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#Lenovo yoga 2 screen wrap around hinges pro
While that content usually maxes out at 1080p, the Yoga 2 Pro does a solid enough job rendering and upsampling that resolution’s content without any glaring visual issues.

The laptop arrangement results in a teensy bit of wobble, as the screen doesn’t completely lock into place at any upright angle, but you’ll really have to look to notice it.įor portability’s sake, there’s no Blu-ray drive, so users will probably rely on streaming and downloaded video. It stays mighty still when the Yoga 2 Pro is in “stand” mode, in which the keyboard side lays flat on a table while the touchscreen faces the user, as well as in “tent” mode, in which the screen and keyboard sides form a tent at a roughly 30 degree angle.īoth of these “poses” benefit from rubberized coating on the edges, which plant the device and reduce its wobble. The all-important hinge returns, continuing to straddle the fine line between firmness and bendability. Again, Lenovo has elected to include only one USB 3.0 port and to place a USB 2.0 port on the opposite side (seemingly to toy with Ars’ poor Andrew Cunningham, who wants every USB 2.0 port to be replaced as soon as humanly possible, thank you). The sides show a minor port shuffling, the only major differences being the HDMI-out port shrinking to mini and the addition of an odd, fingernail-sized button that brings up a system backup menu. Weight has gone down from 3.4 to 3.1 lbs, and our tape measure confirms a thickness of 0.61” on both ends (meaning the tapering cut in material on the front end is mostly illusion). Unfortunately, it didn’t take much time for the trackpad to noticeably darken where our fingers pressed it the most. The trackpad is seemingly unchanged, meaning its sensitivity and usefulness are a little funky. The original Yoga's chiclet keyboard has also seen no changes and fits my large hands pretty well it lacks anything in the way of distracting design or key placement, and even better, the keys now come backlit. It has the same rubberized texture on the inside and out, which feels weird at first touch but proves quite comfortable for lengthy typing stretches. The Yoga 2 Pro's chassis doesn’t stray far from the last model for better and for worse. However, in spite of its best qualities (did we mention all of those pixels?), the biggest drawback is the operating system they're tied to.
#Lenovo yoga 2 screen wrap around hinges portable
Coupled with a slight reduction in chunkiness and a bump in specs, this could set this device up as the ultimate drool-inducing portable in the $1,000 range.Īfter extensive testing, the Yoga 2 Pro’s size and screen certainly earn it that river of drool. The device now comes with a staggering 3200×1800 of those pixels, packed into the same 13.3-inch screen as the original model. Most notably, the new Yoga has more pixels. As such, Lenovo has gone to lengths to make sure the second iteration of the Yoga Pro line brings more to the portable party. That’s not just a reason to make jokes about “downward facing dog" ( like the last model) this form-shifting functionality proves so useful, it now seems like a “duh” move for any multi-touch, keyboard-optional laptop. Webcam, volume rocker, screen orientation lock button, system back-up button Specs at a glance: Lenovo Yoga 2 ProĤGB 1600MHz DDR3 (one slot, upgradeable to 8GB)ġx USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0, mini-HDMI, card reader, headphone/microphone dual jack Keep pushing the multi-touch monitor, and it will turn from a keyboard-and-touchpad laptop (stretch) to an upright, counter-sitting tablet (streeetch) to a completely flat tablet (streeeeeeetch, ooh).
#Lenovo yoga 2 screen wrap around hinges windows 8
The first thing you’ll notice about Lenovo’s latest Windows 8 tab-top is its 360-degree hinge, which enables a range of poses.

The Yoga 2 Pro has a knack for bending and folding.
