So, I was in pursuit of a truly portable ~1kg machine for my travels, in the league of Surface Laptop Go 3, but Go 3 seems super overpriced for what it offered. Being a freelance consultant, I also did not want to run into complicated compatibility issues with Snapdragon so wanted to stick with Intel / AMD laptops. But, that said, I almost pulled the trigger on Asus Zenbook A14, what a delightful cerelunium beast at 1100$ in India - but again Snapdragon. But, luckily (with absolutely no help from Lenovo's shit e-commerce strategy), I ran into IdeaPad Slim 5 Gen 10, 33.78cms - AMD (what a delightful name, LOL - https://www.lenovo.com/in/en/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-s-series/lenovo-ideapad-slim-5-gen-10-13-inch-amd/83j2cto1wwin1 ) and ordered a Ryzen 5 machine for some 600$. Now, Lenovo sucks with its customer service (had small issues like wanting to change the charger type with a 2$ extra payment but absolutely no support from Bot / Call center / senior Lenovo guys on Linkedin), but I did not cancel my order and it arrived about 10 days ago.

Besides the compact form and super light weight (1.15 kgs), the delights were the screen, the amazing keyboard (backlit too, looking at you much pricier Laptop Go 3!) and the very good battery life. More importantly Ryzen 5 is a breeze for worker bees like me. So it goes!