Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Chromebook 14inch FHD Laptop (Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, Chrome OS) – Storm Grey

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Another foible I arrived at regularly was that many external devices, such as keyboard fobs, external Bluetooth controllers, and so forth, either do not work at all, or only work after a significant amount of setup, which takes significantly away from the plug and play appeal that one might expect to find. This is because of the combination of a lightweight OS in ChromeOS and its snappy Intel Core i3-1215U chip. 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.

Smith is a freelance technology journalist with 15 years of experience reviewing consumer electronics. It’s also a huge leap over Windows gaming laptops, which often struggle to hit five hours of battery life on a charge. This applies to manufacturing defects or hardware faults that develop in the first months of ownership (between 6 and 12 months depending on the item).If you can deal with those constraints, however, cloud gaming on a Chromebook is a fantastic experience.

I don’t use many Android apps on my Chromebook these days, but the ones I tested worked just as well as they do on my daily driver. Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i Gen 8 16 Intel 13th Generation Intel® Core i5-1340P Processor E-cores up to 3.The laptop relies on simple gray exterior plastics with a contrasting strip of matte gray to liven up the look. Recommending the IdeaPad 5i Chromebook is pretty easy if you’re after an all-round Chromebook that gets the basics right. With my WiFi 6 router, I’m getting superb transfer speeds and I haven’t experienced any Bluetooth issues.