Friday, October 10, 2014

Lenovo unveils thinner, lighter Yoga 3 Pro convertibles with Intel Core M inside

And it’s not that expensive either, going for $1,349 and up, so basically the same starting price as the Yoga 2 Pro.



For far too long, computer manufacturers have put an emphasis on making their machines bigger, stronger and faster. This holiday season, it’s all about thinness and lightness, thanks to Intel’s Haswell refresh, codenamed Broadwell.

Chips part of this family, also known as Core Ms, have shrunk in size, from 22 to 14 nanometers, replacing the full range of Haswell CPUs, both lower and higher-end. As a direct consequence, we won’t be seeing great performance gaps between state-of-the-art laptops and PCs released in the coming months, but everyone will try to trim the profiles and bulk of their aging devices.

Case in point, Lenovo’s new third-generation Yoga Pros, which are incredibly enough 14 percent lighter and 17 percent thinner than their predecessors. For anyone keeping count, that means the latest members in the Ultrabook family tip the scales at 2.62 pounds and measure 12.8 mm in depth. The approximate weight of a bottle of water and thinness of a pencil, Lenovo claims.



Salivating already at the mere thought of carrying around one of these anorexic beasts? Then you may want to know they’re rated at up to nine hours of battery life on a single charge, and accommodate a maximum of 512 GB solid state storage.

Things just keep getting better and better, and Harmony, Lenovo’s spanking new intuitive software, promises to make over 50 popular applications more enjoyable. How does it work? For instance, it automatically adjusts the brightness and color temperature when you start reading an e-book. Or it can optimize audio in video playing apps.

Of course, the design on the whole is largely unchanged, and as always, you can switch between four modes (Laptop, Stand, Tent and Tablet) seamlessly. The display is the same old, same old too, but mostly because an upgrade beyond 3,200 x 1,800 pixels resolution would be pointless.



Finally, you should know the ultra-low-voltage Intel Core M SoC is paired with 8 GB RAM in both configurations, the one priced at $1,349 and featuring a 256 GB SSD, and the $1,549 version with 512 GB storage.

Oh, and in case you have a problem with ultra-slim, ultraportable convertible laptops, Lenovo just outed the ThinkPad Yoga 14. This thing is quite chunky, at 0.7 inches and 4.1 pounds, and it naturally makes use of old Haswell processors. On the bright side, it’s a little cheaper, at $1,199 and up, and offers discrete dedicated NVIDIA GeForce 840 graphics instead of an integrated Intel HD 5300 GPU.

Sources: Lenovo Newsroom , Lenovo Store , Engadget



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