The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is a good computer to use in school. It’s surprisingly light and movable, and it’s built well enough. The battery lasts for a full day of normal work, and the type with the Ryzen 5 4500U CPU works well for switching between tasks and light work. It feels great to type on the keyboard, and the mouse is fine. But the screen doesn’t get very bright, so it’s not great for use in places with a lot of light. The camera and microphone are also not very good.
The style of the IdeaPad Flex 5 isn’t special or flashy, but it doesn’t look bad either. It has a charcoal-gray metal coating on the front, and the Lenovo name is etched into the top-right corner. When you open the laptop, you’ll see a 14-inch screen with fairly thin edges. The webcam is in the middle of the top bezel and is covered by a plastic cover that can be opened and closed with a handy slider. The deck has a nice soft-touch plastic finish that makes typing easy and comfortable. The keyboard is in the middle of two speakers that face the front.
Specifications
- Laptop Class Convertible 2-in-1
- Processor AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
- Processor Speed 2.3 GHz
- RAM (as Tested) 16 GB
- Boot Drive Type SSD
- Boot Drive Capacity (as Tested) 256 GB
- Screen Size 14 inches
Where to get Lenovo Flex 5 Laptop?
The touchpad is in the middle of the area below the keyboard, and the fingerprint reader is on the right. On the bottom right, just below the reader, there is a third Lenovo logo. When you turn the system over, you can see another simple design made of gray plastic. There is a big air hole in the middle, and rubber stoppers keep the laptop from sliding around on a smooth surface.
The IdeaPad Flex 5 has a lot of ports for a laptop in the middle price band. On the right side, there are two USB 3.0 Type-A ports and a full SD card reader. Both of these are useful, but they are becoming less common. On the left side of the laptop, there is a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type-C input, an HDMI port, and an AC power jack. Even though there is an AC port, the laptop’s charger plugs into the only USB-C port. If you need to use this laptop’s USB-C port while it’s being charged, you should get a USB-C hub.