This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 13.3-Inch Convertible Touchscreen Ultrabook (Gray) (Personal Computers)
The yoga 13 has a major problem with Wifi. Purchased my at Best buy and returned it when it would not connect to a fairly new ASUS router; problem is I have 8 other devices connected to the router. Took it into the store and it connected to the store's Wifi. Spent an hour with Tech Support and found out there are two major threads on the Lenovo forum about Wifi problems. Best Buy quit selling them (for a while), I think for the had so many returned (read the forums). It is a great idea and design but paying 1300 dollars for a computer that doesn't work in your house is not an option. If your going to buy one make sure you have an air tight return policy.
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 13.3-Inch Convertible Touchscreen Ultrabook (Gray) (Personal Computers)
Specs of my machine: 13 inch, 128 gb SSD, 4 gb ram, i5 Intel processor.
I love this machine.
Good: Windows 8 is both fun and seemingly far better than previous Win OS i have used. The machine is very light and portable. The keyboard is well laid out. The touch screen is good. The tablet and tent mode fit in well in terms of how i use the machine to surf, scan mails, make presentations. Both when using a table and when using the machine off your lap. I am a light tablet user and a heavy laptop user of predominantly Office and a browser. Even my mails are all webmail. So this works great for my lifestyle of combining a tab with a laptop. Battery life is really good - i do not have an exact number, but currently looks like it should last me about 5-6 hours.
Not so great: Although the Yoga is highly advertised in India, getting accessories in India is virtually impossible - the custom case, a screen guard, etc. The touch is sometimes a bit annoying and not as responsive and intuitive as say an iPad. The keypad too while a huge improvement from previous Windows based machines, it still is not a responsive and user friendly as say an Air. The biggest drawback however is the Windows App Store. The app store is lousy at best. The quality and quantity of apps is abysmal in comparison to Apple/Android. Hopefully the coming months should change that. Another slight challenge im facing is that in tent mode, if i plug in a VGA (using an HDMI to VGA adaptor), while the presentation on the screen is straight, the image on the screen is upside down !! I think it is something i can fix in the settings. I hope. But still a bit dumb. The keyboard does not have backlit keys, but i dont see myself working in complete darkness, so not something that is worrisome.
Some users might find the SSD insufficient at 128, however shortcuts in this could include keeping an SD card perpetually plugged into the machine...
This review is from: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 13.3-Inch Convertible Touchscreen Ultrabook (Gray) (Personal Computers)
Pros: super lightweight and easy to carry, great screen resolution, good processing speed, battery life to my satisfaction.
Here are a few kinks:
1) it's difficult to use the pad -- when i click and drag, sometimes it doesn't respond well -- stops dragging and starts clicking all over the place. I find it easier to use a mouse when I have to make a lot of manipulations that involve holding down the pointer key.
2) something funny is going on with the wireless -- sometimes it's fine, but when the signal is lost for whatever reasons, it takes a while to reconnect. Sometimes I have to disable and enable WiFi to get it to work again.
3) some quirky Win8 features I'm not sure I like so much.
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