3. Battery life. The laptop pairs a 75Wh battery with a Ryzen 5 6600HS, which has a TDP of 35W. ASUS does the same thing with the Zephyrus G14, which led to very good battery life and performance. Going back to the IdeaPad 5 Pro, it lasts for 10 hours and 44 minutes of Web browsing, or 10 hours and 10 minutes of video playback.
Moved the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15 (2021) to the 'Best Budget' category and the Lenovo Chromebook C340 15 (2020) to the 'Best Cheap' category. Replaced the Legion 5 Gen 6 15 (2021) with the Lenovo Legion Pro 5 Gen 8 16 (2023) because the Pro 5 performs better.
Lenovo IdeaPad series - yay or nay. So I am in need of a laptop for uni, and was looking at the IdeaPad 5 Pro 14 Ryzen 5 5600U version, and on paper it seems like an awesome price-performance value multimedia laptop buuuuut After doing some more research I've discovered the horror stories of bad quality, unreliable consumer-grade laptops Lenovo's mobile 14-inch laptop scores points with a powerful APU, an NVMe SSD, and a successful keyboard (backlit). good (86%) Lenovo IdeaPad 5 14ARE05 AMD Ryzen 5 4500U AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 I wonder if the ideapad 5i 14 inch a good laptop or not, it's priced at 570$ here's the specs: Core™ i5-1035G1 14.0" FHD (1920x1080) IPS 300nits Anti-glare, 45% NTSC 8 Go DDR4 3200MHz 512 Go SSD M.2 2242 3 cellules, 56.5 Wh, 11 hours, 65W Backlit keyboard Fingerprint reader. Negatives: The main negative is the port selection. The HDMI port is the 1.4 standard meaning that it is limited to 4k at 30 fps. Considering the GPU is capable of outputting 4k 60 fps, it is very disappointing that Lenovo didn’t put a HDMI 2.0 port. Weirdly, the Yoga Slim 7 does have HDMI 2.0. Also, the Ideapad has only 1 USB-C port.
The Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro is a great laptop for the price. It's powerful with a great blend of a 5th gen Ryzen processor and GTX 1650 GPU. Is the IdeaPad 5 Pro good for gaming?
Lenovo’s Flex 5 Chromebook is priced to go at $424.99 ($549.99 as reviewed) and packs perky performance, with a solid colorful display and the always super clicky Lenovo keyboard. G9XySW.