Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 "15 Touchscreen Laptop, Ryzen 7 8840HS, 16GB, 512 SSD 83KA000QUS

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I purchased this during black friday and I am really happy with the quality of the build and the specs. With the upgradeable RAM option I think I will have this laptop for many years. They keyboard was a surprise, as it felt very responsive

For the specs, this is a fantastic computer! One of my biggest requirements, weird as it sounds, is a laptop with a "normal" 10-key number pad. Laptop manufacturers have been making the insane decision to rearrange the number pad to remove a column of keys and squeeze more into the space. As someone who is a 10-key typist, this is asinine and an incredible interference to my workflow. Lenovo has avoided this and also added more useful keys, including (finally!) a calculator key!. I am not a fan of Windows 11 so I am running Manjaro Linux on it. The wireless card does not have drivers for Linux Mint users, so heads up on that one. Battery life with Manjaro is fantastic, the screen is clear and bright, and the computer is very responsive. Not the highest quality materials, but it still feels like a sturdy device. It's lightweight but still has a great screen size. Just a little more expensive than I wanted to pay, but could not find a comparable one anywhere else. Very happy!