lenovo ideapad flex 3i 11.6 2 in 1 chromebook review

This flexi freedom lets you set up the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 in a “tent” position, or sitting on its keyboard. You can push the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5’s screen all the way back so it sits on the on the keyboard part. There’s minimal flex to the keyboard plate, even under significant finger pressure, and as the name suggests this is a hybrid design. A large black block below the screen is the kind of motif you’d hope not to see in, for example, a £ 1000 laptop in 2020. There are some signs, of course, including fairly large blank borders around the flat glass display. It does not immediately seem a budget laptop. While there’s nothing conspicuously “expensive” here, the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 looks and feels accomplished.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5’s keyboard surround reminds me of the Dell XPS 13, which is very high praise. The upper and lower body plates are plastic, but have a lovely soft-touch coating.

Its lid is low-key anodised alumin i um, not desperate to show it is metal. It’s just as portable as many slim and light Windows laptops, weighing a dainty 1.34kg. It’s all-grey, and made using a mix of plastic and aluminium. The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook is a classy laptop, and makes the most of conventional build. Related: Best Chromebook 2020 Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook Design The base version with a Core i3 and 4GB RAM costs $409 in the US, which is already a fair amount to pay for a Chromebook. That Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is not available in all countries, though, currently stated as “coming soon” for the UK. This laptop has an Intel Core i5 CPU and 8GB RAM, but Chrome OS isn’t great at handling the demanding apps available to it, so you might as well get the Core i3 version. The best spec of Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 to buy would be a lower-power one than that reviewed here. A s part of the bargain, you get a touchscreen laptop with battery life, build and display quality better than almost any Windows alternative near the price. But that slice covers 100% of what many people need. This is a Chromebook, a simple laptop only capable of a thin slice of the things a Windows computer can handle. The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook is a computer for people who occasionally find themselves wanting to scream at their laptop, asking why it won’t do what they want it to.

Lenovo ideapad flex 3i 11.6 2 in 1 chromebook review