Apps open quickly, and I was able to multitask with more than a dozen tabs running in Chrome without experiencing any lag. But in this Chromebook, the i3 has plenty of muscle to run Google's lightweight ChromeOS without a hitch. The Core i3-1215U might be a bit underpowered in a workhorse Windows laptop and have you pining for a more powerful Core i7 or even a midrange Core i5 chip. And above the display resides a sharp 1080p webcam with a physical privacy shutter. The roomy, 16-inch display features a crisp, 1,920x1,200-pixel resolution with 16:10 aspect ratio and is rated for a sufficient 300 nits of brightness. That pricing puts it in the midrange of the Chromebook scale, and it offers excellent value with a 12th-gen Core i3 CPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of local storage. It costs £550 in the UK and isn't available in Australia, but the UK price converts to AU$1,020.

Our IdeaPad 5i Chromebook test model costs $550 from Lenovo but is currently discounted to $420. Just don't stray too far from a wall outlet. What you are left with, however, is a highly capable, roomy Chromebook for home use, whether you are working from home or just need an extra laptop for browsing the web and watching shows and movies. For another, it lacks an anti-ghosting keyboard that can register every keystroke, even during the most furious action in a game. What prevents the IdeaPad 5i Chromebook from being included among this new breed of gaming Chromebook? For one, its display has the standard 60Hz refresh rate rather than a speedy 120Hz for smoother motion in games. It boasts a modern, 16-inch, 16:10 display powered by a modern, 12th-generation Core i3 chip but lacks the extra hardware found on a gaming Chromebook. The Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Chromebook slots in between these two extremes. It is certainly large, but the model we tested was based on a low-end Pentium processor and, thus, underpowered - especially when held up against a gaming Chromebook.

And before that, the 17.3-inch Acer Chromebook 317 from last spring still holds the crown as the world's biggest Chromebook. The 16-inch Acer Chromebook 516 GE was released last fall as one of the first gaming-focused Chromebooks. Big-screen Chromebooks began to emerge last year.

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