The Best Buy back-to-school sale offers a great opportunity to shop for discounted tech before Labor Day. And if you need a basic laptop for carrying between classes, consider the Lenovo Duet 11 Chromebook at Best Buy for $279 (was $399).
Chromebooks are cheaper and less powerful laptops meant for simple tasks like browsing the web, word processing, sending emails and playing videos. The Lenovo Duet 11 is the latest generation version of the flagship device that’s equipped with the new Mediatek processors with NPUs to support AI features like summaries and translations – not that running AI is exactly a novelty anymore.
Aside from that, this Lenovo Duet 11 is about as basic as it gets, but its main selling points are its value for money, long-lasting battery, convertible build, and keyboard for less than $280.
Today’s best Lenovo Chromebook deal
We haven’t reviewed the Lenovo Duet 11, but we have reviewed the best hybrid laptops in the Duet series. The Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5, cousin to the Duet 11, is our best budget 2-in-1 laptop and best detachable Chromebook for students.
The Duet 11 also has a detachable keyboard and stand for when you want to use it in tablet mode. This particular bundle doesn’t come with the pen, but you can buy a cheap USB-C compatible one online for less than $10.
It’s also convenient. The Duet 11 lasts up to 12 hours on one charge, enough to survive the school day. Although, just don’t expect it to be able to handle more heavy-duty work like photo-editing or gaming.
Look into our best 2-in-1 laptops for a little more power. If you want to stick to Chromebooks, I’d recommend reading about the best Chromebooks for students.
