Lenovo Flex 14 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop, 14 Inch FHD (1920 X 1080) Touchscreen Display, AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Processor, Radeon Vega 8 Graphics, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, Win 10, Black, Pen Included

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This laptop has amazingly good build quality, and is very snappy to use. The achiles heel is that it only has 6 GB of RAM available to the OS, since it is capped at 8 GB non upgradeable, and 2 GB are dedicated to the integrated graphics. 8 GB would be OK if fully usable, but 6 GB is getting a bit tight these days due to the horrible new trend of desktop apps written in Javascript. Apart from 8 GB instead of 16 GB RAM, this laptop is amazing, and I hope that Lenovo will continue to consider the AMD Ryzen processors instead of Intel processors for future laptops in this price range. The latest-gen Ryzen has excellent multicore performance. AMDs integrated graphics are also surprisingly good, especially considering that you get it for free from the processor. This computer should be able to run basically any AAA game released in 2013ish or before at high settings despite being an ultralight notebook with no dedicated graphics card. Before you ask, yes, it can run Overwatch or Fortnite at high settings well. The SSD could maybe be a bit bigger in this age of cheap 3DNAND SSDs, but it is very fast. The computer boots up instantly and has very little post-startup lag, making the fingerprint reader very nice to have as login time would be the time bottleneck in getting started otherwise. The screen is great, both as an HD screen and as a touchscreen. It is larger than any ipad and gives an amazing touch experience. I expected it to be a bit bulky, but the laptop has an evenly distributed weight and balances well despite its size, so the tablet + pen experience is great. Used the pen to try writing and solving some physics equations with subscripts and superscripts, and it worked great, better than my old early-gen surface. If I were Lenovo and could change one thing, it would be switching up the motherboard to add more RAM while keeping the Ryzen. Although, running out of RAM isnt too bad with a fast SSD as the computer doesnt grind to a halt when swapping. Still, Id be careful about installing too many tasks running in the background in order to keep the computer as snappy as it is when new. At this price level, this is the best offering out there imho for a 2 in 1 laptop. A microsoft surface tablet with similar performance would cost you twice as much. EDIT: upgraded review score from 4 to 5 due to people telling me that the RAM does in fact seem to be user-upgradable to a greater degree than indicated by Lenovo staff. Making it a really amazing deal if you are tech-savvy enough to tinker with your laptop.

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Just writing a quick review for anyone wanting to put Linux on this. I didnt find anything online about this model as to compatibility and took a chance when buying it. Im using Ubuntu 19.04 and 99% of things seems to work out of the box. The network chip is a RTL8822BE, which seems to be both wifi and bluetooth. Both worked without any tinkering. The touchscreen works as well, including screen rotation and the included stylus. Tested with Gimp. All keyboard shortcuts seem to work, including the backlight. Microphone and camera work. The only thing I havent gotten to work is the fingerprint reader. I havent really played with it much though. It looks like it might be combined with the TPM, as I dont see a device for it. To boot off USB, I had to press that Nova button thing to get into the BIOS to disable Secure Boot. F12 then brings up the boot menu. Fairly easy once I found something small enough to hit the button. Had to use a sewing needle. So far, decent laptop. Looks pretty.

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While this is not as powerful or fast as my Dell gamer laptop, its still pretty good. The Vine description has some things right and some wrong. One it says pen sold separately, but it comes with a pen, which is reflected on the product page. The product page specifies a lower screen resolution, but this is full HD 1080P like the Vine description says. One right, one wrong, but both good news. My high rating does not mean this doesnt have some downsides, but for price, performance and convenience this is a winner. I used Cortana to set this up with voice and it understood me fairly well. I found the keyboard smaller and not as centered to use the QWERTY arrangement as naturally, Im old enough that they still taught typing back in high school, and so I type by touch, as a software engineer, Im fairly fast, but I notice when the home keys dont have the best position. I didnt like the lack of buttons by the track pad either. I surmised that double tapping it emulated a mouse, but it was a bit hard to work with. No problem even my Dell, I use an inexpensive USB wireless mouse and when at the desk a full size keyboard as well. The setup went well but for some reason trying to set up the Microsoft account since I have one it wouldnt take my email, and I couldnt seem to find a way to sign into my current account in the process. I registered for it offline, so I guess I wont get upgrades till I figure it out. It connected to my home network easily when I selected the wireless link, and entered my network PW. I jumped on to the web, and set it to MSN which I use for news and events. I could easily jump arount to my favorite pages. I did notice it was slower than my laptop, but thats to be expected. Although my Dell has less solid state storage, it has a much faster CPU and graphics processor as it has a 4K video screen. Where this really shines is the battery power, Ive two high end laptops, but they could almost act as space heaters at times, and if I unplug them they will barely make it to two hours run time, even with power conservation settings. I ran this for five hours and it still had about a third of the battery power left. It also has fast charge in 45 minutes I was back to 75 percent, and in 90 minutes had a full charge again. Those figure were while running BTW, so would be better if just left to charge alone. It does support full 1080P, so even with the small, but not too small screen things were clear and crisp. I connected up a popular streaming service and watches a movie and some anime. It performed nice. Ive said this before, but I dont know why they are called laptops, I put them on a table when sitting, and if lying back I put them on my tummy. I guess a tummy top would not be as catchy a phrase. This has an active pen and touch screen something my other laptops dont have and its nice if you want to draw, or use various interactive apps. There is a security feature you can activate with your fingerprint, but I didnt set it up, but nice to have if you have nosey people around your house or office. Plus it might be possible for a hacker to remotely access you with a stolen PW, but probably would be foiled by having to enter a fingerprint. Cost is less than half my high end laptops, and this is more convenient, lighter, more battery power, and almost as good graphic performance. It may bog down a little with some online games, but it could play many of them as well. Sound is fair, but it might be better so add some small speakers when using at a desktop location. I cant tell how good the sound card is, but even the integrated sound on most systems are fairly good today. The bottom line here is this is a laptop/tablet you can live with and wont bog you down, easy to transport, if used in business you dont have to drag your charger to the conferance room due to long battery life. Runs Windows 10 without a hitch as far as I could tell, and although more expensive than most straight tablets, it does more, stores more, performs most tablet features as well as home computer features, and is definately worth the money. Remember to get that wireless mouse though, those trac pads can drive you crazy. Recommended.

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This laptop performs great but is initially starved for RAM if you plan on running any virts or similarly intensive workload. The RAM is upgrade-able but only has 1 upgrade-able slot (4GB is soldered onto motherboard for other slot, probably due to GPU?). I attached pictures to prove that the Lenovo representatives are flat out lying to customers about this. Not sure why they are lying about it repeatedly, maybe to make you buy a more expensive model. Either way this works great once you add a 16GB stick (you can get one for around $70 on Amazon).

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You CAN UPGRADE RAM in this laptop. You get only 1 RAM slot that is UNDER A METAL COVER which you can easily lift off. 4GB of RAM soldered onto the motherboard. I upgraded the RAM to 20GB (added 1 16GB stick) and a 500GB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD. I have 18GB useable because 2GB of RAM will go to the Vega iGPU. All in all, this is a great laptop for the money and would recommend it!

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0:00 0:00 This video is not intended for all audiences. What date were you born? January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900 Submit Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Install Flash Player I dont know how to start. This is not my first laptop and it might not be my last. However it is, so far base on my experience, a good laptop, the battery is descent when searching the web, and watching videos. Despite what some other reviews say about not being capable of editing video, this laptop was able to handle quite well 1080p 60p video editing, with out any struggle and with out any lag when doing playback in the software. The software I use is Wondershare Filmora 9, I have not try any of the free software like Hitfilm Express or DaVinci Resolve. I did try Wondershare Filmora Pro, and every time I open it, it keep telling me to change my resolution to 175%. This can be solve by suing and HDMI cable and using a larger monitor. A gain I do not know how it will handle it once the other monitor is plug in. There is something you need to be aware of. This laptop can handle editing, but its a different issue when you convert the video. I edited a 13 minutes video, when I converted it was 11 minutes log. This laptop did exported the video, but the CPU got to 100% use and it overheated fast, with out the assistance of external laptop coolers. So if you are going to use it to export videos after you are done editing then is suggest getting one of this https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CXNMYQD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Bought this for my daughter as a college graduation gift. It’s now her favorite thing! I had to admit it is pretty awesome. AMDs APU combined with the 2-1 format provides a great mixture of speed and versatility. The pen feature is very responsive While she was writing and drawing. The whole digital paper like feature is new to me and was pretty cool to watch. Online gaming should be a breeze as well.

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I have always been skeptical of buying a non-Intel processor in my laptops. I got this for my kids to replace an old broken macbook and I will say I am very impressed. Review sites have compared this processor to lower end I7 equivalents and it performed decently. For what our use of this is - videos, surfing, not-high-intensity gaming, it is more than qualified. It is very responsive, transforms from laptop to tablet quickly and easily, has a nice build quality, looks and feels good (including the keyboard). I can understand users who want more memory or a dedicated video processor - so probably not the most ideal choice for high end gaming or video/project editing, but for a was above average family laptop I dont think you can beat the price & performance of this gem.

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So far using this laptop, I havent encountered any issues with it and it boots up super fast do to the SSD inside it. My opinion could change about this down the line as I havent had it for more than a week, but I decided to just give my honest thoughts on it for now, as this is by far the best laptop upgrade i gotten since my Toshiba Satellite Radius 14 that I had for 3 years. Although, I wish it did come with at least a 500GB SSD since the space on this will be filled up soon, but I am not knocking stars off it because of that as its still worth the purchase as it is now.

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This is an excellent laptop that compares favorably to my two year old Surface Book. It looks high quality and sleek. Unfortunately the cover which is a brushed rubber/plastic seems to scratch easily. I got a scratch on it just opening the package. The other negative is that the power brick is big and clunky and the transformer is on the end. As a result it is an ugly wall wart that takes up too much space on the power strip. Lets move on to the good stuff. The screen is clear and crisp, much better looking than I expected. It is also surprisingly easy to write on, the pen has a feel almost like writing on paper with a little bit of grab so the pen is not just sliding. Setup was a breeze. This is the second Windows 10 computer that I set up in the last few months, and it seems to be getting easier and easier. In fact it was as easy to set up as a Mac. This is a big improvement from the way things used to be. Charging is amazingly fast. It took less than an hour to get to 100% from when it arrived. The keyboard is OK, not a lot of travel to the keys and I do make mistakes when typing on it. The touchpad is terrific. It seems as responsive to gestures as a Mac. Overall the feel of the computer is very fluid and fast. This is the first AMD processor Ive tried in a few years. At one time I ran an IT department and my experience with AMD was that the AMD machines tended to be a bit buggy and full of strange quirks. As a general rule Ive avoided buying AMD. I wont know for a few months my full opinion on the AMD processor in this laptop, but my initial reaction is that the laptop is very fast and responsive. At this juncture I think it seems like a great value alternative. The laptop comes without very little junkware on it, and gives you the alternative to download more, if you want it. The Lenovo app was more of a help than a hindrance. No written documentation came in the box. I guess everyone is expected to know the basics now. I did need a few minutes to figure out how to put the pen clip into the USB drive. I did not want to do damage to the hardware. The laptop is very light and slim. About the same size as my surface book but the lid on this laptop is not as heavy. The tablet function and bend over the back works. I prefer it to the Surface Book because I dont like removing the lid to use as a tablet. All in all an excellent value and good laptop.

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