![]() The Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 (about $200 more than the IdeaPad) is 0.69 inches and 3.09 pounds, while the Asus VivoBook Flip 14 comes in at 0.72 inches and 3.31 pounds. It’s also quite thick at 0.82 inches and slightly heavy at 3.3 pounds. Its display bezels are thin on the sides but large on top, and the chin is huge. Like last year’s model, though, the IdeaPad Flex 5i 14 is larger than it should be. I’d say the IdeaPad Flex 5i looks better than it costs, and it won’t make you feel like you’re slumming it when you take it to a posh coffeehouse. The Asus VivoBook Flip 14 is a little more dynamic in its appearance, but that doesn’t mean it’s better-looking - it actually suffers from a lime green lining around the Enter key that breaks up its color scheme. It’s a very understated look, with a few angles to give it a streamlined appearance, following the minimalist trend Lenovo has used in its budget and midrange designs. The 2-in-1 maintains its dark grey aesthetic, with just a touch of chrome in the Lenovo logo on the lid and the keyboard deck. ![]() Compared to the budget-oriented and quite bendable Asus VivoBook Flip 14, which uses plastic in the chassis and aluminum alloy lining the lid, the IdeaPad Flex 5i feels like a million bucks. The rest of the chassis is all plastic, but it still feels solid - more so than some premium laptops that use magnesium alloy to reduce weight. ![]() The IdeaPad Flex 5i 14 follows the same design as the previous model, but with glass fiber mixed into the plastic lid to give it a sturdier feel. In the end, it proves why AMD continues to be the leader in budget laptops. You can get a Core i3 for a more attractive $570, but you give up half the RAM and storage. That’s barely a budget laptop price (although it does double the storage over the AMD machine), and I found the Intel version offers less value than last year’s model. I reviewed the $735 midrange configuration of the IdeaPad Flex 5i 14 with a Core i5-1135G7, which is the right Intel chip to compare to the Ryzen 5 4500U in the previous review unit.
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