Lenovo IdeaPad 5 (15): The (Almost) Perfect Student Laptop

 

 hi guys welcome back to thing view today i'm bringing you a laptop which i think is a great candidate for the perfect student laptop this year the 15-inch lenovo ideapad 5. there are several reasons why i think this is a great laptop for students one of them is the price and another thing is that this thing gives you a very concentrating experience without any distraction and that is probably something that a student needs but for the 650 dollar price that this particular model is selling in vietnam it will have its advantages and disadvantages and that's what i'm here for to help you decide if this thing is the right machine for you now i've tried using many different laptops until now and what i realized is that design is not only something that affects the outside look the appearance the style but it's something that directly affects your laptop using behavior for example if your laptop is made of aluminum you'll be more likely to be more gentle with it to handle it with more care you're scared of scratching or denting it so you sort of tiptoe around it a little but when you have a product made of plastic then oh that'd be easier plastic especially good ones are less prone to scratching and dancing and here with something that has a complete matte finish and cuffed corners like this it's simply a joy to use you don't have to be too careful with it you can bring it around to places use it with all of your accessories look at its corners they are all curved up together with a super thick matte finish so it feels very sturdy and durable this is probably the thickest matte finish that i've seen it's very nice on the touch but because of this it sucks in a good amount of sweats and fingerprints so it's definitely a big minus for those of you with sweaty hands but on the other hand if you're one of the lucky ones with nice and dry hands then you'll be able to benefit from this matte finish the external design is also very simple with only the lenovo logo at the corner and this premium matte finish with a simplistic solid design together with the same matte finish all around and the monochromatic gray it's one of the things that make for the distractionless experience that i talked about the frame is also very sturdy i can comfortably throw this thing around yes at the end of the day we buy a laptop so that it serves us not for us to take care of it right the long hinge is also solid allowing you to open the machine easily by one hand partly because of the protruding part where the webcam sits that gives you a ledge to put your finger underneath overall this is a very simple design nothing flashy or glamorous so if you're a fan of this aesthetic then you'll be a fan of this another thing that would help you concentrate when using this machine is the keyboard lenovo's keyboards always have one thing that i'm a fan of that is the large and curved keycaps i don't know it somehow always feels very reliable together with the familiar layout so it's very hard to mistype on this however compared to the more premium lenovo devices the typing feel is not as satisfying key travel is a bit short the keycap is plastic even though it has a nice smooth finish so overall i think this is a good typing experience in this price range with the familiar layout large keycaps that wrap around your fingers this keyboard will help you focus on your work because you don't have to worry about getting used to a new keyboard or mistapping there is also a numpad if you need it personally not a fan of the numpad because it means that the main part of the keyboard is shifted to the side so your typing hands are not in the center and so is the touchpad but hey a lot of you might need it so i guess it's still a good thing the touchpad underneath has a decent size comfortable tracking feel you definitely can use this without a mouse but if you want to use your own gears then this ideapad 5 also has a very adequate range of ports you have an sd card slot usb a hdmi for extracting images and you also have usbc but unfortunately it's not thunderbolt 3. again as i said this feels like a very adequate machine on and of its own it's like it comes ready for you to work on it without you having to do anything else to it or for it it's the perfect machine for work and productivity on the upper bezel is the webcam and there's also a slider to cover it if you're concerned about privacy and talking about security this one also has a one-touch fingerprint sensor hidden underneath the power button at first i didn't think there was one because of the long shape of the button so i'm not sure if it's the best design decision there but anyways it does its job well logging you in quickly and accurately i mean what else can you ask for for 650 dollars right okay we're getting there guys next up performance performance is something that students especially seem to care a whole lot about and the performance level of this id pad 5 is very suitable for most students demands it uses the 10th gen iceland intel core i5 1035 g1 a very popular cpu for office and student laptops this year i'd also recommend that you're only getting the i5 version because with an office laptop like this the i7 option will just cost you more money and not much difference in terms of performance in practice the performance of this i5 model allows me to multitask very well with multiple multiple chrome tabs a few hundred megabytes excel file to lightroom and photoshop everything runs smoothly in my workload in my whole working process i found the machine to run very quietly another plus for concentration and productivity the speakers in this year's model are brought up to the top of the base panel above the keyboard sound quality is okay just loud enough good enough for most normal users about upgradability eight gigs of ram are soldered on so if you do things like coding with virtual machines and stuff then you should maybe opt for the 16 gigs option other than that it has a m replaceable m2 ssd slot which is preoccupied with 512 gigs in this model the 57-watt hour battery gives about 7 hours of regular mix use pretty well okay everything seems really good so far there's only one thing that I'm not so sure about this machine which is the full hd tn panel now if this sounds like a complete deal breaker for you then the id pad 5 also comes with an ips display option and it's also touch-able and to talk about this tn display if you've used a good ips panel before then it's really hard to go back towards the end it has pretty poor color accuracy and limited viewing angles normally I almost always recommend an ips panel but from a student's point of view if the display is not the most important thing for you while the price is then the tn panel is a good budget option although I'm not sure if it's available in every country in return you'd have nice and thin bezels around it another thing that would help you focus on what's on the screen or the 15 inch is also a very good screen size for productivity in my opinion if you're working and travel a lot than smaller screen sizes might be better but looking back in my school years, i would definitely love to have a bigger screen and for the 15-inch size this is a very the portable machine at only 1.38 kilograms alright those are the things that impressed me the most about the lenovo ideapad 5. it's a laptop without anything showy or flashy it's a laptop that simply does not fuss it doesn't mess around it's born with one sole purpose of serving its owner focusing on user experience whether it's working or studying everything from the the material the design the keyboard or the stability in performance all work towards one purpose giving you the highest level of concentration and productivity the The biggest minus point is probably the display but if you have the actual box then the the choice is entirely yours to upgrade to an ips panel so to me this is still one of the best options for a student laptop this fall that's it for today best of luck to those of you who are coming into new school year in this traveling time in take care of yourselves bye