Lenovo Essential H530s

usability

design

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

price, usability, size, design

reliability

86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Cheap, attractive, small, and fast enough. No problems after 3 months. If it lasts 5 years, I'll be happy

No room for upgrades. Simply put... don't buy this Lenovo if you're overly concerned about upgrades. This PC isn't for tweakers and the like

Very easy straightforward setup sequence, fast processor, fast USB 3 ports. Graphics card handles photo processing exceptionally well. Small footprint and a very quiet operation, only a slight humming noise from the fans, which is great as it doesn't...

Operating system is Windows 8.1, now this is better than Windows 8, but still not that user friendly. However I got over that by installing a freeware program called Classic Start, which provides a shell to run the machine emulating Windows XP screens....

This pc has a very high spec for the price and the build quality seems excellent. I've now used it for over a month and have found the machine to be fast, quiet and reliable. It has regular spinning hard drive, but everything loads up in about 12...

The "mini" tower size is convenient, but it means that the DVD drive is vertical, so you have to be a bit more careful when loading it. And there is less room inside the box so you wouldn't be able to install a second hard drive.

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The hdd is a 1tb drive with no partitions,so I partitioned it to make the c: drive smaller,mistake,lenovo 1 key recovery no longer worked,so I was left with a machine that no longer booted,after 3 days searching the net to solve it,with many people...

good quality

too much junkware pre installed.

Very easy to set up. Added Classic Start a freeware program to remove any difficulties with Windows 8.1 and emulate XP. Small footprint and relatively quiet operation Very fast as one would expect from this processor Power and disk operation light...

Windows 8.1, but that is easily resolved with classic start. Only 1 PCIe slot available to expand USB 3 ports. Only 2 USB 3.0 ports onboard. Needed to load codecs for RAW image processing, not a problem with PC, rather it is an OS issue. Small format...

Fast

Seems small

Easy set up, smart looking computer and very quick.

Wired keyboard and mouse does anybody still use these? It seems very American and the keyboard constantly keeps switching to American English very annoying. If it was try before you buy I would probably have gone for a different option.

starts quick

windows 8.1 is hopeless . I bought it so as to be able to develop raw photos . it wont let them on . waste of money

This pc has a very high spec for the price and the build quality seems excellent. I've now used it for over a month and have found the machine to be fast, quiet and reliable. It has regular spinning hard drive, but everything loads up in about 12...

The "mini" tower size is convenient, but it means that the DVD drive is vertical, so you have to be a bit more careful when loading it. And there is less room inside the box so you wouldn't be able to install a second hard drive