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Lenovo Essential G780

Lenovo Essential G780
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alaScore 83

321 reviews

Jan, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 321 reviews of Lenovo Essential G780. The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the size and keyboard. The price and screen are also appreciated. There are some critical comments about the touchpad, and there are mixed views on the battery and sound.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Lenovo Essential G780 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Lenovo Essential G780

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 76 user reviews of Lenovo Essential G780 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the size and screen. The price and usability are also appreciated, whereas there are some negative views about the touchpad and sound.

performance, usability, price, screen, size

portability, sound, touchpad

78% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Jan, 2025

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Lenovo Essential G780

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 66 user reviews of Lenovo Essential G780 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Comments about the screen and portability are on the whole positive. The price and performance also get good comments, but the touchpad and reliability get negative reviews.

usability, performance, price, portability, screen

reliability, touchpad

77% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Jan, 2025

Expert review by : Florian Glaser (notebookcheck.net)

Need for Speed: Most Wanted Benchmarked

 

What a rush. About seven years after the original, the publisher EA is now taking the plunge by releasing a new version of the popular Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The game was no longer produced by the initial developers, but instead by the Burnout...

All in all the hardware demands are more or less on the same level as the aforementioned Frostbite 2 competitors. It is a shame that it can occasionally come to annoying performance fluctuations regardless of the adopted hardware. Even luxury GPUs,...

Nov, 2012
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Review Lenovo G780 Notebook

 

Wasted potential. Lenovo releases a multimedia laptop for just under 770 Euros (~$982) dubbed IdeaPad G780 (M843MGE). The case is the same as in the prior G770 range. Theoretically, the G780 sports strong components but practically, the potent hardware...

Brightness, Faster booting via EE Boot Optimizer, Face detection via VeriFace, Configuration & hardware, Input Devices, The configuration and low temperature development have to be emphasized just as much as the good battery life. The decent input...

CPU's inactive Turbo Boost, Poor contrast & viewing angles, Highly reflective screen, Wobbly casing, Quickly smudging surfaces, Fast Ethernet socket only, An optional matte screen with a higher resolution and better contrast would be great. Also,...

Nov, 2012
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great gaming PC when on sale.

 

If you want a computer to take over to a friends house all the time this is a good PC to get.

Mid range graphics card. I've never had any problems with the computer till this year (3-4 years later) when the hard drive died, which was not a big deal. The hard drive was out of warranty by then. This computer can run 99% of my games or programs on...

Its a laptop. It can be moved everywhere but its just not as powerful as a desktop

Jun, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

lenovo G780 (21823TU)

 

If you want a computer to take over to a friends house all the time this is a good PC to get.

Mid range graphics card. I've never had any problems with the computer till this year (3-4 years later) when the hard drive died, which was not a big deal. The hard drive was out of warranty by then. This computer can run 99% of my games or programs on...

Its a laptop. It can be moved everywhere but its just not as powerful as a desktop

Jun, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Would have been a great case!!!

 

If you want a computer to take over to a friends house all the time this is a good PC to get.

Mid range graphics card. I've never had any problems with the computer till this year (3-4 years later) when the hard drive died, which was not a big deal. The hard drive was out of warranty by then. This computer can run 99% of my games or programs on...

Its a laptop. It can be moved everywhere but its just not as powerful as a desktop

Jun, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Freezes - Must be hard reset often.

 

If you want a computer to take over to a friends house all the time this is a good PC to get.

Mid range graphics card. I've never had any problems with the computer till this year (3-4 years later) when the hard drive died, which was not a big deal. The hard drive was out of warranty by then. This computer can run 99% of my games or programs on...

Its a laptop. It can be moved everywhere but its just not as powerful as a desktop

Jun, 2015
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Must use SSD!!

 

I was so surprised at the performance stock with an i5 processor. It was slower than the computer it replaced. After the SSD TOP LINE PERFORMANCE!!!! I was surprised with the Samsung EVO, read great reviews but was skepical. Wow what a difference.

I was not impressed with this computer. Boot times were in the 1 min + range. Read reviews most complained about slow hard drive. I put in a Samsung SSD and wow!!!! Boots in 15 sec and rips through programs. It has the sata 3 so you get max...

The hard drive. Why Lenovo used a 5400 rpm drive is beyond me. The G series is the lowest line, so maybe they wanted to keep the benchmarks down. Buy a SSD and you will be amazed

Jul, 2014
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

You get what you pay for

 

Save up a little more and get something with a better processor. This computer works, it's not a brick or anything, but the technical issues make it extremely frustrating at times to use it. Even as I'm writing this review it's giving me problems. You...

Got it on sale ($350ish) so at least I didn't pay full price for this P O S. Keyboard has a nice feel but does seem a bit cramped

Tends to freeze on Windows 8 login screen, and the bar that should only come up if you put the cursor in the lower right corner (with the search function, settings menu, etc.) comes up at random and stubbornly will not go away. But my biggest gripe is...

Jul, 2013
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Absolutely love it.

 

I've been using this laptop more than my $1k computer over the last month, it holds up great on its own. The graphics card is a bit on the low end so it may not run the newest AAA titles at highest settings, but it's good enough to run most anything at...

Low price for the quality ; Light ; Beautiful finish ; Great specs ; Great screen ; Responsive touchpad ; 4 USB ports, which is great for me ; Overall a great machine

Low battery life (like 2-4 hours idle) ; The hinges feel a bit flimsy. The screen wobbles a bit if moved, and the plastic feels a bit weak even though it isn't

Jul, 2013
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Lenovo for The masses

 

I installed backtrack on it, took awhile to figure out how to boot from usb/cd. over all I cant complain for the money, its decent and it should last a tad bit.

Large screen ; Large keyboard with num pad ; lighter than previous laptop

trackpad lags ; trackpad does not respond ; you have to lift your finger off the trackpad and wait for a ; few seconds before trying to move the cursor ; windows 8

May, 2013
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