Many reviews I see for this great machine (here and other sites) are on things that could be understood if researching a computer prior to buying
Pros
* 14” screen is a great travel size and
* 2 forms of power available
* good sound for price
Cons
* has the occasional hiccup when moving between traditional operation and tablet mode
* usb type c is not display port ready (only date, but I knew it when I bought it)
The usb pen holder is universal to hold thinner pens but doesn't allow the active stylus to stand vertically. The pen gets in the way of the other usb and it limited to the lid and base's closing magnets to be semi out of the way
* Stylus for flex uses an AAAA battery which is hard to find immediately if it dies you are not going to Walmart and picking up a new battery. (Lenovo) please consider a rechargeable solution.
I personally bought a mini dock with more x4 usb 3.1 and usb type c with charging on it and found everything I needed
The lack of display is the biggest downfall for a broader spectrum of utility, because of this external GPU capabilities are not there and onboard IO for have leaving two screens is limited.
The fixes to these problems for the manufacturer and consumers:
(Lenovo) add display to the usb type c or one of the usb 3's
(Consumer) buy a hdmi Y-splitter to have two screens. I suggest also buying touchscreen displays so you don't loss that utility on extra screens
This machine does great and deserves great reviews, I have no issues with it that is worth not giving it a five star.
My model also came with 16g of ram and these really should only come in 8g and 16g, the option for 4g at this point shouldn't exist (Lenovo's problem to fix) the min they should put in these should be 6g if they are going to be soldered but I really do think it should be lowest 8g, it's literally only $40-50 for 8g stick of ram and $80-90 for 16g so it isn't worth the cost of labor and manufacturing to still install/solder 4g sticks
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