Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3 | 10IGL5 | 10.3" Touch | 8GB RAM | 128GB SSD | Pentium® Silver N5030 1.1GHz | Graphite Gray (Without Keyboard) (Renewed)

Honestly I didn't expect much from this tablet considering the Tech Specs, Aside from its basic outfit, it performs well in its space. I mainly work with Chromebooks, but wanted a windows machine compatibility reasons and this does the job well. I'm able to utilize both the laptop and tablet function successfully. I did have high battery drain issues out of the box; but after customizing the settings, it now performs as expected. It has a good screen and decent sound quality for its size. As a refurbished product, its value for the money it quite high. Brand new though...Not so sure.....

I'm so disappointed about this device and amazon.There were some problems that the device is different from the description by amazon.com.The 1st one is a screen problemsThere are some stains I can't remove, whatever I have tried.Screen problems alone can be fatal to the this device.And the 2nd is about OS.Windows 11 pro is described in this internet page, but my device was with win10S.I need a product key to upgrade to windows 11pro, which was missing.When I asked the product key to amazon device center, they didn't provide the keey.They just suggested a return and refund.What a waste of time!I cannot understand why they sold a device with false informations and did not provide a rightfull demand to a buyer.Excluding the above, the product is too slow.Of course, considering the specs of the device, I didn't expect smooth performance.But when I push a power button, it takes several seconds to see screen on or off.I can't understand this delay.Even more than 10yrs ago, I didn't experienced this delay, with more slow device.

The product arrived in excellent condition with some marks of the renewing process, inside a generic package with a generic, but good quality charger.

It was well worth getting this tablet refurbished for $150 USD. I've used tablets with Intel atom processors in the past with 1/2 the memory (or less) and this N5030 flies in comparison. Even if it's not incredibly fast, everything feels smooth and without jitters. I can play some older games like Diablo 3 after turning down the resolution/textures (custom at ~960x600) and it runs pretty smoothly (~30 fps). I ordered it for lightweight 3d games and it doesn't disappoint. Much better than other tablets in this price bracket.The biggest downside is that there seems to be a battery drain issue even when the tablet is fully turned off (not sleeping). Apparently it's a bios setting involving always on charging (which I've tried and had some success).

I installed Kubuntu 22 in dual boot configuration with Windows. And everything just works.As for the battery drain issue that has been reported, it seems mine is not bad. I believe when the tablet is totally shut off, the battery has drained at most 8% in 24 hours. This seems to vary - one time it lost only 2% overnight. I've had this tablet only about a week, so I'm still figuring this out, but at least the drain has never been as extreme as some have experienced.I don't use the touchscreen - my reason for wanting a tablet is so that I can look at a screen mounted well above the desk, close to eye level. I mounted the tablet on a desktop tablet arm, elevating it about a foot above the desk. Better for the neck - allows for reasonably good posture.Also, I like having a wireless keyboard and mouse that I can easily shove aside when I need the space.I'm using a 2.4 GHz wireless keyboard and mouse combo which communicates through a single USB dongle. Because it's 2.4Ghz instead of bluetooth, I'm able to have a working keyboard during the boot sequence. The dongle is USB-A (not USB-C).So I bought a splitter cable: One end of the splitter cable is USB-C Male (plugs into the tablet). The split end of the splitter cable has a USB-C female socket (accepts the USB-C power cable), as well as a USB-A female socket (accepts the keyboard/mouse dongle). This setup means I occupy only one of the two USB-C ports on the tablet.I'm pleased to have a fully functioning Linux tablet of this size. This purchase has worked out very well for me.

First the good news: this tablet was in truly excellent condition. No marks of any sort anywhere on the screen or its enclosure. The charger was a Dell branded high power USB-C type of charger. In routine usage using the Windows 10 version installed on the PC, the performance seemed quick and as expected with a reasonable Celeron processor and 8 GB of ram.Second the medium news: This is a thick and heavy tablet. The corners are square and the margins around the screen are thick. I compare this to the nearly same size Lenovo Chromebook Duet (10 inch) which is better in every way .. except it runs the ChromeOS (which I don't like). Another down point is that I believe these units are likely around 3 years old .. kinda on the old side of PC technology.Third the bad news: The first few Windows 10 updates installed ok. The last Windows 10 update was a major one. It failed with a message that the PC seemed to be not working properly and initiated a full reset of the PC. After the reset I decided to go for the Widows 11 OS .. which I wanted anyway. In two tries the update got to 99% and stalled there for hours.Conclusion: There must be perhaps some hardware / driver issue preventing the update to finish. Life is too short to spend more time trying to track this issue down. I'm returning it for a refund.

I'm using this little guy to create Garmin route maps for my Etrex 10, superb device, upgraded to Windows 11 no torubles, have installed Basecamp (got it off the S Windows version no troubles. So nice gadget