$249 Lenovo B40 14" Laptop -Intel Core i3-4005U-4GB RAM -500GB HDD Win 8.1 to 10+ F/S

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Quick Specs:

Lenovo B40-80 80LS0018US 14" Notebook at eBay with Free Shipping
- Intel Core i3 i3-4005U Dual-core (2 Core) 1.70 GHz
- 4 GB DDR3L SDRAM RAM - 500 GB HDD
- Intel HD Graphics 4400 DDR3L SDRAM
- Windows 8.1 free upto Win10- 1366 x 768 16:9 Display - Bluetooth
- Gigabit Ethernet - Webcam - HDMI - 3 x Total USB Ports
- Network (RJ-45) - Headphone/Microphone Combo Port
- 4-cell - Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)

 

[Kaido]

Pretty good deal for an i3 laptop; these are $370 on Newegg. No DVD drive (not that it matters much these days), but you do get free shipping, which is nice. Good deal!

If you'd prefer to not use eBay, the same seller has it on Amazon for $20 more:

http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-B40-80-Notebook-Dual-core-80LS0018US/dp/B0106UGEC6

 

[VirtualLarry]

If it was $200, it would be a deal. $250 is kind of Meh for an i3 that's 1366x768. Oh, and Newegg is expensive for laptops.

 

[Kaido]

If it was $200, it would be a deal. $250 is kind of Meh for an i3 that's 1366x768. Oh, and Newegg is expensive for laptops.

Considering most $249 laptops are Celerons (or worse, Atoms) & those go on sale for $199, I'd say $250 for an i3 is a pretty decent deal.

The problem is they're still shipping these with 5400rpm hard drives. Sure you get a terabyte...of slowness At least the Atoms come with eMMC SSD's so they're decently zippy!

 

[VirtualLarry]

Considering most $249 laptops are Celerons (or worse, Atoms) & those go on sale for $199, I'd say $250 for an i3 is a pretty decent deal.

The problem is they're still shipping these with 5400rpm hard drives. Sure you get a terabyte...of slowness At least the Atoms come with eMMC SSD's so they're decently zippy!

Well, I picked up some Lenovo B50-45 A6-6310 quad-core AMD laptops with similar specs (and Win7 Pro) for $200 ea. So that's the yardstick I'm using. (The 6310 is a tad higher on Passmark for MT score than the Haswell U i3 CPU.)

Edit: I was just looking at BestBuy's lower-end laptops, and they wanted like $330 for their cheapest i3, so I begrudgingly agree that this is a decent deal.

 

[malabo]

I saw this same deal at newegg for those who prefer to buy there

 

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G3F48521&ignorebbr=1