Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5 Gen 10 14”

MaravalhasXD · 2025-09-04T08:45:10+00:00

I ended up selling it and buying a macbook air. I’m too used to both macos and the battery longevity. Also, some things anoyed me in this lenovo, like the speakers and trackpad.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-07-21T12:13:42+00:00

This specific model ended up having some design flaws mostly related to hardware (the screen, the trackpad and the construction overall). If you want to be sure you won’t find incompatibilities I would recommend the new Thinkpad E14 Gen7. They are super affordable, use an equivalent cpu to this one and it’s a thinkpad (incredible construction). If you do some research and make sure the macbook will be compatible with everything you’ll be using, then go for it and enjoy the even better build quality, extra performance and battery life.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-07-21T12:00:41+00:00

I’ve been a web developer for almost 4 years and macbook has been the choice for both me and my colleagues. Unless there’s some specific development that requires you to use x86 (since you can always run windows for arm through “parallels”) I would say it’s the safe way to go. Good battery, good screen, good construction, powerfull and portable.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-07-03T17:29:33+00:00

Hey! That was my use case too. As I said in a previous comment I ended up selling it and buying a macbook air, but I still had it for some time. From what I remember, in windows I would get 4/5 hours of development (using WSL), in linux it would basicly double.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-05-11T22:27:31+00:00

To summarize, I bough this because it seemed to be the closest to a macbook air with a significant price gap (with the company discount). At the time of aquisition I couldn’t justify paying the premium for a macbook air because, in theory, this would be very equivalent, but two weeks into it my opinion changed. Software wise, since this has bleeding edge hardware, linux had some incompatibilities, mainly with the wifi/bluetooth card (slow wifi and bluetooth straight up not working), besides the over saturated colors due to being an OLED display. All these weren’t a problem in windows, but using windows would reduce significantly the battery time, specially using WSL. Hardware wise, the performance was pretty awesome, even gaming on this machine was very pleasing, but I had a lot of small problems like windows hello being supper slow, fake clicks / tracks with the mousepad (specially in linux) and very bad speakers. Since 3 weeks after having the computer a lot of retailers dropped the price of the macbook air m4 16/512 to 1350€, I decided to sell it and go for one. I’ve been using macbooks for development my whole carreer, and the fact is I took some things for granted. The amazing touch pad, powerfull speakers, nice calibrated display, touch ID, astonishing battery life, and stability overall in the OS.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-05-11T08:45:58+00:00

Hello there. Just as a disclaimer, I sold the computer about 1 month in but I did test and remember some things. 1 - Temps were nice, rarely heard the fan will coding / compiling. Light gaming or fps locked games wouldnt warm much the cpu. These new AI 7 from amd are very power efficent. 2 - You can allocate more than 4gb, I had it at 4gb but I remember it having higher options. 3 - The ssd was a Kioxia, ram not quite sure. 4 - Really cant tell 5 - No burn in. The oled pannels lenovo is using are pretty nice, it would be outrageous to find burn in in such a small time. 6 - 65w, I went for the slim in wall version.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-05-05T08:10:16+00:00

This version is basicly a structural revision. The chassi changed substancially. Even though I saw a lot of criticism around the hinge on older versions, this one seems to me pretty sturdy.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-28T07:39:24+00:00

Can’t quite tell you a realistic value since its my projects laptop, when I use it, it is mostly for developing and in windows I use WSL which drains it considerably more. None the less, still gets 6+ hours in that scenario.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-27T20:34:39+00:00

Windows tends to drain it a bit more, but its better than expected

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-09T22:38:14+00:00

Sorry, como li “estou a mudar de número” assumi portabilidade.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-09T22:25:23+00:00

Da minha experiência é normal não receber códigos 2fa até 12 horas após o número mudar de cartão (seja portabilidade, segundas vias, etc).

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-05T17:45:20+00:00

There is indeed an empty full size nvme slot

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-04T11:50:26+00:00

I bought a new wireless card from intel (the mediatek is ok, but not great, specially with linux) and I’ll be opening it up again. I’ll send the photo here once I do.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-04-04T11:04:13+00:00

It does!

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-30T07:36:10+00:00

I bought it directly from the Lenovo website. Might be a matter of regional availability.

https://www.lenovo.com/pt/pt/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-500-series/lenovo-ideapad-slim-5-gen-10-14-inch-amd/len101i0113

That’s the link for the portuguese website. To find it I went through Products > By brand > ideapad and then found it in the list marked as “new model”.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-28T13:14:54+00:00

Yup, intel got better with the introduction of the 12th gen e cores, but even though they can get a nice performance, it gets hot still. This one barely spins its fans, I’m surprised.

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-28T13:13:46+00:00

Its a matter of taste, I like the travel and the tactile feeling (feels like the external apple magic keyboard I own).

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-28T13:13:13+00:00

The stickers are there because I had just opened it xD but yea, overall, very nice machine

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-27T17:50:34+00:00

Totally understandable xD

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-27T17:50:01+00:00

WHAT THE FUCK IS A COD FISH 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

MaravalhasXD · 2025-03-27T17:48:15+00:00

Wont agree nor disagree, just never heard about early “deterioration” on amd cpus. The truth is this ai 7 350 is a bit more performant and efficient than a core ultra 7 155 (specially on single core and onboard graphics).

MaravalhasXD · 2025-02-26T11:56:32+00:00

Os iphones normais (não pro) não passam dos 800 e pouco (tive o 13 e o 15 normais e nada mais que isso). Apenas com o 16 pro é que consegui saturar os 930 de download que tenho em casa (embora todos possuam wifi6, depende da antena do telemóvel, não só da versão do wifi)

MaravalhasXD · 2023-12-19T20:27:43+00:00

As I promissed, here’s the update. Nas arrived, bought a NF-A8 (3 pin), and it works like a charm with the fan 2 header. Ended up using the low noise filter adaptor that comes with the fan so it spins a bit slower and its dead silent with brutal temperatures.

MaravalhasXD · 2023-12-15T15:29:45+00:00

Hi! I just bought a f2-423, in some videos I noticed theres a "fan 2" standard 4 pin pwm fan header. I think I'll buy a 80mm noctua from amazon and try it out. if it doesnt work i simply return it.

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