Lenovo IdeaPad 5G Debuts To compete against M1-powered MacBooks

After being an early adopter of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets on its Windows notebooks, Lenovo is upping the ante at CES 2021. While Lenovo is continuing to support Microsoft’s Windows on ARM efforts, it’s also now embracing 5G mobile coverage on the new IdeaPad 5G.

Like Lenovo’s previous Yoga C630 Snapdragon-powered clamshell, the IdeaPad 5G features strong battery life — this notebook is rated for 20 hours of continuous video playback — and a fan-less design with a thin-and-light form factor. The IdeaPad 5G this year will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform and feature Adreno 680 integrated graphics, a Snapdragon X55 modem, and 4G LTE support in areas where 5G signals aren’t yet available. Where 5G is present, Lenovo claims that large files can download up to 10 times faster than over LTE.

The portable laptop comes with a 14-inch FHD display that can reach 300 nits of brightness. The screen has 100% sRGB color support. There’s also a 512GB PCIe solid-state drive for storage and 8GB of LPDDR4X memory on board in a package that measures just 0.59-inch thick and weighs just 2.6 pounds.

Given the choice of ARM-based processor on this notebook, the IdeaPad 5G will likely be compared to Apple’s new M1-powered MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models that recently launched. In addition to the difference in operating systems — the IdeaPad 5G relies on Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform — both current Apple MacBook models feature 13-inch displays, while the IdeaPad 5G goes with a larger screen.

If Qualcomm’s platform doesn’t cut it for you due to limitations that reviewers noted in the past, then you can opt for an IdeaPad with more traditional x86 processors from Intel or AMD. The company’s IdeaPad 5i Pro and IdeaPad 5 Pro feature 14- or 16-inch displays with a wider 16:10 aspect ratio — which will help professionals who need to multitask and juggle multiple windows  — and an all-metal chassis for a more premium experience.

The main difference between the 5i Pro and 5 Pro is the processor choice. Both series feature up to Nvidia’s discrete MX450 GPU for graphics, but the 5i Pro uses Intel’s 11th-gen Core processors — up to a Core i7 — while the 5 Pro is based on what Lenovo described as “next-gen AMD Ryzen Mobile processors” that are “coming soon.”

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