The 3 Series is towards the affordable end of Lenovo's Ideapads, they're made to be used at home and at school for everything from typing out documents to streaming TV shows. Video playback drains the battery faster; however, it still lasts long enough to get through a couple of movies and TV show episodes.

Whether you're streaming the latest series or watching some viral videos - your entertainment will look fantastic on the bright 14” Full HD display. There's also an oval-shaped USB-C port here, a cutting-edge jack that still isn't a given on budget laptops. It's portable due to its thin and light design, and it has good battery life, lasting over 9 hours of light productivity.The display, CPU, GPU, memory, storage, and color are configurable; you can see the options in the table below. If you really try and overload the laptop with a lot of browser tabs or a lot of open applications you might run into problems, however. inch device, it has enough room on the deck for a full-size keyboard with a Numpad on the right side. Visual clarity: Enjoy even more with a 14” FHD display and narrow bezels on two sides offering a great viewing experience from a lightweight 1. If you come across a different configuration option not listed above, or you have a similar Lenovo IdeaPad 3 laptop that doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update it.

I’ve been writing, playing, and complaining about games for as long as I remember, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve been able to shout my opinions directly at a larger audience. As long as you understand what you are getting and what you aren't getting from the IdeaPad 3, it could be the right purchase for you. Palm rejection is usually okay, but there are some instances where it would register a movement or tap. Smart learning solutions such as Eye Care, to reduce harmful low blue light, and Noise Cancelling that blocks out background noises make this the ideal laptop to lounge and learn on.The AMD Ryzen 3 5300U CPU has Radeon RX Vega 6 graphics, the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U has Radeon RX Vega 7 graphics, and the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 has Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and the Ryzen 7 5700U will only perform slightly better, not enough to make much of a difference in most games. Use Google's productivity suite of powerful collaboration tools, like Google Docs and Google Sheets. Also, the IdeaPad 5's USB-C port supports charging and video output, whereas the IdeaPad 3's USB-C can only transfer data. AMD’s Ryzen mobile CPUs have become formidable chips in recent years, and despite the 5500U being built on the older AMD Zen 2 architecture, the silicon still performs well and is a commanding starting point in the budget-laptop market.

The AMD and Intel processors have similar single-thread performance for the most part; however, the AMD Ryzen CPUs perform better in multi-threaded workloads due to their higher core count, especially the Ryzen 5 5500U and Ryzen 7 5700U processors. We could very happily get through a day of work on the IdeaPad 3, and it's lightweight enough to be carried around without a problem. Argos Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as a credit broker (713206), and works exclusively with the lender, Home Retail Group Card Services Limited trading as Argos Card and Argos Financial Services, who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide credit (716148). Established in 2010, Laptop Outlet is one of the UK’s leading tech retailers, offering new and refurbished tech devices, including laptops, smartphones, PCs, tablets, accessories, and much more. A narrow bezel on 2 sides makes for a clean design, and larger display giving you more viewing area and less clutter.

The Surface Laptop 3 provides a better user experience for the most part because it has a sharper, brighter, and more color-accurate display, its keyboard feels better to type on, and its touchpad is larger and more responsive. Read more about the condition Opened – never used: An item in excellent, new condition with no wear. Here's where the IdeaPad 3 falters a bit, coming up short behind the Asus Vivobook S14 and the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 13. The review unit we had was fitted with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD internal storage – you wouldn't really want to try and run Windows 10 on anything less, but again you can get by with this sort of spec.