Lenovo Launches Four New Education-Focused Windows Laptops and Chromebooks

Mar. 24, 2021

Lenovo haslaunchedfour entry-level laptops aimed at the education segment. Of the four new laptop models, there are separate variants runningWindows 10and Chrome OS. Notably, Lenovo 14e Gen 2, 100e, 300e,500e Gen 3 models are Chromebooks, and Lenovo 14w Gen 2 and 100w, 300w, 500w Gen 3 are Windows laptops.

The Lenovo 14w and 14e come in three display variants – 14-inch HD TN Non-Touch panel with 220 nits brightness, 14-inch FHD IPS non-touch with 250 nits brightness, and 14-inch FHD IPS touch with 300 nits brightness. You get a 720p front camera with a privacy shutter for attending classes and enhanced security.

Coming to the Lenovo 300e and 300w Gen 3, you get the same chip yet again. The display here is an 11.6-inch HD IPS Touch panel with a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 250 nits peak brightness, and Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The RAM and storage capacities are 4GB DDR4 and 128GB M.2 SSD respectively (64GB eMMC on Chromebook). In addition to the 720p front camera, these laptops offer an optional5MP world-facing camera. The port selection and battery life resemble the 100e and 100w models.

Lastly, we have the Lenovo 500e and 500w Gen 3. One key difference here is that these are the only models running Intel chips. While the Windows variant features a Pentium processor, the Chromebook comes with a Celeron processor. They come equipped with 11.6-inch HD IPS Touch displays with 1366 x 768-pixel resolution and 250 nits of peak brightness with Corning Gorilla Glass. You get up to 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and up to 128GB M.2 SSD storage (64GB eMMC on Chromebook).

The port selection and battery life are the same as what you get in the 100e and 100w Gen 3. Much like the 300e and 300w, you get an optional 5MP world-facing camera alongside the 720p front camera on this one.

Take a look at the pricing and availability of Lenovo’s newest Windows 10 laptops and Chromebooks below:

We expect the Chinese giant to launch these affordable Chromebooks and Windows 10 laptops in India soon.

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.