Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 14" Convertible Laptop, FHD (1920 x 1080) Touch Display, Intel Core i3-1115G4 Processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM, 128GB SSD, UHD Graphics, Win 10 in S Mode, 82HS000GUS, Graphite Grey

I have zero complaints.This laptop is dope. Has been for over a year

"…a powerful combination of performance, connectivity, and entertainment." If you are flying to the moon in 1969 that would be absolutely true. This is now however, so that is more marketing speak than reality. This is a modern computer, made with current tech that is designed to compete with Chromebooks and the MS Surface GO and the likes. By design, it is meant to heavily depend on the cloud (specifically OneDrive) and offer high portability to students and others with high text data needs.Most people try to see a computer as a single entity, but really they are always two-hardware/firmware and software. The only thing here that you can change hardware wise is the hard drive. I have yet to pop the back off my brand new machine, but from what I have read online, there is either a standard laptop SSD (probably not) or a newer style NVME drive (I expect). In either case it can be changed out fairly easily if the cloud isn't doing it for you. 128 gb won't go very far if you go beyond mail, web and word processing, but will be more than sufficient for a great number of modest, utility type users.Where most will be limited by this machine is the Windows S configuration. The "S" is for security, and from that aspect, it probably does the job and if that is what you are after (for your budding young adult, for example), it will fill the bill. You can (MUST!) get your needs fulfilled from the MS Store as everything there is vetted for safety and security. Again, if the majority of your work is in Office 365 and MS Edge, you may be just fine here. If you want to break out of that though, S has to go. Simple utilities like KeePass and Notepad++ (fully functional) are not there. There may be compatibles that you will be comfortable with, but the originals are not available in S. Leaving S is very easy (search for it) but of necessity is a one-way move since you could contaminate the architecture without the designed security. I saw no reduced performance when changing to the offered "Home" Windows 10. The change is almost instantaneous and free.I have always turned up my nose at 14 inch laptops, but the narrow bezel, and changing the zoom from the default 150% to 125% has really made things work for me. I still desperately miss the number keypad, but USB versions and large docking stations are easily and economically available should you want to go that route. The touch screen coupled with the large (largest I've used) trackpad is starting to break my marriage to a mouse. My cheap iPad stylus (the kind with the clear disk on the end as well as the rubber ended kind) works just fine here, but if you need pressure sensitivity and buttons to click you'll need the dedicated Lenovo Pen.A quick note about the other reviews I see here. They are riddled with inaccuracies and biases. Do your own research, far beyond what you see here. I usually don't put a lot of faith in pro reviews as they are often part of a sales technique, but I have to say they will serve you better than the "helpful information" you see here.Consider this machine for what it is, and not what you want it to be and I think you'll find all is well here. Recommended.If you found my comments useful, please consider clicking "helpful". Thank you.

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 14" Convertible Laptop Is not a totally new concept. Open the screen part way and it’s a laptop. Flip the screen completely over and it switches to tablet mode.In terms of specifications, the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 14" Convertible Laptop is low to average. It has an FHD (1920 x 1080) Touch Screen Display, an Intel Core i3 processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM and a 128GB SSD. It’s not a screamer by any means, but it gets the job done for typical home tasks.The Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5i 14" Convertible Laptop is larger and heavier than I what I had expected for a 14” laptop. My Dell XPS-13 is a fraction of the size and weight and much thinner, but it has a somewhat smaller screen and it isn’t a convertible. In addition, the Lenovo’s screen is dim outdoors even in the shade and even with full brightness.The Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop runs Windows 10 in S Mode. The “S” doesn’t stand for “Super” or “Special.” S Mode is a limited, locked down version of the Windows 10 Operating System. Microsoft states that S Mode is a faster, more protected version of Windows. And that may be true, but Windows 10 S also prohibits installing any application that weren’t downloaded from the Windows Store. The only Browser that can be installed is Edge. Google Chrome and Firefox may not be run. This is rather restrictive at least for me. Fortunately, Microsoft allows users to change the Windows version from Windows S to Windows Home without charge (for this model.)Just to see what would happen (and because I need to install apps that do not come from the Microsoft Store) I switched the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 14" Convertible Laptop out of S Mode to Windows Home. The change is well documented on the Net and YouTube. Be aware that the process of switching isn’t hard, but it is not possible to switch back from Windows Home (or any other Windows version) to S Mode. This change is strictly one way. Once it’s done, it can’t be undone.Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not a fan of Windows Tablet Mode. It always seems to be awkward and forced and very much unlike an iPad or am Android tablet. Maybe I just need to get used to Windows way of doing a tablet. Nevertheless, with the Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5i 14" Convertible Laptop it doesn’t matter as much since I can have it either way.