Only @ Best BuyWork, play and watch videos with this Lenovo Flex 4 laptop. This laptop is thin and lightweight, which makes it easy to transport, and it has a vibrant 14-inch Full HD display. Find the perfect angle with its four different viewing modes and 360-degree hinge. Use this Lenovo Flex 4 laptop for up to seven hours on a single charge.
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I'm fairly impressed with this as a budget computer that I paid around $200 for. Not sure it's worth it for much more than that.
The Good: - Full 360 degree screen means it can be folded back completely flat and used as a tablet. Touch screen seems to work well. - If you look at cpu benchmarks, the 4405U is fairly impressive and power efficient compared to other budget processors. DDR4 RAM. - While you can hear the fans quietly running, the computer runs pretty cool. - The trackpad is decent, with the usual multi touch gestures supported. - Battery life is good and it charges quickly. - SD card slot, Ethernet, HDMI ports are nice to have built in.
The Bad: - This thing is super sluggish out of the box. All the Lenovo bloatware slowed the system to a crawl. The Lenovo software for automatic switching from tablet to laptop did not work reliably. - Two finger tap for right click didn't work without a registry edit. (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTP\TouchPadSMB2cTM2334 - change 2FingerTapAction to a value of 2) I reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows 10, removing all files and settings, and it runs much better. All the drivers were automatically installed after checking for updates, and it's easy to switch to tablet mode manually by swiping from the right edge of the screen and pressing the button instead of using the Lenovo software. Installing an SSD and memory upgrade would probably make this thing extremely speedy, but I don't want to invest any more right now.
The Ugly: - The size and placement of the right shift key is atrocious and borderline unusable. It's been shrunk to the size of an arrow key and located to the right of the up arrow, so you're constantly pressing the up arrow instead of the shift key. I can't fathom why they thought altering the keyboard layout like this was a good idea. - The screen is really bad. 1366 x 768 resolution might actually be a benefit for older users, but often things look blurry. The picture seems washed out and viewing angles are narrow. The screen looks especially bad in portrait tablet mode - you cannot get the angle right for a decent picture. Landscape or laptop mode, when viewing head on, is acceptable but not good.
In summary: This thing is pretty cool and well worth it (around the $200 price point) if you can overlook and spend the time correcting its shortcomings. If they fixed the right shift key, put a better screen in it, and had the option to ship without bloatware, it would be nearly perfect.