Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook Review

Lub Lenovo Chromebook Duet? Tsis yog tias 10.1-nti ntsiav tshuaj nrog cov keyboard thiab kickstand peb qhuas thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2020 thiab tau tshaj tawm txij li thaum muaj txiaj ntsig zoo? Zoo, yog, thiab qhov ntxim hlub detachable Chromebook tseem yog ib qho kev sib tham, tab sis Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook (pib ntawm $ 429.99; $ 499 raws li kev sim) yog ib yam dab tsi ntxiv - ib qho loj 2-hauv-1 ntsiav tshuaj nrog cov xim zoo nkauj, ultra. -high-contrast, 13.3-nti OLED kov npo. Koj tuaj yeem nrhiav tau sai dua thiab pheej yig dua cov qauv siv Chromebooks, tab sis Duet tshiab tshaj tawm qhov tsis ntev los no tau tshuaj xyuas HP Chromebook x2 yog tias koj xav tau cov ntsiav tshuaj uas ua ob npaug li lub laptop. Nws tau txais ib qho khoom plig Editors 'Choice ua tus hwm Chromebook detachable.

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Feem ntau Windows 2-in-1 laptops yog cov hloov pauv nrog cov keyboards uas tig thiab quav tawm ntawm txoj hauv kev rau kev siv hauv cov ntsiav tshuaj hom, tab sis ntawm Chromebooks zoo li muaj qhov sib txawv rau detachables uas tuaj yeem jettison lawv cov keyboards. Dhau li ntawm IdeaPad Duet 5 thiab 11-nti HP Chromebook x2-uas yog tus nqi $ 100 siab dua tab sis tau luv luv luv-peb kuj tau pom 10.5-nti Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3.

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Txij li xyoo 1982, PCMag tau sim thiab ntsuas ntau txhiab yam khoom los pab koj txiav txim siab yuav zoo dua. (Saib seb peb sim li cas.)

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Lub Duet 5 muaj qhov nominally sai dua version ntawm yim-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c processor pom hauv HP Chromebook x2. Tus qauv nqi $429.99 ntawm Duet 5 ntawm Lenovo.com nta Storm Grey keyboard cover thiab rear kickstand vaj huam sib luag, 4GB ntawm nco, thiab 64GB ntawm eMMC flash cia. Peb qhov ntsuas $ 499 yog qhov Yuav Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv Abyss Blue nrog 8GB ntawm RAM thiab 128GB ntawm kev cia. 

Hauv ob qho kev teeb tsa, IdeaPad Duet 5 yog ob-tone txhuas ntsiav tshuaj nrog nyias bezels nyob ib ncig ntawm 1,920-by-1,080-pixel zaub, ntsuas 0.28 los ntawm 12 los ntawm 7.4 ntiv tes (HWD) thiab hnyav 1.54 phaus. Lub koob yees duab pem hauv ntej, 5-megapixel lub koob yees duab nyob rau sab saum toj bezel (thaum lub slate tau tuav hauv kab rov tav lossis toj roob hauv pes hom) ua lub webcam, thaum lub koob yees duab 8-megapixel nyob rau hauv lub kaum sab xis captures snapshots thiab video.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Lub Duet 5 los nrog ob daim ntaub accessories uas sib nqus latch mus rau sab nraub qaum thiab hauv qab ntug, raws li nram qab no: lub hau npog nrog lub khawm-tawm kickstand rau propping lub vijtsam hauv hom laptop, thiab lub npog keyboard nrog touchpad. Cov keyboard uas tsis yog backlit nyob tiaj tus ntawm koj lub rooj es tsis txhob muaj lub pob khawm kom muab nws qaij me ntsis raws li ntau cov keyboards tshem tau. Peb daim ua ke hnyav 2.24 phaus.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Koj yuav tshawb nrhiav tsis muaj nuj nqis rau lub mloog pob ntseg, yog li koj yuav xav tau ib txheej ntawm Bluetooth lossis USB lub mloog pob ntseg - tsuas yog cov chaw nres nkoj yog ib khub ntawm USB 3.2 Hom-C chaw nres nkoj, ib qho ntawm sab laug thiab sab xis (xws li cov ntsiav tshuaj yog nyob rau hauv hom toj roob hauv pes). Muaj ib lub hwj chim khawm ntawm sab laug, thiab ntim nce thiab nqis khawm nyob rau sab saum toj.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Lub hwj chim ntsaws muaj USB-C connector thiab ib tug cable uas yog inconveniently luv luv. Thaum kuv sim siv lub USB-C charger ntev dua rau kuv lub xov tooj, Chrome OS pop-up hais tias kuv tau txuas lub charger qis, thiab lub kaw lus yuav tsis rov them dua thaum qhib. Lenovo hais tias lub charger tiag tuaj yeem rov qab tau roj teeb rau 80% hauv ib teev.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

'OLED' sawv rau 'Zoo'

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) cov lus qhia tam sim no tau tshwm sim feem ntau nyob rau hauv cov neeg tseem ceeb cov ntsiab lus tsim lub laptops, yog li nws yog ib qho kev kho tsis tshua pom ib qho hauv Chrome OS ntsiav tshuaj, lossis hauv tej laptop zoo li ntaus ntawv hauv nws cov nqi ntau. Lub Duet 5's tsis yog tsuas yog dav los ntawm cov qauv ntsiav tshuaj ntawm 13.3 ntiv tes, tab sis tshwj xeeb ci ntsa iab (nyob ntawm 400 nits) thiab muaj yeeb yuj. (Lenovo hais tias nws npog 100% ntawm DCI-P3 gamut, nrog rau txo qis 70% lub teeb xiav dua li nws cov neeg sib tw.)

Txij li thaum, los ntawm qhov xwm txheej ntawm OLED thev naus laus zis, cov pixels dub tau kaw tag nrho, tsis muaj lub teeb pom kev tom qab lawv, qhov sib piv yog ntuj-siab (lub tuam txhab ntsuas nws ntawm 100,000: 1), thiab cov keeb kwm dawb yog ci ntsa iab. Cov xim yog nplua nuj thiab tiag tiag, thaum cov ntawv dub yog razor-ntse uas tsis muaj pixelation. Lub vijtsam 1,920-by-1,080-pixel daws teeb meem ua rau cov ntawv nyeem thiab cov cim tshwm me me, yog li nrog ntau Chromebooks muaj kev xaiv ntawm "zoo li" lossis scaled daws teeb meem (lub neej ntawd yog 1,536 los ntawm 864 pixels), txawm tias cov zaub zoo heev. hais tias haiv neeg daws teeb meem yog siv tau nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev uas nws feem ntau tsis yog nyob rau hauv high-resolution zaub.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Lub vijtsam ib txwm muaj 16: 9 nam piv, thaum zoo rau kev saib cov yeeb yaj kiab, yog qhov yooj yim me ntsis rau cov ntsiav tshuaj siv dua li 3: 2 vaj huam sib luag, tab sis Duet 5 ua haujlwm zoo thaum tuav ntsug lossis hauv hom duab. Lub iav kov qhia qee qhov kev xav ntawm lub kaum ntse ntse, tab sis yog qhov zoo siab saib txawm tias thaum ntawd.

Lub webcam pem hauv ntej ntes cov duab zoo nkauj thiab muaj yeeb yuj ntawm kev daws teeb meem txog 2,592 los ntawm 1,944 nrog tsuas yog kov lub suab nrov lossis zoo li qub. Lub koob yees duab tom qab yog ntse (3,264 x 2,448 pixels) thiab rhiab heev, noj cov duab zoo. Plaub 1-watt hais lus ua kom pom tseeb yog tias lub suab me ntsis-drumbeats suab hnyav thiab tsis muaj cov ntses bass thaj tsam tiag tiag, tab sis koj tuaj yeem ua tawm qhov sib tshooj.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Sib nqus pogo pins nyob rau hauv qab ntug affix lub keyboard cover rau lub ntsiav tshuaj. Cov keyboard yog tag nrho-loj (tus A los ntawm apostrophe keys ncua txoj cai 8 ntiv tes) thiab ua raws li tus qauv Chromebook layout, nrog browser thiab system tswj cov yuam sij nyob rau sab saum toj thiab ib qho kev tshawb nrhiav / ntawv qhia zaub mov qhov chaw ntawm Caps Lock. Zoo li lwm cov ntsiav tshuaj nrog cov keyboards thiab kickstands, Duet 5 zoo siab dua ntawm lub rooj tshaj li hauv koj lub puab tsaig - nws NW nyuam qhuav haum hauv kuv lub puab tsaig nrog lub kickstand ntawm kuv lub hauv caug, txawm tias muaj lub vijtsam propped ze ntsug thaum kuv xav tau nyiam nws qaij ntxiv rov qab. .

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Cov keyboard muaj lub tiaj tus, "tappy" typing xav, tsis xis nyob zoo li lub laptop keyboard tiag tiag tab sis zoo nkauj zoo los ntawm cov ntsiav tshuaj keyboard-npog cov qauv. Lub touchpad tsis muaj khawm hauv qab qhov chaw bar glides smoothly. Nws muaj me ntsis txhav, ntiav nyem; ob tus ntiv tes kais ua haujlwm rau txoj cai-nias hauv Chromebook uas paub txog kev coj ua.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

Ntsuam xyuas Duet 5: Ib Chromebook Ntau Yam Pob 

Muaj ob tus neeg sib tw pom tseeb los tawm tsam IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook hauv peb qhov kev ntsuas ntsuas - nws cov phooj ywg cov ntsiav tshuaj-thiab-keyboard combos, Asus Chromebook Detachable CM3 thiab HP Chromebook x2. Rau lwm qhov ob qhov, kuv xaiv 13.3-nti laptops: Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 muaj qhov qis kawg Intel Celeron processor tab sis high-end OLED zaub, thaum lub hloov pauv Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 Chromebook khav theeb Core i3 CPU thiab cov khoom siv. -lub xeev tsav hloov tsis zoo eMMC flash cia. Koj tuaj yeem pom lawv cov specs yooj yim hauv cov lus hauv qab no.

Peb sim Chromebooks nrog peb qhov kev ua tau zoo tag nrho-ib qho Chrome OS, ib qho hauv, thiab ib qho hauv online. Thawj, Cov Txheej Txheem Txheej Txheem Txheej Txheem 'CrXPRT 2, ntsuas sai npaum li cas lub kaw lus ua haujlwm txhua hnub hauv rau 3 qhov haujlwm xws li siv cov duab cuam tshuam, kos duab cov khoom lag luam, txheeb xyuas DNA ntu, thiab tsim cov duab 3.0D siv WebGL. Qhov thib ob, UL's PCMark rau Android Ua Haujlwm 3.0, ua haujlwm ntau yam khoom lag luam hauv lub qhov rais smartphone-style. Thaum kawg, Basemark Web XNUMX khiav hauv qhov browser tab kom muab cov lej JavaScript qis nrog CSS thiab WebGL cov ntsiab lus. Tag nrho peb cov qhab nia ua lej; cov lej siab dua yog qhov zoo dua.

Peb qhov kev sim ntau xyoo tau ua rau peb cia siab tias Chromebooks nrog ARM processors ua tsis tau txhua yam tab sis qeeb tshaj x86 chips los ntawm Intel thiab AMD. Lub Duet 5 tsis muaj qhov tshwj xeeb, nrog nws lub Snapdragon CPU zoo tshaj plaws MediaTek ARM nti hauv Asus thiab dai nrog Samsung's Celeron processor tab sis tsuas yog cua tshuab los ntawm Core i3 ntawm Flex 5 Chromebook. Nws zoo kawg nkaus rau qhib ib nrab kaum lub browser tabs lossis ua si ib qho 1080p video lossis Android game, tab sis tsis muaj zog txaus rau kev ua haujlwm loj. 

Ob qho piv txwv ntawm Android tsom rau CPU thiab GPU raws. Primate Labs 'Geekbench siv tag nrho cov muaj cores thiab xov los simulate cov ntawv thov tiag tiag hauv ntiaj teb xws li PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab, thaum GFXBench 5.0 kev nyuaj siab-kuaj ob theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li duab rendering uas ua rau cov duab kos thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo. Geekbench xa cov qhab nia tus lej thaum GFXBench suav thav duab ib ob (fps). 

Thaum kawg, txhawm rau kuaj lub Chromebook lub roj teeb, peb voj 720p video ntaub ntawv nrog lub vijtsam ci teeb tsa ntawm 50% thiab Wi-Fi xiam oob qhab kom txog thaum lub kaw lus tawm. Qee lub sij hawm peb yuav tsum ua yeeb yaj kiab los ntawm ib qho SSD sab nraud ntsaws rau hauv USB chaw nres nkoj, tab sis Duet 5 muaj qhov txaus cia sab hauv los tuav cov ntaub ntawv - txawm li cas los xij, ib yam li HP x2, vim nws tsis muaj lub suab nrov peb muted lub ntim es tsis txhob muaj. nws blaring ntawm 100% rau teev.

Lub Galaxy Chromebook 2 tau ua qhov nyuaj siab hauv Geekbench tab sis txwv tsis pub ob qhov kev ua tau zoo tau hais rau tib zaj dab neeg, nrog rau IdeaPad Duet 5 rov qab nyob hauv plua plav los ntawm Core i3 Lenovo. Txawm li cas los xij, txawm hais tias nws lub teeb ci OLED tso saib Duet 5 tau nyob hauv peb lub roj teeb, tsuas yog Asus tuaj nyob ze. Peb qhov kev ua yeeb yaj kiab tsis yog qhov teeb meem loj tshaj plaws ntawm lub roj teeb-drain, thiab kaw cov neeg hais lus yeej pab tau, tab sis 21 teev tseem yog lub sijhawm ua haujlwm tau zoo thiab yuav tsum ua rau koj ntseeg siab kom tawm ntawm AC adapter hauv tsev.

Cream ntawm Chrome Crop 

Lub Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook yog tus nqi zoo hauv peb qhov kev tsim khoom zoo tshaj $ 499. Tseeb, koj yuav tau txais kev ua tau zoo ntawm Microsoft's Core i3-powered Surface Go 3 (hauv Windows) lossis Apple's iPad Air (nrog iPadOS), tab sis cov no yog cov ntsiav tshuaj me me uas yuav teeb koj rov qab $ 730 lossis $ 898, raws li, nrog rau lawv cov keyboard xaiv tau. . Thiab lawv tsis tuaj yeem phim Duet 5's dazzling OLED screen.

(Duab: Molly Flores)

HP Chromebook x2 tsis tuaj yeem, txawm hais tias qhov kev tshem tawm tuaj yeem tuaj nrog tus cwj mem stylus uas Lenovo them tus nqi ntxiv $ 32.99 rau. Chrome OS dictates sib dua los yog siv xws li ntau dua li cov array ntawm apps muaj rau iPadOS lossis Windows, tab sis Duet 5 yuav txaus siab rau ntau tus neeg siv khoom thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm. Nws tsim nyog ib qho chaw ua ib qho ntawm peb Chromebook Editors 'Choice honorees.