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Review on πŸ’» YELLYOUTH Windows 10 Laptop 14 inch Notebook - Intel Quad Core, 8GB RAM, 128GB eMMC, Mini HDMI, 5G WiFi, Bluetooth, Silver PC by Jeff Kern

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Decent laptop but there are much better options

This laptop appears to be almost unbranded and is owned by "Yeyouth". This is definitely a budget laptop in terms of build quality and specs, even if the price is a bit higher than it should be given what's under the hood. No matter what brand you buy, if you're spending under $350 on a laptop you're going to get a compromised experience, but that's even more true of this product than some of the better alternatives. This computer is made of plastic and doesn't feel very durable at all. The keyboard isn't bad, but I've used worse in this price range. The touchpad is downright terrible, you should go for a mouse to make your life easier. The screen is mostly 720p (1366x768), it's not very bright, but otherwise not too bad. What I've noticed is that the performance of this laptop is the most degraded. You get an old Intel Celeron processor, which to be honest is pretty underpowered. You can get laptops with 4th Gen AMD Ryzen processors for $400, and they'll smoke a chip in this laptop. But even a more modern, entry-level Intel processor will still be better. At the very least, it has 8GB of RAM, one of the few places where this product compares to other machines in this price range. You get 128GB of eMMC storage, which is slow compared to an SSD, but that's common on budget laptops too. In terms of ports, you get 1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, 1x Micro SD slot, 1x 3.5mm headphone jack, 1x mini HDMI port for video output. You also get a 2.5" drive slot in case you want to install a SATA SSD or hard drive. Day to day use wasn't terrible, even with some of the issues I've highlighted above it basically gets the job done for browsing. Web and running applications that are not demanding. This product isn't terrible or anything, just too many inferior or underperforming components for a $330 laptop in 2021. It's hard to recommend this product to anyone given the cost at $200. $250 is closer to its value. I would also like to note that the laptop already has Windows 10 installed and this is NOT normal. You set it up with no password on the login screen and with many security settings (like Windows Defender) disabled. If you're buying this, you really should start with a clean install of Windows, as it's a lot easier than trying to fix all the mistakes you made during the original initial setup. Pros + 8GB RAM Expandable 2.5" SSD slot Cons - Old and slow Celeron processor Trackpad is pretty terrible Build quality - cheap plastic design No 1080P screen Comes with Windows 10 already misconfigured and security features disabled

Pros
  • The YELLYOUTH 14 inch also supports microSD expansion which can be expanded up to 128GB. In addition, there is an expansion card slot at the bottom that can support 2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs and can be expanded up to 1TB of storage.
Cons
  • Something is wrong