The Intel-powered Lenovo is a tad ahead of the Acer Chromebook Spin 514 with AMD Ryzen processor in most tests, though the benchmark results are close overall. The laptop relies on simple gray exterior plastics with a contrasting strip of matte gray to liven up the look. As the outstanding balance, plus the interest now form part of your payable balance they will attract interest at your account rate, meaning you will pay interest on interest.

Combined with this, the 256GB SSD is more generous than a lot of other Chromebooks, where some will still feature either 32GB or 64GB of eMMC storage.

The 300 nits of brightness worked well enough indoors but quickly becomes a hindrance if you work outside or in a bright environment. Talk to Google to manage tasks on Chromebook and stream your shows and tunes on a 14" IPS FHD touchscreen display and crystal-clear, Waves Audio™-certified sound system. The fact it isn’t backlit is a shame, though, as this Chromebook won’t be too suitable for after-dark working. An enhanced Waves-certified user-facing stereo speaker system with built-in amplifier provides crystal-clear audio. Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i 14 i5-Windows 11 Home-8GB-512GB 13th Generation Intel® Core i5-13420H Processor E-cores up to 3.

A full battery lasts 10 hours, so you can get things done all day without charging, talk to Google to manage different tasks on Chromebook, and stream your shows and tunes on a 14" IPS FHD touchscreen display, featuring the crystal-clear Waves-certified sound system. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, Athlon, EPYC, FreeSync, Ryzen, Radeon, Threadripper and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.A full battery lasts 10 hours, so you can get things done all day without charging, talk to Google to manage different tasks on Chromebook, and stream your shows and tunes on a 14" FHD touchscreen display, featuring the crystal-clear Waves-certified sound system. The battery life is quite good, and it should be good enough to get you through a full workday and quite possibly more. When not doing something tech-related, he enjoys spending time with his family, running, and hiking.

The latest aspect in this journey brought be from the land of souped up personal laptops to the humble ChromeBook – in this case Lenovo’s IdeaPad 5i ChromeBook – here are my thoughts. I was equally surprised by how solid the IdeaPad 5 Gaming Chromebook’s Wi-Fi adapter performed in this situation. Actual battery life will vary based on configuration, power settings, and software usage, amongst other factors. While manufacturers such as Acer have released 16-inch Chromebooks over the years, they have been few and far between.

With the slightly larger screen, the overall footprint of the 5i is a smidge larger than last year’s Flex 5. Stream content on the IdeaPad 5i Chromebook Gen 6 (14” Intel) at Full HD on its IPS touchscreen display, featuring narrow three-sized bezels so you get more screen real estate. Anyone else on a limited budget should definitely consider the Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Chromebook, although I’d recommend waiting for a sale. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. Dare I say, this year’s Pentium in an entry-level Chromebook competes well against last year’s mid-range line?

The 51wh battery lasts an exceptionally long time on a Chromebook even under intense usage – which, given that it is mainly running the equivalent of a web browser and maybe a mobile app, seems to make a lot of sense.With all the ports and connectors, you'll ever need, the IdeaPad 5i Chromebook 14-inch accommodates virtually any peripheral with its audio jack, USB 3. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.