Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13: What’s in a name? A lot

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Vikram Chaudhary: Feb 07 2013, 02:49 IST

One smart thing about ultrabooks is the way different companies are employing innovative ways to make the machine work either as a laptop or a tablet. So, if in one model the screen can be twisted around its axis and then made to lie down on the keyboard so that the laptop becomes a tablet, in another the screen is mounted in the middle of a frame, which you can flip around. If in one model you can undock the screen so that you can use it as a tablet, in yet another the laptop cover is the screen itself.

Now, you have yet another innovation in the market, a laptop in which you open the screen, flip it over, and over, in fact by 360 degrees, so that what you have is tablet in your hands. It has a befitting name too—the IdeaPad Yoga 13.

Powered by the third gen Intel Core i7 processor, the Yoga 13 has a 13.3 inch HD+ IPS display with wide viewing angle. It has up to 8GB DDR3 memory, and up to 256GB SSD storage. It comes with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics. As far as connectivity is concerned, apart from Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, it has USB2.0 & USB3.0 connectors and a 3-in-1 card reader. On top of the screen you have a 720p HD webcam. The touchpad is optimised for the Windows 8 Metro interface with easy scroll, zoom and rotate functions. Then you have the Lenovo Motion Control that lets you flip through

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