Review on 💻 Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14 14.0" Laptop: Affordable, Intel Celeron, 64GB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics, Win 10 in S Mode - Ice Blue by Tiarik Gonzalez

, I am committed to the Lenovo brand. I have used Lenovo business laptops since their original incarnation at IBM and have always been satisfied. I currently use the X1 Carbon for work and consider it the best laptop I have ever used. While Lenovo's work-oriented laptops are excellent, the less expensive "everyday" devices they make have been a crapshot in my experience. The original Ideapad, which came in multiple colors, worked great and had a good keyboard, but was undersized with a thick border. Later the larger versions were pathetically slow and the keyboards - generally the standout Lenovos - were terrible; in other words, like most other laptops. I've bought and returned a few over the last few years so I know what I'm talking about. I thought about gritting my teeth and spending $700-$1200 on a new laptop and leaving Lenovo. Then I saw the review of the Ideapad 1 and thought again. The Ideapd 1 is inexpensive, but it doesn't look cheap. The keyboard doesn't match the X1's sophistication, but it's head and shoulders above many high-end devices. As with the X1, the keyboard is perfectly positioned for typing without the awkward reach (like most laptops and Chromebooks) and you don't feel like you're hitting a calculator. If you write a lot, this is the budget laptop for you. Can't speak to graphics or storage - I don't play video games and I save everything to USB - but I will say the display is weak. This is partly due to the anti-glare screen. If you mainly work in Word or check email, this should take some getting used to and not really a disadvantage. The optics are impressively smooth. ", The top of the lid and the keyboard surround have a metallic, smooth feel. While the rest is textured plastic, the side bezels are thin, and the viewing area is oblong rather than square, the Ideapad 1 actually (surprisingly) looks exactly the same , as it is advertised.