Lenovo - Yoga 2 Pro 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Silver

Hybrid Type: I had a surface pro 1. Battery was horrible and couldn't set it on my lap using the stand. I wanted something I could prop up on my lap and not have to hold it with one hand. The yoga 2 pro is great for this. Really the best thing about the yoga is how you can pick any angle you want, and that hinge keeps things where you want them. Best mode for me so far is the stand mode. I set it on the edge of my nightstand and use touch to play Netflix/iTunes. For work I keep it in laptop mode. The two USB ports are a lifesaver when I need a few things plugged in. The keyboard is pretty good (way better then the surface type cover#. Only downside is the small right-shift key. I never use tent mode, and rarely use tablet mode #because its much better on the eyes to angle the screen up a bit#. Display: The display resolution is great for work when I need to have a view virtual machines running side by side #I use VMware workstation with Virtualization options enabled in the bios#. But.. remote desktop and many old programs do not know how to scale up yet, so I have set my resolution to 1920x1080 for now. Still looks good., and I just switch it back to 3200x1800 when I need the real estate. The colors are dull on the display. Lenovo is trying to find a fix, but from what I have read, the RGBW #red,green,blue,white# display causes issues with color accuracy by design. The extra white pixel or whatever, is there to allow light through to reduce power or something. It doesn't sound like there will be a way to fix the color issues 100% with this technology. You don't notice the color when watches movies, playing games, or even looking at photos. But you will notice it when looking at solid colors. For me, It kinda gets to me when browsing the internet and seeing mustard on webpages instead of yellow. But im now about to go return the laptop over it. I like the brightness too. I went to get a carwash and was able to use the laptop outside in the sun. The size is a better fit for me than the small 10" screen on the surface pro# I really need something larger for work# and my eyes are not as good as they used to be# I think 12" - 13" is the sweet spot for a hybrid#k Weight/Size: This is 3lbs, which is a bit heavier than the surface pro, but this has the bigger screen# I think this is fine for on the lap use and to carry around# I would probably use tablet mode #held with one hand# if it was around 2lbs instead# Yoga 3 maybe?# They could have made the bezel smaller, but im sure that would have increased the cost# Wifi: The Wifi card is N, and not AC# There is a $35 card people are buying that works in this laptop, and I will eventually buy it myself# but for now, I have never had any issues with WiFi# 100% solid# Not a single drop# NEVER# #I did update to the latest drivers when I first brought it home, and again a few days ago when another update showed up on lenovos support site## Trackpad: The trackpad could be a bit bigger# but works good after you disable the swipe gestures #my palm kept hitting the trackpad while typing and bringing up the start screen, or switching apps## You don't need the swipe gestures enabled on the trackpad anyways# #theres a freaking touchscreen in your face people! use it!## That being said, I do use a gaming mouse from Logitech, so maybe I don't use the trackpad enough to find much fault in it like others do# Battery life: I use the Lenovo Energy Manager "High Performance Mode" to improve the color brightness, which does lower the battery life# If I really cared, I could go and switch the windows power profile to something better each time to improve battery life# I keep it plugged in at work anyways# Once, I did a test to see if I could go all day without plugging it in# Lasted a good 6 hours using a power saver mode# Performance: The i7, HD4400 GPU, 8GB ram, 256GB SSD is quite a step up from my old surface pro# I can now run a few virtual machines, browse the internet, and watch a movie at the same time no problem# Games are a step up from the Surface Pro# I play Diablo 3, Farcry 3 #Yes , I play farcry 3 on this#, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, StarCraft II, Portal 2, and Skyrim on this# Some with lowest settings, some with middle settings# Most on 1024x768 to 1920x1080 resolution# This can handle it# Though I wouldn't rely on it for my only PC gaming #I have a desktop PC with a few dedicated graphics cards for serious gaming## I am hoping that 2014 brings 16GB, Quad-Core+, and 50% better GPU's to 13" ultrabooks# But for now I am content# Pen/Handwriting: One thing I miss is my Wacom pen with eraser and right-click button built in# I didn't use it much to be honest, but now that I don't have it I miss it# I was in a meeting the other day and tried keeping notes using my finger in one-note### yeah I gave up# I have yet to go buy a capasitive pen to see how that goes# To be honest, if the thinkpad yoga was the same weight as the yoga 2, I would have waited# Playing diablo 3 with the pen while laying on the couch watching football was fun /nostalgia# anyways, people buying the yoga 2 don't care about inking or notetaking so much, they just want a touchscreen and tablet mode# Lenovo Apps: hand gesture controls: I wish more programs supported this #iTunes /coughcough## It would be so cool to be browsing the internet or playing a game, and just use a hand gesture to switch to the next song in iTunes# I did try it out using the Lenovo music program and it was pretty cool# voice controls: unfortunately dragon assistant doesn't want to work# When I say "dragon wake up", the program crashes# hoping for an update soon# I want to get to the point where I can be laying in bed and just tell my laptop what to do# Reaching my arm out to touch the screen is far too much work# Windows 8#1: Not unique to this laptop, but I like the split screen snapping# Microsoft really needs to dish out a few million to get popular apps ported to windows 8# The Microsoft store is still pretty barren# I mean, cmon! Microsoft has a partnership with Directv for the new Xbox one, and yet there is no directv app for windows 8! I know most things can be viewed through webpages or legacy windows programs, but I want scaling, sizing, snap, touch support for everything# Sound: Ok### this laptop has dolby digital sound! its amazing, absolutely amazing# There is a full spectrum customizable equalizer and virtual surround sound# I have never heard anything better in an ultrabook# If you want good sound in an ultrabook## this is it# Value: $1200 #$1150 after student discount# for an i7, 8gb, 256ssd, 13" QHD, touchscreen hybrid, virtualization support##### you cannot beat that# you simply cant# If this thing had solid colors, and AC wifi card, and optional digitizer, with the same or lighter weight, this would be the best selling hybrid for the next year# Compared to the cost and size of the Surface Pro 2, as someone who doesn't NEED a digitizer pen input or perfect colors, this was a no brainer# Summary: Good Value, great for work and light gaming and being lazy# Great sound, performance# Stand Mode = amazing Color accuracy mediocre, wifi not AC., no pen digitizer Hopefully this review helps people decide.

I want to be thorough in writing this but it’s rushed so I am sure there are tons of typos plus I have to cut it for being too long so there are parts missing so things may not flow; please bear with me. I purchased this ultra book and it was shipped to me February 7th, 2014 and between then and June 1st, 2014 it has had to go back to Lenovo 3 times for periods of up to "10 business days." For those who don't understand what that means we are talking about 2 weeks at a shot not inclusive of shipping time and how that is affected by weekends and not inclusive of holidays and how they affect the schedule. That means it has been nonfunctional in each of the first months I have had it and it has spent about a month and a half of the four months I have owned it in the shop as it were. Before you say that is anecdotal, this computer was recommended to me by an IT friend of mine who was really excited about it and purchased one. He came over and showed me his and when I found it is stock went out and bought one too. Since then, he has had to return his at least 2 or 3 times because the SD car reader was not functioning among other problems. Then there are the many users you can Google with a variety of problems from the minor issues that Lenovo has just made clear that we are supported to just deal with to the larger problems we also are supposed to just deal with. For example, look at the Bestbuy yellow. Compare that to a mustard or golden yellow. The same? On this computer they are. Yes you will never get real yellow on this computer tough luck because you see the resolution is so “awesome” to fix the battery life they needed to screw up the yellows. For all of us who live in a reality based world not on the my specs are better than yours planet, the specs are just too much when it comes to resolution. Cool you want to be better than the Retina display; cool story bro but you are on a tiny screen. What that amounts to is tiny buttons and hard to read text if you don’t have perfect vision. If my choice is between having a real yellow or a gratuitously over speced display I’d pick the former but that is for you to decide. Also no digitizer pen; the old x41 tablet Thinkpads had them, the Surface pro has one. It would be useful given the tiny buttons but I guess they blew the budget on the cool useless display. The “4” modes are a sham. I use this primarily in laptop mode because it is the most functional and logical one. Tent mode is an excuse to break it by letting it get knocked over and was just some engineers saying had technically we can leave it half way open and claim to have more modes. Presentation mode is laptop mode with no use of your keyboard because you know if you are watching something it is too much of a burden to have the keyboard out. Tablet I use if I want to carry it around and still use it but honestly it is kind of douchey like the Google glass. It is just telling people my computer can and yours can’t. Again if the trade off is having a functional computer and these cool “4” modes, I rather the former. Again your choice. The power supply is proprietary so when it goes you can expect a few bucks to go out of your wallet as well. Obviously non replaceable battery. The battery life is nowhere close to a MBA but I suppose about 5-6 hours is respectable. That brings me to another point, you will not open this machine without work and not much is replaceable. Like many other ultra books this is a ye shall not pass type of laptop when it comes to opening it up. Upgrade memory, no (You better buy the 8gb model if you want your investment to last). Memory is on the board. I think the SSD is technically replaceable as is the WiFi chip (more on that in a minute) if you can get to them which you can’t without a lot of work. My major problem is the WiFi. If you are going to build a laptop with limited hard drive space, no Ethernet jack and no Ethernet adapter and which you claim is portable, it should have spotless WiFi or at least functional WiFi. Lenovo did not get that message. This computer uses an Intel® Wireless-N 7260 (802.11bgn) card. It is cheap it is awful it is a deal breaker. I didn't realize this a first but I have come to find out. First let me say there is a better 7260NGW Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 card which retails for like $35 but Lenovo is too cheap to just fix the problem and would rather spend money 3 times shipping a computer back and forward than fix what is a known faulty card. It is shameful. Google Yoga 2 pro and WiFi for yourself and see. Let me give you the summary, the WiFi is not good but if you upgrade to the card it should fix some of the problems but as spoken to above, you can’t open this laptop without serious work. When I first received my unit I was excited, no WiFi problems but there was this weird bug which switched stereo to mono. They RMAed it and I patiently waited my 14 business days with shipping and all to get my unit back. Then I used airplane mode andthat was the end of my WiFi. I tried to bring it back but the hardware, the adapter was not there huh? Being a bit tech savvy I run some diagnostics play with the drivers reset the WiFi etc. It’s gone. Was it put back in loose like my keyboard and the movement jarred it loose? Back to Lenovo because as you can read above, you can’t open this thing. Full back up again wait my 14 business days etc. The problem which they fixed by replacing the system board (why would you do that when the WiFi card is replaceable, just dumb) is still there. Self problem check the situation, the router, diagnostics, etc it’s the laptop back to Lenovo. Thoroughly frustrated after spending hours of my life on this issue I update the drivers fix a hack around involving turning off the computer and having to save everything for a reset ever hour or so but that is not reasonable so I call Lenovo again. I very patiently (I am proud of myself) explain the issue thoroughly including the sound issue which precipitated this entire situation still exists. The very apologetic support person says that I need to send it back again but I will be put on the “priority” list which does absolutely nothing because I am still 10 business days in the depot plus shipping time. I begrudgingly accept and explain can they just replace the WiFi card with the better card and I will PAY for it I just don’t want to deal with losing the computer again I had to cancel a business trip already because I work on the computer and needed it for the trip. Yes yes sir we will make this right I promise. I get the computer back after my wait period and out of the box it has the same issue nothing was fixed. The paperwork says they were able to replicate the problem but I guess they thought oh well tough for him just send it back who needs WiFi anyway right? They hadn't replaced the card, it clearly was still not working and I just wanted my money back at this point and they could have the computer because they clearly thought they could get it to work. Again, the very sorry and apologetic person on the phone told me that it would all be ok they would get a Customer relations manager to call me back within 3 business days. 5 days later an email no refund as promised no update or future discount, no we will install the card if you buy it only we will send you back the same broken computer that you have had all the issues with and good luck with your data. I don’t want to sound self entitled or like I deserve more than I bargained for but I purchased a laptop which depends on WiFi and was advertised to have WiFi. It does not and the response is too bad. This is Lenovo; this is their thinking; this is what you are buying. A system they know not to work, they don’t care doesn't work and has problems they don’t disclose to you and when you complain and ask for a simple fix to a major defect they tell you to kick rocks.

Do not buy the Yoga 3. Except for slightly less weight and thickness, it is worse in every way. The Yoga 2 Pro is actually better than the ultrbook designed to replace it. Definitely the best ultrabook you can buy in the $1000 price range as of this writing. I did not even know Best Buy offered the Yoga 3 until I saw it in the store...but I am glad I didn't buy it. The only thing the Yoga 3 will give you is slightly thinner/ligher, and the 500GB SSD...in every other way the 2 is as good or better. This is probably the closest you will get to a Windows Macbook-quality product right now. The build quality is the first thing you will notice. It is not quite as good as a Macbook IMO, but it is very close. And in some ways it is better. The keyboard is excellent for an ultrabook...the keys are backlit and covered in a soft-touch plastic coating that are a pleasure to type on. They are quiet but still feel clicky. The interior is coated in a denser textured version of that which feels "leather" like, and also very durable, resisting fingerprints very well. The touchpad is smooth and responsive, but really prone to attracting fingerprint grease. It has embedded left/right buttons, and you can use it with smartphone-like gestures (spread to zoom for example). The laptop feels light, but you can pick it up by the keyboard and it will feel very solid. I am never worried about breaking it when I pick it up by one corner. The display is beautiful, with better-than-retina-quality resolution and excellent view angles. Brightness and black levels are not the best, but what I would consider good. Some people have complained that the resolution is too high...but you can make it whatever you want in Windows display settings. I have mine set at 1080p, and windows will treat this setting as native unless I change it (for example, games will recognize 1080p as my laptop's "native" resolution, while still allowing me to use up to 3200x1800 if I want). Because the native resolution is insanely high, there is no risk of pixelation when using lower-res modes. This completely fixes the scaling issues that a lot of Yoga users have complained about. More is never a bad thing. The display will bend completely back, and always feels solid. The soft-touch plastic coating the inside extends to the edges, making it grippy when using it in tent mode. This bendy display is where the Yoga gets its name, and while I would not call it a gimmick (it is genuinely useful), it is not something I use every day. The hinge feels extremely solid though, no matter what position it is in. Performance-wise, it is faster than most desktops I have used. Though it says 2ghz in the specs, it will actually scale up to 3ghz under load. The GPU is an Intel HD 4400, which by desktop standards is awful. By laptop standards, it is pretty decent. It will run many modern games on low or medium settings over 30fps. I was able to run Team Fortress 2 at 1080p with all settings maxed at 60+ fps. This is not a gaming laptop, though it will handle games far better than most non-gaming laptops. The i7 is actually a dual core CPU, with each core split into 2 "virtual" cores to aid in multi-tasking (don't be fooled...more cores is not always better). The i7 is also used in the best Macbooks, and is better than the "M' processor used in the Yoga 3. Performance is awesome. Everything is fast and fluid and feels more like a desktop than a laptop. The 8GB of RAM is embedded and non-upgradable. The speakers are remarkably good for a laptop...much better than I expected. Sound is loud and clear with good bass and without distortion even at high volumes. The laptop does have a fan, but it is so quiet I never noticed it until I read the specs. The vents curve up the back edge from the bottom, so they are exposed even if the laptop is sitting flat. It does get warm under load (like playing games) but otherwise runs fairly cool. Battery life is decent. That is not a code word for "awful"...it really is decent. It is only bad compared to Macs (but that is true of all non-Mac laptops). The SD slot will hold up to (at least) 256GB cards. It is a half-depth slot, meaning that the full sized cards will stick out about 1/3 when inserted. You can buy half-sized cards (they sell them for Macbooks). Between the 256GB SSD and the 256GB card, you should have plenty of room for anything business related. There is no optical drive, though you could always add an external one via one of the two full size USB ports (blue one is 3.0, other is 2.0). I have no tested the mini HDMI port. Some reviews will tell you the wifi does not support 5gh...but mine does. So they must have added it in newer models. Windows 8 has taken a lot of undeserved flak. It really is better than Windows 7 in virtually every way except the lack of a Start menu. I use both on a daily basis...windows 8 is more stable, faster with a smoother UI, and handles drivers much better. The Start menu is very easy to add back if you want, with programs like the free Classic Shell (google it). The Start menu will be back natively with Windows 10 next year anyway. Windows 8 is also much more flexible than OSX, and I am able to navigate much faster on it (not to mention the better software selection on Windows). You can do things on Windows that would take a lot more clicking and scrolling to do on the Mac. For a productivity laptop, thats important.

If you are coming to this device from an older computer with sub 1080p screen and sub windows 8, you are in a world of hurt. Between windows 8 and the insane DPI of the screen there is a huge lack of consistency in how different programs are displayed (scaled) and general confusion on how to do anything. I currently use IE, Chrome, and Firefox for browsing. One is good for youtube, one for touchscreen/tablet mode browsing and one for work stuff. None will do all three properly. Some programs will have toolbar icons smaller than the mouse. If you just do internet, word processing, and other basics you will probably be fine but more specialized programs will not like the high DPI. Windows 8 is very confusing when it comes to switching between the win7 like desktop and the touch screen tile stuff. I had assumed these were two ways to get to the same programs which is only the case sometimes, other times there are programs with are not cross compatible with the two viewing modes. To address the scaling I have just now cranked the resolution down to 1080p and put scaling to 125-150% which roughly matches the 250% I had at 3200x1800 as far as icon sizes and whatnot and now all programs seem to work just fine. You just lose out on the razor sharpness of the things that took advantage of the 3200x1800. 1080p on a 13" is still nice and sharp though. Maybe it will just be a year or so until software catches up and ultra high res screens are more mainstream and then I can switch back. All of the above is not the fault of Lenovo or the design of the yoga. I did a lot of research on the yoga2 and after using one for a couple weeks there are not many surprises hardware wise and is why I have not given an unfairly poor rating. The battery life does seem a little lackluster but maybe switching to 1080p will improve it. One thing I am a bit disappointed in is the clicking of the touchpad. The click buttons are integrated into the touchpad which I believe is pretty common now but they push fairly hard which usually causes the mouse to jump off target. This is only an issue when right clicking and click and drag as you can just light tap otherwise. (You can double light tap for a drag too.) My only other hardware complaint is that there are no keyboard media controls. There is mute, volume+/-, close window(I didn't mind pressing alt but ok), refresh, shut screen backlight off (why?), airplane mode (also doesn't need to be a direct button), open windows popup(same as alt+tab aka not needed), disable touchpad, ext/int display, brightness+/-. Could have eliminated 4 of those for media controls. Last hardware complaint is the backlit keyboard is either 100% or 0%. Not middle ground, no automatic anything. Not a big deal, it's never too bright but also never not bright enough either. Another issue is the bloatware (ex. non Adobe pdf reader) and many software wow features which you see a lot of in phones now days. There is just a lot of stuff which I don't find necessary. Take the yoga chef program which allows you to flip through recipes. I don't really need that but whatever. The problem I do have is that there is a separate application/process which runs in the background to allow Chef to use the camera for hand waving through the recipe. Then there is another program which allows you to do this vocally (and do some other vocal commands like say cheese to take a picture). There is a ton of background stuff like this which is probably why the battery life is poor. However, all of this should be removable. Finally, some of Lenovo's software is pointlessly doing things windows already does making settings confusing and eating more battery. Take their energy manager. The only reason to keep it is that it fixes the yellow issue (*Only when in certain power modes!). However, it has a screen auto brightness mode. The intel graphics driver program also has a screen auto brightness mode. Windows power settings also has an auto brightness mode. ALL THREE are set to ON defaultly so all they do is compete with each other and make the brightness wonky. (It surprisingly got worse as I shut the first two off.) Because there are direct screen brightness controls on the keyboard, I don't find this a necessary feature and would rather adjust to what's comfortable. Again, just nuisances to tweek out. All I did was complain in this review but that's what you come to the reviews for, the good things are all laid out in the specs, marketing, and the first couple reviews. So a lot of the issues you face is just tweeking it to work how you want it and getting rid of battery leachers you don't need, getting used to windows 8, and possibly not using all those pixels until software catches up. None of which are really model specific. I purchased this because of the hybrid form factor and the amazing bang for your buck. After turning the resolution down 1080p the yoga2 is a great system for anyone.

I went back and forth between this model and the standard Yoga 2. After hours of research and several trips to Best Buy I decided on the Pro version. The black lid on the Yoga 2 looked really cheap and I preferred the soft touch silver and the rubber palm rest of the Pro. Also the Pro didn't creak and twist when picked up by one corner but still managed to weigh a 1/2 lb less. When I got it home the first surprise was during the intial setup it saw my 5G wireless network. I had read countless complaints about the single-band card & all of the connectivity issues associated with it. Needless to say, I was elated to find that Lenovo had addressed this on the new builds. Mine was built on 6/12/14 & the box shows a ship date of 6/17/14. Apparently Lenovo made this change without saying a word. I have uploaded a pic showing that mine shipped with dual band AC wifi. I would strongly suggest going to the store & having the associate bring one out to verify that it has the newer WLAN. It's stated on the label on the box. Unfortunately my unit still refused to stay connected to the internet. It would lose connection every 5-10 minutes & I would have to run the windows network repair to be able to reconnect. This went on for days. I searched the internet up and down & tried everything. I downloaded the newest drivers although windows said my driver was up to date it was actually 2 editions old. I did a total reset of Windows. Nothing helped. Then I found a Windows employee stating that Mcafee was a known culprit of wifi issues with 8.1 & the dreaded yellow exclamation point in the task bar. He recommended removing McAfee from the computer and turning windows defender back on (make sure if you do this to uninstall it and then run Mcaffe's uninstall tool to completely remove the program). Since I removed Mcafee, guess what? Not a single disconnect. I can't believe they put this junk on there at the factory. One of the advantages of 8.1 is the security and anti-virus software isn't needed anyway. Just let Windows defender do its job and say goodbye to constant anti-virus pop ups. Since removing McAfee it has run like a champ. The different modes are great & now I find my tablet collecting dust. The windows app store still stinks so don't expect to find the vast majority of apps you have on your Android or iDevice. Google only has one native app and that is search. The only issue I really have with the computer is the display. The pixel density is exceptional but it is not great at displaying the color yellow even after the "fix" issued by Lenovo. I would have preferred they spent that money on the best RGB 1080p screen instead of just a "pretty good" pentile 1800P display.

I bought the Yoga Pro specifically for the display, planning to use it for editing photographs and to use in place of paper for editing PDF versions of word docs as I have been doing with a tablet. The larger screen lured me. I have not had the Yoga Pro long enough to have fully put it through its paces, but although early results are exciting in some areas, they are disappointing in key areas. For starters, I'm excited about the weight of this baby. It's half the weight of my previous laptop. And the display is like looking at a glossy print with stunning color and crisp detail. Depending on source quality, some video is so clear it's like looking out the window at real life. The adjustable-spread easel display works well to pop the Yoga Pro in a small area to play music -- speakers are super! -- or show recipes and instructions. The reverse stand feature works well in my lap for reading ebooks, positioning the screen at a nice angle. And I love, love, love the backlit keyboard. I can work in a totally dark room now without a light. On the downside, the touchpad is terrible. Lenovo could do WAY better on this, and I hope for updates. I could get used to the two finger scroll that's backward from my four previous touchpads -- you move fingers up to scroll down. But double-tapping to drag? No. Double-tapping on scroll bar to move it? No. Spread and pinch zoom control is nice. Far worse than the touchpad is the fact that the bleeding-edge, better-than-retina display is so far ahead of its time that especially Adobe software, but others as well have type three times smaller than phone screens on controls. Several installation windows are unreadable. Lenovo points the finger at developers who haven't caught up. Whatever the case, I am unable to use Windows LiveWriter to prepare blog posts, and Photoshop controls are so tiny I must use a magnifier to see them and a mouse to select them. A stylus is not precise enough. Stylus. This is the third disappointment. A rubber-tipped stylus such as one uses with an iPad works well and prevents a screen full of finger smudges. But how I miss the precision of the digitizing Samsung S-pen! I'm not throwing out my tablet just yet. Especially because controlling PDF docs on the touchscreen is difficult with both Adobe and Foxit readers, and writing with the stylus as I do on my tablet is virtually impossible. Letters deform as I write and input skips. I have similar results drawing in Photoshop. Perhaps later updates will improve this. I hope so! Finally, I actually do use three USB devices now and then. Sad that I'll have to carry a hub. I recommend this device with reservations. The more people who kick and scream about software that doesn't support these pixel-rich displays, the sooner that problem will be solved. But if you have vision problems, it's not time! And don't count on writing on the touchscreen as I did. Otherwise, it's splendid.

For the price, $1199, this Ultrabook is easily the best on the market. I spent many weeks looking for the perfect Ultrabook but nothing currently can compete with this when you consider the specifications and price. Pros: The screen resolution is incredible, text and icons are super crisp and watching higher than 1080p content is awesome, the programs I use primarily (Spotify, IE11 and Microsoft Office 2013) scale fine. Office 2013 looks crystal sharp and Spotify is perfectly usable but text and images are noticeably jagged (The actual layout is fine and menus and buttons are exactly as you'd expect). Currently the only program that I've had issues with is VLC, the media playback controls are tiny and unusable. In addition to that some dialog boxes can have issues e.g. when installing programs. There have been many people complaining about the rendering of yellow, in my view it has been completely overblown and once you have installed the BIOS and Energy Manager Updates from Lenovo it's barely noticeable (note that the fix only works when Lenovo Energy Manager is installed and running). It's slim and weighs very little, which is a huge bonus when carrying it round. The speakers are excellent, I spend a lot of time listening to Spotify and have really enjoyed using the speakers. The performance from the i7/8GB/256GB model I've got is excellent, boot times are quick and everything happens quickly. Cons: The battery life is best described as average (for a Haswell Ultrabook), I've applied the latest BIOS and Energy Manager Updates which Lenovo have released and run it almost exclusively on 'Daily Mode'' with the brightness around 50-75% (Adaptive brightness, Lenovo's 'Automatic Screen Refresh Rate' and Intel's 'Display Power Saving Technology' are enabled) and find it usually indicates a battery life between 5-8 hours. This obviously depends on what you're doing but realistically I think you'd be hard pressed to get more than 8 hours. That said, I think for most use cases, on the internet, Word documents etc, around 6 or 7 hours is to be expected. This is plenty for most people and I think it's a worthy tradeoff considering the screen resolution and the weight. For the majority of your time you are unlikely to be away from a power outlet for longer than 7 hours. The MacBook Air obviously delivers much longer battery life but offers a very low resolution screen, considering its price the sub-1080p screen is unacceptable regardless of the battery life and the MacBook Pro 13 inch offers a longer battery life but is heavier and thicker. Most other Windows Ultrabooks offer lower resolution screens and still achieve similar battery life figures, for me the screen is not worth trading for longer battery life. The only other Ultrabook which offers this resolution is the Samsung ATIB Book 9+ but that currently sells for $1800 for the same specification as the $1199 Yoga 2 Pro and isn’t a convertible, although it does seem to offer a slightly better battery life from what I’ve read. Overall I've been very pleased with the Yoga 2 Pro, it offers everything that's important to me at an excellent price, obviously corners were cut to get to this price (only one USB 3.0 port, micro HDMI instead of full size HDMI and some people have reported various build quality issues (I haven’t had any problems except for some very minor backlight bleed which is visible during boot up)) but they seem very minor when you consider what you do get for the price. It's an excellent Ultrabook and one I'd thoroughly recommend.

I have owned the Yoga 2 Pro for about two months now. This laptop most recently replaces my previous Sony Vaio, which I bought to replace two Toshiba Satellites (all of them bought through Best Buy). This is, by far, the fastest and coolest laptop I have owned. While I enjoy the three positions this laptop can fold into (stand, tablet, and tent modes), I generally only use it as a laptop, and have only rarely used it in the tablet and stand modes (the latter is great for showing slideshows). One (of two) of the negative sides to the tablet mode is that, once the screen is flipped backwards, the keyboard is exposed. I therefore generally only use this mode if I am keeping it on my lap, to keep the keyboard safe. The other negative, for people like me who like a clean screen, is that by touching the screen you obviously get lots of finger marks on it. However, cleaning the screen with a lint-free rag is a breeze, as you can easily turn the screen off (and on) using the F9 function button. In regards to the keyboard, I like the feel of the keys (they are rather soft to the touch), the lack of sound they make when striking them, and the option to illuminate them when I am in darker areas. The mouse pad gets visibly smudgy during use, but it can be cleaned up fairly easily by wiping it with some alcohol. The scrolling is fairly responsive, but, as the mouse buttons are part of the mousepad, right/left clicking can be difficult and inaccurate. I actually now mostly use a wireless mouse I bought for this laptop, and I turn the mousepad off using one of the function (F6) buttons. The display is brilliant and sharp. I had to turn off the adaptive brightness option, as, in low light settings, the screen kept dimming and brightening when I did not want it to. I thought something was actually bad with the display, but I figured out it was just the adaptive brightness that was playing tricks with my eyes. Previous reviews were critical of the "yellow" color, suggesting it was not very true, but rather a mustard yellow. This was true, until I ran the BIOS and other updates, and now the color is much truer and does not bother me. My digital pictures, taken with my Canon Rebel T3i, display just like they did on the camera screen, which was not the case on my Sony Vaio. Both shut down and start up times are rapid, and, compared to my previous laptops, connecting to the internet is almost instantaneous after starting the machine. All low-level operations on the computer run quickly, e.g. internet browsing, listening to music, streaming, processing photos, and, so far some more demanding operations (like processing data in statistical software) are also rapid. So, while I'm not a gamer, I imagine the processing speed (it uses an Intel Core i7) is sufficient for such activities. Windows 8.1 took some getting used to, particularly switching between the Desktop and App screens. Once I was acquainted with the operating system, I do now enjoy the functionality of having apps and dedicated software programs, although I miss easily being able to access the software programs by clicking on the Windows start button. I also installed the new Office software, which works perfectly on this computer, and is much more useful (e.g. the option to upload/safe documents to Skydrive). I debated about whether or not to get this laptop, from the perspective that it is an Ultrabook. It is very slim and lightweight (I don't think quite as slim as the Mac Air, but similar in weight), but it lacks a VGA output (which I use a lot to give presentations for school), only has two USB connections, no DVD/CD drive, and only 256GB of solid state drive memory. To solve these issues, I bought a USB-VGA converter, an external DVDR drive, and 1TB external hard drive. This computer also has a micro HDMI output and a slot for SD cards, which is useful for transferring my photos from my camera to the laptop. So, while you may have to sacrifice some aspects of traditional laptops, these sacrifices can be overcome by purchasing some external devices.