Chromebook Review

Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5

It runs and runs and runs: Has Lenovo succeeded in creating the VW Beetle among Chromebooks? But the Duet 5 has much more to offer than just long battery life.

Thomas Raukamp
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25 min readJan 15, 2022

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13.3 inches (33.8 centimeters) make a large screen diagonal for a tablet. However, thanks to its weight of only 1.5 lbs (700 grams), the Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 is easy to hold in hand.

Let’s be honest: I was not enthusiastic about tablets for a long time. After several attempts with an Android tablet and an iPad, I eventually gave up on the format. The bigger my smartphone display grew over the years, the less sense I could see in a form factor that is “too little to live on, too much to die.”

But as is so often the case, things were to turn out differently. All of a sudden, journalist colleagues and acquaintances alike got excited about a device that is not only practical, complete, and small, but also inexpensive: With the Duet, Lenovo put together a complete package containing a tablet, keyboard, and touchpad more than a year ago, which made the Chromebook brand known far beyond its previously targeted customer base of schools, universities, and companies.

»With the Duet, Lenovo put together a complete package, which made the Chromebook brand known far beyond its previously targeted customer base of schools…

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Thomas Raukamp
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