Lenovo - Yoga 710 2-in-1 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce 940MX - 256GB SSD - Pearl black

I purchased this laptop around 2 months ago and I am very impressed with the level of performance I've gotten out of it. The 256GB SSD is very snappy opens all of my programs and applications without any hiccups. Wake up time from sleep is ~2-3 seconds and Start up time from shutdown is ~4-5 seconds. The screen is absolutely gorgeous; it was one of the best on display in this price range and I love watching media on it, although text not optimized for the high resolution will look pixelated. Speakers sound adequate and are loud enough for what is available on a laptop but the Dolby Audio enhancement is a welcome addition that can help to really compensate for lesser quality audio playback. I like the aesthetic of the keyboard but the functionality was not particularly to my liking. The placement of the right Shift key had me more often than not hitting the Up key when I wanted to capitalize a letter. I also think the keyboard is a bit shallow and it took me a few weeks to get used to typing on it. One more slight downside is that the laptop only has 2 USB 3.0 ports and uses MICRO-HDMI instead of Mini-HDMI. Battery life is favorable to me. Using battery saver, I was able to get at least 9.5 hours using my laptop to do office work using Battery Saver and using it to watch videos and play music with max brightness and volume, I get around 4-5 hours. Webcam is slightly better than most others in the same price range, but is still of middling quality. I think the thing that I appreciate most around this laptop is the fingerprint scanner that GREATLY improves user accessibility and a tool I could see being an extra layer of security for those looking to use this laptop for business. One small thing that I do appreciate is that the laptop has a dedicated graphics card and while it may not be very powerful, it will allow me to play some games from my Steam library while I am on the go. TL;DR This laptop does have caveats in its keyboard layout and design and limited number of expansion ports, but the wonderful screen, snappy response time, dedicated graphics and premium features like the backlit keyboard and fingerprint scanner were my motivators for picking this computer and I'm very happy with my purchase. P.S. As a side note, there is a small amount of backlight bleed on completely black screens on this laptop. The photos I took somewhat exaggerate it, but it is present for those who wish to be made aware.

At first, I had purchased a heavy gaming laptop with 1GB more of GPU processing space and 8GB more of RAM, but it had a lot of issues unresolved by the manufacturer, so I picked up this Lenovo for half the price and it performed about the same for literally half the price. The screen is crisp and clear, the solid state drive is quick and snappy, there's enough RAM to do anything you would need, the mini GPU can handle most mid level games, and the i5 7th generation processor has the power of an older i7, which is great. I use this for everything from internet shopping to computer games. Honestly, and easily the best laptop I've purchased.

In all honesty I love the overall "Buying" experience and outcomes of 9 out of 10 items. These disparate electronics exceeded my expectations. But attempting to purchase a Laptop that remained functioning as it was intended to function for longer than 2 weeks, was a failure 4/4 times. In all honesty having to take back the first 3, with 5 days being the one that lasted the longest kinda burned me out on the "return" process. This last Lenova Yoga i5 with SS drive worked relatively well for 10 days. Then the Keyboard ceased working (had to hook up a USB keyboard and then a mouse a few days later to get it to work. But heck, I don't want to drag around a mouse and a keyboard to use my NEW Laptop. So I will muster my nicest persona tomorrow and take this latest non- functional back to BB and see what they are gonna do for me. I promise to keep you posted as to what they are gonna do for me.

I love this Lenovo Yoga 710. it it so much snappier than my old laptop. The graphics are great and it holds up pretty well to complex 3D drawings and simulation. My college son abused a Yoga for years and it just kept on holding up to the abuse. I thought I'd give one a try and have not regretted it for a minute.

Love laptop,NOT keyboard Shift key, wrong location.

I have only owned it for a few days and it is quick, has a great screen, and the size is perfect. This is the smallest 15.6" laptop I have seen and is almost the size of my wife's 13.3" HP. This is a good value compared to other laptops in the 2-in-1 space especially considering this machine has a discrete graphics card. I specifically was looking for this feature and it is not easy to find it in a 2-in-1 config. I haven't tried it yet on anything but Civilization VI and the benchmark mode ran fairly well. I was surprised and love the lack of bloatware. This comes as almost pure windows. The only software is two Lenovo apps that are useful for settings, and contacting Lenovo support. This 2-in-1 is not perfect though, it's funny when I read other reviews I mostly saw complaints about the keyboard. I thought meh, that doesn't seem like a big deal, well let me tell you I had no idea just how much I use the right shift key until suddenly I have a computer where the right shift key is terrible. I understand the design choice to keep the profile small, but this should definitely be fixed in future product. It is not a deal breaker for me, but is why this is not a 5 star laptop. Hey Lenovo maybe you should think about shrinking the left shift key some while increasing the size of right shift, this might help.( the lead engineer must have been a lefty ) and while you are at it replace the mini HDMI with USB-C. My final thought is this is a great machine with a few minor flaws, primarily with the keyboard. The size, performance, discrete graphics and price are all reasons to recommend this if you are looking for a 2-in-1.

FEEL Trackpad is simply accurate, though a registry tweak was required to make two-finger tap (vs click) work. I must say that this is the first windows laptop I've used, possibly ever, on which the trackpad functioning is never affected by resting the heel of your left hand on the far left-front side of the deck. On others, doing so while using trackpad with right hand often causes mouse pointer to jump and touch scrolling and gestures to be inconsistent. Keyboard: As many other reviews have pointed out, be aware of the awkward right shift key placement. To ease that issue somewhat, the manufacturer comments on other reviews suggest a program named KeyTweak. I looked at KeyTweak but seeing that the program was last updated for windows 2000, I googled other options and am rather using SharpKeys which is working well. I swapped the functions of the right shift and arrow up keys. Other than that, the keys feel good to me and the keyboard has no flex whatsoever. I tend to type about 60wpm and am right at that on this keyboard. The physical build of this machine feels very solid to me. The materials are comfortable during use. The silver trim around the outside of the display is sometimes a bit distracting, especially when it catches a light reflection, and sort of detracts from the beauty of the display and thin bezel. The power button takes a concerning amount of pressure to affect, enough that I'm so far regularly concerned I'm going to break it. USE Display is excellent and plenty bright. On a recently returned HP I had the windows scaling set to 150% instead of the default 125%. On this lenovo I didn't need to do this for everything to look the best for me. On the first start up, this computer took a little longer than others I've set up recently but it went ahead and loaded all current windows updates, which does ultimately save time and effort. With the HP I had to initiate windows updates myself and had to perform some hacks/tweaks when the updating process froze. Regarding general performance, I have experienced no lag whatsoever, fast reboot, about 10 seconds to full usability. No games or graphics-intensive use yet but I haven't noticed loud fan as commented by others. OTHER Lenovo update tools aren't real straight forward. You first have to download the utility from Lenovo's support site, then on first run there was no program window. I had to kill the processes in task manager and restart to be able to tell what (or that anything) was happening. All in all, this is a very solid machine and I'm confident this one won't be returned. If not for the right shift key placement I would have given 5 stars. I am an IT professional and tech enthusiast. This is my third Lenovo and when I give other brands a try, it seems I always return to Lenovo after not much time.

To begin with, the only reason why this laptop didn't get 5 stars is because of the keyboard. But more on that later. I had been trying to get my 5 year old laptop to survive another year as I really didn't have the money to buy another one. However, after one too many "blue screens of death", I realized it was time. I first started looking at what was on sale (I'm poor!!) and decided to go with an ASUS Q504 model. I really like ASUS and was happy with my decision. I ordered it on Saturday and then found this Lenovo Yoga 710 on sale on Sunday. I really like having a solid state drive as it makes the boot up process MUCH faster. I decided to return the other one and buy the Lenovo. I wasn't sure about Lenovo as some time ago, my office had to return about 75% of our Lenovo laptops due to defects. However, so far, this one does not disappoint. The start up time is FAST. I like being able to turn it on, and then start working within 20 seconds. The power button is a bit hard to find at first (right hand side) but it's not an issue. You don't ever touch it by mistake when opening the screen. Speaking of the screen, it s GREAT! Super clear and great colors. I think that is one of the reasons why I chose this over the ASUS Q504. The screen on the ASUS is just not as crisp as the Lenovo screen. There are a couple of USB ports and a mini HDMI. I wish it had a regular HDMI as I hate having to buy another adaptor, but it is what it is. There is no USB C on this one, so if that is a must, look elsewhere. The body is aluminum and has a very solid feel to it. It just feels like a high end laptop (which for $750 on sale, it is!). So far, it has been VERY responsive. The i5 processor combined with a SSD and 8 GB of RAM has kept it running great. I haven't seen any lag time for normal use, and I usually have up to 3 to 4 programs going at once. You can expand the RAM, I just personally haven't seen the need to. The only issue is that doggone keyboard! Others have commented on it and it is all true. I can see what Lenovo has done which is make the same keyboard for the Yoga line. However, cutting the shift key on the right hand side makes for a LOT of errors. You really have to think about that shift key to hit it. If this is going to be your only computer, you'll get used to it. I jump back and forth between this and a Surface Book, and I always wind up hitting the up arrow instead of the shift key for the first few times. But, I personally didn't find the keyboard to be a deal breaker. Would I prefer that they change it? If course! But, for a light weight computer with solid performance (fast), a great screen and a solid feel, this Lenovo does great.