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Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 Chromebook 8GB RAM, 256GB eMMC, 13.3 Inch FHD, Detachable Keyboard, USI Pen $559 Shipped @ Amazon AU

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This the 8GB RAM version with USI Pen bundle, from $697 last week down to $559, good price considering 4GB version is selling $557 without the USI pen.

13.3 inch FHD OLED 1920 x 1080 resolution display
Detachable design with detachable keybaord and Lenovo USI Pen
Memory and Storage : 8GB RAM and 256GB eMMC
Processor and Battery life: Qualcomm Snapdragon SC7180 and up to 15 hours of battery life
Google Chrome OS: Chrome OS is the speedy, simple and secure operating system that powers every Chromebook; Chromebooks start fast and stay fast with automatic updates, built in virus protection and up to 10hrs of battery life
Warranty: This is an AU version with AU warranty and support

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  • superroach on 24/03/2022 - 17:19

    Has anyone considered if they have more cloud based stuff one of these style chromebooks for dev? any good?

    • NigelTufnel on 24/03/2022 - 19:14
      +1

      What?!

    • Agret on 24/03/2022 - 20:05

      The mobile chipset and slow emmc based storage make it painful to use for any sort of serious work. These are just an iPad replacement for surfing the web.

      • JoelT on 24/03/2022 - 20:25

        Depends what kind of dev you wanna do. I use an old higher-end HP Chromebook for all my web dev work, plus two external screens. Runs VSCode just fine and my Nodejs projects are easy to get up and running. Happy with the setup.

        Video and image editing are probably the main things you'd want to avoid though.

        • Agret on 24/03/2022 - 20:33

          If you get a higher end Chromebook with Intel core processor and SSD instead of emmc there are ways to install a Linux root environment on it and do some dev work but the one in this deal is definitely not ideal for it.

  • pitpicker on 24/03/2022 - 17:20
    +2

    Omg must resist…..

  • superroach on 24/03/2022 - 17:22
    -5

    Fwiw, Jbhifi look to be pricematching it now:
    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/lenovo-duet-5-13-3-full-h…

    • boxall on 24/03/2022 - 17:24
      +3

      This is only 4GB and no USI pen.

  • CyberMurning on 24/03/2022 - 17:27

    aside from the operating system, would this a huge upgrade from samsung tab galaxy S4 ? (for media compsumptions)

    • samelight on 24/03/2022 - 17:33

      for the hardware…not really,
      and also the biggest downside would be the operating system.

      • CyberMurning on 24/03/2022 - 17:43

        Screen wise? Thr tab is 10.5" this is better but less portable..

        • AnKu on 24/03/2022 - 18:14
          +1

          Hi, I own the tab s4 and lenovo duet (the 10.1 version) and I can assure you that the screen on tab s4 is a lot better than the Duet. It’s sharper, more PPI, also 4 speakers on Tab S4 are much louder than the Duet.
          I sold my Duet last year due to ChromeOS limitation in almost everything, but you can easily run Android apps on this.

          But if the bigger screen matter to you, then go for Duet.

          • CyberMurning on 26/03/2022 - 14:19

            @AnKu: @AnKu thanks. Yes agree s4 is better than old duet but i wondering if this new duet 5 is better than s4. Probably not.

        • samelight on 24/03/2022 - 18:38
          +1

          Tab S4 got better screen and this one got better screen size.

  • Postal Dude on 24/03/2022 - 17:29

    Tempted to sell my 10.1" duet and buy this, wonder if the double ram is much noticeable?

    • Postal Dude on 24/03/2022 - 17:34
      +2

      Aaaaand it's gone.

      • boxall on 24/03/2022 - 17:41
        +1

        I also thought too long.

        • Postal Dude on 24/03/2022 - 17:56

          officeworks still in stock :)

          • boxall on 25/03/2022 - 08:06

            @Postal Dude: Going to stick with the 10.1 inch Duet. Best for my use case. And <$250.

    • bunnybash on 24/03/2022 - 23:47

      Yes. The double ram is a huge difference.

      • samelight on 25/03/2022 - 09:54

        no, with chrome OS ram won't be the game changer.
        its running simulations for android apps, so most of the apps requested to run at the background won't work.
        becoz of that u ar not doing much of multitasking, u need much less ram then the andriod system.

        • boxall on 25/03/2022 - 11:10
          +1

          Have to disagree. I have had a 4GB and 8GB Chromebook. There is a huge difference. I am talking mainly chrome apps and native apps, not necessarily Android apps (although I run those as well).

          • samelight on 25/03/2022 - 13:40
            -1

            @boxall: you don't know what you talking about,
            besides the pre-loaded, there is no native apps designed for chrome os,all you could get ar some so called apps but just add-ons for the chrome ie.
            other actual apps u could install ar android/java apps, u run it through the android/java simulators.

            For the performance,
            let me put it this way, the android version of WeChat took over 1 GB of ur storage and 500-800mb of ram running at the background.
            with chrome apps i could hardly think of any need more then 20mb of ur storage space and over 20 mb of the ram.
            since u couldn't run apps like WeChat on the simulators and no large consumption of any chrome apps, 4GB and 8GB won't make a "huge" difference.
            so if u could tell the differences, most likely ar the processors not the ram.

            another reason for why u could get away with less ram is ChromeOS don't run android apps on startup, so u could free up most of ur ram but spend 10 seconds to restart the device.

  • concento on 24/03/2022 - 17:38

    This or Tab S7 FE?

    • Agret on 24/03/2022 - 20:06

      Tab S7 is much more premium product

      • Smokey010 on 24/03/2022 - 20:46

        Not the S7 FE

  • Tinqer on 24/03/2022 - 17:43

    Way to make me feel less good about the deal I thought I got on this last week xD

  • yummypinacolada on 24/03/2022 - 17:44

    Good price for a good product. I wonder why Chromebook duet price went down so quickly. I remember Duet 10.1" released at $699 then become less than $300 when on sale within a year. Now Duet 5 that was released at $999 has gone down to $559 within half year.

    • Limbot on 24/03/2022 - 17:47
      +1

      Lowest the Duet 10.1 went was $265 shipped from Amazon :)

    • Nalar on 24/03/2022 - 18:34
      +2

      Price in Aus was a massive jack on USA prices, more than usual Aus Tax. Guessing they had a lot of Profit in RRP here

    • Jimbuscus on 24/03/2022 - 21:13

      It was an artificial price, like Coles so they can go on sale.

  • Muneerca on 24/03/2022 - 17:46

    Price is now up 641

  • Limbot on 24/03/2022 - 17:46
    +8

    Still at this price at Officeworks

    • Postal Dude on 24/03/2022 - 17:51
      +1

      Thanks, how did officeworks price match them so fast lol.

      • Eeples on 24/03/2022 - 18:13
        +2

        I guess as soon as 1 person (5 persons?) rings to price match and is (are) successful OW changes its price.

    • LowRange on 24/03/2022 - 22:58

      FML i picked up one today from OfficeWorks for over $700

      • Do I NeedThis on 25/03/2022 - 07:38

        If you didn't mind going back and ask them to refund and buy again. I'm sure they'll understand

        • wtfnodeal on 25/03/2022 - 15:01

          Too late $697 at OW now.

    • ozmu on 25/03/2022 - 11:59

      It's $897 but OOS anyway.

  • 6828 on 24/03/2022 - 17:50
    +1

    I was feeling a little disappointed that I missed this deal and then saw the screen resolution. The 'affordable' price makes sense now.

    It'd be good to see one in the flesh though. I would really like to switch from my iPad Air to an OLED screen in the future.

    • Sindex on 24/03/2022 - 17:55
      +3

      Still, this is a full hd oled screen with keyboard and stylus and apps and desktop browser - the value proposition of this compared to iPad is pretty amazing

  • Eeples on 24/03/2022 - 18:10

    Just bought one from OW. click and collect at my local store estimated 28/3.

    • jamba on 24/03/2022 - 18:21

      Mine says collection today.

      • Eeples on 24/03/2022 - 18:26

        My local has no stock.

        • jamba on 24/03/2022 - 21:01

          Mine now says delayed.

          • jamba on 25/03/2022 - 21:23

            @jamba: Mine is ready for pickup

  • souljah on 24/03/2022 - 18:23

    Going to be traveling with the family a lot next year. I'm looking to get a decent gaming laptop for myself. Would something like this be suitable for the wife and kids to bash around on, watch Netflix/prime video, YouTube etc? Or go for a second hand iPad or Samsung tablet?

    • krisspy on 24/03/2022 - 22:57

      Perfect tablet for videos imo, 16:9 utilises the screen perfectly for most media. Plus it's the biggest OLED screen you'll get for under a grand.

      Speakers are a little lacking compared to other tablets but a bt speaker can solve that.

    • bunnybash on 24/03/2022 - 23:50

      Perfect for what you’re after.

  • Limbot on 24/03/2022 - 18:24

    Would love some feedback on the included pen. The "standard" Lenovo pen was a complete piece of cr@p. So many issues with it. Went 80% of the way to doing a return to Lenovo and figured it wasn't worth any more of my time. Purchased an Alogic for $59 that's worked fine since day 1. Would love to know if it's the same pen as you can buy separately and if they've fixed it.

    Tempted to buy, but a Lenovo C340 (N4000, 4GB,64GB), a Duet 10.1 (MT8183,4GB, 128G) and a Flex 5 (i3, 4GB,64GB) kinda makes it hard to justify another Chromebook at this time :P

    • olderman on 24/03/2022 - 18:53
      +1

      hard to justify?
      hey, but it's 8GB RAM, and none of your other chromebooks have that :)

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 24/03/2022 - 19:17

    I like my old Duet most of the time. Sometimes it very snappy and sometimes YouTube takes minutes to load.

  • Do I NeedThis on 24/03/2022 - 19:27
    +1

    Damn, just bought the 4gb 128 version from JB last week, kicking myself now :(

    • zuile on 24/03/2022 - 23:08

      same boat here, you are not alone

    • LowRange on 25/03/2022 - 01:53

      I just picked up the 8GB from OfficeWorks at 5pm this afternoon for $697, next second they are doing same machine for $559

  • NotOnThePBS on 24/03/2022 - 19:49
    -2

    Its back in stock!

  • muralimailbox on 24/03/2022 - 19:56

    https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-due…

    Similar offer for those who missed the above.

    • Agret on 24/03/2022 - 20:08

      $557 for 4gb RAM, $559 for 8gb RAM 😂

      Good pricematch though.

      • wtfnodeal on 24/03/2022 - 23:24

        $0.50 per GB.

  • krisspy on 24/03/2022 - 22:52
    -2

    Good to see the savings on these are coming to aus. These were selling for less than $400 USD when it released in the states

    • wtfnodeal on 24/03/2022 - 23:22

      I have relatives came from US to visit my family 5 years ago and asked why the Australian grown apples exported to and sold in US were cheaper than the Australian grown apples sold in Australia when they saw the prices at Woolworths and Coles.

      • FutureTech on 25/03/2022 - 08:01

        Dumping as the export is.subsidised

    • Eeples on 25/03/2022 - 08:11

      Maybe for the base model.

      This is 8GB/256GB and the pen.

      • krisspy on 25/03/2022 - 16:09

        Nope 8gb model

        No pen though

        Edit: just noticed their 8gb also comes in 128gb storage

        • Eeples on 25/03/2022 - 21:16

          So, no pen and only 128GB storage for under $400 US on a president day $100 off special.

          Not quite the same as this deal.

  • symo on 25/03/2022 - 12:46

    Will this Chromebook work with a TV tuner?

  • jamba on 26/03/2022 - 00:54

    Can you access the entire google playstore on this device.

    • samelight on 26/03/2022 - 10:07

      Yes, just not all apps working properly,
      u could still install them but bugs everywhere and some won't even run.

      • jamba on 26/03/2022 - 12:09

        There is an exploit to put it into recovery and then you can sideload apps. I am trying to find the tutorial.

        • samelight on 26/03/2022 - 13:53

          its running in a simulator for all the android apps, even if u could load it up, u still got troubles.
          here is an example
          the ChromeOS and android simulator have different directories for their files,
          and they can not see each others' directory.
          meaning when you download a file from the cloud or even use a usb stick to transfer a file to the tablet, most of the android apps can't even see it, in my experience only 2/13 ebook reader apps could access the ChromeOS directory.
          in most of the cases you have to use a file explorer app to transfer it first, also in my experience "CX file explorer" is the only app i found is working.
          same thing happened when you creat a file from an andriod app, if u want to upload it to the cloud or put it into the usb stick, u have to transfer it first.

          • jamba on 26/03/2022 - 15:43

            @samelight: Found this video:

            https://youtu.be/no7zfWulE4M

            • samelight on 26/03/2022 - 20:47

              @jamba: ya, i knew that.
              unlike the android OS, chrome OS will format ur device and u will lost all ur data when u swtich the developer mode on or off !
              since u won't able to upgrade the system under developer mode, evey time u want to upgrade ur device u lost everything.

              By turning on the developer mode u could install apk apps outside of the playstore, but the directory thing i have mentioned still won't work, so there is not much of point of switching it on…

              • jamba on 26/03/2022 - 21:40

                @samelight: So basically it's best practice to sideload apps without developer mode.

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