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Opinions on Lenovo Yoga

  • 05-12-2017 11:53am
    #1
    gn3dr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭


    Hi
    It's been a while since I did any research on laptops but have staretd looking at Lenovo Yoga type laptops for my wife. She needs some MS Office functionality but likes the idea of the tablet mode on these units.
    What are the opinions of the Yoga units?
    We have an employee discount thing with Lenovo at work which means I could get this Lenovo 520 for €443
    ProcessorIntel Pentium 4415U Processor ( 2.30GHz 1866MHz 2MB )Operating SystemWindows 10 Home 64Display Type14.0"HD AntiGlare 1366x768Memory4.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 SODIMM 2133MHzHard Drive128GB SSD PCIeWarrantyOne year Depot or Carry-inGraphicsIntel HD Graphics 610 Battery2 Cell Li-PolymerBluetoothBluetooth Version 4.1WirelessLenovo AC Wireless get a Pentium 4415

    Or this lenovo 520 for €584
    ProcessorIntel Core i3-7100U Processor ( 2.40GHz 2133MHz 3MB )Operating SystemWindows 10 Home 64Display Type14.0"FHD LED AntiGlare Multitouch 1920x1080Memory4.0GB PC4-17000 DDR4 SODIMM 2133MHzHard Drive128GB SSD PCIeWarrantyOne year Depot or Carry-inGraphicsIntel HD Graphics 620 Battery2 Cell Li-PolymerBluetoothBluetooth Version 4.1WirelessLenovo AC Wireless
    My initial instinct is to veer away from the pentium but there is a significant price difference. Looking at CPU benchmark the Pentium scores 3210 vs the i3 4704 - hard to know what this means in real life use though.

    The only other thing I don't like about both is the small storage - which will fill up quick as it will be sued for iTunes as well.

    Any opinions would be welcomed - ideally I'd liek to stay under €500 or in and around that


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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    The other thing to note is that the screen on these is different. The second has a much better resolution at 1080p. I would also prefer the Core i3 processor to be honest, although the real world difference between the two is probably minimal. One thing that would concern me slightly is that both only have 4GB of RAM. It should be fine for now, but it might prove a bottleneck in the future. It does look like this can be upgraded yourself if you wanted though.


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