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Pros

  • Great keyboard, trackpad and touchscreen
  • Smooth, responsive display
  • Excellent speakers

Cons

  • A little heavy

Bottom Line

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.

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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