Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 15.6 Inch FHD Laptop (Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Intel Iris Xe, Windows 10 Home S) – Platinum Grey, (82HT0062UK)

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One of the bugs that I spotted on the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex was the inability to close Slack after switching to tablet mode. On the other hand, the Acer has a larger screen, its battery lasts longer overall, and it stays completely silent and doesn't get too warm.Other features worthy of mention are the 720p webcam located on the top bezel and complete with a physical shutter and support for an optional digital input pen.

Cinebench is often a good predictor of our Handbrake video-editing trial, another tough, threaded workout that's highly CPU-dependent and scales well with cores and threads. It would benefit from a USB-C charging point so you could at least have one charging cable for all your devices when you’re on the move. But the hinge was also sturdy enough to prop the device up in tent mode and held firm as I jotted down a few notes.

The dual 2 watt Dolby-powered speakers, meanwhile, deliver weak, thin audio lacking in much by way of dynamic range. I kept 25 tabs open in Microsoft Edge, half of them featuring YouTube videos, Twitch streams, and BBC videos, before noticing any lag.

The integrated Intel Iris XE graphics did allow for some low-level gaming, but anything requiring high-end graphics is a no go. Entry-level systems from the bigger brands have stepped up their game in design and quality terms in recent years and the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is no exception. It’s reasonable to expect comparable results on the storage benchmark, since all of the systems use similar SSDs, but it’s immediately clear from the PCMark 10 results that the Flex 5 is in a different league. overall performance test, the Flex 5 scored a 3,841 for multi-core performance which falls shy of the mainstream laptop average of 4,247. in-1 laptop is great for on-the-go entertainment thanks to Dolby Audio™-enhanced speakers and up to a dazzling UHD display.

The ASUS VivoBook 15 OLED K513 (2021) and the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 14 (2020) are both ultraportable Windows laptops.