Pros
- Great keyboard, trackpad and touchscreen
- Smooth, responsive display
- Excellent speakers
Cons
- A little heavy
At A Glance
The Yoga is perhaps one of the most usable devices on the market. It has a great keyboard, trackpad, and touchscreen, and can be used in multiple positions.
Manufacturer’s Description
Yoga 13 combines the productivity of an Ultrabook with the touch experience of a tablet, taking full advantage of the Windows 8 functionality. The screen flips a full 360 degrees into four modes that make it easy to create, share, or consume content. Combine those with its long battery life, and the Yoga 13 provides ultimate versatility.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor speed | 1.7 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i5-3317U |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 4096.0 MB |
| Memory max | 8.0 GB |
| Display | |
| Touchscreen | Capacitive |
| Display type | multi-touch LCD |
| Resolution | 1600 x 900 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| Display size | 13.3 inches |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| Graphics Type | Integrated |
| Storage | |
| Drives included | 1.0 |
| Drive type | Solid-State Drive |
| Drive size | 128.0 GB |
| Battery | |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 8.0 hours |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Wireless connection |
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| Available Interfaces |
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| Dimensions | |
| Weight with Accessories | 4.0 pounds |
| Height | 0.7 inches |
| Weight | 3.4 pounds |
| Depth | 8.9 inches |
| Width | 13.1 inches |
| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Other Features | |
| Devices |
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| Input devices | Touchpad (multitouch) |
Performance
| Product Type | |
|---|---|
| Subcategory | Ultra Portable |
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 60 |
| Worldbench Version | 8 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 5:37 (hh:mm) |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 7.9 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 2115 score (higher is better) |
| Web Browsing | |
|---|---|
| Peacekeeper | 1956 score (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 142 seconds (lower is better) |
| PCMark 7 Storage Test | 4880 score (higher is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Idle power usage | 10.4 Watts |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 283 seconds (lower is better) |
| Audio Encoding | 308 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 235 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Civilization V, Leader Benchmark, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 368.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt Showdown, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 30.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Civilization V, Late Game View, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 10.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| 3DMark 11, 1280x720 Performance | 579 score (higher is better) |
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