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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You should not buy this computer. Do not make the same mistake that I did. The battery does not last long enough at all. The CPU usage shoots up to 100% very often. It came with an advertised 8 gigs of memory, but only 4-5 are available. The copy of Windows is causing problems on a daily basis, with it truncating my username, not allowing me to customize it, and other situations. The most frustrating problem that I am having is mentioned before, the CPU usage. Just watching a movie on Netflix will cause the fan to start making noise. When I checked task manager, the CPU was at 90%! ON A BRAND NEW LAPTOP. Do not buy this computer. Spend your money on something better.

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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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If I can give it zero star, Ill give it zero. Received the laptop on Sat. 5/17, set it up, everything was good. Shut down and didnt use it till Wed. night, suddenly its dead, power Botton doesnt work, put on charger, not lit, nothing I can do with it. Very disappointed on Lenovos quality now! Decided to return/refund. The delivery experience for Amazon Day is excellent! Considered laptop is valuable item, so I selected delivery in weekend day.

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We received this laptop just a few days ago, followed the instructions on set up and now it wont even turn on. It was acting strange shortly after set up, locking out within 1 min even though I set the time for 30 min, slow to unlock and "wake up" etc. We just figured it was a new laptop going through updates and whatnot and left it charging overnight to catch up. Well now we cant even turn the thing on to use it!

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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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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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Upgraded from an 2014 HP ENVY x360...it’s on its last breath. Pros: Wide-viewing angles, fast SSD and processor (boots up within 10 seconds), really thin compared to my previous laptop, and yes, I can confirm this can run GTA V. Cons: Limited on screen brightness...wish it could get brighter, the speaker placement should have been on top the keyboard area, not underneath, and it only has 8 gigs of RAM (At least 12 would have been better for my needs). As for the seller, this was clearly a returned product since the warranty was activated on April 19th...and I just received the laptop on May 28th. Also, I’m missing the holder for the pen. Make sure you run a computer health test to make sure everything works properly...thankfully, mine does. Overall, this is a much needed upgrade spec and portability wise. I genuinely do love it...also, the all black look is beautiful.

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