It felt good to slink off to my backyard on a warm fall day and watch more episodes than I care to admit. The Flex 5 did a solid job reproducing the saturated imagery with solid crispness and clarity. On the right, you have a USB Type-C port, and a Kensington lock. The Flex 5 arrives with a decent assortment of ports for a Chromebook to connect your favorite peripherals.

Just remember to hit the lock key on the upper right hand of the keyboard if you’re getting up and will be away from the Flex 5. From there, I can unlock the Flex 5 so that is pretty secure. To open my phone, I need to use a fingerprint scan or facial recognition. However, I found the option of using an Android phone to unlock my computer to be a new favorite. There is a webcam shutter to provide security when you’re done with video calls, and although I searched every inch of the unit, there is no fingerprint scanner to speak of. The HP Chromebook x 2 weighed in at 2.6 pounds, measured 9.54 x.46 x 0.3-inches, obviously being our most petite Chromebook followed by the Acer Chromebook 7 which measured in at 14.4 x 9.8 x 0.7-inches and weighed 3.8 pounds. The Asus CX 9 was our most svelte Chromebook coming in at 2.5 pounds and measuring 12.7 x 8.1 x 0.7-inches. If you're looking for a small, simple Chrome OS device for basic web browsing and computing, this is a pretty nice deal.Measuring 12.20 x 8.4 x 0.67 inches and weighing 2.9 pounds, the Flex 5 is not the lightest system in our Chromebooks test group. The Lenovo Chromebook 3 11-inch costs only $229 and it's actually available right now, which can't be said for many laptops. 180-degrees with the keyboard, but it's not a touchscreen. That means it doesn't have any of the fancy 2-in-1 or hybrid features that are becoming common with Chromebooks.

The laptop supports Android apps, of course, but also Linux apps via 'Crostini'.Īs mentioned, this is a very affordable Chrome OS device. The processor is an Intel Gemini Lake-R N4020 Celeron. There is also a 3.5mm headphone/microphone jack and a microSD card slot. In terms of ports, the Lenovo Chromebook 3 11-inch model has 2 USB-C ports (3.1) and 2 USB-A ports (3.1).

Lenovo chromebook 3 touchscreen