vaio, which continues to operate as it ever did!) a simple storage machine....!!

It's fine, its a cheap laptop that does the job of being able to go on the internet and run basic programs. It doesn't have a disk drive which annoyed me that I either didn't realise or it didn't state so if you want to use it for CDs/Bluerays then you'll need another laptop. It can get slow and struggle with a few things but its a cheap laptop so what do you expect is all I can say to that.

Fast, efficient excellent. Sturdy, good quality, light. All softwear works immediately when installed. Does have dvd drive

I needed to buy a computer in an emergency situation and this seemed to be the best choice. I do not regret for a second the decision of buying it. It was delivered in time, in perfect conditions, and actually gives you what they say it would. The only thing that scared me, was in the first times of usage, the computer was doing a weird sound and stopping for seconds sometimes, but now, after more or less a week I think is better and solved! Maybe he was just introducing himself to me LOL The only negative point for now is the battery live, doesn't last long. For the moment is not a big deal, but if you need to work with the computer oustide of your office, home, whatever, where you don't have plugs I advise you to go for a better one regarding to battery life! But, I love it! I use it for movies, meetings and to play sims 4! Totally worth it.

There is no indication without significant research that the CPU of this laptop is absolutely rubbish. It is slow to boot and to run, and is incapable of having multiple browser tabs open at once without having an episode and making you wish you had been born in the stone age. It is, without a shadow of a doubt, the worst investment of my life and I am heartbroken that it did not arrive with a defect which would have allowed me to return it. In conclusion: do not buy, if you have one, destroy immediately and violently.

Brought it with my one year's saving it was nice and fast though it came as no Office softwares and leaflet saying it was refurbished sort of, but after 1 year exactly at the month when the warranty expired it was totally dead and no sign from charging or battery part exchange. I contacted and send it to the repair centre went through hell lots of process to wait for it to be checked and exchanged with costy parts from the hardware failures. Unfortunately after 3months again exactly when the repair warranty expired the repair centre again gave an expensive estimation of screen repair. During the communication it was difficult, time wasting and really poor information given so would not recommend this product for the afterwards mess.

The charger that came with it broke after a few months of use but Lenovo support replaced it free very quickly just As it was needed the most at the beginning of lockdown.

This is a very poor laptop. I wasn't expecting lightning-fast performance given the limited CPU, but all programs are very slow, unresponsive and generally a pain to use. The display is dreadful, with very little contrast and poor colour, with no options that I can find to calibrate the display. The sound isn't much better, but is just about tolerable. The keyboard is serviceable but feels a little cheap, and the touchpad isn't the best (at least I can use a mouse with this). Build quality seems OK, although the overall feel is cheap and plastic. One positive I will mention - in contrast to some other reviewers' experience the laptop I received does indeed have a DVD drive, so here's to small blessings I suppose.