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

No matter what the YouTubes show, leave the little rubber feet alone. To upgrade memory you must difficultly remove all 10 bottom screws. Older versions one had to remove the bottom rubber foot pads, but not with this model. I used Crucial 16GB Single DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) 260-Pin SODIMM Memory - CT16G4SFD824A This took my OS memory from 4GB to about 20GB. The soldered in 4GB seems totally for the display adapter/GPU. Taking out the 10 bottom screws and especially prying and popping the bottom is absolutely best to be done by an experienced for real soul, and even then with a sense of adventure. The replaceable RAM slot is covered in the center with a cooler, big silver cooler, which must be pried off/popped. It's easily popped. I did not touch the SSD, hardware wise. I am going to say it, this upgrade is NOT FOR NOVICES. The upgrade SSD replacement is easily there for you, but I was not remotely interested, yet. I am running a dual boot Win10 and Ubuntu/Linux, and the boot, performance, all of it, even the touchpad, are off the wall fantastic. I gave Ubuntu about 64GB for now. I have had three ThinkPads, and while I miss the little red mouse toggle between G & H, and I cannot believe I am saying this, the touchpad is FANTASTIC. The keyboard is not ultimately great, but the LED backlighting and the travel of the keys is fantastic for the thickness and weight of the unit. Pros: The most powerful computer I have ever owned, as upgraded with 16 GB of ram. Cons: Pulling the ten screws on the bottom, (do NOT remove the foot pads), requires the exact right tool. Prying the unit apart for the upgrade is terrifying. Getting into the BIOS or boot order, is a very strange business. You must start with a cold cpu, I must have my screen open, and one puts a paper clip end into a just big enough hole to the right of the power on button, and with the paper clip hitting that very small button, then you power on, and release the paper clip. BTW, unlike my previous ThinkPads, you cannot join HDD security password with System On password, so after much testing, I just have just a system on password on this new platform. I really like a LOT of Chinese products, and my first three ThinkPads were made in the U.S.A. My last ThinkPad was made in China, and drawtfted, without mitigation, my prior versions. I believe the cpu and integrated gpu are absolutely monsters. I've given it the read comic books on Kindle test, and the screen passes, full grades. While I have not thrown my UHD Netflix at a 4K screen on my newest platform, I have no doubts. Most folk do not understand the dif between UHD (Ultra High Defintion) and 4K. The terse answer is not much. Mostly, steaming great resolution services are UHD, while 4K TVs can do some very little more provided with the right signal. This laptop can stream Netflix to a 4K TV in UHD resolution via a HDMI cable. OK, bottom line: If you want just Ubuntu/Linux, your will be satisfied, but you still want to upgrade the ram. If you want Win10, absolutely pop in a 16GB stick of ram. Update: I had a Win 95 ThinkPad with a USB port, no kidding. Totally kludged. I had the last ThinkPad made in the USA. My Made in China Thinkpad, for $500 refurbished, 2 core, 4 threads, is barely alive. I LOVE the touchpad on this new unit. I never thought I'd write those words. The screen is PERFECT. Sound is as good as it gets on a dinky laptop. Fn-Spacebar turns the keyboard LEDs on and off. I LOVE that, because although I am a touch typist extreme, the fancy keys show up. My speculation is that ALL ram will be soldered before I die. BTW, one must pop the ten screws off the bottom to replace the battery. I might buy another to have a spare, or as the ultimate gift. It comes with Win10 Home, and Ubuntu/Linux works beautifully, dual boot. I am astonished. I do not need a bigger SSD, as I have a NAS. I have five Cat 7 Ethernet cables planted, and one is a spare. This laptop is on Wi-Fi and I will never buy the Ethernet cable dongle. The screen is spectacular, and I simply cannot imagine a better screen. I have seen OLED screens but at this size and this cost, this is an unreal deal. For $520 ish including tax and delivery and 16 GB ram upgrade, well, goofy Window cheats aside, when Windows is good to go on the screen, but not for reals, this thing boots so quickly, skip hibernation altogether, EXCEPT, been there done that, always just leave the swap files of Windows and Ubuntu, and hibernation files stuff, ALONE. Our lives are too short to screw with any of those.

Been using for 15 weeks. A lot of travel, Excel, and gaming. Pretty insane to get a ryzen 3500, vega 8, Pen, Finger print, USB C, and IPS screen all on a 14" laptop for 450. I popped in a $60 16gb stick to replace one of the 4's, now I have 20GB, 2 of which are dedicated to the gpu, so 18 free, and I usually have a 100 things open so I often use up to 13 or 14 GB. I would not like this machine at 6 open GBs. All in I paid $510 and got something that rivals, or even exceeds, $1000 tier Intel machines. Battery is just fine, but it eats it up quick when I play Rocket League, so I imagine it's the same or worse for AAA games. Once every few days or so the screen goes black for like a fraction of a second, like it's resetting or something. I dont really mess with the video card settings, so maybe I could do something to help the battery or that rare flicker. Both of which I consider small issues. Not nearly big enough to knock it down a star. Touch screen is excellent, better than the Yoga 2 Pro I replaced. I use touch screen more than track pad, by a lot, probably like 80/20. I love taking quick screen caps and drawing on them with the pen, it has come in handy more times than I thought it would (signing documents, memeing, note taking). This thing is thin and 14" is IMO the perfect size laptop screen. Maybe slightly heavier than I would prefer, but that's got a lot to do with the vega 8. Im very happy with the purchase after over 3 months of use, and I hope it lasts 4+ years. Specs-wise it definitely will, but who knows about the touch screen. I think so highly of this laptop that Ive actually decided to get rid of my hand built desktop (i7 7700, 1070ti) when I move across country because i think the lenovo is enough machine to get done what I need to get done, and the bulky desktop+monitor+peripherals just wont be worth the space they take up on a move. As someone who builds computers, I highly recommend this laptop as a robust option for someone who needs both a powerful machine for gaming in a small enough form factor for travel. I would plan to add a 16GB stick of ram though.

Hi All, So I purchased this laptop with the hope of replacing my almost 10 year old dell xps L501x. I've been using this system for around two months now, here are my views: The system is quite capable of demanding workloads( Matlab/Simulink etc). The catch : the fans (there are two of them at the bottom) make quite a racket on full throttle, especially if you change the thermal management to performance. If the setting is left to intelligent you can hear the fan roaring every now and then. Having said that, I've used the laptop on my lap and never felt the heat for normal workloads. The laptop comes with 8gb ram @2400mhz. There is only one ram slot. However, the configuration is interesting: 4gb ram is soldered onto the motherboard and the remaining 4 gb is provided by the ramstick. Keep in mind that the vega graphics will consume 2gb of the 8gb, you'll be left with only six. The good news is that the ram is upgradable. I swapped in a 16gb stick, so now I have 4+16=20Gb of ram, 18 of which is usable. I would highly suggest upgrading the ram as it makes a lot of difference. The stock ssd is 256gb is good for regular use. I swapped in a 1tb NVMe m2 from crucial which sorts my data needs. Don't expect the battery to last as long as mentioned, especially under stress. I got about 3 hours. If you set the laptop to cool & quiet in lenovo vantage, and best battery life under windows power options then it's possible to get around 5-6 hours, although you're taking quite a performance hit. I like that the laptop came with a stylus. What I didn't like is that the stylus holder uses one USB port and blocks the use of the other ports. I purchased an adhesive based pen holder and stuck it onto the back cover. Another peeve I had was with the power brick. It's not very bulky but it directly connects to the wall socket without any cord. If you are using a slim power strip, you'll definitely run into space constraints. Again this can be rectified with the purchase of a two prong extension cord. The build quality is quite good. It feels solid with no creaks. I like the keyboard. The speakers are downward facing, however, this helps in tent and tablet mode as they end up facing you. I hate that the keyboard backlight doesn't dim automatically - it did on the xps. You have three settings: Low, High, Off with you can toggle with the fn+spacebar keys. I'd suggest getting a screen protector (a matte one), the glossy screen which is beautiful to watch movies on, is a fingerprint magnet and is quite reflective. Something I'd like to highlight is the usb c port. It does not support power delivery or video ports. It's good only for data transfers and Ethernet ports. Please be careful while purchasing expensive hubs as even the one lenovo recommends comes with an hdmi port that will not work. Please google for more on this issue. For those that are interested in using this laptop for a multi display setup, I'd suggest using the onboard hdmi port and getting a usb to vga/hdmi display adapter. Some issues that I've faced: 1. High cpu usage cause by Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation (check service in task manager) - This was a strange issue. I had really high cpu usage spikes (noticeable by the roaring fan) at idle. The task mentioned above used to consume 30to 80% of the cpu. I tried everything from driver swapping, disabling sound enhancements, hardware acceleration etc. The solution was to uninstall Skype!!!! Everything is normal since. 2. WiFi dropping: Another persistent issue that plagued me was frequent wifi dropping. Apparently this issue is caused by faulty drivers for the Realtek 8822E wifi chip. All users with laptops containing this card have faced this issue, so I can't fault lenovo. I've tried playing around with the drivers and various settings. Some users have swapped the wifi chip for an intel one - it will cost around 10 to 20 usd. The best results I achieved are with the 2023.xxx driver. Do not update to the 2024.xxx version!!! Hopefully Realtek rectifies this issue with new drivers. You can also change the chip altogether. For those looking for a more oomph, lenovo has practically the same laptop with a ryzen 7 3700U. It might be worth looking into. Keep in my that you don't get a free stylus with that. Hope you like this review. Have fun with this laptop. ---------------- Update on 5th September Here is an update on my experience so far. Keep in mind that the links shared are of items purchased in June/July, you might get better/cheaper products now. I finally grew weary of the wifi drops and the workarounds. I swapped in an Intel 9260 chip. No problems since then. (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QJQF4Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) Here's the upgraded ram and NVMe SSD that I swapped in: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019FRBHZ0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J2Q4SWZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The alternate pen holder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H8DYNGF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The Power brick extension cord: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0784JNFFJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 If you guys are looking for a usb c NVMe SSD reader for the cloning process, this is the one I used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MNFH1PX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 For those wanting to hook this laptop up to more than 1 screen, you can have a look at this: https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Universal-Docking-Station-Ethernet/dp/B00ECDM78E/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=plugable+hub&qid=1567693621&s=hi&sr=1-1-catcorr It has usb 3.0, usb 2.0, ethernet, HDMI, DVI, (DVI to VGA converter included), mic, and headphones ports. The drivers are really iffy with some of the things on this laptop esp the display if you have them updated with AMDs most recent. Right now the stable optional driver that I'm using is 19.6.2. AMDs optional drivers are quite buggy (BSODs etc). I'd suggest sticking to the stable ones only. For those suffering from the yellow tint on the screen. It's a software/driver issue. Update to one of the stable drivers and make sure lenovo eyecare and windows night light are both off. for those having a laggy/erratic mouse/keyboard issue, it's allegedly an audio driver issue. Download the latest Synaptics connexant audio drivers online and select that as the target folder for device manager to update the Synaptics audio device (under sound). Some users have found success with this method. -Keith

I've had the laptop for several weeks. 14" is the perfect size for me and the laptop has been performing extremely well. It is hard to beat the specs, but I probably would purchase the Ryzen 5 with 12 GB RAM if I had to do it again. I upgraded to 12 GB myself, but the net price might have been more. What I like: The Ryzen 5 processor can handle running Python programs quite easily.Unlike another reviewer, I have not seen the CPU go above 20-25% unless launching certains apps (quickly drops back when app is loaded). The touchscreen is very responsive and the included pen works well. The fingerprint reader works extremely fast. The keyboard is very nice, but touch-typist complain about shallow travel. The laptop has fast charging which works well, HOWEVER, I do need to go into the Lenovo app to enable it. The laptop feels well made and is reasonably light. What could be better: I haven't spent time tuning settings, but the trackpad is usable but not great. It's often easier to just touch the screen (hence no tuning). The laptop comes with a Realtek 8822BE WiFi card. I was able to update drivers and change settings so that it was reasonably fast and fairly reliable, but I did eventually have the WiFi card swapped to an Intel 9260. Since doing so, the speed has improved slightly and there haven't been any drops. Finally, the battery life is probably only 5-6 hrs. It would be nicer if it was 8-10 hrs. The fast chargin helps. I just wish I didn't have to enable it every time I had to use it. For me, it came down to this laptop or the Huawei Matebook D 14" with Ryzen processor, which I actually purchased for my daughter in college. Both cost < $600 and both were great values.. The Lenovo has better specs and more features, but the Huawei has a nicer alumina build (looks like a Macbook), is slightly lighter, and has a longer battery life. I do not regret either purchase.

SUMMARY/VALUE: This is a great entertainment machine and can do everything except run the latest games. It's like having an iPAD Pro! If you're only using your computer for web-browsing, and Microsoft Excel/Word, save your money and buy a $300 Chromebook. I bought it on Prime Day 2019 for $539 plus $69 for 16GB of RAM. I feel ultra vindicated now that I see people are paying $849. I'm back to ask a question about the USB-C port, as I have learned it's not that useful, which is the only bad thing I can say about this computer. SPEED - This a fast computer by any standard. AMD Ryzen 5 3500-U is fast. It has a 7132 rating on PassMark. How fast? See my picture of me streaming 4 TV channels simultanously cast via Bluetooth on a 65" Samsung 4K TV while watching Rick & Morty on my main screen. That pushed the system to the max. For gaming, I can play Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnight, Civilization V and IV on with zero lag. This machine is built for entertainment, and it doesn't disappoint. Another user added a YouTube video link to updating RAM on a similar machine. The process is identical and took 5 minutes. Just make sure you have a “T5” screwdriver. If this is your first time taking apart a computer, this is a great start! SCREEN - The accuracy of the pen when writing is no different than using an actual pen. The touchscreen works amazing with or without the pen. I CANNOT understate the convenience of having a touchscreen. The pen works great for drawing and coloring! BLUETOOTH - It's bluetooth receiver is strong. I can play music to bluetooth speakers 30 feet away, or cast my screen to another TV. The compatibility makes the overall user experience seamless. The touchscreen, and the fingerprint delivers a wonderful experience. Everything loads super fast. BATTERY LIFE - It's about 3 hours on the highest settings. My yardstick is whether I can watch a movie in bed. You can, but it will drain the battery. It charges fast.

Rather than listing pros and cons, I'm just going to dump my experience. I hope you enjoy it. I really wanted to love this product. I worked all summer for it, and it was a college gift to myself to serve as a portable powerhouse whenever I was not near my desktop PC. The specifications on the product almost seemed too good to be true for the price (around $600-650 when I bought it, I believe). For the first 3 months, the computer worked like a charm. I played games on it minimally but mostly used it for school-related tasks and development. One definite pro is the touch screen. It's actually pretty convenient in certain scenarios and a cool feature for the price. The pen is halfway decent. It's certainly no Apple Pen, but it definitely would serve its purpose for a creative person. Anyways, let me get back to the timeline. I eventually installed more ram after discovering that the thing was starved for it, but it did not really make a huge difference. The battery life began to deteriorate about 6 months in with moderate use. I think a month before it killed over I could maybe get 1-2 hours out of it without the charger while just browsing the internet. The performance of Windows OS itself also became increasingly slow as time went on, but that's pretty typical of Windows right? Eventually, I only used it very minimally when traveling out of town to do the most basic tasks, as it could not handle anything more than that. One night, I shut it down after watching some videos and went to sleep. Little did I know that was the last time it would turn on. Actually, let me correct myself there. The computer turns on; however, the screen is black, the keyboard does not work, and the fans are going full blast. It literally sounds like a helicopter is ascending from the depths of Hell. I really delve into the troubleshooting process with this one. I tried pretty much everything known to man. My roommate at the time and I are pretty techy, but he's far better with hardware than me. So, he pretty much led that portion of the operation (giving credit where credit is due). Before you ponder why I went through this process prior to contacting Lenovo and consequently "voiding" the warranty, I'm pretty certain that the previous modifications that I made had already done it (go me). Here is what we tried: - Reconnected display cable - Tried an old SSD that we had lying around - Removed the previously installed ram and installed some ram from another laptop build - Disconnected the battery and tried just passive charging (this showed that the battery was an issue, but not the direct cause of my issue) - Reset button antics - Some other things that I found online I can say with (almost) absolute confidence that this is a motherboard issue. Which considering the internals of this build, it means that my laptop is pretty much "totaled". I tried reaching out to Lenovo directly to no avail. With more research, I found that this is actually a concerningly common problem with Lenovo laptops. TLDR; My honest advice is to stay clear of this product. If you are dead-set on getting this product (I know, the specs are great), please consider purchasing some sort of warranty with it. After reading into this issue on various forums, this type of problem usually occurs within 2 years of purchase. So If it makes it 2 years with no hiccups, I'd say you're in the clear. By the way, I believe the default warrant is 1 year, so I'd shoot for a 2 year one if possible from a vendor or Lenovo directly. Thanks for reading! - Evan

This is a GREAT laptop. It is very fast due to its Ryzen 5 processor which is as good as Intel's i5. The keypad is better than most - better than the macbook pro's for sure. It also includes a fingerprint scanner which is super fast. The battery life is very good; I personally get about 8 hours. I know that most people were complaining about it as I read the reviews before buying it, but it's good. You have an option to hide the camera which I like as I rarely even use it. The only thing I don't love is that it has 8 GB of ram and AMD takes about 2 for the graphics I think. This is not a big deal. Most people don't even notice it. If you are someone who uses a lot of ram than you can easily upgrade it. You can buy another 8GB ram stick and replace it with the 4 (because only 4 are accessible ). This would give you 12 total(10 to use). I also grabbed the Asurion accident protection plan for $50 as I found out the hard way with my last hp laptop that if you drop it or spill something on it, you're done. You don't really need the protection plan if you're super careful but it doesn't cost that much and they're highly rated. The laptop also came with a stylist that works fine; not as smooth as my hp pen but I think that's due to the display begin brand new. I also love the 360 tablet mode although the speakers are not the best. Again this is not a major drawback since I rarely even use the speaker as I always have headphones on when watching videos. One thing I forgot to mention is that the charger is super fast. It charges my entire laptop to 100% in less than 90 min. I would recommend this to everyone especially at this price point.

Everything works as advertised except for the Battery!! This thing gets like 2 hours tops just from general use. I had to auto-switch it low battery power right away, just to make it semi usable. I am going to get a small battery pack to supplement and I am hoping it will work out for travel. (which is why I bought it) On the whole, it was definitely was worth it for the processor and graphics price. You get a mid-end combo computer and tablet for a decent price. I can even run Civil 3d or Revit on it if I need to, (obviously not incredibly productive though). But the battery absolutely sucks. so think twice if you expect to be using it for long periods unplugged. PC Mark is included and the results are pretty decent for general everyday use. But I suspect most people who want a laptop/tablet for everyday use need decent battery life. So just be aware. This extra battery thing I am going to do now is going to be a real pain and you might get stuck with the same deal.

Rapidísima, no tiene tanta memoria de disco duro pero no hay problema si utilizas algún servicio de almacenamiento en la nube. El RAM es suficiente pero no puedes tener tantas ventanillas abiertas a la vez, pues la pantalla se congela un segundo y se "reinicia" lo que explorabas, como un video, por ejemplo. Mi calificación es 5/5 porque realmente es una excelente computadora de trabajo y/o para estudiantes. Sí corre un par de videojuegos, pero no esperen mucho en cuanto a gráficas.

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TLDR: I don't think you're going to find a better bang for your buck on a laptop right now. Performance: The 3500u offers pretty good performance without too much thermal throttling: the cpu trades blows with my desktop computer (FX-8320) at less than a tenth the power draw. Graphics is useable - the vega 8 gets the job done in graphic design tasks just fine and holds up for light gaming. Comes with a 256gb *NVME* ssd, the oem version of the 960 evo if I'm not mistaken. It's not too of the line anymore, but it's still fast. Not big enough for what I need, but it's a decent size, and it's upgradeable. The ram is probably the biggest drawback for this machine. It comes with 8gb, two of which is dedicated for the gpu, leaving only 6gb for system. The other drawback is that it's arranged as 4gb soldered, and a 4gb sodimm. You can upgrade the one stick, but once you go over that 6gb of ram, you're going to drop down to single channel (though that's still a fair bit faster than dropping to a swap file, even on an nvme ssd). It's also 2400 cl17, which isn't as fast as it could be, but not the absolute worst. I'll update in the future with how it works when I add a 16gb stick of 2666 cl15. User experience: Display is very good. Good brightness, good colour accuracy, good backlight consistency, good dynamic range, good viewing angles. It has an accurate touch sensor and a Wacom digitizer and comes with the Wacom pen (a nice value add on a budget machine like this). The pen holder sticks in a USB port and is next to worthless, but it fit just fine in a pen slot in my laptop holder. My only complaint is that the liquid crystal distorts when you press on it with even moderate pressure - fine for the touch screen, but you'll have to adjust your pen curves if you're used to doing art with a bit of a heavy hand. The digitizer is also accurate, but not the best I've ever used. Trackpad is pretty good, though it occasionally mistakes my two- or three-finger taps for a regular click, and the right area is very small. The keyboard is excellent, and has a white backlight that you can toggle through off, low, and high with a hotkey. Nice shape, good feel, decent travel, sensible layout. The fingerpint scanner for windows hello is snappy and pretty accurate. I go from cold boot to desktop in under ten seconds. It was under 7 when I got it, but the ssd is almost full now. Not a lot of bloatware, just macafee (which I immediately uninstalled and replaced with Kaspersky) and Lenovo Vantage (an app with recommendations for bloatware that you can download on your own) and Lenovo Utility (for driver updates, bios updates and the like). The 360 hinge feels solid, but I do find myself often hitting something on the touch screen or keyboard when I'm flipping it over. The keys get deactivated once it's flipped, but it takes half a second or so. When in tablet mode it can be a little weird thermally, as the intakes are blocked by the LCD and the exhaust is at the back (underneath the hinges). You'll want to flip it around so that the hinges are up in the air, but that leaves the slim edge pointed towards you making it a little awkward trying to rest your wrist at the bottom. However, even when thermally constrained like that it doesn't get outrageously hot, and the fans don't get unreasonably loud. They'll often stay off under light workloads, and are quiet for most of their operation. It has decent i/o (especially for a slim device): 2 USB type A, 1 type C, headphone/microphone jack (❤️), full-size HDMI out, and an SD card reader. My only complaint is that the card reader doesn't let the cards go fully in, so you can't safely leave a card in there while you lug it around. Build quality is excellent - it's a clean, modern look with the durable, soft touch plastic Lenovo is known for. As I said up top, this is a fantastic laptop for the price. You'd be lucky to get this level of performance and quality for 1000 dollars, and it has a lot of nice-to-haves on top of it.

Gran laptop! Bien construida, el lector de huellas funciona bastante rápido, la pantalla full HD se ve súper bien. Inicia muy rápido, corre juegos recientes de manera decente.

This is my first Lenovo laptop. Slick design and best performance. One of the highlight is the display (almost like dell xps 13). Love it so far😊✌️