Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 14 Inch Touch FHD Intel Pentium, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics, Chromebook – Storm Grey Laptop

This is a great Chromebook. Not the best battery life and touch screen a little iffy but I’m not too bothered about that. It’s quick and great if you use it for watching tv / YouTube, office tasks and the internet. Good quality screen too. Boots up super quick. I’ve tried a few games and they seem to run ok too. Think the pentium gold 7505 chip is much better than some in other chromebooks. Would recommend.

CPU is plenty powerful and the machine runs really well. The keyboard is lovely, the touchpad is OK. Battery life is pretty good, not staggeringly good but good enough in practice. Case feels really solid and looks nice. Touchscreen is responsive, though I’m still not really convinced of the utility of a laptop touchscreen. The fans are the only issue I really notice with it. They do come on most of the time and are noticeable, as well are contributing to battery life not quite being where it could be. This is more an issue with the power requirements of x86_64 chips than anything else though. Linux support works well too. VSCode building a Rust project was comparable to another machine I have running an i3 from a couple of generations ago. Not bad at all. Price/performance is excellent.

Replaced my Lenovo Duet 5 that had a cracked screen and Lenovo refused to replace. This is robust and with the touch screen, just what I need.

After looking at a number of different devices, the Lenovo idea pad 5, fitted my requirements. Pros Great build quality Good battery life Nice touch screen Cons The keyboard physical touch sensitivety can be inconsistent when typing.

Pros: FHD, sensitive touchscreen, very fast WiFi 6, Android apps can be downloaded from Google Play. Cons: The battery doesn't last for 10 hours. My Chromebook LED lightbar on the front edge of this Chromebook isn't working. The battery charging indicator light on the left is always orange even if the battery is fully charged ( It should turn green) I checked the warranty of this machine. According to Lenovo, the warranty started in February 2022. Is it a customer returned Chromebook, re-sold by Amazom to me as a new machine? I paid for a new machine not for a customer returned, faulty machine. Amazon should explain why the warranty started in February 2022. Is it because a previous customer purchased this in February 2022 and because of the lightbar problem, returned it to Amazon and Amazon re-sold it in October 2022 to me, as a brand new machine?