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If an item is faulty please let us know by message and we will usually be able to correct the issue remotely. While playing video with audio within a tab…the audio drops out completely, across the entire device. With all the ports and connectors you'll ever need, the IdeaPad 5i Chromebook Gen 6 (14" Intel) accommodates virtually any peripheral. We engineered every detail of the IdeaPad 5i Chromebook Gen 6 (14" Intel) for maximum speed and ease of use. S. executive editor of SonnyDickson, a long time Apple user, and a former manager and service technician at an Apple authorized retail partner.

The item may be missing the original packaging or protective wrapping, or may be in the original packaging but not sealed. Another foible I arrived at regularly was that many external devices, such as keyboard fobs, external Bluetooth controllers, and so forth, either do not work at all, or only work after a significant amount of setup, which takes significantly away from the plug and play appeal that one might expect to find. It hasn’t been an isolated experience, as I have seen it on other budget grade ChromeBooks as well – but if an operating system cannot perform well on the hardware that it shipped on, that’s a problem, and one which both Google and manufacturers need to resolve.

Discover the incredible value of the LENOVO IdeaPad 5i Refurbished, exclusively available at Student Computers. While Lenovo’s hardware design, as always, represents a beautiful and functional piece of modern computing, unfortunately, the limited specs and the severe limitations of Chrome OS prevent it from being something I can, in good conscience, recommend for most types of use. Established in 2010, Laptop Outlet is one of the UK’s leading tech retailers, offering new and refurbished tech devices, including laptops, smartphones, PCs, tablets, accessories, and much more. And that’s about as far as I can go with the concept to be as charitable to the ChromeOS platform as possible – it simply doesn’t do much.The lifespan of a Chromebook can vary depending on several factors, including usage patterns, maintenance, and the quality of the device itself. With fewer than 20 browser tabs open, I routinely experienced freezing, some of which rendered the machine unusable for several minutes at a time, and sometimes required forcing the device to reboot. The light and slim body is made to be carried around, the LED light bar changes color to indicate battery life and the webcam privacy shutter secures your privacy.