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agarjogger posted:If you can live without the little search box which is really good at pulling up the file or program you need very quickly, then you are fine to go with 8. That's the main thing missing, not so much the whole start menu. You can search in the same way on 8 as 7, though. The box isn't there, but just start typing. It works the same. Not sure what you mean on the 2nd point as explorer is unchanged except for the ribbon interface which is an improvement.
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You may want to check and make sure your laptop can push that resolution on the external monitor. Older HDMI specs topped out at 1920 * 1080, just a heads up
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Just got my Yoga. I'll write up a review some time tonight if I have time. If anyone has any specific questions they want answered about it feel free to ask. First impressions are pretty good, although the keyboard is a bit mushier than I would have liked, and the touchpad is predictably crap. The fans are quiet normally, but you can hear them if you're in a quiet room and they're running full tilt. The only other annoying thing I've found is that having the end/home/pg up/pg down keys right next to enter and backspace keys will be frustrating until I get used to the layout. The screen is fantastic though, viewing angles are great and the folding/rotation seems to work quite well.
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Aug 12, 2013 19:31
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I know a guy with the 17 inch one, I have no idea how it isn't making him progressively shorter carrying that thing around all the time.
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Aug 15, 2013 21:42
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I ordered mine on a Friday and it shipped Monday. Who knows?
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Aug 16, 2013 17:05
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Civ 5 and the paradox games are not exactly graphics heavy, you can handle them easily on ivy bridge integrated graphics. Basically with those requirements he can just pick whatever he likes based on build quality.
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Aug 17, 2013 03:38
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You can also always call in and they'll give you the best price they can find. I did that and they ended up giving me the staff price when I ordered my yoga.
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Aug 17, 2013 22:31
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It's best to have a model in mind, preferably the specific configuration you want.
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Aug 18, 2013 23:52
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The only guaranteed 100% accurate answer is "eventually".
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Aug 22, 2013 00:19
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Synergy is fantastic and works well. Just be aware that it won't encrypt your keystrokes when it sends them over your LAN (irrelevant for 99% of people).
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Aug 22, 2013 23:20
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Russian Bear posted:What is the thread's consensus on the Lenovo Yoga? signalnoise posted:I curious to know how obnoxious it is to use it as a tablet with the keyboard on the back It's not obnoxious at all once you get used to it. I do find that for lap browsing it's better to use it in what's called stand mode, where the keyboard is folded back, like a laptop in reverse, almost. That said, it works perfectly fine as a tablet. The keyboard is somewhat mushy on it, but other than that, build quality is fantastic. I can pick it up by one corner and carry it around and it doesn't at all feel like it's going to break. As far as battery life, I get 6-7 hours out of it if I'm just listening to music and reading magazines/websites or what have you. It's really really quite light, and unless you're in a dead quiet room you can't hear the fans at all, even under load. The only portion that ever gets a little warm when gaming (or what passes for gaming on a laptop) is the upper left hand corner of the keyboard. The WiFi range isn't anything to write home about, though, so keep that in mind. My only other issue thus far with it has been the service that controls when the keyboard and mouse disable themselves based on screen position broke itself and could only be fixed with a factory reset. The touchpad is surprisingly good for a windows laptop, although you do have to watch it when you move your mouse right, if you swipe from too far to the left it will thing it's the windows gesture to switch windows which can be a pain in the rear end. If anyone has any specific questions about it I'd be happy to answer. I'm still not entirely convinced I'll be keeping mine, though as that Samsung ultra high res one looks amazing and I tend to use my computer more as a laptop than anything else. Krakkles posted:Are there any relatively small laptops (15" would be absolute max, and even then, I'd rather not...) that have decent screen resolution? When you say full sized, what do you mean? Do you need a number pad or something, or? As far as light and high res take a look at the ativ book 9 plus which despite it's dumb name has a 3200 * 1800 res screen.
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Aug 24, 2013 02:05
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/05/lenovo-yoga-2-pro-hands-on/ Well gently caress me. I hope I can still return my yoga!
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Sep 5, 2013 12:55
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Seamonster posted:Holy balls! 1080p would have sufficed for a Haswell Yoga and then they go and pull this crazy poo poo. Not too sure if lopping off all that weight is such a great thing though if it means taking it out of the battery. A smaller battery could just wipe out the gains from Haswell, leading us nowhere. The battery life is up to 9 hours from 6, as well Edit: just talked to lenovo, I'm able to return mine 
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Sep 5, 2013 13:54
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Hadlock posted:The keyboard only recesses in the Yoga 2. The yoga 2 doesn't do that. The Thinkpad Yoga, however, does. In the yoga and yoga 2 (ideapad versions), the keyboard tray is always recessed a little into the body so that it doesn't hit a surface in stand mode. The keyboard thing is weird, but you honestly do get used to it really quickly.
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Sep 11, 2013 14:17
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Yeah, the yoga line is a huge mess now. There's the yoga 13, yoga 11, yoga 11s, yoga 2 pro, thinkpad yoga, and now the ideapad flex models as well! I want a lenovo/sony collaboration leading to a vaiyoga pro.
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Sep 11, 2013 18:37
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An SD card is going to be slower than even a slow rotational drive, so no.
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Sep 28, 2013 17:49
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On the other hand, I've had a Sony F for going on five years now and the only thing wrong with it is that the battery no longer lasts very long.
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Sep 29, 2013 17:30
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The yoga 2 pro which is coming out this month will have those available, as well as the same high res screen as the Ativ Book 9 Plus. That might fit the bill?
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Sep 30, 2013 18:05
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I think the red on the keyboard is only the backlight, so that can be toggled off if you don't want (I may be wrong though). Can't speak for the speakers.
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Oct 3, 2013 01:27
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There's no way that price is correct...is there?
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Oct 3, 2013 02:28
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The 12h battery life on the air is nuts. I bought one to try out, and with how much I'm in class I can get away with only charging it every couple of days.
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Oct 3, 2013 15:33
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Droolin over that yoga 2, I hope those prices are accurate, I might even be able to get a 512 ssd 
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Oct 14, 2013 03:58
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Weird, Lenovo says they aren't even shipping from manufacturing until the 28th, so I'll be very surprised (and very jealous) if you actually get one. Edit: vvv I hate you so much. WHERE MY HAT IS AT fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Oct 14, 2013 |
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Oct 14, 2013 15:15
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:I'll test it around the house tomorrow. I've just used it in my office which is on the same floor and probably 40 feet away from the router, so I've had 5 bars. Any wifi signal software that you can recommend for me to see some actual numbers? Try out inSSIDer and see what kinds of numbers you're getting at various distances, if you wouldn't mind. Do you know if it sees 5GHz networks?
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Oct 15, 2013 04:01
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Get an 840 EVO, it's the hot new thing on the market right now and appears to be the best thing you can buy.
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Oct 16, 2013 02:48
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Mike From Nowhere posted:Has the Yoga 2 hit the Canadian Lenovo store yet, via some link I'm missing? The main page just shows the old one. Nope, and I tried calling and chatting with them. They won't ship to Canada 
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Oct 17, 2013 01:38
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MikeJF posted:Does anyone know what the screen type is on the Thinkpad Yoga? I've looked around but can't find it. I can't find a source, but I'm fairly certain it's IPS (IIRC).
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Oct 19, 2013 04:32
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Martytoof posted:I guess someone over on Reddit says the T440 is now available for preorder through CDW and will ship mid-November. I bought a yoga 13 and called them the day they announced the yoga 2 and said I wanted to return it and wait for the new release. They took it back no problem and didn't charge me any restocking fee. YMMV though.
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Oct 20, 2013 17:04
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Looks like the yoga 2 pro is about to drop in  , it's up on the site now but prices haven't been filled in. Here's hoping I can get one and it won't take ten years to ship.
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Oct 22, 2013 22:55
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Martytoof posted:The real question is whether they'll make you get one with that weird bilingual keyboard. The answer is always yes Maybe I'll just drive to buffalo and buy one at best buy 
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Oct 23, 2013 01:52
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dyne posted:It looks like the same config (8gb and 256gb) is $1200 at bestbuy, which is $120 more than from the b&n Lenovo dealie Doesn't BB price match though?
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Both, really.
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