Lenovo V15 G4 - thoughts?

[mdrabble]

I'm replacing a laptop trolley of 32 x Dynabook (Covid) laptop and looking at the Lenovo V15 G4 - so they can be used for both exams and as a bookable resource.

 

Have people had many dealing with that model?

 

Cheers

[Fazza]

The only thing I would say is watch out for flying hinge covers as they tend to ping off with a lot of use. I think it's due to the hinge weakening the plastic bezel around the screen so with repeated opening and closing it puts a lot of stress on the cover until the clips finally give way and it pings off!!

[mikkydoos]

I've got a ton of these. They're pretty good in Ryzen 5 and i5 trim.

 

Lids and hinges are a little flimsy and a couple of the drivers for ACPI and Lenovo hotkeys are pain to find that will suit the hardware. Seen a couple with loose screws after a few months.

No touch screen but never at that price.

Last batch I had was 40 units... not all had exactly the same hardware so drivers were a bit of a faff until we noticed.

 

 

They are however a good machine for the price... Ryzen 5, 8Gb RAM 512GB SSD I'm getting for 290.00 ex vat currently.

OK for staff, certainly not for students... they're not tough enough.

 

Lenovo are doing cashback on old hardware presently. You'll probably get £50 back per unit if you register... your reseller will do this for you.

 

 

I've used these for students.. tough and spec is OK.

 

 

https://www.asus.com/uk/laptops/for-students/br-series/asus-br1402c/

Edited November 21, 2024 by mikkydoos