That’s thicker and heavier than the Surface Go 2 with its integrated kickstand and $130 Type Cover and the iPad with its $159 Smart Keyboard. In that case, the Duet becomes quite chunky at 0.71 inches thick and 2.03 pounds.

Things change a bit when you add the rear kickstand cover and keyboard. New Lenovo IdeaPads look like the Chromebooks to beat Lenovo’s IdeaPad 5i is the first Chromebook with a 120Hz refresh rate Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5i: which 2-in-1 is best? I'd be hard-pressed to use it as an all-day, every day device – but if I only wanted to spend $400 on a laptop, I'd also be hard-pressed to think of an overall better option.Microsoft Surface Pro 9 vs. If those flaws aren't fatal, the Lenovo Duet 3 makes a great second or travel laptop. And potentially most important, there's no headphone/audio jack. You've only got two USB-C ports for charging, which can be limiting (but it's also the same as a MacBook Air). Any USI pen will do, and there's a rubber holder that snaps into the back cover if you decide to get the official Lenovo version, which is $35. The keyboard cover is included, but a stylus is not. While most apps and cloud services here worked as expected, I couldn't get Adobe's beta cloud version of Photoshop to run, instead getting an incompatible browser message.Īnd while I like the Duet overall, there are a few other things that might be a dealbreaker for you. You still run into occasional compatibility issues with Chromebooks. In this particular case, I had trouble getting my Bluetooth controller recognized by the Xbox cloud gaming app, so I hardwired my controller via USB-C. If you have a solid internet connection, it can be a very satisfying alternative to downloaded games, and cloud gaming is only going to become more and more mainstream. For that, I played via the Chrome browser. I also tried cloud gaming via Xbox Cloud Gaming.

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