Lenovo Legion Pro 5i 16" Gaming Laptop - RTX 4070, i7-13700HX, 16" WQXGA (2560 x 1600) 240Hz, 1TB SSD, 32 GB RAM £1453.50 @ Lenovo Education

No thunderbolt is a game changer for me but maybe they think people don't use it. I can't imagine it costs that much more to put one in.

What other deals have you seen mate?

Not sure if it's always the case but when I upgraded mine a couple of weeks later it was cheaper as well doing it through the Lenovo app installed on the laptop.

Won't be enough to game on though. Only good for light loads

I would just keep a look out for codes on the main UK Lenovo site and prices, what comes up the educational students site eventually turns up the main site it depends on how much stock they have available.

You would be best speaking to Lenovo on their chat. They are an international company so it may be possible.

desktop 4070 will wipe the floor with this laptop.

Yes become a student.

See answers to your earlier post

Pester a family member who is a student to give you their login

They unfortunately only offer card payments, no PayPal or other methods.

Haha mate I wrote an essay to reply just a minute ago and basically said this about my xps, in the few years I’ve had it they’ve basically managed to make a new battery that’s higher capacity that fits there fine. Same thing happens with my phones too so every 3 years or so I upgrade those to higher capacity versions and it’s never been an issue, good shout on the warranty though! I’d live with the 80 for a while though and see what it’s like before ordering, they’re not cheap and I’d personally grab the usb C charger or a second m.2 first.

@ud987 See your other post. (edited)

It says 6-9 days, since it's only been less than 1 day, I'd not expect anything yet.

The thing that would make me personally go 7 is the build quality. I’ve not seen any videos for the 5i pro yet but judging from images and written reviews I think Lenovo have massively cut down the spending this year. I’ve seen these student discount deals now for over a week and I’m still considering just getting a 2022 Alienware since I’ve to live with it for 5+ years. Even the 7i is massively stripped down on quality from last gen, watch jerrod’s review, there’s actually parts of the video where you can see that the cheap plastic round the back is lifted and deformed, in the 7?! It’s meant to be their flagship. As for the 5i like I say there are very few images out yet but it seems like the bottom cover is plastic and I don’t think it even comes with thunderbolt this time, though I’ve seen conflicting reports there.
It really seems like they’ve ditched the 5i pro and it’s just a 5 with next gen hardware, which is nice but personally I like the creature comforts of the old 7 and 5i pro variants, definitely seemed more premium and on par with the likes of ROG and Alienware, I’m seriously worried about where else the cost saving has taken place here.

As for your issues all chassis fears on my part aside there are a lot of ways you could get more battery life out of the machine, undervolting and brightness tweaks help, and hopefully windows will some day figure out it’s rest mode nonsense with 11. In gaming you’d need to be plugged in anyway or get a massive performance hit, if you don’t want to carry the brick around these charge up to 135/145 via usbC iirc plus if you’re plugged in mostly set the battery charge level to 70 or 80% to keep it healthy longer. The ram cost is stupid for ddr5 right now but it will come down eventually and 16gb is still plenty for now for most people and definitely for normal use and gaming. The SSD prices are coming down almost weekly right now so that’s not something I consider much when there are 2 slots, a 2tb pcie4 drive was on Amazon last week for £175, I paid nearly £250 last year for my ps5 upgrade and I’ve not come close to filling it yet, and if you don’t need those 7gb/s speeds a high capacity pcie3 drive will be half that again.

TLDR: I’d go 7, it’s the more future proof machine, usually better build quality and the extra creature comforts will be nice long term if you keep laptops as long as I do. The SSD is the main upgrade I’d consider but it’s an easy one. I think 16gb of ram is plenty, 7 years with my xps and I’ve never had an issue with 16gb. Plus even the battery can be upgraded yourself, just ordered a 99wh battery for that same xps to replace the original 80 who’s capacity has died off and if you’re fine with usb C charging and don’t mind the price of buying a high watt charger like you say it’s a mute point so just enjoy whichever you go for bud

How would I install Windows OS? Is it free?

want to know this too

Not many people buying due to crazy prices

Have you seen the slim 5i pro version? Is that better than this model?

On-site is worth it imo, the technician will come to your home and carry out a repair which removes the need for send the laptop in for repair.

Yep that's the one I have also and it is a beast so I am just gonna stick with it at the moment as I'm not a gamer I am a musician.

However I could buy a couple and sell them on for profit😁 (edited)

Yes.

Well, Framework doesn't currently have, and (as far as we know) isn't planning, an equivalent to these Legions, so it'll be a heck of a wait!

Price has been bumped.

No, the 24% off continued for at least 12hrs. This was lower than the tax free price

Did you receive your laptop?

It's tracked, but not confirmed yet.

I ordered a 2TB earlier today (https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4121998). If there's any issues I'll update you, but delivery isn't expected for a week.