" As with the standard Yoga Tablet 2, the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro features a barrel hinge for the stand. Lenovo has placed a micro-projector inside of the barrel, in order to allow people to share content by projecting it. Coupled with that is a new 8 watt JBL 2.1 speaker system, which includes a 5 watt subwoofer on the back of the tablet. The final piece of the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro is to address users who never take the tablet out of the home. The Pro version has a 13.3” 2560x1440 QHD IPS display. With the additional battery space allowed by the barrel hinge, Lenovo is claiming 15 hours of battery life for the Intel Atom powered tablet. Unlike the smaller tablets, Android is the only offered operating system for this model. Pricing starts at €499 with availability the end of October."
Above it you have a picture of a windows based tablet/laptop. Might want to put a caption underneath stating what it is. Since reading this you say its android, not windows.
Why do you post it as a reply for me? I just said Intel is moving along, in general, regardless of Lenovo or whatever vendor is going to install Core M in their products. Please check your posting next time (use the ''post a comment" button, not "reply" button) and ask the author of the article, not other arbitrary visitors of the site.
This is a good step for Lenovo as I may say. However, they're nowhere close to the top laptop in my opinion, and just see rankings like http://www.topreport.org/tablets/ - they don't rank it well either
The new designs look really terrible. Only good update is the longer battery life. The hinge looks like a pre-production laptop, the hang mode is dumb because people like to have things at eye level so not sure where you would hang a tablet and I doubt the projector is powerful enough to use in open room.
I love Lenovo products. I've owned countless Lenovo Thinkpads over the years. Last Lenovo purchase was the last Lenovo X1 Carbon. I buy Lenovo not just for their build quality but for their looks and also because they generally don't cram unnecessary features into their products. They are sort of the Apple of the PC side but these products feel more Samsung like than Lenovo/Apple.
It should be obvious that this Yoga line pursues a different design philosophy than your classical tried-and-true workhorse Thinkpads (with which I'm also slightly familiar with). So this ("glamour", I would say, with orange and golden colours, note!) Yoga stuff doesn't have to be like Thinkpads at all. Thinkpads will be Thinkpads all the time, I guess, but Lenovo is not obliged to do only Thinkpads. Lenovo != Thinkpad. Think broader way.
I just mentioned this because I did not want to come off as a Lenovo hater. I almost bought the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro but each time I visited my local BB, they did not have the 8GB model I wanted in stock. But I have nothing against non-Thinkpads.
These are the tablets I'm recommending these days: the design is magnificent: - built-in stand - better hand grasp - more room for battery, - better, louder, loudspeaker - easier to find the buttons (which is an issue for older people)
Aside for those design-specific things, nice materials, nice screen, OK insides (not for gamers), and extremely fast OS updates.
I'm probably getting the 13.3" one when it comes down in price.
I'm quite surprised the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro is Android only, the larger QHD screen and pico projector would be of more use to a Hybrid windows machine. Using the projector for adhoc meeting would be potentially useful.
They need to make a Surface Pro 3 contender; based on the design of Yoga tablet 2 Pro, with Core M (and obviously Windows), active pen support, keyboard cover (like the one on the 10" Windows version). It would be great imho.
These new Yogas go already with Broadwell, and Surface Pro 3 is still on Haswell. There are rumours on the web http://digitimes.com/news/a20141009PD209.html that there even may be no Surface Pro 4 (roughly speaking, fanless Surface Pro 3 with Core M) later on, because M$ is disappointed in their tablet business at an extent where their whole tablet business will be terminated. So, there may be no future Surface products, unfortunately. Note: I personally own Surface Pro 1 with Ivy i5 and 128 GB SSD, which I bought on sale for $500, and consider it to be a great device; however the majority of population does not share this opinion, so the Surface Pro sales as a whole are low...
Trusting anything DigiTimes says verbatim isn't a good idea. Plus Microsoft directly refuted that they will no longer be selling or manufacturing or developing new versions of the Surface today.
Microsoft actually announced today that they were working on future pro models. The only thing potentially on the chopping block is RT, which would deserve it.
@Brett: You missed the Thinkpad Yoga 14 which was announced today along with these laptops and is a very balanced laptop with decent 14inch screen size, 1080P screen, better keyboard, better magnesium build quality and slightly cheaper pricing to boot :)
Why does the android version of the 10" tablet have three more hours of battery life than the windows version despite being lighter? The only difference, from the table, are an emmc that is half the size of the windows tablet and an HDMI connector. I don't see how either of those should cause battery life to drop like that.
So I read the prices of the Yoga Tablet 2 and was confused and a bit annoyed. The 8" Android->Windows price difference is +20Euro, which is reasonable for the added storage, but the 10" Android->Windows price difference is 100Euro for...the same added storage and micro HDMI. Then I remembered MS is giving away 'Windows with Bing' for 8" and smaller tablets. Damn :/ that 10" one would make a pretty decent Windows tablet but the price difference is hard to swallow, even if it's only because there's a direct comparison available. I could see the price being more acceptable, and the tabletr being nicer as a Windows PC, if it had 64GB of storage.
Dat free Windows :/ Sadly, Microsoft's strategy there will do more to kill mid-size and larger Windows tablets than anything else, and the 10-12" size is right where a Windows tablet/hybrid/convertible makes a lot of sense.
I don't think the price difference is primarily due to a Windows license fee, since I believe Windows 8 with Bing is reduced cost (free?) regardless of device size. Lenovo is also throwing in that Bluetooth keyboard/cover with the 10" Windows version as compensation. The only thing I'm really down on is that it should really come with 64GB of NAND. 32GB is just a bit too paltry, and while you can increase the storage with microSD, the random performance of microSD cards is too poor for performance-sensitive apps (though it's fine for legacy apps and media).
It's not regardless of device size unless something has changed.
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/05/2... "We also announced that Windows will be available for 0 dollars to our hardware partners for Windows Phones and tablets smaller than 9-inches in screen size."
Anyway, including the keyboard thing isn't bad I suppose, although I'd rather see more storage because it is Windows after all, and the keyboard cover may not be very good anyway.
I think laptop makers need to calm down with the resolutions. While Windows 8.2... er... 10... is coming, I doubt scaling will be completely flawless. I'd still prefer 1080p or even 900p on sub 14-inch screens
Agree. I love my X1 Carbon but if I'm going to be working for long hours, I pull out my old 15" laptop because so many apps that I use for work are not optimized for DPI scaling which makes the txt tiny/blurry.
Intel M processor manufacturing cost is probably not larger then one for Apple's A8 or 40 bucks, may be $50. It actually could be $20. I know Intel charges way more than that, just look their insane monopoly with server chips. But definitely not >$1000 to justify this highway robbery.
The projector in the tablet is amazing. Else it would just be another windows/android tablet. I can't wait for a review to see how the projector performs. Way to go Lenovo!
I still don't see how this is useful. If for business, you already have a projector in the conference room. If you want to use it for home, it would be easier and more convenient to connect it to your HDTV via HDMI chord. It won't be bright enough to use in bright room likely and do you want to shake the video by making changes to your tablet like opening a new app or new photo album? I have two projectors at home, one for gaming and one for movies. I love projectors. I just don't see where this would be useful.
My thought would be for our sales team, who are wanting to give presentations and training in customers locations. Most of which don't have conference rooms.
And yes, for the record, I am worried about what a hinge design like that might do to anything it comes into contact with. Shredded laptop bag linings might just be the beginning.
The Core M processors are designed for tablets and low-end laptops, Intel has only compared them to Bay Trail Atom chips to show how immensely better they are, but never ever released any data how they compare to Haswell-Y processors - which is exactly what we want to know.
For a premium ultrabook to sport that price and "only" a Core M dual-core CPU, let's hope it's really good.
Low end from Intel are Celerons and Pentiums which go into sub $500 regular "not-so-good" budgetary laptops, and all the Atoms. In contrast, these Core M are like re-branded low power i5/i7 parts (just new generation); these are "premium" parts and devices on them won't be cheap. So "low end" should not be confused with "low power", indeed.
"The final piece of the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro is to address users who never take the tablet out of the home. The Pro version has a 13.3” 2560x1440 QHD IPS display. With the additional battery space allowed by the barrel hinge, Lenovo is claiming 15 hours of battery life for the Intel Atom powered tablet. Unlike the smaller tablets, Android is the only offered operating system for this model. Pricing starts at €499 with availability the end of October."
Any chance of loading Windows on this? Seems like a KILLER deal, especially since it also has a built-in pico projector!
Core-M is a solution to a problem which does not exist. the Samsung Series 9 / ATIV 9 are wafer thin, have "U" CPUs, and ultra-thin fans which hardly ever spin, and when they do, run virtually silent.
3200x1800 is ridiculous overkill, and neatly sidesteps the optimum screen resolution of 1920x1080. so you can have 3200x1800 (text too small) or 1600x900 (text too big), but if you want 1920x1080 you take a hit on performance and blurriness because of scaling issues. same problem as macbook pros. ridiculous.
for a 13.3", 14" and 15.6" laptop 1080p is optimal, surely? for 17.3" perhaps 1440p. The other option would be 4K like the Lenovo Y series, because at least then you can 4:1 scale down to 1080p with no performance/blur.
I agree with you. All these screens are less than 13 inches so the PPI is still great at 1080p here (which I think works great up to 15 inches). All this resolution does is increase CPU usage to drive that many pixels and, makes you curse at the tiny UI/palettes on many of your programs that have yet to catch up to this type of PPI scaling.
From a novice CS student: Looking at the spec list of the high-end yoga products. GHz seems to have dropped from pro 2; maybe the 22 to 14nm caused this? Curious as to whether this signifies a trade in performance for being thinner. Thanks to anyone who can explain.
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TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Broadwell-Y aka Core M, finally. Good. Things are moving along.DPOverLord - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
last part came off as confusing:" As with the standard Yoga Tablet 2, the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro features a barrel hinge for the stand. Lenovo has placed a micro-projector inside of the barrel, in order to allow people to share content by projecting it. Coupled with that is a new 8 watt JBL 2.1 speaker system, which includes a 5 watt subwoofer on the back of the tablet. The final piece of the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro is to address users who never take the tablet out of the home. The Pro version has a 13.3” 2560x1440 QHD IPS display. With the additional battery space allowed by the barrel hinge, Lenovo is claiming 15 hours of battery life for the Intel Atom powered tablet. Unlike the smaller tablets, Android is the only offered operating system for this model. Pricing starts at €499 with availability the end of October."
Above it you have a picture of a windows based tablet/laptop. Might want to put a caption underneath stating what it is. Since reading this you say its android, not windows.
TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Why do you post it as a reply for me? I just said Intel is moving along, in general, regardless of Lenovo or whatever vendor is going to install Core M in their products.Please check your posting next time (use the ''post a comment" button, not "reply" button) and ask the author of the article, not other arbitrary visitors of the site.
Drumsticks - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Ouch, harsh. It might have been a mistake. There's no edit on Anandtech, so no need to be like that.TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
No, I didn't mean to be harsh at all; inaccurate replies just may confuse other readers :)Morawka - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
he just is insecure and doesn't want to get lost in the white noise that is anandtech comments threading.aka he wanted to make sure people see his post. by hijacking someone else's "first" post.
Flunk - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
Anandtech could just collapse threads like Jalopnik does. Nip this kind of behavior in the bud.Hrel - Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - link
They could do a lot of things to improve the comment section, but they don't.FwFred - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
First post always has unrelated replies. It's how you get your comment to the first page, and prevent your post from getting bumped off.craighamilton - Saturday, December 6, 2014 - link
This is a good step for Lenovo as I may say. However, they're nowhere close to the top laptop in my opinion, and just see rankings like http://www.topreport.org/tablets/ - they don't rank it well eitherAmdInside - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
The new designs look really terrible. Only good update is the longer battery life. The hinge looks like a pre-production laptop, the hang mode is dumb because people like to have things at eye level so not sure where you would hang a tablet and I doubt the projector is powerful enough to use in open room.favro - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Wow. You have to win the most negative person on the internet of 2014.I thought they look pretty cool.
Jambe - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Yeah, I thought "these look neat, and I generally don't like mobile device aesthetics".But then I've always liked orange.
AmdInside - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
I love Lenovo products. I've owned countless Lenovo Thinkpads over the years. Last Lenovo purchase was the last Lenovo X1 Carbon. I buy Lenovo not just for their build quality but for their looks and also because they generally don't cram unnecessary features into their products. They are sort of the Apple of the PC side but these products feel more Samsung like than Lenovo/Apple.TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
It should be obvious that this Yoga line pursues a different design philosophy than your classical tried-and-true workhorse Thinkpads (with which I'm also slightly familiar with). So this ("glamour", I would say, with orange and golden colours, note!) Yoga stuff doesn't have to be like Thinkpads at all. Thinkpads will be Thinkpads all the time, I guess, but Lenovo is not obliged to do only Thinkpads.Lenovo != Thinkpad. Think broader way.
AmdInside - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
I just mentioned this because I did not want to come off as a Lenovo hater. I almost bought the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro but each time I visited my local BB, they did not have the 8GB model I wanted in stock. But I have nothing against non-Thinkpads.StormyParis - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
These are the tablets I'm recommending these days: the design is magnificent:- built-in stand
- better hand grasp
- more room for battery,
- better, louder, loudspeaker
- easier to find the buttons (which is an issue for older people)
Aside for those design-specific things, nice materials, nice screen, OK insides (not for gamers), and extremely fast OS updates.
I'm probably getting the 13.3" one when it comes down in price.
mihaii - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
When can we see some reviews of Core M? It's already Octoberfrostyfiredude - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
I'm quite surprised the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro is Android only, the larger QHD screen and pico projector would be of more use to a Hybrid windows machine. Using the projector for adhoc meeting would be potentially useful.StormyParis - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Only if the projector doesn't suck.. fat chance. If only they made a cheaper version w/o it...masimilianzo - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
They need to make a Surface Pro 3 contender; based on the design of Yoga tablet 2 Pro, with Core M (and obviously Windows), active pen support, keyboard cover (like the one on the 10" Windows version). It would be great imho.TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
These new Yogas go already with Broadwell, and Surface Pro 3 is still on Haswell.There are rumours on the web
http://digitimes.com/news/a20141009PD209.html
that there even may be no Surface Pro 4 (roughly speaking, fanless Surface Pro 3 with Core M) later on, because M$ is disappointed in their tablet business at an extent where their whole tablet business will be terminated. So, there may be no future Surface products, unfortunately.
Note: I personally own Surface Pro 1 with Ivy i5 and 128 GB SSD, which I bought on sale for $500, and consider it to be a great device; however the majority of population does not share this opinion, so the Surface Pro sales as a whole are low...
jeffkibuule - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Trusting anything DigiTimes says verbatim isn't a good idea. Plus Microsoft directly refuted that they will no longer be selling or manufacturing or developing new versions of the Surface today.TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
OK then; I would actually like Surface Pro 4 to be released. No fud actually intended, sorry.Drumsticks - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Microsoft actually announced today that they were working on future pro models. The only thing potentially on the chopping block is RT, which would deserve it.Bob Todd - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Yeah, this. They already announced the dock and type covers for the SP3 will work with the SP4. No need to spread fud.MrSpadge - Sunday, October 12, 2014 - link
The Surface Pro contender from Lenovo is the Thinkpad Helix, with version 2 with Core M having been announced recently.BMNify - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
@Brett: You missed the Thinkpad Yoga 14 which was announced today along with these laptops and is a very balanced laptop with decent 14inch screen size, 1080P screen, better keyboard, better magnesium build quality and slightly cheaper pricing to boot :)AmdInside - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
If I didn't buy a Lenovo X1 Carbon recently, I would serious consider the Thinkpad Yoga 14. That looks pretty nice.Brett Howse - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Sorry about that it was not part of the live stream, nor was there a press release about it.Valis - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Let me guess, all of the models part from the Core M-70 will have 32 bit windows? :-/TiGr1982 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Why such a thought? Should be 64 bit of course.Brett Howse - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Extremely unlikely since they have 8 GB of memory.Flunk - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Seeing as even Baytrail (Atom) has 64bit support now and that is Broadwell (Core) that's pretty unlikely.tipoo - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
So, going to sub 5W Core M should bring a dip in performance from the 17W haswell parts, right? Still at 1300 dollars...tuxRoller - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Why does the android version of the 10" tablet have three more hours of battery life than the windows version despite being lighter? The only difference, from the table, are an emmc that is half the size of the windows tablet and an HDMI connector. I don't see how either of those should cause battery life to drop like that.MadMan007 - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
So I read the prices of the Yoga Tablet 2 and was confused and a bit annoyed. The 8" Android->Windows price difference is +20Euro, which is reasonable for the added storage, but the 10" Android->Windows price difference is 100Euro for...the same added storage and micro HDMI. Then I remembered MS is giving away 'Windows with Bing' for 8" and smaller tablets. Damn :/ that 10" one would make a pretty decent Windows tablet but the price difference is hard to swallow, even if it's only because there's a direct comparison available. I could see the price being more acceptable, and the tabletr being nicer as a Windows PC, if it had 64GB of storage.Dat free Windows :/ Sadly, Microsoft's strategy there will do more to kill mid-size and larger Windows tablets than anything else, and the 10-12" size is right where a Windows tablet/hybrid/convertible makes a lot of sense.
kyuu - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
I don't think the price difference is primarily due to a Windows license fee, since I believe Windows 8 with Bing is reduced cost (free?) regardless of device size. Lenovo is also throwing in that Bluetooth keyboard/cover with the 10" Windows version as compensation. The only thing I'm really down on is that it should really come with 64GB of NAND. 32GB is just a bit too paltry, and while you can increase the storage with microSD, the random performance of microSD cards is too poor for performance-sensitive apps (though it's fine for legacy apps and media).MadMan007 - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
It's not regardless of device size unless something has changed.http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2014/05/2...
"We also announced that Windows will be available for 0 dollars to our hardware partners for Windows Phones and tablets smaller than 9-inches in screen size."
Anyway, including the keyboard thing isn't bad I suppose, although I'd rather see more storage because it is Windows after all, and the keyboard cover may not be very good anyway.
chizow - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Man up to 9 hours for Broadwell Y is going to be fantastic. It's like the Bay Trail Atom battery life with actual Core performance and resolution.Looking forward to Core M on a Surface Pro 4, the Pro 3 has been fantastic so far.
Spectrophobic - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
I think laptop makers need to calm down with the resolutions. While Windows 8.2... er... 10... is coming, I doubt scaling will be completely flawless. I'd still prefer 1080p or even 900p on sub 14-inch screensAmdInside - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
Agree. I love my X1 Carbon but if I'm going to be working for long hours, I pull out my old 15" laptop because so many apps that I use for work are not optimized for DPI scaling which makes the txt tiny/blurry.SanX - Thursday, October 9, 2014 - link
Yes, the prices are moving too: "Prices start at €1,599" for the Pro 3. That's $2000 and is only a start? Look at that estimate for start prices- SSD < $100,
- 4GB RAM <$100
- Screen <$100
- Battery <$20
- Wifi/camera/keyboard <$100
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Total < $500
Intel M processor manufacturing cost is probably not larger then one for Apple's A8 or 40 bucks, may be $50. It actually could be $20. I know Intel charges way more than that, just look their insane monopoly with server chips. But definitely not >$1000 to justify this highway robbery.
Indeed "good" start.
kareruren - Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - link
The 1000 piece tray price of the Core M is $281. The BOM cost of the Core M is probably fairly low, but neither R&D nor fabs are cheap.Morawka - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
The projector in the tablet is amazing. Else it would just be another windows/android tablet. I can't wait for a review to see how the projector performs. Way to go Lenovo!AmdInside - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
I still don't see how this is useful. If for business, you already have a projector in the conference room. If you want to use it for home, it would be easier and more convenient to connect it to your HDTV via HDMI chord. It won't be bright enough to use in bright room likely and do you want to shake the video by making changes to your tablet like opening a new app or new photo album? I have two projectors at home, one for gaming and one for movies. I love projectors. I just don't see where this would be useful.NXTwoThou - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
My thought would be for our sales team, who are wanting to give presentations and training in customers locations. Most of which don't have conference rooms.Valantar - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
I'm a huge Lenovo fan, but that hinge design? Oh my god. That's a deal breaker. Might be the single ugliest feature I've ever seen on a laptop. Ew.Valantar - Saturday, October 11, 2014 - link
I just remembered what that hinge reminds me of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEdgQJEdTAAnd yes, for the record, I am worried about what a hinge design like that might do to anything it comes into contact with. Shredded laptop bag linings might just be the beginning.
OrphanageExplosion - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
Finding this a bit hard to read - are there supposed to be paragraph breaks?pixelhaus76 - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
I'm confused here.The Core M processors are designed for tablets and low-end laptops, Intel has only compared them to Bay Trail Atom chips to show how immensely better they are, but never ever released any data how they compare to Haswell-Y processors - which is exactly what we want to know.
For a premium ultrabook to sport that price and "only" a Core M dual-core CPU, let's hope it's really good.
kyuu - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
Who said that Core M is designed for "low-end laptops"? I think you're confusing fanless, low TDP laptops with "low-end".TiGr1982 - Saturday, October 11, 2014 - link
Low end from Intel are Celerons and Pentiums which go into sub $500 regular "not-so-good" budgetary laptops, and all the Atoms.In contrast, these Core M are like re-branded low power i5/i7 parts (just new generation); these are "premium" parts and devices on them won't be cheap. So "low end" should not be confused with "low power", indeed.
nathanddrews - Friday, October 10, 2014 - link
"The final piece of the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro is to address users who never take the tablet out of the home. The Pro version has a 13.3” 2560x1440 QHD IPS display. With the additional battery space allowed by the barrel hinge, Lenovo is claiming 15 hours of battery life for the Intel Atom powered tablet. Unlike the smaller tablets, Android is the only offered operating system for this model. Pricing starts at €499 with availability the end of October."Any chance of loading Windows on this? Seems like a KILLER deal, especially since it also has a built-in pico projector!
bhima - Saturday, October 11, 2014 - link
Bleh... Lenovo STILL doesn't have an active digitzer option for the Yoga Pro 3. Hopefully they will refresh the Thinkpad Yoga here soon.gw74 - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
Core-M is a solution to a problem which does not exist. the Samsung Series 9 / ATIV 9 are wafer thin, have "U" CPUs, and ultra-thin fans which hardly ever spin, and when they do, run virtually silent.tipoo - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
Whether or not you appreciate the fanlessness, going from 17 watts to 5 watts should do amazing things for battery life.gw74 - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
3200x1800 is ridiculous overkill, and neatly sidesteps the optimum screen resolution of 1920x1080. so you can have 3200x1800 (text too small) or 1600x900 (text too big), but if you want 1920x1080 you take a hit on performance and blurriness because of scaling issues. same problem as macbook pros. ridiculous.stadisticado - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
I think you'll find a lot of people on this forum who disagree with your assessment that 1920x1080 is optimal...gw74 - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
for a 13.3", 14" and 15.6" laptop 1080p is optimal, surely? for 17.3" perhaps 1440p. The other option would be 4K like the Lenovo Y series, because at least then you can 4:1 scale down to 1080p with no performance/blur.bhima - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
I agree with you. All these screens are less than 13 inches so the PPI is still great at 1080p here (which I think works great up to 15 inches). All this resolution does is increase CPU usage to drive that many pixels and, makes you curse at the tiny UI/palettes on many of your programs that have yet to catch up to this type of PPI scaling.Gunbuster - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
Yikes, that hinge is straight out of Battlestar Galactica 1978.gw74 - Monday, October 13, 2014 - link
that is in no way a bad thing, at least not to me!J.369 - Thursday, October 16, 2014 - link
From a novice CS student: Looking at the spec list of the high-end yoga products. GHz seems to have dropped from pro 2; maybe the 22 to 14nm caused this? Curious as to whether this signifies a trade in performance for being thinner. Thanks to anyone who can explain.kareruren - Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - link
The CPU TDP also dropped from like 16W to 4.5W.