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Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook: 13.3" 1080p OLED Touch, Snapdragon SC7180

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Best Buy has Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook (82QS001HUS, Abyss Blue) on sale for $449. Choose free store pick up where stock permits, otherwise shipping is free.
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Thanks to community member Dare_51 for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 13.3" 1920x1080 (Full HD) OLED Touch
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon SC7180 8-Core, 8-Threads (1.8GHZ Base / 2.40GHz Boost) Processor
  • 8GB RAM
  • 128GB eMMC
  • Qualcomm Adreno Graphics
  • WiFi 6 (802.11 ax) + Bluetooth 5.0
  • Chrome OS
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.0 Type C

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  • About this deal:
    • This offer is $50 lower (10% savings) than list price
  • About this product:
    • 1-year limited warranty
  • About this store:
    • Best Buy return policy here

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Best Buy has Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook (82QS001HUS, Abyss Blue) on sale for $449. Choose free store pick up where stock permits, otherwise shipping is free.
  • Note: Availability for free store pick up may vary by location.
Thanks to community member Dare_51 for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 13.3" 1920x1080 (Full HD) OLED Touch
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon SC7180 8-Core, 8-Threads (1.8GHZ Base / 2.40GHz Boost) Processor
  • 8GB RAM
  • 128GB eMMC
  • Qualcomm Adreno Graphics
  • WiFi 6 (802.11 ax) + Bluetooth 5.0
  • Chrome OS
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.0 Type C

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer is $50 lower (10% savings) than list price
  • About this product:
    • 1-year limited warranty
  • About this store:
    • Best Buy return policy here

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Model: Chromebook Duet 5 (13”) - Abyss Blue

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coolcoder
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The OLED display on this is supposed to have terrible PWM flicker, which can lead to eye fatigue.
pamelaroad
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It's a $50 discount. Doesn't seem like much of a slickdeal to me.
softwareEngineering
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There have been deals for a Ryzen laptop with a 5500u for $450, some as low as $400.
That's a 6 core 12 thread CPU that scores about 3x the multi core score of this Chromebook, with a real keyboard.
That would come with 8G of DDR 3200 Ram and a 256G M.2 drive. The problem with Snapdragon processors is they are used to charging a premium in the cellphone market, but they aren't competitive with laptop parts.

This does ok against the Intel CPUs in $300 Chromebooks but isn't exactly a barn burner for the price. (Better than dual core Pentiums.)
It's probably fine for a Chromebook but way overpriced. I wouldn't pay more than $300 for this because the hardware just isn't worth a premium in the laptop/Chromebook space. Since Intel announced just there 12th Gen mobile parts I expect there to be some more interesting offeringssoon. By the time this Snapdragon based system drops in price there will be much better hardware available. It's a shame, if they would offer something that gave you good performance/dollar I would love a decent Arm based laptop.

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PowerfulClub4936
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Nice size OLED screen, but I am wary of non-Intel Chromebooks for performance.
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jsuh0
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Perfect! Bought a little over a week ago and chatted with Best buy for the $53 refund. Thanks OP!
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It's a $50 discount. Doesn't seem like much of a slickdeal to me.
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The OLED display on this is supposed to have terrible PWM flicker, which can lead to eye fatigue.
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Quote from coolcoder :
The OLED display on this is supposed to have terrible PWM flicker, which can lead to eye fatigue.
Feature not a bug. It's meant to make you want to get off your booty and go outside, gather some berries, build a fire and persistence hunt bison
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Quote from PowerfulClub4936 :
Nice size OLED screen, but I am wary of non-Intel Chromebooks for performance.
There have been deals for a Ryzen laptop with a 5500u for $450, some as low as $400.
That's a 6 core 12 thread CPU that scores about 3x the multi core score of this Chromebook, with a real keyboard.
That would come with 8G of DDR 3200 Ram and a 256G M.2 drive. The problem with Snapdragon processors is they are used to charging a premium in the cellphone market, but they aren't competitive with laptop parts.

This does ok against the Intel CPUs in $300 Chromebooks but isn't exactly a barn burner for the price. (Better than dual core Pentiums.)
It's probably fine for a Chromebook but way overpriced. I wouldn't pay more than $300 for this because the hardware just isn't worth a premium in the laptop/Chromebook space. Since Intel announced just there 12th Gen mobile parts I expect there to be some more interesting offeringssoon. By the time this Snapdragon based system drops in price there will be much better hardware available. It's a shame, if they would offer something that gave you good performance/dollar I would love a decent Arm based laptop.
Last edited by softwareEngineering January 10, 2022 at 04:17 PM.
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craigs4sale11
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So my daughter uses a chrome book at school and I kinda feel like other the the very task specific things she does it's sort of a POS and highly limited. Can someone tell me the advantages of a chrome book especially at this price point say in comparison to a standard windows machine at a similar price point. Thanks.
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That one had 4GB of memory and 1/2 the storage.
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that was for a different model with less ram and storage.
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ripper2020
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Quote from coolcoder :
The OLED display on this is supposed to have terrible PWM flicker, which can lead to eye fatigue.
can you provide source? Generally curious as I'm about to buy this
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naylamp
Jan 10, 2022
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well it's not exactly the same:

$305.99 Duet 5
Snapdragon 7c 1st gen (2.40 GHz)
4 GB RAM
64 GB eMMC storage

$449.00 Duet 5
Snapdragon 7c 2st gen (2.55 GHz)
8 GB RAM
128 GB eMMC storage

still, that $305.99 was a good deal.

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I'm at Best Buy right now. This chrome book has eMMc instead of an actual SSD. For that alone I would not get it at the asking price. The OLED screen is disappointing, far better OLED screens out there. A far better deal for an additional $50 at Best Buy is the hp chromebook 2in1 SKU 6458047. i3 processor 8gb RAM and 128gb SSD
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