At $700, Lenovo is not just matching Apple’s MacBook Neo on price. The new IdeaPad Vibe gives buyers more ways to spend that budget, with two screen sizes, several processor choices, extra ports, and seven colors.

The Vibe is aimed at people who want an affordable productivity laptop without being locked into one hardware configuration. AMD and Snapdragon models arrive first, with Intel versions planned later, while higher-end configurations add more memory, display options, and upgradeable components. The catch is that the $700 base model comes with only 8GB of RAM.

For buyers, the advertised price is only the starting point for comparison.

The…

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