I like the IdeaPad Flex line. Many manufacturers have tried to create a laptop that can double as a tablet, but most of the implementations have failed--either they're unreliable, or they sacrifice usability in the laptop mode (keyboard) for the sake of tablet usability. Ever try to use a Surface laptop with a type cover in your lap?The Flex line, which IBM has made for a few years now, gets the form/function mostly right--although at the cost of a laptop that's significantly heavier and thicker than other implementations (this one is 0.82" and 3.3 pounds). There are more elegant solutions, but most of those run more than twice what this costs.Anyway, while I find there's much to like about the general implementation, this particular version is a mixed bag.What you get in this particular IdeaPad Flex is a very recent Intel I3 processor (i3-1115G4 (2C / 4T, 3.0 / 4.1GHz, 6MB), Integrated Intel UHD graphics, 128Gb of NVMe storage, and 4Gb of RAM. While the I3 chip isn't the fastest thing on the planet, this modern version is certainly quite capable enough for browsing, productivity apps, photo editing and even most games. Where you'll see it stutter will be apps that soak every cpu cycle out of your laptop and that can take advantage of parallelism. The average person doesn't have those kinds of use cases. But if you are a scientific programmer or do video rendering or something like that, you know this laptop isn't for you.Anyway, the processor is more than fine for your average surf/social media/YouTube/etc. user.128Gb of NVMe storage isn't huge, but it's enough to comfortably hold the Windows 10 OS and leave a bunch left over for the user. Out of the box, first boot, you have 86Gb free. Also, the NVMe storage is upgradable. They don't make it trivial to do the upgrade, but it's not hideously difficult, either. Basically, you need to remove a bunch of screws on the bottom of the laptop, then carefully snap the plastic bottom away from the case. Once you do that, the NVMe storage stick is easily accessible.The laptop also comes with modern 802.11ac WiFi and BlueTooth 5.0. No issues there.Where this laptop fails, though, is with respect to memory. There's only 4Gb of memory included with the laptop--about the bare minimum acceptable for a modern laptop running Windows 10. What stinks is that the memory is soldiered to the motherboard and CANNOT BE UPGRADED. That's fairly inexcusable for a laptop that gives you access to the motherboard. What being limited to 4Gb of memory means is that if you are the kind of person who tends to run multiple applications simultaneously, you'll find them slow to load. If you are the kind of person who tends to have many browser windows open, you'll find that many of them crash or else go to sleep. Apps that tend to be memory hogs, such as Google Hangouts, may drive your laptop to a crawl as the soak up the available memory. And so on.During the setup phase of the laptop (when it was installing updates, etc.) I repeatedly had apps hang as a result of memory deprevation.Beyond the specs already noted, you have two decent (for a laptop) speakers, one at each side of the keyboard. You have a low-res 720p webcam which does a pretty good job of light management, but which takes fairly poor pictures. There are two microphones built into the laptop which I would term adequate, but not amazing. There's a physical shutter integrated into the shell that can hide the camera, for those who worry about that sort of thing. It's a cute added feature (see photo).The keyboard itself is quite comfortable to type on. I have no complaints there.The laptop comes configured with Windows 10 S, which is a dumbed down version of Windows created for those who are satisfied with ONLY installing apps from the Windows store. If you are dealing with a user who you might not trust to install apps from the Web, or where other security worries are an issue, you might want to keep the laptop in Windows 10 S mode. But if you are an advanced user, or if you want to install anything that isn't in the Windows App Store, then you'll need to move to a full Windows 10 Home installation. This is TRIVIALLY accomplished by following a link you can find in the settings-> updates-> activation panel. It takes about 30 seconds to complete. Note that once you move to WIndows 10 Home from Windows 10 S, you can't go back.Battery life is decent. On a full charge, using it for a combination of surfing, watching video, etc., I got just over 9 hours on a full charge. The battery is integrated and is 52.5 Wh. If you wind up needing to replace the battery, you'll have to remove the back of the case. The battery is held in place by a series of screws. As with the NVMe storage, it's not incredibly difficult, but you won't be switching batteries on the fly in the airport lounge.Ports include both a round port for the included charger, a USB-C port that supports charge delivery (so you can charge your laptop through the USB-C port), an HDMI 1.4b video output slot, and 2x USB-A 3.1 gen 1 ports, which support 5Mbps data transfer. One of them is always on, so you can charge devices from it, even if your laptop is off. The charger provided works with the round power port, provides 65W charging, and does not provide any additional charge ports. If you have a modern GaN USB-C charger rated at 65W or more, you can easily keep the charger that comes with this laptop in a drawer and use that instead to charge through the USB-C port.The touchscreen is reasonably bright and reasonably responsive. It works well in the "tee pee" mode, as shown in the pics, to watch video. One caveat: The speakers in tee pee mode will be facing the BACK, rather than the viewer.On the whole, I like the form factor here, and on most counts, this is a decent starter machine for anyone who mostly uses their laptop for either content consumption or else for standard productivity apps. I wouldn't recommend it to a gamer, to someone doing any video production, or to anyone used to having a lot of applications running simultaneously. The 4Gb of not-upgradable RAM is a real bummer here and prevents me from rating this a full 5 stars, even for light users. But I think if your use of a laptop is most as a consumer of content (plus maybe using Microsoft Office--not included), then this laptop will probably be OK. If you can find a variant upgraded to 8Gb of memory for not much more, however, I'd seriously consider that.