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- 4th Gen Intel® CoreTM i7-4500U processor
- 8GB DDR3L memory
- 13.3" QHD+ LED high-definition 10-point capacitive multitouch display
- 256GB solid state drive
- Weighs only 3.1 lbs. and measures just 0.6" thin
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #387 in Personal Computers
- Size: 13.3"
- Color: Silver
- Brand: Lenovo
- Model: 59386391
- Dimensions: .60" h x8.70" w x13.00" l,7.00 pounds
- Memory: 8GB
- Hard Disk: 256GB
- Display size: 13.3
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73 of 77 people found the following review helpful.
This was enough to make me give up my Retina Macbook Pro and go back to WindowsBy John S. Dean
I switched from Windows to MacBook Pros back in 2009 because I loved the trackpad on the macbooks. I've been using my 15" Retina MacBook Pro since they were released in 2012 and loved it, but I had picked up a Surface Pro when they were released in Feb and really liked the experience. I'm a multiple Microsoft MVP award winner in the Tablet PC group, and had used tablets exclusively from 2004 or so until I switched to the Mac in 2009. So while I couldn't use the Surface Pro as a main machine due to the small 128GB SSD, it did show me that it was time to return to Windows and a tablet computer.
I started looking hard a month or so ago when the new Haswell chip systems started showing up. And I kept coming back to this one as the most bang for the buck. I went through all sorts of problems getting my hands on one, but finally did a few weeks ago. I copied everything off my Mac to a USB drive and never touched it again other than to clean it off to sell.
The first thing that struck me was the thinness and weight. I never thought of my MacBook Pro as heavy, but every time I pick this up it still surprises me. And one of the big things for the Mac was the solid block body, and the fact that I could pick it up by a front corner and not have flex in the body. I can't see any flex when I pick this one up the same way, and there's no noises like creaking or popping like so many show when picked up that way.
The next thing that struck me was the screen. Just gorgeous, even better than my Retina MacBook Pro was. In my research I read all about the dirty yellow problem, but in my usage, I never saw anything that really struck me with it being a problem or even noticeable. One of my groups of photos is from a Mazda Miata special edition I owned, when they made 1000 of them in yellow back in 2002. And the photos looked just fine to me. I could pull up a "test pattern" and changing between the low power and high power setting see the color difference, but in my normal usage, remote sessions with servers via RDP or web browsing or even photos downloaded from my digital cameras or camcorder, it's not something I notice. But I don't do things that require a perfect reproduction of color, so I'm far from the best yardstick for this. All I can say is that I never really cared about it because it never was something I noticed.
I was using it for work the very next morning when I didn't have any programs other than Office installed on it, and all my files were in a folder on my desktop called "FromMac" in a pile.
The QHD resolution is very nice, and some things scale well, but others don't. I'm using Quicken 2014 and am still participating in the beta, and that is just horrible on this thing. It's usable, but it's a real pain. Other things are fine, like IE, or the on board Windows 8 programs, and Office. And so far the majority of the third party programs I have are scaling just fine with the default settings this ships with. I'm hopeful that I'll be able to take the time to do some adjusting and testing to find a way to make things like Quicken usable.
From a usage standpoint, I just love this. I've had over half a dozen tablets I've used prior to switching to my Macs, and this one blows those all away. I've always liked IBM, and Lenovo after they took over the non server side of things, and I've always loved the Lenovo keyboards. This one works and feels as well if not a little better than my MacBook Pro's keyboard. The backlighting is nice, but the Mac's backlight could be adjusted brighter and dimmer, whereas this is strictly on and off. For me, it's not a big deal since I never really touched the brightness of the keyboard. The sizes are fine, and my touch typing is not hampered by anything, including the slightly smaller right shift key that some people don't like.
The convertible aspect works well. I really don't see myself using it in two of the modes, since I'm pretty much a straight laptop or tablet person. I use it as a laptop about 90% of the time because with my work and things I do at home, that's the primary use. But when I flip it into a tablet, it's just a gorgeous tablet. I have no issues with the touch whatsoever, and about the only complaint I have is that I'm used to playing a few tablet games like Mahjonng and Tap Tiles on the MS Surface where you can easily see everything because of the smaller screen size, so peripheral vision allowed you to easily see the whole board to help get the fastest speeds. This one I can't encompass the whole screen that way, I have to move my eyes more, so my time has suffered somewhat. But that's about the only complaint I really have with the screen.
The processor runs cool, and the fans almost never came on even when I was using MKVToolnix to remux MKV files or such. So ultimately it's been more quiet than my MacBook Pro was and more comfortable on my lap than the Mac.
The screen is a magnet for fingerprints, and the most annoying thing overall is the trackpad and keyboard just seem to take any bit of oil on your fingers and let it multiply behind your back. I'm always wiping it all off with a micro fiber cloth.
The touchpad works great, is about the smoothest feeling trackpad I've played with on any PC based laptop, but still isn't comparable to the one on the Mac, which was what made me buy it in the first place in 2009. A frustration with this one here is when I want to press to click something with my thumb, then move it with my finger dragging, such as moving a window or clicking to drag a selection window. Because of how my hands are positioned usually, my thumb is clicking on the right hand side of the trackpad. This worked great with the Mac, but on here, I cannot get it to register a single click from the right half of the trackpad. So I have to always consciously make sure my thumb is far enough to the left to do the initial click.
The hinges are solid. There's very little play in the display and it holds up solidly to being used as a touch device in laptop mode. It does move a bit under the pressure but it doesn't change position, so it's not like you're tapping something and having to pull it back forward again to keep it in place.
The outer casing behind the screen is somewhat textured, almost feels a bit rubbery, which is a nice thing after the aluminum Macbooks I've been using, since when I'm pulling it out of my case, or carrying it closed, it's a solid feeling. You don't fear it's going to slide out of your hands (which caused me a few skipped heartbeats in Wisconsin winters with my Macbooks).
There's only one USB 3 port and one USB 2 port, but for me that's not an issue since I use a USB 3 based docking station to extend to a second monitor and other ports for things I use at the office anyway. I don't use anything at home other than an occasional USB stick. There's a full sized SD slot, but the downside with that is that it has the SD card stick out even farther than the MacBook did. Nearly half the SD card protrudes out the side when you insert one. I really would've preferred a MicroSD slot simply because that would be totally flush. I assume they did this to allow for the higher capacity available on SD cards though. But it's strictly a temporary storage solution since I would never leave something in there all the time to hold a permanent bit of data like my music library or something.
Sound is quite decent. Let's face it, most laptops and especially anything that's ultra portable isn't going to have much booming sound, but this surprised me. By far not the worst I've heard in a laptop.
My i7 model with my normal use and 50 to 60 percent brightness and using things like Office, remote desktops, instant message, web browsing and such, with wifi on the whole time, and I'm hitting 7 hours consistently with 10% or so to go before I start plugging it back in again. This is using what they call "daily" mode which puts performance at "medium" since that's all I'd need for those tasks. And even in a bright office it's more than sufficient to see the screen easily.
They released an update for the yellow color yesterday, which consists of a new BIOS version and a new power manager version. The temp "fix" was to change power settings to be high performance and change the brightness. But from what I've seen and tested, the fixes don't really change anything ultimately, since if I go to a test pattern and change between performance mode and my "daily" mode now, I still see a noticeable difference in the yellow. But again, for me, the yellow issue isn't noticeable in anything I do or even the photos I have, so that's not an issue for me.
All told, I am incredibly happy with this. The QHD screen is frustrating at times because some things like RDP make the remote servers I work on impossible to see, but I've found workarounds for most things. I may have switched back to another Surface Pro and gotten the new Haswell version of the Pro 2, but my work really needs a usable trackpad, and I just never could stand the one on the Surface's keyboards. Too small and not very smooth to operate. If they had done a better trackpad I probably would've gone with the Surface Pro 2 simply because I really loved the first version I had. But to do that, I'd have to sacrifice some CPU horsepower. And as much as I absolutely LOVED my Surface Pro and as awesome as the build quality was, when you look at the 1199 pricetag that this ran me, I just can't get past the fact that there's so much you're getting for such a great price tag. None of the others really compare to this in terms of bang for the buck.
All in all, it's a delight, and I don't miss my MacBook even a little.
39 of 41 people found the following review helpful.
Best Ultrabook out there at the end of 2013By J
Updated 11/27/2013
First things first, I got my Y2P at Best Buy for the low price of $1200, I hope Amazon adjust their prices soon. That aside, this is by far one of the best ultrabooks out there right now, and the only thing that even comes close is the Macbook Air. I say this because any windows ultrabook that rivals the Y2P in specs and screen resolution, runs at least $200 more. Now I'll try to summarize a few things that stand out about this laptop, either to me, or in the various reviews I've come across.
Screen: speaking of the screen, 3200x1800p is incredible to look at, and after using this for a week, I find it hard to go back and look at the 1080p monitor of my laptop. That said, it is true that Lenovo has run into some odd problems with yellow reproduction, and any yellow will look a bit green/mustard-ish. This is particularly noticeable in photos and less noticeable/non-existent in movies. While Lenovo has issued a BIOS update to attempt to fix this, it is only an improvement, and the problem is not fully fixed. This, combined with the fact that Adobe has yet to update their software suite to fully support such a high-res screen (all the tool buttons will be tiny), makes this laptop unusable for photo and video editing enthusiasts/professionals.
Battery-life: when I got it out of the box, the battery life was a healthy 6-7 hours. while this is decent, other laptops carrying a similar processor lasts significantly longer, most notable is Samsung's Ativ book 9 with 9 hours or so. A number of tweaks have been suggested on the internet to attempt to increase battery life, from simple things such as lowering the brightness, minimizing background apps/software, to more drastic things such as undervolting the CPU and GPU, lowering CPU max performance to 80% while on battery, and even heatsink modifications to improve thermal efficiency (the fans will turn on less, saving battery). Overall, you can tweak it to get up to 9-10 hours, whether or not it's worth your time is up to you. Lastly, the battery is 'user replaceable' if you're willing to unscrew about 11 T5 Hex screws, carefully remove some motherboard connectors, etc etc. It is not something doable on the fly to get extra mobile hours of work in, but you can do it if your battery starts breaking down in say 2-years. I've seen the battery on ebay for $75, maybe it'll get cheaper
Keyboard: Lenovo decided to finally give a Yoga a backlit keyboard, which is just great. in all honesty this keyboard is a joy to type on. and even when coming from a professional mechanical keyboard that I use for my desktop, I find this keyboard to be great to work with.
Trackpad: another great job from Lenovo. from personal experience, I find it to be a little on the stiffer side, other than that, no complaints what so ever. only track-pad that beats this is the ones that Apple makes.
So in summary, while there are nitpicks here and there, I find this laptop a joy to use overall, and just looking at that screen everytime I turn it on makes me happy. it's also the cheapest ultrabook you can get for matching specs, which is why I decided to give it five stars. if you're in the market for a performance ultrabook, this is the one to get (unless you're main use is photoshop related).
Update 12/15/2013
Just wanted to say that I have come to really appreciate an unexpected aspect of this laptop. as a byproduct of the 360 degree rotating screen, I can now set the screen at any angle I want while doing stuff either in bed or sitting in a couch. this is EXTREMELY comfortable and convenient and I can never go back to a traditionally designed laptop after this :D
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Gorgeous display, reasonable price, excellent buy!By CM
I was first attracted to Yoga 2 Pro by its stunning display. It uses the same LCD panel as Samsung's Ativ Book 9 Plus. The 3,200 x 1,800-pixel screen is simply gorgeous, ultra sharp and crisp. It's at least on par with, if not better than, Macbook Pro 13's Retina Display (2560 x 1600).
Just a catch, the LCD panel's Pentile Red-Green-Blue-White (RGBW) pixel matrix is different from the more conventional Red-Green-Blue (RGB) matrix. It leverages a modified physical layout of the pixels to deliver a brighter display at lower power consumption levels. This results in lower color luminance, especially when viewing yellows. So, when I first opened Paint to browse the color palettes, bright yellow appeared as dirty brownish yellow.
I investigated online and found that Lenovo had already come up with a remedy. Supposedly, all I needed to do was to update the BIOS and installed a new version of Lenovo Energy Manager. I set the power option to "Daily Mode" and disabled adaptive brightness in Windows 8. Then, I checked Yoga 2 Pro's colors against an iMac and a Samsung monitor. True, its yellow was closer to pure yellow than the other two, but somehow, the colors were still a tad off. For example, faces would appear paler on Yoga 2 Pro's display.
I dug further and read that some people used a colorimeter, such as a ColorMunki or Datacolor Spyder 4, to calibrate the display. Not wanting to spend more money, I experimented and tried to do color adjustment manually. After a few rounds of trial and error, I eventually was able to tune the colors to my satisfaction by adjusting the color saturation. Now, the display just looks perfect.
Yoga 2 Pro looks like a no nonsense business laptop rather than a geek type. Its silver color is rather dull, definitely not shiny like, for example, Sony's Vaio Duo. It's very thin and light, actually thinner than Macbook Air and just a tad heavier (0.61" vs 0.68" and 3.06 lbs vs 2.96 lbs). It doesn't appear so because of the latter's tapered design.
The keyboard is very thin, with low profile (shorter) keys and thus short key travel distance. It actually feels very good and comfortable typing on it. The keyboard also has backlighting, which is controlled manually by the Fn + Space bar key combination. There is no auto sensor, which I think is a plus. I surely don't want a shadow inadvertently turning backlighting on when I don't need it.
With Windows 8.1 and a touch screen, Yoga 2 Pro introduces a whole new user experience. You could choose to use the touch screen or your mouse/keyboard, depending on the tasks on hand. Some tasks such as managing folders are better controlled by mouse/keyboard. Whereas, some like going through a set of pictures are better with the touch screen.
Yoga 2 Pro also comes with a motion sensor. You could use gestures - without touching the screen - to control some simple tasks such as moving to the next pictures. However, this feature is sometimes quite sluggish; it's more for bragging rights rather than practical use. It also allows voice commands, for example, you could say "one, two, three, cheese" to take a picture. Or use your voice to dictate an article. These are really Windows features, not unique to Yoga 2 Pro though.
For its relatively lower price as compared to its direct competitors, Yoga 2 Pro does cut some corners or has some drawbacks. First, its camera's resolution is 1280 x 720 pixels. The pictures and videos it takes are mediocre in quality, especially when you view them on its own gorgeous 3,200 x 1,800-pixel screen. Second, it has only one USB 3.0 port, and another USB 2.0 port. So, it's a little inconvenient when you need to transfer files between two external hard drives. Third, the screen isn't detachable (like Asus' Taichi), and couldn't swivel (like Dell's XPS 12). So, when you flip the screen to form a tablet, the keys are actually exposed, though they're disabled. Fourth, it has a slower SSD as compared to other high end ultrabooks. However, it's only noticeable when you run benchmarks. Otherwise, in daily use, you wouldn't notice it at all.
My last complaint isn't really Yoga 2 Pro's fault, but Microsoft's. The offerings on Microsoft App Store are still very pathetic. My remedy is to install an Android emulator called BlueStacks. Now, the richness of the Android apps on Google Play is fully available to me.
In conclusion, Yoga 2 Pro may have some drawbacks, but with its unrivaled screen and relatively lower price, it's an excellent buy nonetheless.
ADDED Dec 13, 2013: I experimented and changed my power option plan. Windows 8's adaptive brightness feature was turned on automatically again. I got a quick one-off fickle on my display occasionally as a result. With adaptive brightness on, I suppose Windows 8 will try to dim your display to save power. When Lenovo's energy manager detects this, it'll turn up the brightness level again to compensate for the RGBW panel's lower color luminance. So, you need to manually turn off Windows 8's adaptive brightness whenever you change your power option plan.
ADDED Dec 13, 2013: The Android emulator BlueStacks doesn't work that well and is incompatible with some apps. Genymotion seems to be a much better alternative. Or you could try a more comprehensive solution by creating an Android virtual machine yourself. First, install VirtualBox. Second, get the latest version of Android x86 and install it as a virtual machine in VirtualBox.
ADDED Dec 17, 2013: After playing with them several days, my personal favorite Android emulator is Genymotion, though you'll have to take an extra step to install Google Play Store yourself.
Btw, the manual color adjustment steps mentioned above are:
1. Right-click on empty space on your desktop and choose "Graphic Properties";
2. Click "Display";
3. On the middle pane, click "Color" and then "Advanced";
4. Adjust the "Saturation" bar to your satisfaction (my setting is 45) and click "Apply" at lower right corner of the window.
ADDED Dec 25,2013: I had never experienced dropped Internet connection like others reported, but sometimes, my downloads were painfully slow or even got stuck. Some suggested updating the WiFi card's driver through Windows Update, but I found that it wouldn't give you the latest driver update. The WiFi card in Yoga 2 Pro is Intel Wireless-N 7260. So, I went directly to Intel's website to download and install the latest driver (current version is 16.6.0). Now, all's well with my wireless connection, with no more slow or stuck downloads.
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