Lenovo N20p Chromebook

As growing category Chromebook with Chrome OS-based low-cost laptop, the heat is now on PC manufacturers to find ways to differentiate themselves from the crowd. The new Lenovo N20p Chromebook ($ 329.99 as tested) is done in two ways: with a touch screen, not often seen in this category, and a 300-degree hinge that allows you to use the laptop in the Tent and Display mode. This is really unique, but it is on the pricey side, and if the display features not Excite You, not so different from the other offerings, such as the more expensive Editors' Choice Acer Chromebook C720P-2600, which also offers touch and better battery life.

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The headlining feature N20p Chromebook is a multimode hinge rotating 300 degrees, allowing you to lay it flat, Prop it up Tent mode, or just over the keyboard out of the way for the Display mode . What you do get, however, is a mode of the tablet. Instead, the N20p Chromebook is designed much like the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 14, with the same kind of 300-degree hinge, but not the ability of the tablet Lenovo Yoga 2 13 When folded around and flipped over the Tent mode, the display automatically rotating N20p. And because sometimes it serves as the base of the laptop when the display mode, the palm rest has little rubber feet on the corners. This is a minor Irritant, but the feet may be slightly dig into your wrists in this mode.

The lightweight laptop that measures just 0.70 by 11.6 by 8.34 inches (HWD), and the plastic construction it preserves its cut, weighs only 2.86 pounds. That makes it roughly the same size as the Acer Chromebook C720P and the HP 11, but it is not as tough competitors such as HP, with a magnesium frame. Graphite gray is the only color available, to make it look a bit Drab when compared to the more pronounced (mostly white) color scheme seen in the competition.

The display measures 11.6 inches, with a basic 1366-by-768 resolution, which is par for the course for this price range. Chromebooks available with larger display, such as the 13-inch Acer Chromebook 13 (CB5-311-T9B0), but the size of the 11-inch is the same as you see on most devices Chrome. It was not the best display we've seen in this price point, that honor goes to HP Chromebook 11, which has an In-Plane Switching (IP) display, but it offers decent blacks, clear text , and excellent color. There are some moments of changing color when viewed from an angle, but it is not bad. Unlike other Chromebook, it also boasts a touch screen with 10-digit tracking, just something we've seen before in the Acer C720P and Google Chromebook Pixel (64GB, LTE). The frameless display is covered with edge-to-edge glass. There are not as many edge-swiping gestures to Chrome as there is in Windows 8, but you can swipe up from the bottom bezel to hide the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

This is one of the better chiclet-style keyboard found on a Chromebook. Accutype keyboard Lenovo has done up to the unique layout of Chrome, with search instead of Caps Lock, large buttons Ctrl and Alt key functions Chrome along the top, and not a Windows key in sight. The touchpad below the spacebar set to offer support for all of the control actions of Chrome, with two finger tapping for right click, two finger scroll, zoom, and rotate, and so on. Two down-firing speakers provide sound, with good volume and clear sound surprising, but not much bass to speak of.