Lenovo - IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook - 14" 2K Touchscreen Laptop - MediaTek Kompanio 540 2026 - 8GB Memory 128GB Storage - Cosmic Blue

I also own the original Lenovo Duet (10.1") / 4GB, The Lenovo Duet 5 with OLED and 8GB, and an Asus C30 10.5" detachable with 8GB. All three have the 128GB storage. All still work. Even the original Duet. I decided I wanted a clamshell (traditional laptop) rather than a detachable for throwing in my backpack and grading papers. I almost bought the Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14", but it was faster, pricier and the OLED on my Duet 5 has always given me headaches when trying to read on it due to PWM that OLED screens have. Then I saw the Slim 3 on sale for $289. At $289 with an ultra sharp 2K IPS screen, I suddenly got really interested. Then I discovered it had more ports than most Chromebooks have! I got an HDMI, 2x USB-C, 2x USB-A and an audio out jack! The keyboard is backlit, it weighs just under 3 lbs, it's plenty fast enough for everything I need it for, and it's just an awesome machine all the way around! I think the star of the show is the 14" 2K IPS Screen. It is RAZOR sharp and makes grading sessions easier! It's fan-less, so it's silent, and the MediaTek Kompanio 540 is a brand new processor that is powerful enough for what I need it for! I couldn't' be happier with this purchase, and glad I found and chose this machine at the last minute instead of paying a lot more for premium features in the Lenovo Plus 14" that I really didn't need plus a lack of ports found in that machine. Battery life, screen, weight, everything is just awesome about this machine.

We've only been using this for a few days as school ramps up and I really can't find any complaints. It moves quickly and is very responsive. There are cheaper options but my initial reaction was to recommend to two others to buy the same one-- and they did and are happy, too.

I bought 2 of these to homeschool my kids. The pirchase was well worth the money. It boots up fast and is always ready couldn't be happier.

Although I use a variety of OSes, I like Chromebooks because of their integration with the Google ecosystem, which compared to Apple's and Microsoft's similar systems (cloud storage, online apps) is much more open and less pushy into using their offerings. (Google apps also work well in the other OSes I use.) I don't generally need a lot of local performance in my machines (I never do gaming), but I find that the online developer culture is insensitive to people such as myself and developers seem think nothing of pushing page rendering into the local browser when the processing power on the server could much more readily render the page and just serve the page, and not gobs of JavaScript to fill in the DOM. The Stripe credit card company software is notoriously slow for example. It will sometimes take 10-15 seconds just to load one page, and when I have to continuously reload pages this slows down my productivity tremendously. I had a very low-cost Chromebook made by HP, which is basically of the performance and size that elementary school students use, but using it productively was getting to be very frustrating. One issue with the Chromebook offerings is that generally speaking you only get decent performance with devices that have large screen size. Typically I use all my laptops plugged into a large monitor -- have one at home and one at work -- but for portability I don't want a large size native screen. This Lenovo offers really good performance yet still remains not too physically large. I was also able to get it at a great price during Best Buy's July sale. I feel like I got a great bargain.

Perfectly smooth transaction. The Chromebook from Lenovo couldn't be better. It is faster then expected with a screen that is easy on the eyes. The back lighted keyboard was an unexpected surprise and very much appreciated. Battery life is long enough to last all working day. I couldn't be more pleased with this purchase.