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
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| UPC Code | 887619680973 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core i5-3317U |
| Processor speed | 1.7 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 4096.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory max | 8.0 GB |
| Display | |
| Display size | 13.3 inches |
| Display type | multi-touch LCD |
| Touchscreen | Capacitive |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1600 x 900 pixels |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Integrated |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| Storage | |
| Drives included | 1.0 |
| Drive size | 128.0 GB |
| Drive type | Solid-State Drive |
| Battery | |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 8.0 hours |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Wireless connection |
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| Dimensions | |
| Width | 13.1 inches |
| Depth | 8.9 inches |
| Height | 0.7 inches |
| Weight | 3.4 pounds |
| Weight with Accessories | 4.0 pounds |
| 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 | 60.0 |
| 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 | 2115.0 score (higher is better) |
| Web Browsing | |
|---|---|
| Peacekeeper | 1956.0 score (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Storage Test | 4880.0 score (higher is better) |
| File Compression | 142.0 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 283.0 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 235.0 seconds (lower is better) |
| Audio Encoding | 308.0 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Idle power usage | 10.4 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| 3DMark 11, 1280x720 Performance | 579.0 score (higher is better) |
| Civilization V, Leader Benchmark, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 368.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Civilization V, Late Game View, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 10.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt Showdown, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 30.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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