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Pack your office in your travel bag with this Lenovo Yoga multimedia notebook. A 15.6-inch touchscreen display and a full keyboard let you choose the navigation option that's right for you, and the Intel HD graphics card brings videos to life. Featuring a powerful lithium-ion battery, this Lenovo Yoga multimedia notebook delivers up to 9 hours of use before needing a charge.
Posted by: AJTheKing
from OC, CA
My old laptop was reaching 10 years old, so it was definitely time for an upgrade! I did a lot of research before coming to this decision. Screen size is a personal preference, but I really do enjoy the real estate of a 15.6" screen. Sure, not quite as portable, but with this laptop, I don't feel that the extra size is a detriment.
The design is very nice. I love the color. So many laptops are the silver color which I just personally don't like, so finding this one in black (dark grey really) was great. I really liked the Yoga 910 as well, especially the hinge design and screen, but decided on the 710 due to the larger screen.
The thickness of this is amazing. So thin and low profile. Half as thick as my 10 year old laptop! Screen looks great, bright and sharp! The keyboard feel is excellent. Good travel and feel on the keys. The sound is good for a laptop. On par with others in the category.
Ok, so the one downside (as many have mentioned in prior reviews), is the location of the right Shift key on the keyboard. Now, I was well aware of this BEFORE purchasing this item (jeez people, don't you do research before you purchase? I can't believe the number of reviews that didn't realize this until after their purchase). Is it annoying? Yes. Is it hard to get used to? Definitely! But why get used to it? If you have done your research you will know that there is an easy fix for this. There are many programs you can download to re-map your keyboard. I used one called SharpKeys and just swapped the location of the PgUp key and right Shift key. Now I can type just like I always have, and do not have any problems what so ever. Easy peasy!
I noticed one review where he said that the right hinge is missing one of its pins. Well, I checked mine and it was the same! So I thought, well, that just seems odd, that can't be so common. Upon a closer examination, I found that the screen is only hinged (pinned) on one side of each of the hinges (the outside of each hinge). The additional "pin" you see on the inside left hinge is not actually a hinge pin. It's a wire harness cable that runs from the mother board to the screen. It just looks like another hinge pin until you take a very close look. That's why the right side is 'missing' one. The hinges are a good tightness and hold the screen well. It's a big screen, so you will get some wobble if you use the touch screen or are in a moving vehicle, but overall it's held in place really well.
So far battery life is good, I have been getting between 7-8 hours per charge doing web surfing, spreadsheets, Netflix, and the like (mixture of these). I don't play games on the computer, so I can't speak to how that will affect the battery during heavy use of the video card. I keep the brightness at a reasonable amount during use, but often on the higher brightness settings.
Overall, I am VERY happy with this purchase. I will update if anything changes, but so far, so good! I would really rate 4.75 stars for making me re-map the keyboard, but again, super easy fix. Oh, and I love the fingerprint reader to log into Windows! Super fast and easy.
My Best Buy number: 0201760673
I would recommend this to a friend!
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