Lenovo Yoga 12
What’s in the box
The packaging is fairly simple, but very protective. In box
was the laptop, power adapter, and a small little warranty info paper. You
know, I miss the days when recovery discs were included when you got a new
computer. How many of you would pay an extra $5-$10 for some recovery media to
be included with a new computer?
Build
This little guy is sleek. Very thin and solid, with some
caveats I suppose. While it does feel very solidly built, it also feels pretty
heavy for a 2-in-1, this isn’t something I would want to use 1 handed for an
extended period of time. In the same breath I don’t suspect this will get
broken to easily. This particular Yoga I’m using was made for business
applications so on one side you will find the charge port, which has a rubber cover
on the port attached to it that is for the docking station. There is also a
headset jack and USB 3 port on the same side. On the other side you will find a
Mini HDMI, USB 3, SD Card port, a button to lock/unlock auto-rotate, volume
buttons, power button, and stylus
(ooh fancy).
Specs
5300U Core i5, 8GB Ram, 180GB SSD, 1080p screen.
What I don’t like
The weight. Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind a laptop on the
chunky side as long as it makes sense. A gaming laptop should be on the heavier
side, an ultrabook should be light. I asked my wife to grab this out of my
backpack for me and the first thing she said was ‘wow this is heavy’. It’s not
a brick, but it is heavier than it should be in my opinion.
Sleep. Not the kind where I lay down in my comfy bed and close
my eyes, the kind where I close the lid to the laptop and it goes to sleep.
I’ve done this about 10 times and it has successfully woken up once. Just to be
thorough I am running Windows 10 and I am connected to a domain. Regardless any
new computer should be able to handle going to sleep and waking up without a
problem.
Keyboard backlighting. I just don’t care for it on this
particular keyboard. It serves its purpose I suppose but if I don’t need to
find a specific key, it’s turned off.
Screen. This is a double edged sword for me. On the one hand
the screen is actually very nice, so this will probably also be in my things I
like section. There is quite a bit of screen bleed in each of the 4 corners of
the screen. More so on the right hand side but still present on the left. Once
there is something on the screen that isn’t black it’s barely noticeable.
Sylus. While I do see and have used the stylus, I don’t like
the implementation. Writing on the screen wasn’t a bad experience, but it
wasn’t a good one either. Entirely too much force is required to ‘click’ a link
or say the back button on my browser. I will very rarely (if ever), use the
stylus.
What I do like
The keyboard. I absolutely love typing on this keyboard. The
keys feel a tiny bit mushy, but they do have a nice amount of travel and
tactile feedback for my tastes. I’m actually writing this review on it and I’m
enjoying the typing experience.
Screen. Told you this would make an appearance here. I
actually do like watching videos on the screen. At 1080p everything is just as
clear as I would like. Plus, it is a touch screen and the response to touch is
amazing. I really like the fact that the screen is a matte type finish, it
makes for a smoother touch experience. I have an HP 2-in-1 that has a glossy
screen, in a way it looks a bit better but using the actual touch screen just
isn’t as nice on a glossy screen.
Battery life. I haven’t actually timed it yet, which I will
eventually and I will update this review, but I would say I’m easily getting
5-6 hours from a single charge. From a laptop this size that is pretty good.
Comparatively my Surface Pro 2 gets right around 2 ½ hours.
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