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Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x 14" Laptop (Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) $989 Delivered @ Lenovo

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One of the cheapest Snapdragon / Copilot+ PC? The price has reduced further from earlier this month for their Black Friday sale. For $989 delivered, you get

  • Snapdragon® X Plus X1P-42-100 Processor
  • 16GB LPDDR5X (+$99 for 32GB upgrade)
  • 512GB SSD (M.2 2242)
  • 14" IPS display 1920x1200 (+$100 for OLED upgrade)

X1P-42-100 is Qualcomm's cheapest Snapdragon X CPU with 8 cores, has about the same single core performance as X Elite but much worse multi-core performance (on par to Core Ultra 5 125U or Apple M3).

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  • Jacko1235 on 28/11/2024 - 15:12
    +2

    Great price if you combo with ram and OLED. If someone is just after a laptop to use as a web browser and to use MS Office then you'll be fine.

    • Look Up on 28/11/2024 - 17:19
      +6

      Or just skip the ARM emulation nonsense and buy a Ryzen Aero at any of the sub $900/1000/1100 price points

      Windows on ARM is a typical Microsoft brainfart where you pay to be the beta tester

      If someone is just after a laptop to use as a web browser and to use MS Office then you'll be fine.

      Pricing for these devices won't be correct until they reflect "upgraded Chromebook" rather than "cutdown x86"

    • yamahamoto on 28/11/2024 - 17:58
      +1

      Surely you can do a lot more with this specs?

  • Homr on 28/11/2024 - 15:13
    -6

    is snapdragon intel or AMD?

    • bargain6969 on 28/11/2024 - 15:14
      +17

      none of the above

    • 11112007 on 28/11/2024 - 15:16
      +5

      Qualcomm. They make phone and tablet chips and are starting to make laptop chips based on the same architecture as mobile/laptop.

      • Homr on 28/11/2024 - 15:30
        +1

        ohhh, so we now have a 3rd competitor along with Intel and AMD?

        Will it have a decent IGPU?

        • CrispyChrispy on 28/11/2024 - 15:36
          +3

          A 4th competitor techinically, Apple silicon is up there as well

          • Homr on 28/11/2024 - 15:37

            @CrispyChrispy: oh yes forgot about apple

          • dan0909 on 28/11/2024 - 16:09
            -2

            @CrispyChrispy: Not really a competitor as they live in their own little bubble 9apple ecosystem). I havent seen anyone say, I am getting a laptop because it has M2 chip. But you'll find plenty of people buying certain laptops because they have Intel i7 or AMD Ryzen chips and many people avoiding Qualcomm chips in a laptop.

        • scotty on 28/11/2024 - 15:46
          +5

          No. Qualcomm's iGPU is notably crap comparing to Intel & AMD's. I don't suggest people buying this for gaming.

  • freedomofspeech on 28/11/2024 - 15:19
    +2

    copilot rubbish

  • Allaboutdiscounts on 28/11/2024 - 15:22
    +3

    I don’t feel confident buying this laptop. I want to give my niece a laptop as she is studying software engineering in uni. I don’t think all the softwares will support this chipset.

      • Allaboutdiscounts on 28/11/2024 - 15:49
        +6

        She need to follow lecturer when she is doing any programming and I think macbook will be a hassle to follow along.

        • HaventAKalou on 28/11/2024 - 16:16
          -7

          in my experience a lot of lecturers are running macs

          and if there's anything in the courses requiring unix then she'll probably have an easier time on mac. wsl gave me headaches

          • scotty on 28/11/2024 - 16:52
            +4

            @HaventAKalou:

            if there's anything in the courses requiring unix…

            MacOS uses mostly BSD command line tools, which are a bit different from GNU's used by Linux (which runs servers pretty much everywhere). If anything I think learning MacOS's CLI can be a hindrance. Fortunately you can use homebrew to install GNU's tools.

            • stjep on 29/11/2024 - 10:26

              @scotty: That's not true. Darwin (the macOS kernel) was built using a bunch of code, some of it derived from FreeBSD and BSD. That was 24 years ago.

              What macOS ships with is a bunch of proprietary closed software, GNU software (bash, for example), and BSD packages (mv, for example).

              At the end of the day macOS is UNIX certified so can run *nix software, and there are a number of package managers that port *nix software to Darwin/macOS. Really no harder to use than apt-get or rpm.

              There is zero hindrance in learning to use the CLI tools on macOS versus another *nix distro.

              • scotty on 29/11/2024 - 10:36

                @stjep: Hindrance as in maximising all the CLI tools in a GNU/Linux dominated world. I am not talking about POSIX compatible features here, but you can build shell scripts that parse outputs from various commands that fail to work. Not just because of the differences in command line arguments, output format, but also file system hierarchy, etc. It's not a SYSV vs BSD fight back in the 80's or 90's. It's just the fact that Linux is pretty much dominating *nix so people tend to just write scripts for that.

                And Darwin is actually not a kernel itself, but a UNIX-like OS with Mach kernel and many BSD tools on the userland.

          • ashanrath on 28/11/2024 - 16:58
            +5

            @HaventAKalou: Hard disagree. Working in a software dev related role. Rarely see a MacBook in larger organisations. Windows device makes it easy to develop for both windows and nix. Apple makes it harder to develop for windows.

            Windows (while not perfect) is the best all rounder and most common for most organisations.

            WSL2 is good, but it's not hard to stand up an actual hyperv VM if needed. Not to mention, lots of nix development can be done from windows IDE connecting to nix docker container run on the machine.

            You can do all of this using different methods or different host OS', but a non-Apple x86/64 device will give you the best performance and flexibility for your money.

        • fromthehatch on 28/11/2024 - 17:36
          +1

          Yea, I made that mistake before when i lucked into a professor who was only teaching on Apple.

          Went with a windows laptop. Teacher made sure i regretted that for the rest of the semester.

    • incipient on 28/11/2024 - 15:48
      +3

      You'd be best off with an Intel or amd laptop still, as for software dev you'll need that (for the most part!) to compile the code she writes more easily.

      (yeah yeah lots of compilers etc will target arm nicely now, but when writing a lot of languages it doesn't seem worth the hassle going arm quite yet!)

    • whitelunchbag on 28/11/2024 - 16:24
      +5

      If she's doing software engineering, it's probably best to ask her what she needs for Uni

    • wizko on 28/11/2024 - 17:49

      This will actually do a surprisingly okay for software engineering at uni. At uni you don't really do much specialised stuff and this will run IntellIJ, Vscode, etc just fine. You can also consider an Intel based laptop to be safe or an Apple Silicon Macbook.

  • Ozyow on 28/11/2024 - 15:24

    Are these x86 computers or something else? Would they run normal x86 programs?

  • vee124 on 28/11/2024 - 15:32

    Pretty sure its the same as this https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/877596.

    • scotty on 28/11/2024 - 15:51

      You might be right — I guess that's why I can't find past deals when I search for Slim 5x. I guess the advantage of buying Lenovo is just the cashback. Finger crossed that SB/CR or TCB will raise it tomorrow.

  • CptnObvious on 28/11/2024 - 15:38
    +5

    Can you still watch porn on the ‘snapdragon’ laptops?

    • cornbeef on 28/11/2024 - 15:40
      +15

      Nah, your dick falls off.

      • shroomish on 28/11/2024 - 15:49
        +11

        Snapdongle

    • SimAus007 on 28/11/2024 - 15:59

      Has been working strong for me…

      • choofa on 28/11/2024 - 17:02
        +3

        Fapdragon?

    • Whatisthatvelvet on 28/11/2024 - 17:20

      Not if you call your junk "dragon"

      • CptnObvious on 28/11/2024 - 17:46

        BadDragon then?

        • SimAus007 on 28/11/2024 - 18:23

          Tame that dragon.

  • OzHan on 28/11/2024 - 15:51
    +23

    +$99 for 32GB upgrade

    Apple has left the chat..

    • superroach on 28/11/2024 - 16:32

      That's like…. 600 buckeroos on apple?

      • CyberMurning on 28/11/2024 - 20:15
        +2

        for $99 apple will gladly give you 2GB upgrade

  • eli8te on 28/11/2024 - 16:16

    Got the Acer 14" Swift Go Ryzen 7 for same price, is it worth returning it for this and adding on 32gb+OLED and pay $200 more?

    • bobokingdom on 28/11/2024 - 16:18
      +1

      Just enjoy your Acer Swift :)

    • scotty on 28/11/2024 - 16:54
      +1

      I think Swift Go with Ryzen 7 would be faster, but Slim 5x with Snapdragon would have longer battery life.

      Both are on the budget end of respective brands…

    • Wonderfool on 28/11/2024 - 17:15
      +3

      (profanity) no, the swift is way better.

      The Snapdragon is a respectable but flawed launch. Give it 3 more generations before considering it.

    • ozbargainerlife1 on 28/11/2024 - 20:35

      which deal?

  • VeganJerky on 28/11/2024 - 16:17
    +1

    This deal is mid.

  • nigel deborah on 28/11/2024 - 16:23
    +1

    Hard sell when the new Intel chips match its efficiency on x86

  • SahitDagani on 28/11/2024 - 16:28

    Wish that OLED had 120hz for 100bucks would have been a no brainer.

  • ashm on 28/11/2024 - 16:58

    can screen be upgraded to touchscreen?

  • donman92 on 28/11/2024 - 17:00
    +1

    Not bad depending on the use case. But for basically the same price you can get the AMD equivalent if you either want some slightly better gaming performance and not having to rely on ARM compatibility. That being said, I'm super keen on snapdragons low TDP and future PC usage.

  • kaikor on 28/11/2024 - 18:26

    So there are PC games this laptop won't run due to the snapdragon chip?

    • Nom on 28/11/2024 - 23:14

      This doesn't have a dedicated graphics card - it's not a gaming machine.

      If you want to game then you'll need to buy a gaming machine.

  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 28/11/2024 - 20:01
    +4

    Word of warning, a lot of printers will not work due to x64 or 86 drivers not working (duh) and manufacturers not yet producing ARM-based drivers.

    • shiny1 on 28/11/2024 - 20:29

      Surprised its been this long with no driver support. I'm at a school with Fuji Xerox printers, and teachers with snapdragon laptops can't connect. Annoying side effect, and disappointing to see.

      • Nom on 28/11/2024 - 23:18

        It's super weird that they haven't made the emulator work for printer drivers - unlike, say graphics drivers, there's no requirement for performance.
        Just use the emulator for x86 printer drivers 🤷🏼‍♂️

      • Celebraces on 29/11/2024 - 09:32

        Are you using Papercut? Papercut's global driver might be suitable if your machines support PostScript

        • SupeNintendoChalmers on 29/11/2024 - 09:49

          Same issue with Papercut as per Microsoft Universal print drivers- advanced features are not available or compromised.

  • will05 on 28/11/2024 - 20:09

    Additional 10% for first timer clicking
    And double rewars points somewheres $110
    Nice 👌

  • Switchblade88 on 28/11/2024 - 21:10

    Our local school put out a big 'No Snapdragon' notice earlier this year for all BYOD laptops. Clearly there's a not insignificant amount of legacy systems that don't work, and the OEM vendors have yet to put in the work to make their copiers/proprietary software/MDM/drivers work as of yet.

    If the system was built ground-up for Snapdragon (aka Chromebooks or iPads) then you'd have a lot less hassles than trying to shoehorn Windows 11 into a mobile chipset; the major benefit of Windows has always been backwards compatibility and breaking that really requires starting from scratch.

  • Srdjan52 on 28/11/2024 - 21:20

    Recommended for my parents for emails and browsing?

    Someone please ELI5 the x86 snapdragon issue. Will there be issues connecting to their printer?

    • SupeNintendoChalmers on 29/11/2024 - 09:13

      Yes to the second question, most printers, unless very new do not have ARM drivers.

      You might be able to use the generic Microsoft print drivers to print, however features, such as duplex, staples, collating, tray selection may not be available.

      Another option is Mopria
      https://mopria.org/print-with-windows

      • Srdjan52 on 29/11/2024 - 10:07

        Thanks, should I buy the AMD version (AMD Ryzen™ 5 8645HS Processor) instead if the same price?

        https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-5/ideapad-slim-5-gen-9-(14-inch-amd)/83dbcto1wwau1

        • SupeNintendoChalmers on 29/11/2024 - 22:11

          If printing is a non negotiable, then yes, sadly.

          I think the Snapdragons are the better processor, but Microsoft/Lenovo/HP released these models 6 months too early.

  • bcYield on 30/11/2024 - 07:08

    Same price at OW and HN. $20 cheaper for the swift go, same specs.
    https://www.harveynorman.com.au/acer-swift-go-14inch-snapdra…

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