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Lenovo Flex 5 Chromebook review: midrange done right

The Verge

Though the bottom is made of plastic, it’s far from the cheap-looking fare that’s commonplace among budget laptops. (No My Flex 5 review unit has an Intel Core i3-10110U, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of eMMC storage. model has the Core i3 as well as 128GB of PCIe SSD storage (which should be much faster than eMMC).

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Acer Chromebook Spin 513 review: a chip off a new block

The Verge

Inside, the 7c processor comes paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. I didn’t have either issue when using the same apps on the Intel-based Flex 3 last week. That includes anything elaborate with Linux, and anything that requires an external monitor. I also heard some occasional distortion at maximum volume.

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Lenovo Flex 3 Chromebook review: good price, bad screen

The Verge

This Ideapad Flex 3 Chromebook configuration is powered by Intel’s dual-core Celeron N4020. That’s the bottom of the barrel as Intel processors go, and it comes with just 4GB of memory (LPDDR4-2400, soldered) and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 If you’re okay with its flaws, you’ll find that the Flex 3 offers quite a bit for its budget price.

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Technology Short Take 125

Scott Lowe

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Mark Ermolov discusses a vulnerability in the ROM (read-only memory) of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Good stuff here!

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Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook review: a Chromebook for grown-ups

The Verge

Some may be power users running Linux applications, some may make heavy use of Google Workspace in the office, and some may just like Chrome OS. The base C13 starts at $909 for 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and an Athlon Gold 3150C processor. But adults and professionals like Chromebooks, too. Powered by a “new” AMD processor.

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Technology Short Take #27

Scott Lowe

If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. QEMU, on the other hand, is needed to emulate everything else that a VM needs: networking, storage, USB, keyboard, mouse, etc.

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