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| | PC World - 25 Nov (PC World)At a glanceExpert`s Rating
Pros
Good value on sale
Lots of storage and RAM
Aluminum chassis
Cons
Too expensive at MSRP
GPU is very slow
Dim display
Our Verdict
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i is a 16-inch laptop that feels like a bargain if you can find it under $500. At under $500, this is a 4.5-star experience and unusually good value. At its full retail price, it’s not particularly impressive.
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The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i is a budget 16-inch laptop you might find for under $500. With a decent CPU, an aluminum chassis, a 1TB SSD, and 16GB of RAM, it’s an excellent value at that price. However, the full MSRP is supposedly $829. If you see this laptop at its full retail price, it doesn’t make as much sense. As I’m wrapping this review up, you can get it for $429.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Specs
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has an Intel Core 5 210H CPU. I’m not a huge fan of these chips, which I see popping up on lots of laptops lately. These are based on Intel’s older Raptor Lake architecture and they use more power and run hotter.
They lack the neural processing unit found in newer Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm Snapdragon X chips, so you can’t get those Copilot+ PC AI features Microsoft is spending so much time on. It also has a very slow integrated GPU that comes far behind what other modern laptops are capable of, so this machine isn’t ideal for even casual gaming.
This machine’s 16GB of RAM feels great at the $429 mark. The 1TB solid-state drive also feels extremely generous at that low price point. Lots of laptops are more expensive and have smaller SSDs.
Model: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i 16IRH10R
CPU: Intel Core 5 210H
Memory: 16GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Graphics/GPU: Intel Graphics
NPU: None
Display: 16-inch 1920×1200 IPS display with 60Hz refresh rate
Storage: 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD
Webcam: 1080p webcam
Connectivity: 2x USB Type-C (USB 5Gbps), 2x USB Type-A (USB 5Gbps), 1x HDMI 1.4b, 1x combo audio jack, 1x microSD card reader
Networking: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
Biometrics: IR camera for facial recognition
Battery capacity: 60 Watt-hours
Dimensions: 14.03 x 9.87 x 0.67 inches
Weight: 4.08 pounds
MSRP: $829 as tested ($429 on sale)
The bottom line is that the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i is an excellent laptop for under $500, but you should probably look elsewhere at $829.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Design and build quality
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The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has solid build quality. This machine has an aluminum chassis — no plastic — which makes it feel unexpectedly premium for a budget laptop. At 4.08 pounds, it’s a little on the heavy side, but it is a 16-inch machine.
Our review model came in a “Luna Gray” colorway, and it’s a very standard Lenovo laptop design with nice rounded edges. It looks good, and the use of metal instead of plastic means there’s no weird creaking or flex here.
The machine’s hinge feels extremely solid, so much so that I need two hands to open the laptop properly. It doesn’t move around as I type on it. The chassis feels designed and manufactured with more care than manufacturers normally put into laptops that cost less than $500.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Keyboard and trackpad
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has a full-size keyboard with a number pad, and it feels reasonable to type on. It’s not the snappiest keyboard, the keys feel a little “rubbery” when they bottom out. But I can type fast on it without any problem, and there’s good typing feedback.
This machine’s trackpad is reasonable, although it’s perhaps a tad on the small side for a 16-inch laptop. The surface is responsive to slide your finger over. The click-down action is a tad loud — not ideal if you’ll be clicking your trackpad in a quiet room with other people around — and it doesn’t feel as satisfying as trackpads with clickier, crisper action. But it’s a reasonable trackpad, especially for a sale price around $429.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Display and speakers
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The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has a 16-inch IPS display with a 1920×1200 resolution. It’s nice and big and looks fine, although it won’t blow your mind. It has a standard 60Hz refresh rate, which is nothing unusually fast.
At up to 300 nits of brightness, this display is on the dim side. Thankfully, because this isn’t a touch screen, this machine has a matte display and not a glossy one. This makes it more resistant to reflections — 300 nits of brightness on a glossy display is a real problem in challenging lighting conditions, but 300 nits on a matte display isn’t as bad. Still, this isn’t the ideal machine for use outdoors or in bright sunlight given the low maximum brightness.
This machine’s speakers are loud enough, but they’re flat and the audio isn’t rich. There’s very little bass, even for laptop speakers. I recommend headphones or external speakers.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Webcam, microphone, biometrics
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has a 1080p webcam. It’s a little noisy, and it made me look pale and not particularly lifelike in a sunlit room on a cloudy day. While it’s better than the 720p webcam you find on many less expensive laptops, it’s not particularly impressive. It does have a physical webcam shutter switch, which is great to see.
The microphone setup on this machine is fine. It has good noise cancelation, but the speech it picked up was muffled. It’s usable for video meetings, but it’s not particularly high-end.
This machine has an IR camera for Windows Hello, so you can sign into your PC with your face just by opening your laptop. It doesn’t have a fingerprint reader.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Connectivity
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has a good number of ports. On the left side, this machine has two USB Type-C ports (USB 5Gbps), a combo audio jack, and an HDMI 1.4b port. On the right side, it has two USB Type-A ports (USB 5Gbps) and a microSD card reader slot.
This laptop charges via USB Type-C, so you’ll always be plugging the charging cable in on the left side.
The ports are on the lower end in terms of specs: You don’t get Thunderbolt or USB4 here, and this is HDMI 1.4b instead of HDMI 2.1. This is fine for $429, but not ideal at $829.
This machine supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. There’s no support for Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 7, or newer versions of Bluetooth here.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Performance
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i delivered fine performance in desktop apps: Web browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, productivity tools like Word, and media apps like Spotify. While the Intel Core 5 210H is based on a somewhat dated architecture, it’s modern enough. And most modern CPUs are now reasonably snappy, especially when paired with an SSD and 16GB of RAM.
We ran the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i through our standard benchmarks to see how it performs in more detail.
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
First, we run PCMark 10 to get an idea of overall system performance. With an overall PCMark 10 score of 5,697, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i is slower than higher-end laptops but put up good numbers against the Acer Aspire Go 15, a machine I thought was an excellent value.
At its current price as I’m finishing this review, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i matches the Acer Aspire Go 15’s sale price. It’s a better pick if you can find it on sale — with a faster CPU and better performance.
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
Next, we run Cinebench R20. This is a heavily multithreaded benchmark that focuses on overall CPU performance. It’s a quick benchmark, so cooling under extended workloads isn’t a factor. But, since it’s heavily multithreaded, CPUs with more cores have a huge advantage.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i racks up a multithreaded Cinebench R20 score of 3,849. That’s far ahead of the Acer Aspire Go 15, a machine I thought was a great deal. You don’t need this kind of multithreaded performance for lightweight computer use, so this machine will deliver more performance than many need for a budget laptop.
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
We also run an encode with Handbrake. This is another heavily multithreaded benchmark, but it runs over an extended period. This demands the laptop’s cooling kick in, and many laptops will throttle and slow down under load.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i completed the benchmark process in 1,703 seconds, which is over 28 minutes. That’s definitely on the slower side compared to many laptops, but this machine isn’t designed for long CPU-heavy tasks.
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
Next, we run a graphical benchmark. This isn’t a gaming laptop, but it’s still good to check how the GPU performs. We run 3DMark Time Spy, a graphical benchmark that focuses on GPU performance.
With a 3DMark Time Spy score of 1,181, this machine will not be suitable for lightweight gaming or professional apps that use the GPU. This older Intel integrated graphics is very slow.
Overall, the Lenovo IdeaPad 5i delivered impressive performance for a $429 price and middling performance for a $829 machine. The main problem will be the GPU performance, so you may want to avoid this machine if you want to play games.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Battery life
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i has a 60 Watt-hour battery. That’s not the largest battery, and this Intel Meteor Lake-based Core 5 210H chip isn’t the most efficient CPU. While battery life is fine, it won’t necessarily get you through a workday.
Foundry / Chris Hoffman
To benchmark the battery life, we play a 4K copy of Tears of Steel on repeat on Windows 11 with airplane mode enabled until the laptop suspends itself. We set the screen to 250 nits of brightness for our battery benchmarks, which meant cranking this display’s brightness way up. This is a best-case scenario for any laptop since local video playback is so efficient, and real battery life in day-to-day use is always going to be less than this.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i lasted 636 minutes on average before suspending itself — that’s about ten and a half hours. It’s not terrible. But, since real-world use where you’re using apps and connecting to the internet will be lower, this machine will likely not be able to make it to the 8 hour mark for most people. Plan to plug it in regularly.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i: Conclusion
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i is a good budget laptop. There’s nothing particularly bad here — aside from the GPU performance — and some parts of the experience are legitimately great. For a budget laptop, an aluminum chassis, 1 TB SSD, and Core 5 210H CPU is incredible. At a $429 price point, it’s excellent.
But is this really a $429 laptop? Laptop manufacturers want to have it both ways. They often set a high MSRP so they can sell a machine at a deep discount, making it look like an especially good deal. But then they want reviewers to judge the machine at its sale price and not its recommended retail price.
The reality is that B&H Photo Video’s website says there is a “limited supply” at the $429 price and that it’s a “holiday savings” price, so you may see a much higher price in the future when you read this review.
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|  | | | PC World - 23 Nov (PC World)TL;DR: For $9.97 (MSRP $249.99), you can grab a lifetime license to Microsoft Visio 2021 Professional—perfect for creating flowcharts, org charts, floor plans, and more with pro-level templates and tools.
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|  | | | PC World - 22 Nov (PC World)Smart plugs come in two categories: on/off devices that can control lamps as well as small appliances, fans, and space heaters, and dimmers that control a lamp’s brightness as well as turn it on and off. Leviton makes some of our favorites in both categories, and Amazon has knocked 25 percent off the price of the Leviton Decora Smart Dimmer Plug, bringing its final price down to just $18.74.
Beyond its excellent build quality, this smart dimmer is particularly appealing because it can also be controlled by Leviton’s Decora Smart Dimmer Companion to create a wireless 3-way circuit. So, not only can you control the plug with Leviton’s app on your smartphone—or create a schedule for it to operate on—but you can also use Leviton’s Dimmer Companion (which gets a 9-percent discount for Black Friday) as a physical remote control.
Most people mount this second device to a wall on the other side of the room or at the end of a hallway or stairway; the remote has a range of 50 feet. Used this way, the battery-powered Companion looks just like a hardwired in-wall switch, complete with a trim plate.
The Decora Smart Dimmer Plug connects to your Wi-Fi network, eliminating the need for a smart home hub or bridge, and it can also be controlled with voice commands from Alexa, Gemini, or Siri.
And if you’re looking for a smart plug to control your outdoor holiday lights this season, Amazon has also knocked 25 percent off the price of the Leviton Decora Smart Wi-Fi Outdoor Plug, bringing its price down to $37.60. It has all the same smart features, and it can be remotely controlled with the wireless Decora Smart Switch Anywhere Companion.
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|  | | | PC World - 22 Nov (PC World)TechHive Editors Choice
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Pros
Dual-lens design eliminates blind spots
Strong 2K image quality with color night vision
Affordable price for wide coverage
Cons
Subscription required to enable smart alerts
Power cord is on the short side
Our Verdict
The Wyze Duo Cam Pan delivers impressive coverage and solid performance for less than $70, making it one of the best values in Wyze’s growing security camera lineup.
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Wyze Labs built its reputation on a simple formula: deliver more features for less money. The new Wyze Duo Cam Pan takes that idea literally. Instead of one lens trying to keep up with everything that moves, this camera has dual 2K lenses—one fixed, one that pans and tilts—to cover twice the ground. The result is a single device that eliminates blind spots whether it’s watching your living room or your entire yard.
Design and features
The Duo Cam Pan looks like something between a periscope and a small robot. Two lenses are stacked vertically, one on a rotating base that can pan a full 360 degrees and tilt up to 180 degrees. The other camera stays put, maintaining a fixed view of the overall scene. The idea is to mount it on a corner and monitor both sides of a yard, or put it in a large room and catch every bit of activity without blind spots.
Both of the Wyze Duo Cam Pan’s cameras deliver sharp, clean 2K video with accurate color accuracy and high detail.
Each lens records in 2K resolution and supports color night vision. The moving camera can follow a person across the frame or sweep through multiple zones using Wyze’s Pan Scan feature, which lets you define up to four waypoints for automatic patrol. Two small spotlights and a 100dB siren provide a basic deterrent for unwelcome visitors, while the two-way audio lets you ward them off with your voice, or communicate remotely with delivery people or family members. It has an IP65 rating, which our IP code decoder tells us means it’s impervious to dust ingress and that it’s protected against water jets coming from any direction (i.e., a garden hose with a jet nozzle, but not a pressure washer in close proximity).
The Wyze Duo Cam Pan can be mounted on an exterior wall, with its dual lenses positioned to monitor separate areas for broader home surveillance.
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The camera supports a user-provided microSD card in capacities up to 512GB, allowing you to record continuously, no subscription required. You can also opt for Wyze’s cloud storage plans if you want off-device backup. The entry-level Cam Plus plan adds 14 days of event recording and smarter motion alerts (person, vehicle, package, and pet) for $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year, while Cam Unlimited extends those features across your whole Wyze camera fleet for $9.99 a month or $129.99 a year. For heavier users, a Cam Unlimited Pro plan bumps event history up to 60 days and includes AI video search and emergency dispatch and costs $19.99 a month or $259.99 a year.
The camera also supports Alexa, Google Assistant, IFTTT, and Wyze’s own automation system, so it can trigger lights or other cameras as part of a broader smart home/home security setup.
Setup and performance
Setting up the Duo Cam Pan is accomplished through the Wyze app, which walks you through Wi-Fi connection and checks for firmware updates before finishing setup. Mounting is equally straightforward. The base attaches to a plastic screw mount and all the necessary hardware is provided. Indoors, it’s stable enough to just set on a shelf or table. In either case, you’ll need to install it within about four feet of an electrical outlet to accommodate its short power cable.
Both cameras deliver sharp, clean 2K video with accurate color accuracy and high detail. Daytime footage looks bright without being oversaturated, and the color night vision retains more natural hues than you’d expect at this price. The spotlights are small but surprisingly effective at brightening a dark entryway or yard, and they activate quickly when motion is detected.
The Wyze app offers many customization options for both camera lenses.
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The panning lens can sweep across a wide room in seconds and can track a person or pet smoothly from one side to the other. Tracking accuracy was solid in my testing, and the camera’s motor was virtually silent. The fixed lens provides helpful context while the panning lens is in motion, so you always have one stable view even when the other is moving. Together they cover an impressive amount of space without obvious blind spots.
The motion sensor does a great job of detecting nearby people and objects, and push notifications arrived within a second or two of an event. The Wyze app supports activity zones that let you mask out areas you don’t want the camera to monitor to help filter out unwanted triggers (e.g., bushes and tree branches swaying in the wind).
The app operates as the camera’s control center, with live feeds stacked one above the other and a toolbar positioned along the bottom. The toolbar provides easy access to Pan Scan waypoints, recording controls, and an event history. A deep settings menu offers customization options for just about every camera feature, and each lens has its own motion-detection and spotlight settings, so you can fine-tune them independently.
Should you buy the Wyze Duo Cam Pan?
At $69.98, the Wyze Duo Cam Pan lands in the sweet spot between Wyze’s single-lens Pan Cam v3 and the kind of multi-camera setups you’d need for comparable coverage. The Duo Cam Pan’s dual-lens setup is practical, not gimmicky, and it delivers broad, flexible coverage on a budget.
If you’re already using Wyze gear—or just want one camera that can do the work of two—it’s an easy recommendation.
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|  | | | PC World - 22 Nov (PC World)For a while now, it’s been possible to right-click on a file in Windows File Explorer and select the Ask Copilot option, which launches the Copilot app with the file in question as part of the prompt. But it seems this isn’t enough for Microsoft.
According to Windows Latest, a new feature called “Ask Microsoft 365 Copilot” is currently being planned for a future release. Ask Microsoft 365 Copilot will appear in the Home tab of File Explorer as a new option when you hover over individual files.
This option will apparently be better optimized for Office files, offering better results overall. All users will be able to access this feature regardless of chip type (Intel, AMD, Snapdragon).
On top of that, Copilot+ PCs will also gain a new AI feature called “Universal Writing Assistant” that appears as a pop-up when interacting with text fields on web pages. The assistant will be able to proofread, correct errors, and even rewrite entire chunks of text.
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|  | | | PC World - 22 Nov (PC World)If you’re looking for a new gaming mouse, you’ve probably looked at all of the options out there–maybe you’ve made up your mind. Before you pull the trigger, you’ve got to take a look at the list below, which covers some of the most common mistakes made when buying a gaming mouse. It may even save you from making a bad decision.
1. Don’t fall for marketing fluff
Just because a gaming mouse like the Logitech Pro X2 Superstrike has a maximum DPI of up to 44,000, it doesn’t mean it’s any better than one with a DPI of 3,200. Manufacturers have been hyping up mouse sensitivity for a while now, but truth be told, it doesn’t make much of a difference beyond a certain point. You can just as easily play and win with a mouse that has 12,000 DPI as you can with one that’s maxed out to 40,000+ DPI.
The same goes for polling rates. Tests show that mice running at 4,000 Hz or 8,000 Hz are only a few milliseconds faster than those running at 1,000 Hz. Even then, it’s unlikely human reaction speeds are fast enough to take advantage of that difference. So, it’s important to not get caught up in the marketing hype.
2. Getting hung up on weight
A lot has been said about mouse weight and how gamers are looking for the lightest mice they can find to improve their movement speed. But truth be told, anything below 80 grams feels kind of similar and won’t make much difference. That is, unless you go for the extremely lightweight chassis of the 49-gram MM720 by Cooler Master, which really feels like you’re moving air.
Even more important than overall weight are the balance adjustments manufacturers are building into lightweight mice these days. Be sure to scan the marketing materials for any mention of those.
3. Wired mice have pros and cons
It’s safe to say that in 2025, wireless mice have no compromises compared to wired mice when it comes to input lag and click latency. In fact, multiple studies show that wireless mice actually outperform wired ones. That’s as long as you use the 2.4GHz signal rather than Bluetooth, which can also compete with wired mice on speed.
That said, wired mice still have advantages. Some of them are cheaper, lighter, and don’t require charging.
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4. Check the size
There are a heap of different designs out there, so assuming a mouse will fit your hand, match your grip style, and feel comfortable can often lead to a mismatch.
You should measure your hand against the mouse’s dimensions and read up on the latest reviews. You can also check out online size charts like the one from Rocket Jump Ninja to get a better understanding.
5. More features isn’t always better
We tend to think more is always better, but that’s not always the case when it comes to gaming mice. Just because a mouse has a gyroscope or a 12-button hot-swappable side plate doesn’t mean it will be more competitive. That’s especially the case if you don’t see yourself using those features. You may as well save $50 on the purchase price and buy a cheaper one.
I remember getting sucked in by a big MMO mouse with 20+ buttons only to find out later that I never used half of them. Now I’ve swapped to a minimalist Razer Cobra Pro for most of my gaming needs and couldn’t be happier.
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|  | | | PC World - 22 Nov (PC World)Whether you’re just getting started with home security or bolstering your existing Ring system, the Ring Indoor Cam is an essential part of any Ring-protected abode, and it’s getting a sweet 50-percent discount for Black Friday.
During Amazon’s Black Friday Week, the Ring Indoor Cam is selling for just $24.99, half-off its list price and matching its all-time low.
The Ring Indoor Cam is an absolute classic when it comes to security cameras—a rock-solid workhorse that gets the job done with a minimum of fuss while delivering excellent quality for the price.
Boasting 1080p video quality with a 143-degree field of view, the Ring Indoor Cam offers two-way voice chat, color night vision, a built-in siren for scaring off intruders, and a privacy cover that blocks the lens and automatically deactivates the camera.
A 6.5-foot micro-USB cable lets you connect the Indoor Cam to a power outlet (an optional 10-foot cable is also available), while the adjustable base lets you orient the camera just the way you like, whether you’ve placed the unit on a tabletop or mounted it on a wall.
You can expand the Ring Indoor Cam’s capabilities with a Ring Home plan, which adds features such as 180 days of video history, person, package, and vehicle detection, and video preview alerts. Ring Home plans start at $4.99 a month (for a single camera or doorbell), with the pricier Home Standard plan ($9.99/month) covering all your Ring cameras and doorbells while adding multi-camera viewing, extended live viewing time, and a daily events summary, among other things.
The top-tier Ring Home Premium plan ($19.99/month), meanwhile, adds AI-generated video descriptions that you can search using natural-language queries, 24/7 recording, one-button access to emergency first responders from the Ring app, .
I’ve previously reviewed the Ring Indoor Cam, and I’d recommend it without hesitation to anyone getting started with home security—and for just $24.99, you might want to get two.
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