Lenovo IdeaPad 120S-11IAP 11.6-Inch HD Notebook (Mineral Grey) - (Intel Celeron N3350, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, Windows 10 S)

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The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 32.1 °C / 90 F, compared to the average of 30.7 °C / 87 F for the devices in the class Subnotebook. The decision comes down to personal preference. The smaller variant is lighter, more portable, and tends to run slightly cooler. The 14-inch model has a larger screen, more memory, and benchmarks slightly better. The keyboard on the 14-inch 120s is also a fair bit better, mainly due to the larger keys, but the screen is arguably worse than its 11.6-inch counterpart. The IdeaPad 120S' 21,016 score on the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited graphics test beats the 13,297 from the Inspiron 11 3000 (Intel HD Graphics) and the 16,230 from the Stream 11 (Intel HD Graphics 400) but falls short of the 59,434 ultraportable average. However, if you simply want an affordable notebook with reasonable performance, the IdeaPad 120S is a reliable choice for web surfing and office tasks.

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Positive: Great built quality; compact size; light weight; nice display; silent system; good connectivity. Multimedia, Budget Multimedia, Gaming, Budget Gaming, Lightweight Gaming, Business, Budget Office, Workstation, Subnotebooks, Ultrabooks, Chromebooks The IdeaPad 120S' screen performed better in our brightness test, registering 219 nits on our light meter. That score didn't surpass the category average (254 nits), but it's better than the showings we observed from the Lenovo IdeaPad 100S-14 (188 nits), the Asus L402SA (206 nits) and the HP Stream 14 (186 nits). In conclusion, we can say that IdeaPad 120S is a very good laptop model that combines in itself stylish construction and budget hardware which can handle your daily tasks. It is not made for people in need of a powerful CPU or GPU, super display and incredibly firm corpus but it’s rather aimed at users that don’t want or cannot spend huge sums on a mobile computer and at the same time want to have such. The laptop is a great combination of small size, low price and budget hardware. When testing the IdeaPad 120S at home, I discovered its audio output is so slight that it can be overshadowed by sidewalk traffic leaking in through the windows. When I played Run the Jewels' "Early," I found the laptop's volume filled only the smallest rooms and that, while it produced decent bass, vocals came out hollow and without any timbre. I tried to remedy the situation but soon learned that Lenovo didn't include any sound adjustment utilities.With an integrated Intel HD Graphics 500 processor, the IdeaPad 120S scored a solid 19,827 on the Ice Storm Unlimited test, a synthetic benchmark that measures graphics performance. This mark is better than the scores from the Lenovo IdeaPad 100S-14 (13,586), the Asus L402SA (19,784) and the HP Stream 14 (19,073). Need a gift suggestion? Ask Windows Cortana-your very own digital personal assistant. Cortana works with more than a thousand apps and services to ensure you'll always have the answers you need. Best of all, it works across all your Windows 10 devices to keep you organized. Positive: Good price; slim size; light weight; high performance; excellent display; comfortable keyboard; good connectivity; long battery life. Will I be able to return to windows afterwards? I'm not planning on keeping both OS's. It's either linux or windows. I think this way makes things easier and saves the precious scarce storage at my disposal. However I'm very ignorant about pc tech. Will I be able to install windows if linux doesn't fill my needs? would I have to buy a new windows license? Is the windows 10 pro key saved in the bios or something? is it enough if I just save the windows key/id?

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Lenovo's petite IdeaPad 120S is a budget ultraportable that offers good-for-the-cost performance, but you can find better screens and keyboards by stepping up to the next highest class.

Don't worry about the IdeaPad 120S getting too hot to handle. After we streamed 15 minutes of HD video on it, our heat gun recorded temperatures on its touchpad (77 degrees Fahrenheit), keyboard (92 degrees) and underside (91 degrees) that fell well below our 95-degree comfort threshold.