4GB soldered + 1 sodimm slot.

There’s also variant without even the 4GB onboard, those solely run on single channel RAM.

Oh ya, wan to ask 1 question. Lets say i have below ram configuration, which will perform better?
1) 4gb + 4gb (dual channel, onboard + sodimm) vs 1x 8gb
2) 4gb + 8gb vs 1x 12gb (if there is such thing as 12gb ram)

Dual channel should always win.

Those 4+8GB or 4+16GB one will run hybrid mode, where 4+4GB run dual channel while the remaining on single channel.

In short, full dual channel > hybrid asymmetric dual channel mode > single channel.

And dual channel RAM is particularly crucial to APU’s performance.

This post has been edited by msacras: Feb 23 2020, 06:34 PM

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

Guys sorry, in short, is it worth the money to buy Lenovo laptops?

Yes. Lenovo laptop is worth the money. And its quality is good.

Really depends on models......

i configure on their website. is this a good deal ? i7-8th gen with 16gb ram, suit my requirement.

RM3,913.44
ThinkBook13s-IWL
Part Number: 20R9CTO1WW

System Speces: ( Edit )
Processor : Intel Core i7-8565U Processor (1.80GHz, up to 4.60GHz with Turbo Boost, 4 Cores, 8MB Cache)
Operating System : Windows 10 Home Single Language 64
Operating System Language : Windows 10 Home Single Language 64 English/Simplified Chinese
Microsoft Productivity Software : Microsoft Office Trial
Memory : 16GB DDR4 2400MHz SoDIMM
Hard Drive : 512GB Solid State Drive, M.2 2280, PCIe-NVMe, TLC
Display : 13.3" FHD (1920 x 1080), LED Backlight, IPS, 300nits, Anti-Glare, Narrow Bazel
Graphic Card : AMD Radeon 540X 2GB GDDR5 32bits
TPM Setting : Discrete TPM ROW
Color : Mineral Grey
Keyboard : Backlit Keyboard Grey English
Camera : 720p HD Camera, No Mic
Microphone : Array Microphone
Surface Treatment : Anodizing Sandblasting
Fingerprint Reader : Fingerprint Reader
Palmrest : Metal
Battery : 4 Cell Li-Polymer Internal Battery, 45Wh
Power Cord : 65W AC Adapter (3pin)-UK
Wireless : Wireless 2x2 AC, Bluetooth Version 4.1 or above
Language Pack : Publication-English/Simplified Chinese
Warranty : 1 Year Carry-in

In short, not worth it... In long, that exact model is the reason this thread existing till today, RM1010 10.10 sales, LOLOL...

Basically if you’re not aware, Lenovo like to jack up price on their website then claiming giving big discount.

You need to be clear about what you looking for and how much it is worth to find rare gems like Thinkpad T495, X395 and so that’s on real discount and worth the money/hassle to order from them online.

thanks for input.

those thinkpads are AMD? for me i mainly needed a good laptop to run high resource apps for programming. prefer high ram, and heard i7 8th-gen have good review.
else if you any recommendation, please feel free to share, budget just below 4k

For Lenovo, models ending with 5 are generally AMD.

Lenovo Thinkpad T-series has always been their bread and butter business/corporate laptops. You can’t go wrong with them (but do configure the RAM/screen properly as some options are an insult to the buyers, with terrible performance or value).

Just pick the one within your budget will do. The mainstream one are on gen-10 i-core now, while AMD’s line is still based on their 3-series mobile APU, not exactly worth to buy now as a much superior successor is scheduled to be released anytime from now.

Another thing to note here, as laptops are getting real slim nowadays, most of the time they’re configured for low work loads instead. The performance will throttle down to the system’s cooling ability, which most of the time isn’t much good, unless you’re talking about gaming laptops. So if your works really require heavy loads like desktop, better consider gaming laptops instead.

This post has been edited by msacras: Feb 24 2020, 12:25 AM

thanks for the inputs. will have a look at that category as well

3.3 got sales hopefully

If like this every month also can have sales

Yeah we live for sale

New laptops announced... now with AMD 4000 series.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/24/21147697...ng-release-date

Bump for Citi deals. It is said to be 50% but does not seem to apply at all.

https://www.lenovo.com/my/en/deals/citispecial

for me got 2 deals are worth it

ThinkPad E495

thinkpad E series at 2.2k? btw there's something wrong with the processor spec maybe they meant to put 3200U

Yoga S740-14IIL-Build Your Own

latest i7 gen 10 with iris plus graphic at 3.3k?
plus MS office home & student thrown in, plus free upgrade to win 10 pro
lenovo shall be making loss with this

I was like wtf when i saw this post, cos i just bought a new unit this morning, before citi50 is out.. But luckily price not much different even when I use citi50 code. In fact, citi50 code results in higher price..

The i7 + win 10 pro is quite a good deal.. Just wondering how good is iris plus graphics? Is this better than normal graphics like gtx1050, which is quite old already?

Btw, whiat is the useful additional features in win 10 pro?

this yoga is considered epitome of portability;

4 cell battery + LPPDDR4

coupling with external graphics will hurt the power consumption,

furthermore Iris plus G7 easily beat those Vega 8/10 (in Ryzens):

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Vega-10-vs-Ir...0.247598.0.html
https://technical.city/en/video/Radeon-RX-V...-Ice-Lake-64-EU

rm3.3k price tag is a definite steal

If iris plus beats vega 10, then yeah, the laptop is a good buy. Definitely worth it.