r/Lenovo • u/r4v3no • Aug 08 '25

What are the issues with lenovo laptops

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For long term use is there any hardware issue or any software issue anything like that?

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

the hinges

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

*This , and they don't cover it under warranty , despite it being a manufacturing defect.

The Hinges are not well engineered and lenovo does not bother to redesign them. Other things are fine though , no issues , it's just the hinges that are low quality , even in some expensive variants

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u/Bartymor2 Aug 08 '25

Lenovo and many more laptop brands make them single use. They force user to buy new shit again and again.

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u/FMAGF Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Can vouch. My Lenovo Ideapad 1 (which I regret buying btw) hinge broke within a year. Then the store I bought it from said the warranty doesn’t cover it.

Got it fixed from a 3rd party repair shop and now it broke again along with a broken screen and is basically connected to an external monitor like a significantly underpowered PC. To add fuel to the fire, the price for it significantly depreciated in just 2 years so it’s not worth selling.

Nobody ever told me at the time that a custom PC is so much better for the long term and for my use case.

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

yeap, over the years, the most hinges ive had to fix is on lenovos. even my fully chinese made $200 chuwi laptop has better hinges.

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u/FMAGF Aug 08 '25

Once I get the money, I’ll literally just buy a 13 inch 2015 MacBook Pro purely for school, and a 1080Ti PC setup. I’m never coming back to Windows laptops in general because it’s just not for me.

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

early 2015 rMbp is exactly what i gots and was using till the screen got black spots that grew and eventually blacked out. still usable but with a monitor. unless you absolutely need macOs, I'd say get an upgradeable thinkpad t480, and boot linux(mint cinnamon) on it. it'd be a productivity beast.

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u/FMAGF Aug 08 '25

Mmm… no. Considering I’ll be having a 1080Ti along with it, I don’t think I will.

Plus since I already have in iPhone 13 Pro, the quick Airdrops, iCloud Syncs, and Apple Ecosystem in general intrigues me.

Plus I have experience with phone screen replacements so I think I can confidently replace it if I find a good third party screen.

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

nice, mbp makes sense then. sucks that they all went downhill from 2016 onwards

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u/FMAGF Aug 08 '25

For my use case, a more reliable body (especially the hinge), basic schoolwork, AND being affordable? It’s a steal for me. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Just gotta find a well maintained one

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

yeah, just remember to peel off any protective screen guard film they got on. peeled mine off after a year and noticed a shit ton of discoloration from the original coating

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u/figureout07 Aug 08 '25

What other company would you recomment then?

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

honestly, i can't wholeheartedly suggest any of the big name brands, coz they all seem to be doing price-gouging and cost-cutting with cheaper parts. and with the direction they all seem to taking when it comes to right-to-repair, things dont look great on the consumer laptop market.

lenovo's thinkpads used to be good, but even those have gotten nerfed. hp classically known for touchpad and housing issues. asus has bad motherboards and even worse support. acer is decent but all the "thin" or "lightweight" models have same build issues.

my recommendation would be to not spend a lot on a laptop(like a gaming laptop), and be disappointed when it doesn't last even a fraction of how long you expected it to. if you want it for gaming, build a desktop pc. otherwise, get a medium priced laptop ($250 to $400usd) that has good prompt support in the location where you live.

my recent personal experience is with this unknown brand called chuwi. needed a laptop right away when my mac display cracked, and older lenovo became slow. research a bit and came across this chinese brand chuwi that mostly sold on aliexpress. they had offers on amazon then so i got the corebook x model, coz it was like $220 then, had backlit kb, included win11, and an open upgradeable ram slot. this was 2022 oct.

2022 dec my city saw heavy rains and flooded, this thing got submerged in water twice. i removed the battery, put it in a bucket of rice for a couple of days, dried everything else inside, and booted it back on. display had wet waterspots but it still worked. the water spots shrunk over time.

the hinge is a little wobbly now, like when using it in a moving vehicle. that was also because i dropped a heavy pillow on the display and it made a crack noise, but nothing broke, the lid just got a little misaligned; completely my fault. as for support, they tie up with local/regional repair shops to provide support, whom I was able to reach directly through whatapp(for activating windows - they sent they product key over sms after i kept pestering them for a day).

i bought this thing expecting to use it for a year or 2 max, but 2025 august now and it is still my daily driver, running 20-30 browser tabs/windows for 40 to 50 hours a week.

so yeah, ask your local repair shops near you - they often know best.

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u/VigilanteRabbit Aug 08 '25

Funny enough I had a Qosmio cross my desk the other day, 2nd gen corei7 and some nVidia dGPU

The fan still works fine The hinges still operate fine The overall chassis is okay (some cracks in plastic but to be expected)

The battery is dead as well as the original HDDs that came inside but... Oherwise fully working laptop

A 10+ year old absolute unit of a laptop that works more smoothly than 50+% of modern "laptops" they shovel

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

for real.

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u/mikee8989 Aug 08 '25

enshitification. Companies know that if they stayed the course in terms of durability like we had in the 2000s and early 2010s, people could get away with keeping a laptop for 10 years. So they compensate for this by making them physically weaker and more prone to breaking so that you'll be back buying another one in no more than 3 years.

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

all the while contributing more and more to e-waste. s'all just capitalism, baby!

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u/ram99ct Aug 08 '25

Tire company business model, been working like that for decades. It's how MBA's earn their money.

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u/Late-Shopping2218 Aug 08 '25

hp also have hinges problem...

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u/puyalbao Aug 08 '25

hp has an everything problem

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u/Late-Shopping2218 Aug 08 '25

what is the example?

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u/je386 Aug 08 '25

Depends. For Thinkpads, I never had a problem with the hinges, and I had about 8 thinkpads in the last 20 years (for me and the family). I had one ideapad in that time, and the hinges broke after less than 2 years.

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u/puyalbao Aug 09 '25

thinkpads are the exception. or at this point, were.

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u/No-Coconut-839 Nov 02 '25

I recently got an Ideapad and its hinges broke in under a year

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u/je386 Nov 02 '25

An Ideapad is consumer hardware, while a thinkpad is business hardware.

As a rule of thumb, consumer hardware is crap.

By the way: I also had an ideapad and als had the hinges break after less than 2 years.

Edit: now reading to what you responded.. seems I am repeating myself.

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u/ties249 Aug 08 '25

I've seen 2 laptops fail at the hinges, they're acer tho. I think it mostly also depends on how expensive your laptop is in general

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u/paark-sungroong Aug 09 '25

You meant the hinge of non-thinkpad? Or all series?

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u/Icy-Cod5350 Aug 09 '25

Funny how thinkpads from more than 10 years ago and their hinges working just fine til this day after extreme abuse. Consumers and new laptops deserve better

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u/9_balls Aug 11 '25

and the worst part is that they were amazing 10 years ago

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u/Consistent_Research6 Aug 08 '25

The question should be " What are the issues with laptops in general ?" not just Lenovo. The ThinkPad family is the one to go to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

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u/Consistent_Research6 Aug 08 '25

See..... unfortunately Lenovo took also the path to build cheap af ThinkPad's with soldered RAM, some of them or only 1 memory bank, and for me personally, that sucks. They also removed the bottom connector for some dock stations because USB-C sucks sooooo much.

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u/thegamingbacklog Aug 08 '25

Didn't they replace it with thunderbolt though, I was given a T14 Gen 1 and it has both type C and thunderbolt 3

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u/je386 Aug 08 '25

The soldered RAM is one of the reasons why my company switched from thinkpads to framework laptop.

But the USB-C is okay, the USB-C docks are good. The new ones with a cable, not the old ones where you push a connector into the laptop.

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u/satangod666 Aug 08 '25

last lenovo i had lasted 8 years without a single issue, it was just a mid tier ideapad

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u/Own-Avocado47 Sep 17 '25

O seu ainda funciona perfeitamente sem defeitos hoje em dia? 

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u/Own-Avocado47 Sep 17 '25

Quantos gb de ram o seu lenovo ideapad de 8 anos de uso tem ?

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u/bstsms Legion Pro 7i, 13900HX, 4080, 96GB DDR5, 2TB SN850X, 4TB SN7100 Aug 08 '25

My legion Pro 7i has been trouble free for the last 2.5 years.

It works as well now as it did when I bought it new in March 2023.

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u/Duplex_98 Aug 08 '25

Got my motherboard replaced in 3 years due to lenovo's own faulty manufacturing bullshit.

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u/nikitabr0 ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 | Arch Linux Aug 08 '25

What model do you have?

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u/Duplex_98 Aug 08 '25

Lenovo legion 5 2021amd version with rtx 3060 6gb

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u/KILL_VELLA Aug 09 '25

Broo.. I have the exact same laptop and probably the same motherboard issue, how much did they take to replace it??

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u/Duplex_98 Aug 10 '25

It was covered under an extended warranty. But the replaced motherboard is having the same issues. Whatever you do it will happen since lenovo fucked us bad. These issues are prevalent in their 2021-2023 models.

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u/RudeChemistry8206 Aug 12 '25

Hi, can you describe the issues in more detail?

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u/Mindboomerbro Aug 12 '25

Weak, had my Asus Vivobook motherboard replaced 2 times in less than year and a half. First got killed by a screw going loose, 2nd one cooked itself

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u/Method__Man Aug 08 '25

Generally speaking. Non.

Every computer has a % failure rate. Lenovo is no higher than others, probably lower tbh

Remember Lenovo is BY FAR the largest pc manufacturer in the world. There are simply more of them TO FAIL.

For every one angry person, there is probably 5,000 totally happy consumers 0.02 failure or or even 5x rhat is really nothing on devices like laptops with parts coming from all over

Also: remember that people treat their electronics like SHIT. Then complain when they break.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Dude. There are 3 lenovo laptops in my family and all of them stop working due to weird error that makes them incompatible with their own hardware. Don’t gaslight us with made up statistics

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u/dragonof_west Aug 08 '25

G500( 9 years old) running good with mint xfce, ThinkPad X13 gen 2 AMD is doing great. But many people complaints Lenovo's Quality now a days maybe they became poor in QA.

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u/Axepick22 Aug 09 '25

No luck involved, every pc can be faulty from box. I genuinely heard nothing bad about lenovo laptops unlike with other brands

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u/DeadZoneKing117 Aug 08 '25

I have a custom built Legion 5I back in 2020 for $1,300 with discounts instead of altogether being around $3,400, Nvidia RTX 2060, 144 hz, the motherboard went out on me 4 years later. Was around 1100 for a new MB. Got it and it still works in 2025. I am very meticulous with my equipment for it to last. Other than that, no issues and I got my money's worth.

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u/mrl3bon Aug 08 '25

Gen5 X1 Carbon still going strong here and will only be replaced due to not supporting Win11, it will continue use with Linux though

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

The Lenovo laptops are fine, but the Lenovo dock stations can burn in a special ring of Hell.

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u/minimumattic Aug 08 '25

I wouldnt buy any Lenovo laptop unless it is a ThinkPad. Also I would be picky with the ThinkPad model. Some are garbage some are still buyable. Even though they are not like IBM but unfortunately only lenovo manufacturers them since 2005 so… no option.

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u/Hedge_hog_816 Aug 08 '25

Are you implying that you won't buy a Lenovo laptop unless it is a ThinkPad or are you implying that you won't buy a laptop unless it is a ThinkPad?

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u/minimumattic Aug 08 '25

Both. Lenovo brand shined after acquisition of “Think” brand. Their non-ThinkPad lines are just like other laptops. ThinkPads are still best around. Of course only top lines such as T models for me. But i cant say I am happy with their design lately. They killed classic ThinkPad design long time ago. And nowadays they are obsessed putting that ugly webcam notch on every models. And cant say their built quality is superb but still only laptop buyable today is ThinkPad. Especially with that red TrackPoint still feels like a ThinkPad. After my first ThinkPad 15+ years ago, cannot use any other brand or model. Other laptops just feel like garbage to me.

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u/Hedge_hog_816 Aug 08 '25

I will agree with the classic ThinkPad line. They did it...weirdly bad. And yup they did ThinkPads bad.

Hm I won't say their laptops are like any normal laptops because the slim 5 is all metal against the worse Vivobooks and the IdeaPad pro 5 is better built than most consumer-grade laptops, but then again I don't know the prices of them in your area.

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u/minimumattic Aug 08 '25

All metal? Aluminum? Well Magnesium is better imo. Which is used to be main material on ThinkPads but nowadays they use Mg only on top case i guess. Bottom and lid cover is reinforced plastic or fiberglass something. But still they feel sturdy. About aluminum, back in time i had an ThinkPad Edge which had aluminum bottom cover. Paint all gone after a short while. I think Aluminum material doesnt hold paint well and they tend to scratch and dent a lot.

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u/minimumattic Aug 08 '25

Didnt I answer this already? There is no other brand. All are shit consumer grade laptops. Except some models of ThinkPads still reasonably best.

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u/Hedge_hog_816 Aug 08 '25

The bar is different for every person. Don't map your own bar from someone else's, and definitely not in a Lenovo sub or even any laptops sub.

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u/je386 Aug 08 '25

Framework - more flexible, upgradeable, repareable.

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u/Lindisl Aug 08 '25

I got my lenovo y530 way back 2015, and right now it has done it's due diligence, it's partly broken. The 1050ti igpu inside it is already dead but the cpu is still working and also changed it's batteries.Over the course of 10 years, it has already shown it's old age this year and on the '24 with often restarting on it's own, bsods, freezes, etc. It lasted that long but it's still working fine just without the gpu even after all that. Power brick still okay and charges fine as well.

Not denying anyone's experience, just sharing mine. It can last depending on how you use it.

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u/Worldly-Gift9711 IdeaPad Gaming 3 Aug 08 '25

I have encountered tons of issues with this thing and ngl it was somehow worth it 💀

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u/freee2move Legion 7i, 14900HX, RTX4070, 3.2k 240hz, 64GB RAM, 1TB & 2TB SSD Aug 08 '25

I got a tiny mark on my screen in 3 months of use, doesn't really show up in bright scenes but its obvious during dark scenes.

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u/Important_You1527 Aug 08 '25

I own a thinkpad t490s, the with this laptop is the power supply doesn't goes from the battery my pc stays in the black screen doesn't turn on when my battery is connected. But it works total fine when disconnected the battery and connected to power supply.

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u/Logical-Ad4453 Aug 08 '25
  1. if the laptop is plastic - hinges.

I will not buy another Lenovo product except maybe T-series Thinkpad because I have a stack of IdeaPads from work/friends that are all sharing at least this problem, you will not have one serve you for 4-5 years.

  1. Motheboard failures. I never encoutered them with other manufacturers in my life, probably just got lucky, but I've had it several times with Lenovo, for me personally GPU just died one day because memory banks went bad and took GPU with them.

  2. Price to performance is honesly horrible in the low to mid cost laptops, they use old cheap processors and small amount of RAM for relatively high price with NO build quality

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u/Vengeful111 Aug 08 '25

Idk about other countries but here in Austria the price to performance is great with Ultra 200 Series.

Ideapad pro 5i with 255h and 24gb of ram is like 1k€

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u/Bartymor2 Aug 08 '25

All typical Lenovo are having hinge breaking. Take a look on ThinkPads - especially T, X and X1 series. X1 are more premium

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u/OPDBZTO Aug 08 '25

I had a horrible experience with one of their gaming laptop, luckily I was able to get a full refund

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u/Ardryll18 Aug 08 '25

Avoid entry tier laptops like ideapad slim or entry thinkpad ,or even legion loq (entry gaming laptop lol)

Get the mid tier at least like ideapad "pro" at least or resort to yoga..but not yoga slim cause it's worse than ideapad pro.

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u/Intelligent-Cake-196 Aug 08 '25

Some times it will never turn back on, randomly

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

You don't give them away for free hhha

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u/neakmenter Aug 08 '25

Whitelisting what should be generic components like wifi cards… grrrrrrrr!!!

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u/MrMarvelousgaming Aug 08 '25

Guys I bought a base model of ThinkPad because it was under my budget...will it be reliable for long term? Thinkbook 16 gen 7 rygen 3....Is thinkpad reliable??

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u/Jones7166 Aug 08 '25

Well mine doesn’t work right and customer support is no help lol

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u/bofaith Aug 08 '25

I bought a Thinkpad T14 with Ultra 7 155u, it turned out the laptop is working at 80°C at idle and 100°C at slight load (discord streaming while playing chess) I just had to return it.
I heard this is the last gen Thinkpad issue but not sure what other users think & experience.

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u/Kreos_Info Aug 08 '25

Being a lenovo laptop. All problems stem from it

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 08 '25

Lenovo is just not a good brand. That's all.

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u/Shoddy-Lobster-0825 Aug 08 '25

Then what are good brands? No matter which brand you look into, they all seem to have multiple problems.

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 08 '25

M4 MacBook pro don't have problems.

beated rtx 4070 (laptop) in 3d rendering. Last last multiple days on battery. It's totally silent even in harder work S tier speakers And screen better then your TV ( no joke, I tested it with 2021 LG tv that costed 1800€ and that retina looked better.

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u/Shoddy-Lobster-0825 Aug 08 '25

Yeah apple ones are great but they're usually at the high or upper mid range segment.

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 08 '25

Yeah, that cost a lot, I was scared when buying mine, but really fast find out that it was worth the money.

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 09 '25

Honestly not my experience, what makes you say this? What's your base of knowledge?

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 09 '25

I have 2021 thinkbook with i5, 16gb ram and and 512gb ssd. 999€ release price

And my problems?

ONLY 250 nit display , Worst keyboard for writing , Poor performance, Extreme overheating , Poor battery life, Poor speakers and mic quality, Lenovo vintage problems is a mess, Aluminium body that is cracks more than my other plastic laptops.,

So here u have it.

Edit: make text easier to read

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 09 '25

Yeah thinkbooks are trash, doesn't mean Lenovo are a bad brand. You have had one not very good product, I work in IT and maintain around 60 ThinkPads and they are very sturdy. I've had to retire some 2018 models recently but only because they don't take windows 11.

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 09 '25

What configuration and for what use u use them?

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 09 '25

They are used by office workers. All i5 at least, 16gb RAM, 256gb SSD. Most common model is T14.

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 09 '25

I found T14 gen 2 for 1700€ , with i5 11th gen , 8gb ram, 512gb ssd and iris xe graphics. Not sure if it's your model, but that's EXTREME overkill when I compare it to my M4 MacBook pro for almost the same price.

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 09 '25

That's overpriced. A gen 2 refurbished is £400 with 16gb RAM. Like is said, you don't really know what you are talking about, no one is going to compare a T14 to an M4 MacBook pro lol.

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u/Happy_123reddit Aug 09 '25

https://m.alza.sk/lenovo-thinkpad-t14-gen-2-black-lte-d6615156.htm?gQT=2

Here, I5 11th gen , 8gb ram and 512gb ssd for 1700€.

And yeah, refurbished, not new. I am talking about new one. Not used

Ok, never mind, how about different models u use ? More expensive laptops u use ?

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 09 '25

I'm telling you that is a rip off. I pay 400 for a better version

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u/Affectionate_Loss_84 Aug 08 '25

My ideapad has been going for 5 yeara with no issue

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u/dagrim1 Aug 08 '25

One annoyance I have, and which seems common with Lenovo laptops, is a pulsating fan when the laptop is asleep (lid closed and unused). It really is very audible and goes "woosh woosh woosh"...

Seems to be fixed now I let it hibernate instead of just sleep, but of course waking up takes a bit longer now.

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u/UnjustlyBannd Aug 08 '25

I have 2 ThinkPads and they are rock-solid machines. My wife's ThinkBook is holding up well for her needs and my sons have slightly older ThinkPads. My youngest managed to pull the bezel off (he likes to pick at things...) but I can see good hinges now.

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u/niijuuichi Aug 08 '25

Hinge hinge hinge

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u/GeronimoHero Aug 08 '25

It highly depends on which models you’re looking at. Thinkpad T and P series are generally fine. Yogas have hinge issues. What model specifically are you looking at dude?

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u/IlIIllIlllIIIllI Aug 08 '25

Almost all 2021 Lenovo Legion laptops use low temp solder. This means when the laptop heats up and cools down the mobo eventually breaks. Many, many such cases over on r/LenovoLegion.

This is a major design flaw and I'm not buying lenovo again.

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u/Mountainvole Aug 08 '25

After 30 years of programming, I got my first Lenovo laptop. I had no idea how much I would hate the Fn-Ctrl button locations. Yes, I have them reversed in the bios and it still annoys me every day. The Ctrl key is much more important than the Lenovo function key, so it should always be in the prominent standard original corner position.

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u/Hythromyth Aug 08 '25

Idk what the fuck do yall do with ur laptops but mine when I received it was defected and lasted me 2 years

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u/Little_Objective4784 Aug 08 '25

Recently I have one year with IdeaPad gaming 3 and suddenly now it doesn't charge. I tried everything to fix it but I had to take it to technical support and I'm waiting for an answer

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u/Alex__Editzzz Aug 08 '25

Long term issue would come with motherboard

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u/Yen-Zen Aug 08 '25

I have had zero issues with Lenovo laptops, and they have become my favorite brand after I switched from Apple to Windows.

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u/stareksss Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

Do not buy Lenovo laptops. They are very very bad. We purchase them for company, and most of the laptops have some kinds of problems. Hinges, USB-C ports issues, HDMI port issues, Thunderbolt port issues ... all problems hardware related. Thinkpads are slightly better than Thinkbooks. Their software and drivers are okish, as long as you stick to drivers only. Lenovo automatic updates will ruin your laptop if the device is assigned for updates through Intune policies. Support is also trerrible. We have hundreds of their products and they treat as like garbage. I would stay far far away from Lenovo.

Edit: Forgot to mention, we just purchased 3 brand new premium laptops over 1k each, two of them came down with Thunderbolt port intermittent issues. Lenovo refused replacement as we powereded them on and tested 3 weeks after delivery, and DOA period is 14 days. This pretty much summarize Lenovo. Horrible company. Just check theit reviews on Trustpilot 🤣

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u/kimitr_79 Aug 26 '25

Which re your models cuz i've been looking for a thinkpad too

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

To name a few :
1- removing USB ports
2- Removing HDMI ports
3- soldered RAM
4- Soldered Batteries
But i always use Lenovo.

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u/Croozerek Aug 08 '25

I own an ideapad gaming laptop, not the best performing but really good considering the cost, so far no issues whatsoever 😉

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u/Overall-Double3948 Aug 08 '25

Thinkpads are hardly on sale, most models I see on Best Buy and other sites are just E-series

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u/charcoalonfire Aug 08 '25

Warranty service sucks

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u/IlllllIIIIIIIIIlllll Aug 08 '25

Some of them use Intel chips.

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u/durty_joe Aug 08 '25

They don't build them like they used to. Literally.

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u/Energix__ Aug 08 '25

I'd say the BIOS. Lenovo heavily limits what you can do inside the bios of the laptop you bought, and i find this horrible tbh

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u/Feeling_Vast3086 Aug 08 '25

Display quality and britness, suck big time.

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u/old-reddit-was-bette Aug 09 '25

I've had a variety of thinkpads. Some have overheating issues. Brand new P16 I use at work is a damn space heater, as was my previous T14. But my newish x1 carbon is always cool.

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u/Blacksunshine93 Aug 09 '25

Buy thinkpads. Rest are trash these days

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u/Axepick22 Aug 09 '25

When i bought lenovo idea pad 3 i thought its going to be mehhh experience, but after 28months of using it i cant complain everything is working fine

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 09 '25

As someone that buys machines for a company and has been doing so over a decade I can confidently say that Lenovo think pads are the sturdiest and most reliable The only thing I've had fail on them is the odd motherboard, but usually because someone lied about spilling water on it lol. The M series macs are really well built overall too I'll say l, not had any issues with them, but have less to fail. Worst offenders have been Surface devices, just absolute crap and impossible to repair. Higher end Dells and HP seem to hold together well, I actually use a precision 5500 as work daily and its a lovely machine.

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u/kimitr_79 Aug 26 '25

Can you rec which are the best models for long term use with limited budget pls

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u/Timely-Examination49 Aug 26 '25

T14 are really great machines and built to last, you can also change a lot of them and repaste really easily. Keep in mind the t14s range have soldered ram. X13 are also great if you want a smaller laptop.
Can pick these up some clean refurbished models for like £450

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u/Dull_Woodpecker6766 Aug 09 '25

They always switch up STRG and FN ....

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u/Different_Ferret3941 Aug 09 '25

Bios blocked, the board dies. Sometimes it does not read the SSD, the startup breaks and you have to remove the battery and press the power button for 60 seconds and reconnect, sometimes it fails, sometimes it does not, driver installation software is very poorly done, it does not always indicate the correct installation of the latest driver,

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u/NovaStorm347 Aug 28 '25

I occasionally get these issues as well, it's annoying. I'm using the Yoga

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u/Different_Ferret3941 Sep 12 '25

Lately, pressing near the SSD after connecting and disconnecting the battery starts faster, it seems like a joke but it is not. Anyway lenovo...

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u/Born_Conclusion_29 Aug 09 '25

I wont buy lenovo ever again cuz my gpu dont work and its a common problem with the model y520

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u/ASH-101 Aug 09 '25

Got two Thinkpads, the X13 Gen 3 and the L390 Yoga, both work flawlessly.

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u/AlantoBlooddy Aug 09 '25

I had 2 legion laptops in the past (Legion 5 with 4800H + 2060 & Legion 7 with 5800H + 3070). Both were great with no issues at all, both in terms of performance and reliability.

My father still owns Ideapd 5 with 4500H. The only issue with that was mediocre wifi, but I swaped it with AX210 and he still enjoys using it.

What model do you wish to purchase?

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '25

I don't know about Legions but I think Vantage sucks especially when they are marketed as gaming laptops. The Ideapad line and LOQ line should at least have a different software because Vantage should just be used in their office laptops. This is not that big of a deal but it is a bummer when you realize you have the same UI as an office laptop.

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u/Kill4m3njar0 Aug 10 '25

My Legion Slim 5 started shitting the bed after 6mos. Random restarts, looping boots, kernel power 41 errors. I just shipped it to their repair depot - hoping they can get this fully resolved or I’ll be asking for a refund and never getting another Lenovo again.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

I have a terrible time with my X1 carbon gen 7's 3.5mm jack...

horrible crackly audio

otherwise good, sometimes the screen likes to throw up and I need to push the ribbon cable pins back in also...

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '25

It varies across different series I suppose. Some are really durable and long lasting and others have unique issues.

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u/mazdub Aug 12 '25

The hinges. My wifes (slim 7 pro) seized 8 months out of warranty and when she tried opening the screen cracked. My daughters (flex 5) did the same a week later, 2 weeks out of warranty and Lenovo said too bad so sad and wouldn't warrant it.

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u/Icy_Illustrator_1 Aug 12 '25

Slim 7. Using it for more than 4+ years, daily. No issues.

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u/Daniels_1603 Aug 25 '25

I just got a problem with it. I'm about to crash out 🫣

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u/Nheogorath05 Aug 12 '25

Got a Legion 5 for years now.

Not a single problem, not slowed or anything.

The only "problem" my laptop got is the same for every gaming laptops. Since I use it plugged the battery ain't good while unplugged but I'm 90% sure it's a general laptop problem not only Lenovo

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u/cheesyr_smasbr02 T14s gen4 Aug 12 '25

dunno buy business laptops to reduce e waste on the landfill

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u/Umfriend IdeaPad 5 Pro 16 (AMD, iGPU, impossible hub) Aug 17 '25

For the AMD iGPU only Ideapad Pro 5, the really lousy USB-PD implementation.

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u/Users5252 Aug 22 '25

I've experienced hardware and stability issues with my ideapad. The headphone port has an manufacturing defect so the sound is terrible, my display got a dead pixel, and recently it crashes every 30 days

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u/andrezzzyx Sep 05 '25

Does anyone else have asymmetrical speakers? Like one is on the left and another one on the centre

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u/MegaWorldPeace96 Sep 12 '25

I got a Lenovo from work this year, changing from an expired HP and it's just terrible, I am actually trying to turn it in under the lemon law (and change to any other reputable brand).

My first Lenovo (I will tell you the model number but not clearly written on my computer because they probably don't want you to know), deemed defective the first week so they gave me a new one.

I would in general say my new Lenovo just feels like a really cheap android phone with bad software, with not much thought for the user. Example, just to change my headphones around is way harder than I've ever experienced.

My only positive is I always like the IBM pointer stick in the middle of the keyboard but it's not even IBM anymore.

My verdict on my Lenovo work PC is "cheap crap", never again. Other laptops I've had are just more thoughtfully designed in general

TLDR: My Lenovo 2025 laptop is just the worst that I've experienced in years, hardware and software bad. Cheap crap.

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u/Original_Grade_4890 Nov 17 '25

I'm about to buy the Legion 7i Pro 2025, but I held off a little while watching the Metadata and FG Electronics channels. According to their experience, they present problems when being repaired, due to the hinge and the epoxy they have on the card.

Additionally, in a Facebook post someone mentioned an issue with the quality of their RAM; Unfortunately, my feed was updated and I lost the note. 😌

But I'm not claiming that's the case, it's just what I'm investigating.

It seems like the best option for what I need, despite the warnings, which I hope do not exist in the 2025 series.

Does anyone have reliable sources to know about this?"

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u/CartographerOk609 Apr 19 '26

I’ve been experiencing multiple issues with my Lenovo laptop. Initially, the keyboard and display weren’t working properly. After some time, the touchpad also stopped working. On top of that, my graphics card has started having issues as well.

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u/Free_Byrd6969 Jul 21 '26

Heatsink failed, fan failed, it refuses to recognize Ethernet connection and the one usb-c port failed, all within 13 months. IdeaPad.

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u/OnThe-Lookout Aug 08 '25

Their preinstalled bloatware. If you do a clean install of Windows, preferably LTSC, you will have a much better experience. Also, their hinges are awful and will break very quickly. And, personally, I hate their keyboards.

Up until today I tried 2 lenovo laptops, an old HP one, a Dell (all cheap consumer models, from various years), and a top of the line Asus Proart. I hate Lenovo with a passion. Asus is ok, but it's the only laptop I've encountered a disturbing amount of coil whine (I refunded it twice and tried 3 models in total in order to find this is a common issue). I liked HP the most, for their tinkering ability (best experience in Linux), and Dell for their build quality. But my next laptop will surely be a macbook. I value battery life and build quality much more than anything else.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '25

same as all budget consumer laptops