Purchased i3 laptop today

[Donfor39]

Finally gave in to my return to windows i3 idea (In addition to ios devices)

Anyway keeping thi purchase inexpensive @349 U.K. pounds.
Decided Lenovo Idea Pad think it's 330 series.
I3 7100x
4 gig ram -one slot (8 gig would cost 80 U.K. pounds -not today)
128 ssd.

Quite happy with this nice laptop if and when I need a Windows laptop which I have done on occasion.

Any tips on which is the best antivirus these days.
McAfee pre installed -trial
Norton CD no drive.

Just updated widows from 1709 to 1803

Got to tweak over next few days.
Enjoy Dolby sound
Screen is clear though not FHD

 

[sracer]

Congrats! Good choice, IMO. I'm a fan of the Lenovo IdeaPads and a sucker for them when Best Buy has them on killer sales.

Regarding antivirus, I've had good experience with the default Windows Defender. I suggest adding something like MalwareBytes for an added layer of protection.

 

[Donfor39]

Congrats! Good choice, IMO. I'm a fan of the Lenovo IdeaPads and a sucker for them when Best Buy has them on killer sales.

Regarding antivirus, I've had good experience with the default Windows Defender. I suggest adding something like MalwareBytes for an added layer of protection.

Thanks, nice return to Win10

Currently running McAfee 30 day pre installed trial ahead of installing norton subs 1 year provided with laptop.

Got MS Office installed+Dropbox etc.

Could make use more often than I first anticipated, maybe find a online course such as Excel to learn from home.

Maybe I'll find time to install ITIL Foundation Course work which I've been running some e-learning from this ipad 10.5
Thought I'l complete e-learning via ipad 1st then decide which device is best to sit actual foundation test.

Called Lenovo today their advisor kindly confirmed my idea pad can be upgraded from 4 to 8 meg if I purchase additional ram from a 3rd party retailer and ssd can also be upgraded if I ever exceed 128 gg.

Quite pleased I've got approx 70gb free after initial installs.

 

[maflynn]

Depending on what do you, Windows defender may be enough. I also use Malwarebytes as a fall back. I've used Avast in the past and was happy with them, but for my windows installation on my MBP, I've stuck with Windows defender as its only doing a couple of things and I'm not surfing with it.

 

[Donfor39]

Enjoying finding Lenovo Win10 recovery usb creator via website as idea pad doesn't have a working tool via control panel.

Not that I except to use it, though since temp failed Asus laptop I thought it best to at least prepare this time.

McAfee since uninstalled -activated Norton 12 mths -seems to be running fine, not too intrusive.

 

[StellarVixen]

Common sense works better than any anti malware software.

 

[Donfor39]

Almost 110 GB unpacked to create Lenovo usb win10 recovery.
Lets hope I can delete these temp files from ssd and re claim some storage.
Amazing it only needs 16gb usb!

 

[Donfor39]

Is there any way to allow 3rd party apps to access files from One Drive.
Cannon cloud print iphone app-I can view Dropbox files -print and scan

One Drive-displays error -'There is no data that can be displayed'