Lenovo - Yoga 2 Pro 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Silver
Model: Yoga 2 Pro - 59418309
SKU: 1817254
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Customers are impressed with the Yoga 2 Pro's touch screen, describing it as a great feature. They also appreciate its lightweight design, with comments noting how thin and light it is. However, some customers have concerns about the battery life and the Windows 8 operating system.
I went in expecting to purchase a Lenovo Yoga Pro 3 an ultrathin ultrabook. The sales rep. showed me the Yoga Pro 2 i7 (Specifically the i7) vs the Yoga Pro 2 i5. The i7 version was nearly the same size at the Yoga Pro 3! BUT the i7 chip vs the M Processor (in the YP3) is triple the processor the M chip is, so it was a no brainer. The M chips falls just below the i3 from what I found in performance. Basically the YP2 i7 is the same size machine but 3x the processing power for the same money. Literally you only save a very small mm and a slight weight advantage with the YP3. Now this is only the i7 version. The i5 version of the YP2 is definitely thicker and the YP3 has a clear size advantage. But the YP2 i7 version had the 4 most important things to me to give me what I want now AND the future: i7 Processor 8gb Ram 256gb ssd (no moving part hardrive that can fail) AC Wifi The AC Wifi still baffles me that it wasn't until late 2014 for this to start showing up as a normal item. Even early 2015 and maybe only 1/3 of the laptops being sold today seem to have AC wifi. The Yoga Pro 2 (and 3) has AC wifi (and Bluetooth 4.0). A very welcome feature to have to help futureproof the longevity of this laptop. The "softtouch" area that surrounds the keyboard is very nice and has a luxury feel to it. It is molded to have a slight leather look texture to it. The auto brightness is glitchy, I notice in a low light environment that the screen brightness flickers to adjust. Maybe it was the ceiling fan causing it to be confused, but it was a bit odd to see the screen brightness constantly adjusting in a low light living room with a ceiling fan moving. Boot time is great, bloatware is very minimal and easily removable through the unistaller. The ultra high resolution is very nice and the only problems I have encountered are with Photoshop elements. The toolbar scaling (even with 250% text size) is still very very small, but I can see the entire picture to edit so I don't have to scroll around to see parts of the image (trade off of full image size vs small text size). So far, very happy with the choice of the Yoga Pro 2 i7 over the 3 M processor. I do wish the exterior was aluminum, but I imagine that would drive the cost up. The painted plastic exterior shell likely won't hold up over time, but that is only my speculation. Looking at all the options at the Best Buy retail location this was by far the best option for me for an Utlrabook with the specs I desired (i7/8gb/256gb/AC wifi).
Posted by FireWire
Over all the computer has some great features, the biggest draw back is when the commuter is in tablet mode it doesn't take pictures like a real tablet. I feel that this computer/ tablet would be awesome if it had a camera in the front and the back, this is a huge draw back, the computer it self is great the tablet is very week with a back camera.
Posted by mudbone
I am a tool designer and have used high end computers for years. I love this machine and the buying experience at Best Buy was excellent.
Posted by Billiam
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