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1. Delving into the Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7
Design Aspect
The Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15IAU7 boasts a minimalist design combined with a sleek gray color scheme suitable for any environment. Crafted from durable plastic material, ensuring high durability.
This laptop weighs 1.63 kg, with a thickness of 19.9 mm, quite compact compared to a 15.6-inch laptop. Users can easily stow it in a backpack and move around without worrying about carrying bulky, heavy items. Additionally, the machine's corners are designed to be rounded, making the overall appearance neat and taking up less space.
Display Quality
The Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 features a large 15.6-inch display with Full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels) and thin bezels, providing a vivid, sharp, and optimized viewing experience. The machine comes with a TN panel, a refresh rate of 60Hz, sufficient for basic tasks, without requiring high graphics.
With a maximum screen brightness of 250 nits combined with Anti Glare technology, you can comfortably use the laptop outdoors in bright sunlight or strong light conditions.
Additionally, the device is equipped with an HD webcam mounted on the screen bezel, allowing easy video calling with a wide-angle view and sharp image. Moreover, the dual-channel speaker system with Dolby Audio technology will immerse you completely in soothing music or captivating movies with clear, realistic sound quality.
Keyboard and Touchpad
Regarding the keyboard, the Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 is equipped with a numeric keypad layout, convenient for those who frequently work with numerical data. The keys are large, with ample spacing, responsive keystrokes, and deep key travel, facilitating quick text editing and data entry, saving time.
The power button of the Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 is also separated from the keyboard area to minimize accidental presses, and this button is also equipped with a fingerprint sensor with fairly sensitive feedback to enhance device security.
Regarding the Touchpad, it's quite large and positioned slightly to the left, providing a wider resting area for the right hand when using the mouse. The Touchpad offers quick, responsive, and accurate feedback, allowing comfortable operation even without a separate mouse.
Specifications
Falling into the budget office laptop segment, yet the Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 boasts good configuration, stable performance, meeting all daily study and work needs. Specifically, the machine features an Intel Core i3 Alder Lake - 1215U chip, belonging to the latest Gen 12 Intel chip. This chip has 6 cores and 8 threads, single-core technology, multi-threading for stronger performance, coupled with optimized power saving capabilities, delivering good battery life to users.
Not stopping there, this laptop also integrates Intel UHD Graphics to meet entertainment needs, work on basic 2D graphic design software, photoshop, or video editing... at a basic level. With 8GB of RAM (upgradeable to a maximum of 16GB) for smooth multitasking, no worries about lag when working on multiple applications. 256GB SSD (upgradeable to 1TB) for quick response times.
Connectivity Ports
Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 is fully equipped with common connectivity ports including: 1 HDMI port; 1 USB 2.0 port; 1 USB Type-C port (supporting data transmission, Power Delivery 3.0, and DisplayPort 1.2), 1 x Power connector, 1 3.5mm headphone jack; 1 USB 3.2 port; 1 SD card reader slot. With this number of connectivity ports, it's enough to meet the needs of students and office workers.
The laptop is equipped with a Type-C charging port, supporting 65W charging power to shorten charging time and minimize interruptions to work.
2. Reviewing the Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ABA7 laptop
Design
The Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14ABA7 features a modern, elegant appearance with a sturdy silver-gray plastic shell, resistant to scratches. Similar to other Lenovo IdeaPad 3 models, the Lenovo IdeaPad 14ABA7 has a minimalist yet extremely eye-catching, elegant design, suitable for various work environments from schools, offices to businesses.
With a sleek, lightweight frame and soft rounded edges, this laptop is no less than high-end models. Additionally, the machine weighs only 1.41kg with a thickness of only about 19.9mm, suitable for those who frequently carry their laptops to school, work, or on business trips.
Display
The Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14ABA7 is equipped with a 14-inch display, achieving Full HD resolution of 1920x1080px, providing a vivid and sharp reproduction of every detail. The machine's screen bezels are designed to be thin, allowing viewers to focus more on the screen, with wider viewing angles and more intuitive images.
Anti Glare technology combined with 250 nits screen brightness provides a clear image experience even in harsh sunlight or bright light conditions. The anti-glare screen also helps protect eyesight better, avoiding eye strain when working for hours with the computer.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard of the IdeaPad 3 14ABA7 has good rebound, reasonable key size and spacing, supporting users to type text faster with higher accuracy. The power button of the Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 is also separated from the keyboard area to minimize accidental presses.
The touchpad of this machine has a spacious design, supporting smooth and accurate multi-touch gestures with each touch.
Specifications
The IdeaPad 3 14ABA7 is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 5 processor with a high speed of up to 4.3GHz. Along with this high-end 6-core, 12-thread chip is the Intel Iris Xe Graphics card capable of smooth processing not only office tasks but also meeting the demands of 2D graphics or games like CS:GO, LOL...
The laptop is equipped with 8GB Onboard DDR4 3200 MHz RAM, providing smooth multitasking capabilities, allowing you to perform multiple tasks simultaneously while remaining responsive, smoothly switching between application windows without worrying about lag or freezing. Additionally, the 256GB SSD enhances data access speed, booting up the machine, and quickly responding to tasks, improving work efficiency.
Connectivity Ports
The Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ABA7 laptop meets basic connectivity needs, equipped with ports:
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1; 1 x USB 2.0; 1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (supporting data transfer, fast charging Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 output); 1 x HDMI 1.4b; 1 x headphone/microphone combo jack; 1 x 4-in-1 card reader; 1 x Power connector.
3. Summary
From the reviews, it's evident that the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 series boasts beautiful design and good specifications to meet everyday basic needs at an incredibly affordable price. The Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IAU7 with Intel Core i3, the latest gen 12 chip, is currently discounted by 38%, priced at only 10,990K at Mytour; while the 14-inch model 14ABA7 with AMD Ryzen 5 chip also sees a significant price drop, now priced at only 12,990K.
If you're seeking a product with a budget-friendly price, lightweight, attractive design, stable performance, and sufficient specifications to handle office tasks, studying, then the Lenovo IdeaPad 3 would be the perfect laptop for you.
