Lenovo Chromebook Flex 5 vs Microsoft Surface Book 3

The 45W adapter took an hour to juice the laptop’s battery up to just 54 percent with light Chrome use.

The 15.5 hours of battery life advertised is a complete lie. --Sometimes when the laptop needs a system update, it will refuse to launch any programs until all updates are finished. --Microsoft's support has not been too helpful, either

As a comparison, my Samsung phone with one tiny speaker is much, much louder and clearer than this Chromebook. Makes no sense - the two speaker grills on the front could easily support larger, louder, better quality speakers. What would it cost them, a dollar? Two? Lenovo, come on now, Overall I really like this Chromebook. It serves most of my needs, is quick, simple to use, light, good for scrolling the internet, good for watching movies (but as mentioned, the volume is low, so it would be a challenge to play for a group in a room), the battery is pretty good - never ran out of battery

However, the performance downgrade and struggles makes me question if just getting a Laptop 4 w/ double the RAM + iPad Mini or regular iPad would be a more efficient use of money. We're talking about the Book 3 struggling with 1080p video on YouTube without frame drops, yet a cheap iPad wouldn't question that for a second. It seems like the best of both worlds, while the Book 3 seems to offer the mediocre of both. Much of the negatives didn't truly sink in until after the return period, so I may recommend purchasing through Microsoft directly, as they offer 60 days to make up your mind rather than 30

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The price also hasn’t changed. Our review unit, which includes a Core i7, 32GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q GPU, is $2,499. That’s the same price as the Surface Book 2 with comparable specs. (You can also get the Book without discrete graphics; the base 13

If you’re expecting tablet-like weight, you will be disappointed because it is considerably heavier than a tablet. Personally, I would rather have a well constructed Chromebook like this one than a flimsy, light one.

Versatile, LONG battery life, but it's so heavy. It's like a brick. I've had issues with OS upgrades, so -2 star.