Are you planning to buy an entry-level laptop with no compromise on features and usability? If yes, then you can plan to buy a modern-day Chromebook that provides you with good performance for basic work and great battery life. Additionally, these Chromebooks are perfect for light workloads, kids, the elderly, or even as a casual backup laptop.
You can plan to buy a Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook. With a 14-inch FHD screen and a respectable Intel Celeron N4020 processor, this laptop could handle your browsing tasks and your endless Netflix or YouTube sessions with ease. Given the high praise the Lenovo Ideapad series has received over the years and the impressive appearance of this laptop, let’s examine whether or not it lives up to the hype.
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Here is an in-depth analysis of the Lenovo Ideapad Slim 3 to help you determine if you should buy
Let me give you an insight into the quality and display of the laptop:
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This laptop has the following measurements: a width of 32.7 cm (12.87 inches), a depth of 24.1 cm (9.5 inches), and a height of 2 cm (0.8 inches). This laptop only weighs 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs), and when the charging accessories are added, the total weight is 1.85 kg (4.07 lbs). Compared to other laptops priced under Rs. 50,000, this one is heavier.
Radeon Graphics and an AMD Ryzen 5500U processor are both included in the Ideapad Slim 3. Additionally, you have a combination of 4+4GB DDR4 RAM running at 3200MHz. But keep in mind that one module is soldered, so there are fewer points for upgradeability in this case. The laptop’s display of the total RAM, which should be at least close to 7 GB, only shows 5.8 GB, which is a flaw (more on this below). You receive a 512 GB PCIe 3.0 SSD for storage. Given that the laptop does have a respectable collection of hardware parts, such as a Radeon chip, it may be possible for it to perform some light gaming.
The Ryzen 5500U inside the Ideapad Slim 3 held its own ground. The machine could easily handle multiple tasks using the browser and other apps. It had a lot of room to run because the overall utilisation was only about 15-20%.
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The Ideapad Slim 3 comes with a decent amount of software already pre-installed. For starters, you get the McAfee LiveSafe security suite for a malware-free experience. However, this antivirus also has the annoying behaviour of continuously sending pop-up windows even though the laptop is in use. Additionally, you receive Lenovo’s own Vantage software, which serves as a central hub for managing your Lenovo device. There was no need to search online for the most recent drivers because Vantage has a built-in system updater.
The main features of the laptop can be concluded as follows:
With the attractive features, the Ideapad Slim 3 is an affordable offering from Lenovo. It is one of the best laptops for under Rs 50,000.
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