Review on 14" Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad 5 Pro 14ACN6 2240x1400, 1.9GHz, RAM 16GB, DDR4, SSD 512GB, AMD Radeon Graphics, no OS, 82L7000QRK, Storm Gray by Adam Czajkowski ᠌

A delightful mobile work device that, even in eco mode, is not inferior to desktop performance and has a fairly long battery life. Yes, and for such money. Bravo, Lenovo. But for the up / down arrows I take off a WHOLE POINT. Yes, this is SO terrible usability solution compared to normal arrows. Live with it now. With its pros: - Stylish metal case, lid that does not fold - Cool, quiet, light, just like an ultrabook should be - Performance at consumption up to 15W even in the maximum eco mode (!) produces 14K in the WinRAR benchmark. And in max. performance - 18K. For comparison, a desktop 16-core 5950x delivers 45K. Those. if divided in half, 5800U 70-80% of the desktop in terms of performance. Wow! - Supports WiFi 6 and AX mode (not tested). In WiFi 5 AC mode, transfer rate is around 50MB/s over WiFi - I got a Samsung SSD and I'm very happy - The keyboard is comfortable enough to work with - The lid does not play, did not find any assembly flaws at all - Can be charged via USB-C from portable power bank/USB charger at 20W speed. The battery is 54, so in 3-4 hours it is charged - In eco mode with an "office" load, the battery lasts for 8-9 hours at a brightness of 90%. Not bad - Amazing screen* (see cons) - Camera and microphone of good quality, suitable for conferences - For such ridiculous money to get 512 SSD, 8-core stone and 16 GB of RAM in the form of a compact laptop? Give me two! Got cons: - UP-DOWN ARROW BUTTONS. Damn Apple marketers and engineers for the idea of ​​cutting one button in half, making two out of it. And everyone else, of course, followed them. These buttons are INCONVENIENT! All you need to do is move the block with the arrows just below the rest of the keyboard, as in the 15ACH6 model, for example. But no, we'll make it uncomfortable, but beautiful. When working with documents, I constantly miss my finger, because I am not a midget. - By default, in the AMD video driver, which is available on the Lenovo website, the vari bright mode is enabled, due to which the color reproduction of the screen constantly floats! The driver is also old, 2022. So install the latest from AMD through the AMD Driver Autodetect utility and then disable this feature in the Catalyst panel. After that, it will already turn out that the screen in the laptop is simply cosmically cool and accurate, if you turn off unnecessary "improvements". - On the Lenovo website for this model, there are generally some wildly old drivers, in particular the WiFi driver. I had to take a newer version from the page with another laptop, but with the same Mediatek WiFi module. - In maximum performance mode at full load, or even in eco mode, if the built-in GPU is loaded to the maximum, the laptop takes off from the table and has to be caught all over the room. And from the noise at the same time, hearing disappears for a while. Do not use it in this mode, it is an ultrabook. I would generally hardware limit SoC consumption to max. mode in this model, because this is a working device, not a gaming one, and its cooling system is ridiculous.