Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5i 14" FHD+ WUXGA 300nits intel i5-13420H 16GB RAM 512GB SSD Windows 11 Laptop - £495 @ Lenovo

If you're ok getting a key and installing Windows yourself you can select no OS and take it down to £414. Upgrading to WiFi 6E is free as usual. Extra £10 for 100w charger might be worth it.

If it was aluminium and the screen was 100% sRGB, this would have been stonking - even if for a slightly higher price.

Think this is the best spec (£469.99):

• Processor: 13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-13420H Processor (E-cores up to 3.40 GHz P-cores up to 4.60 GHz)
• Operating System: No Operating System
• Memory: 16 GB LPDDR5-5200MHz (Soldered)
• Solid State Drive: 1 TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
• Display: 14" WUXGA (1920 x 1200), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, 45%NTSC, 300 nits, Narrow Bezel
• Graphic Card: Integrated Graphics
• Camera: 1080P FHD RGB/IR Hybrid with Dual Microphone
• Fingerprint Reader: No
• Keyboard: Backlit, Storm Grey - English (UK)
• Wireless: Wi-Fi 6E 11AX (2x2) & Bluetooth® 5.1
• Palmrest: Plastic
• Battery: 3 cell, 56.6Wh
• Power Cord: 100W USB-C Slim 90% PCC AC Adapter Black (3pin) - UK
• Warranty: 1 Year Courier or Carry-in

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only 60Wh, so not sure what the battery life will be like on it, but heard ddr5 ram is good for battery life

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Had one delivered on Friday and just got round to looking at it. The lid is metal and sturdy, the base and palmrest is plastic but doesn’t feel cheap (same style as a Vivobook Pro) - the entire system feels well put together and the spec for the money is incredible, if anyone was thinking about it, this is pretty much unbeatable by anything else below £500-600. 

It says upgrade to 1TB for +£0.00 when I go into the customizer but adds money to the total? Any idea if that;s just a bug?

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-5200 (up from DDR5-4800 of the i5-12500H). The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU now supports PCIe 5.0 x8 for a GPU and two PCIe 4.0 x4 for SSDs.

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 48 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units).

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (95 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a further improved 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

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Do you need 100W charger or 65W charger is enough?

Any dedicated graphics options? I'm thinking of doing some light gaming on this. Sons of the Forest.

The BANKHOLIDAY1 code has ended but you can use another 10% off code to get the same result. You still can't add the 1TB SSD without the code dropping off.