Lenovo Thinkpad B50

Lightweight

Out of warranty and now is a brick. I work in IT, have built various PCs over the years, so have good technical experience. No matter what I do I cannot get the PC to boot or even get to the BIOS to replace windows with Linux. Tried everything and...

Light, slim.

I bought this laptop a year ago, it is falling apart! Many of the screws holding it together have vanished, so it's literally falling apart! The disc slot has fallen off completely, and the mouse pad regularly has a freezing/wobbly fit where it can't...

Plastic cover/Case not durable

Nice ergonomics - using the battery to act as a 'prop' to tilt the laptop a little, encouraging air movement under the machine. Battery also acts as a 'handle' to help get the PC in and out of a bag. Price

It's a little sluggish when you've been used to something with a bit more power. No word processing software included.

Excellent value for money. This is a great laptop for older primary school children, younger secondary school children or general home users. Fantastic for web-based activities such as searching, shopping, watching videos, social networking and email....

The performance, screen resolution and keyboard quality are not the best but you get EXACTLY the standard that I would expect for the price. The pre-installed Lenovo applications are a little annoying but easy enough to remove if you don't want them. I...

Great value for money. Certainly good enough for every day 'light' use.

Can sometimes feel a bit slow......

Nice ergonomics - using the battery to act as a 'prop' to tilt the laptop a little, encouraging air movement under the machine. Battery also acts as a 'handle' to help get the PC in and out of a bag ; Price

It's a little sluggish when you've been used to something with a bit more power ; No word processing software included

Feels well built

Slow - had to disable most services to get it to run movies in full screen

Good price

Poor performance Dreadful touchpad Pay the extra a get better quality

As slow as my 7 year old Intel centrino, Screw's falling off from unit, touch pad has a mind of it's own, keypad is very flimsy