Lenovo - Yoga 3 2-in-1 14" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive - Black

Very impressed with the speed and how easy it is to transport. The tablet is not very easy to type on despite the number of keyboard placement options. I have been doing a lot of word processing and the right shift is smaller than normal, so I tend to press the up arrow enough for it to be bothersome. I was also a macbook pro user before this. The computer came with windows 8.5 installed and i recently upgraded to windows 10. My microphone and video had stopped working. The lenovo support team was available to talk in a chatroom, but turns out my drivers had to be reinstalled and the support person ended the session in the middle of a driver installation and did not contact me again to follow up. The battery life is pretty pathetic, I still bring my charger everywhere with me. The bottom of the computer also gets pretty hot if on my lap for along period of time. In spite of these glitches, I think the computer and hardware will last a long time. My experience at Best Buy was not the best, so I will probably not purchase anything else from them.

Aight yo to prove this an honest review, ima use some slang a** language Jk, but seriously I was just a college student looking for a computer that I could use either in class or to work on homework, and maybe use for a little gaming or adobe programs later. I came across the Yoga 3 14" while look at the Yoga 3 11", and went with this one because it was only 50 bucks more and had a better processor and bigger screen (maybe a few more things, look it up). Only problems I've had so far are the kinda low battery life imo (but as long as you can charge it sometime throughout the day, you'll be more than fine) and there was a touch screen issue for the first couple weeks. It was a ghost touch that would be concentrated on one part of the screen, but I googled the problem and found a link posted on a forum from a Lenovo worker that got me to a software download that (so far) has worked completely. Would totally love a tricked out laptop, but had to be realistic and this is a great bang for the buck (especially w/ a coupon).

I got lucky.. got the student discount and deal off the day for a total of $600. This computer starts up, shuts down super fast with the SSD. I upgraded to windows 10 with no problems, but I do reccomend installing Firefox over chrome or using Microsoft edge. Internet browsing is almost instant when you do. Battery life is better than what I have been reading--I get about 7 hours while in class sometimes for 6 hours, so this is perfect if you take notes on your laptop during class. Case feels very durable, and the look, feel, and weight of the laptop is just perfect-very slim. The i5, 8Gb ram, and 256 SSD make this laptop faster than what I even need it for. I haven't tried games on this, but with Intel graphics I'll assume it would be weak, but that's not what you're buying this for. Everyday browsing, home use, or for school this laptop is perfect. The touch screen and versatility to switch into a tablet is really neat and useful for newer windows operating systems. The keyboard is lowered so the laptop can be converted to a tablet, but I have grown to love the feel of it, and the back lit keyboard is awesome for when you are using it in the dark. There has been talk that the screen is relatively dark or dim, I will confirm this, but it's more than bright enough for indoor situations. No one will be using this at an outside picnic am I right? With that said, resolution for the screen is very good, streaming movies or videos look great. Overall I am extremely happy I bought this product, and once people get used to the 3-in 1 setup and keyboard, you will be satisfied also. Probably the best mid range laptop out there if you ask me. Cheers!

Love love love this laptop/tablet. Fast and sleek. I downloaded the free utility Classic shell that makes Win8 act just like Win7...which I prefer. And I have a nice little shortcut on my desktop to go to the Win8 START screen whenever I need to go into TABLET mode.

This 2-in-1 laptop is a great product. The 14" screen is the perfect size; not too big or too small. It is extremely lightweight making it easy to carry around campus. The solid state drive is a nice change from the usual hard drive. It only takes a few seconds to boot up. While the memory may not be significant relative to a hard drive's potential, it makes up for it in speed. You can simply keep your extra files on an external hard drive or flash drive. The battery life is great; it lasts me hours on a single charge. The only flaw I see is the keyboard. The keys could be a little more solid. Other than that, I would highly recommend this laptop to anyone.

I spent a ridiculous amount of time researching different laptops and ultrabooks before making this purchase. I finally narrowed my window to Lenovo. After playing with all of Lenovo's comparable products; my decision was quite easy. This is the perfect portable, but perfectly sized machine. I would recommend it to anyone. -One note: the keyboard seems to be shifted slightly to the left; making it a little difficult to get used to without touching the track pad.

To be honest, when I first purchased this laptop, I wasn't sure really why I was being a 2-in-1 when I've never really had the need for a tablet where a laptop couldn't do the job even faster. I was probably more intrigued by the touchscreen laptop capabilities (nothing new nowadays). Some first thoughts (both positive and negative) I had on this laptop were: 1) relatively small amount of memory compared to my other laptops (which were all much heavier and bigger) 2) 14" seems like the perfect size, especially for a 2-in-1, where a 13" was too small for me for a laptop and 15" would be a pain to carry around as a walk-around 2-in-1. 3) It's a laptop, that can also be a tablet and allows a stand option 4) Performance is ridiculously good for a machine this size 5) 2 USB 3.0 ports + 1 3.0 port (charger) I ended up getting it a week after first checking it out in the store and comparing it to the slightly newer 13.3" yoga 3 pro and the big winner was the battery life of the Yoga 14 (i think 14 hours compared to ~5 hours?). I was planning on using this for both school and work and the chances of me being able to have a chance to charge every 5 hours was nil, especially being a "power user". Something to note was I was able to upgrade immediately to Windows 10 after setting up Windows 8.1 which came pre-installed. The Windows 10 experience on this machine is amazing. The transitioning and options available for switching from Laptop to Tablet (or Stand) mode were extremely seamless. I bought a stylus for this the next day and had no problems with incorporating that with the Yoga 14 and Windows 10. I'm going to start getting too detailed if I go any further with this review so I'll summarize it here: Performance on the machine is lightening fast and will take care of most to all of your daily laptop/tablet needs. I've even done some moderate photo and video editing on this laptop with no latency or crashes occuring, something I would never expect from a machine this size. Versatility of use as a laptop and tablet is awesome. Warranted, you probably won't use the tablet mode that often (they actually have statistics that compare the amount of time you have the machine in each mode) but when that time comes you really wish you had a tablet to be more "carry-able" (I'm an assistant at work so this actually happens pretty often), you'll be VERY glad you have the option too. Works AMAZING with windows 10 whether you are a fan of touch or not. Some of the more performance-taxing things I've done with this laptop include (for those wondering about performance with certain applications): -Heavy web development (used Adobe DW and MS VS) -Some photo and video editing using Adobe products (PS, AE) -Music composition using MIDI (Ableton, FL Studio, Mixcraft) I had no problems using any of these programs whatsoever, the 8G of RAM definitely does it's job well! This product definitely gets a 10/10 or 5/5 whatever, for all the above. Not a power horse if you're looking into getting into heavy intensive video editing or anything overly power consuming, but can definitely handle more than I thought it would be able too. The only con I have on this machine is the 256MB SSD, a 512MB option would have been great to see, but I just ended up buying a 512MB class10 UHS SD card with a 95mb/s transfer rate which run's like a dream and gives me enough total hard drive space to do what I need to do. Hope this review helped!

One year on how is this laptop holding on. Pros - Still boots super fast (under five seconds as advertised). -Very light and has circumnavigated the globe and still is in really good shape. - Battery life is still good. Cons - The touch screen used to malfunction from day three. I didn't return because the problem wasn't acute. Now I don't use the touch screen at all. I have disabled it because it just acts like someone randomly is pressing all over the screen even when I am not near the laptop. This means programs being closed, opened, right clicks, left clicks being pressed constantly. - The laptop has failed to boot twice in the last one month. After I shut it down I was unable to boot it no matter how many times I pressed the power button for around five minutes. Thankfully it has loaded after that (this has terrified me). - Tablet mode is useless because of the touch screen issue. Overall good value for money if you purchased it for under $660.Otherwise not.