The Highly-Rated Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop Is $220 Right Now At Best Buy - Here's What Users Say About It

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It's often recommended to avoid cheap laptops as they often have a lot of drawbacks that will make using them frustrating. However, not everyone wants to buy a used laptop, and there's a good number who only need a device for simple tasks, like checking their email, watching movies, surfing the internet, and maybe some light office work. So, if you're one of these people, then there's no need to spend over $500 just to get a basic computer.

Because of this, we recommend looking at the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook. This isn't a Windows laptop that uses the usual Intel processor that many of us are used to. Instead, it uses Google's ChromeOS operating system, which is popular with many educational institutions, and pairs it with a MediaTek Kompanio 520 chip, 4 GB of RAM, and 64 GB of eMMC storage. It's one of the Chromebooks with ultra-long battery life, with a rated endurance of 13.5 hours.

These specifications aren't much, though, meaning you definitely can't use it for gaming or video editing, and opening too many browser tabs on it might even cause it to stutter or freeze. Some resource-intensive Android apps from the Google Play Store may struggle to run due to its lower RAM. Nevertheless, they should be more than enough for the needs of most students, retirees, or just about anyone who only needs something for casual use. More importantly, it's quite affordable — Best Buy said that it had a comparable value of $399, but you can now get it for just $218. That's a savings of $181 or a nearly 45% discount.

But despite those savings, is this laptop really a good purchase? Let's check out what people who bought this computer thought about their purchase.

If we look at its Best Buy product page, we'll see that this laptop has a relatively high rating of 4.6 stars out of 2,025 reviews. This is pretty good feedback, especially for a rather popular product, with many users praising it for its long-lasting battery, easy-to-use touchscreen display, and light weight that makes it easy to carry around. There were also quite a few who recommend it for its performance for schoolwork and Google Workspace use. There are a few negative reviews on the device, but many of them are about its inability to run more advanced tasks, which it isn't meant to do anyway.

"I got this touchscreen laptop for my 13-year-old daughter. She required a user-friendly laptop. She said it works well and [has a] sleek design, and she loves the touchscreen. The processing is good, and [the] memory is perfect for [her] needs," Shells said in their five-star review. "She does mini animation for her projects, and this touchscreen enabled her to fine-tune timing and placement of her characters, plus with [the] added Adobe programs, she creates twice the volume she was able to on her previous HP. The processing speed [has] proven perfect; all around highly recommended. [I'm] thinking of getting my other teen one as well."

Another user named Greg gave it four stars, saying, "I really like it. It charges very fast, and the charge lasts a long time. Though it's all plastic, it doesn't seem flimsy at all." They then added, "One must remember it's a Chromebook, utilizing [...] ChromeOS, limiting you to Android Apps from the Google Play Store. Would I recommend it? Of course I would, with reservations."