Opinion on Lenovo IdeaPad 720s 13.3

[Makis Papas]

Hello LTT forum, 

I was looking for a small 13-inch laptop to be able to carry around easily. I don't really want to spend a fortune on it, so I did a quick search and this Lenovo really had my interest.
I'm a Web Developer and I want a machine to do some working while away from home.

I don't plan to do any heavy work on it. Just some front-end development and maybe some lite Photoshop, Adobe XD.

It has an i5-8250U so it should be good in terms of CPU power. GPU is not a concern either, and it has decent battery life.
My main concern is, of course, the 8Gb (non-upgradable) RAM. I've worked with 8Gb Ram before and I had no noticeable problem. But is it really future-proof?

The exact model is this: Lenovo IdeaPad 720s-13

I found it for about 700€ (~790 USD). Will this be a good value for my purpose? Would you recommend any alternatives? 

Thanks, Makis

[Meic]

I have the Lenovo Yoga 720  https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/yoga/700-series/Yoga-720-13/p/88YG7000827 (last gen) with i5-7200U and 8gb of RAM. The one you are looking at seems a very similar spec but with updated CPU. 

 

I am really happy with it and it manages fine with full stack web dev (postgresql + python + django + react JS) as well as VSCode IDE. 

 

I can't speak for Photoshop, etc... as don't use anything like that.

 

[Makis Papas]

@Meic Oh, this is nice to hear!

Should be ok for my needs then!  Thank you for the response! 

[genexis_x]

It's a good model

 

Are you open to other options?