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One of our favorite 2-in-1 Chromebooks is $130 off right now
It features a detachable keyboard and magnetic kickstand
There are a lot of things to like about Lenovo's Chromebook Duet 5. It has a massive touchscreen display that is perfect for binging your favorite shows or doing some casual weekend gaming, it has a detachable keyboard that allows it to function as a laptop as well as a tablet, and it offers great battery life. It made our roundups for both the best Chromebooks and the best touchscreen Chromebooks in 2023, and right now it's $130 off.
One of our favorite detachable Chromebooks just got discounted by $100
The Lenovo Duet 3 offers versatility and portability for $280
The Lenovo Duet 3 Chromebook made our roundup of the best cheap Chromebooks thanks to its ultra-portable size and 2-in-1 versatility. The device offers a beautiful 2K touch display, a detachable keyboard that's actually quite easy to type on, and it supports USI 2.0 stylus pens for doodling and note-taking. It's packed with all the features you'd expect to find in a budget or mid-range laptop, including a webcam, speakers, and multiple USB-C ports, and it looks even more compelling with today's $100 discount.
The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 3 just made your stylus obsolete
USI 2.0 is here, but it's not backward compatible
Rather than using proprietary styli that vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, Chromebooks use the Universal Stylus Initiative. So, no matter what awesome Chromebook you buy, so long as it supports USI, you could use any USI styli with it, whether the pen was made by HP or Logitech or anyone else.
Lenovo's newest Flex 5i Chromebook aims to dethrone the Acer Spin 713
Plus, the Duet we wanted all along arrives this summer
Lenovo's expansive Windows laptops might be center stage at MWC 2022, but its upcoming Chromebooks look quite competitive. Three new Lenovo IdeaPad Chromebooks will go on sale this summer — including an updated Duet 3 and Flex 5i Chromebooks ready to battle the much-beloved Acer Chromebook Spin 713 and HP x2 11 for a spot among the best Chromebooks.
I gave up on Android tablets after I discovered the iPad as a writing tool
Oh, the wasted years (and wasted money!) trying to do this on Android
There’s a dream I’ve had for years: a platonic ideal of consumer electronics. I dream of the perfect mobile writing machine.I imagine a device that’s compact and light enough to carry anywhere, without the need for supporting hardware, and which differs enough from a conventional laptop or desktop interface to let me focus entirely on writing. With all that included, it needs to be powerful enough to run multiple applications at a time: a word processor, a small browser window for supplementary research, and a media player for music.Since I’m also a fan of mechanical keyboards, as are many self-described writers these days, a tablet + wireless keyboard combo is part of my ideal. (Yes, the keyboard counts as "supporting hardware." No one ever said dreams had to be consistent.) If I could get a tablet, or perhaps a convertible laptop with its fold-back screen, and an “endgame” keyboard, and I’d finally achieve portable writing perfection. Then maybe I’d finally run out of excuses for finishing off that second novel.
Asus makes its own version of the Lenovo Chromebook Duet and calls it the CM3 Detachable
It's nearly identical, but a docked stylus and a headphone jack might give Asus the edge
The Lenovo Chromebook Duet is pretty close to a perfect low-end Chrome device, in my opinion. Essentially a tiny Chrome-powered Surface tablet, it excels at portability, media consumption, and basic work tasks. After a bit of a fake-out with a very similarly-named Chromebook CM3 convertible, the CM3 Detachable is now official. And yeah, it's pretty much the same device as the Chromebook Duet, with a couple of extra quirks.
ASUS may be prepared to tread where Lenovo has gone before with a new Chrome OS tablet, complete with kickstand and keyboard cover. Intelligence suggests that the so-called Chromebook Flip device could have nearly the same spec footprint as last year's Duet. And in fact, the few spots where things differ, this new tablet could come out bigger and better.
Chromebook sales skyrocketed in Q3 2020 with online education fueling demand
Google-powered hardware enjoyed incredible third-quarter growth, up 122% year-on-year
Demand for cheap but reliable PCs has never been higher since the global pandemic forced students across the country to shift to distance learning. Thanks to the affordability and dependability of Chromebooks, institutions are moving to Google's platform to bring students online, leading to tremendous sales growth worldwide.