This budget-friendly Lenovo Chromebook is now at a Black Friday-beating price – and I wish I had it when I was a student

With Black Friday 2024 coming in a matter of weeks, retailers are adding new eye-catching deals every day. One such pick is this IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook, for which there are great deals on both Amazon in the US and John Lewis in the UK.

You can get this IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook for $205 on Amazon US, down from $299.99, and for £169.99 on John Lewis, down from £279.99.

If you’re looking for an easy-to-use laptop for a lower price, this would be one of our recommendations.

On Amazon US, the 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook is equipped with an 8-Core MediaTek Kompanio 520 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. In the UK, John Lewis is offering the same model with a MediaTek processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.

It has a 14-inch display with 1920 x 1080 resolution and an energy efficient LED backlight, and it’s equipped with a 720p webcam with a privacy shutter.

We’d also recommend this for any students because of the price, for one, and because it’s a Chromebook, it’s designed to work intuitively with Google‘s productivity suite of apps (including Google Docs, Sheets, and more).

It’s pretty portable at just 0.73 inches thick (1.85 cm) and it has a good amount of ports, including two USB ports.

Today’s best IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook in the US

Today’s best IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook in the UK

If you’re looking for an affordable, modern laptop for everyday work and tasks, this would definitely be one we’d point to. It has a battery life of approximately 13.5 hours, so when fully charged, it’ll last you quite a while.