Testurteil: "4 out of 5"
Test: Einzeltest: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13
Zitat: The good: + Lenovo’s taken some cues from its rock solid ThinkPad line with the Yoga: it’s a sturdy bit of kit. While there’s only a slight bit of flex in the keyboard and it’s quite hefty folded over in ´tablet´ mode, the rest of the machine is rigid and definitely screams high quality when it first graces your hands. The transforming nature of the Yoga is what makes it unique: it folds back perfectly as designed, serving up double duty as a regular laptop and a tablet – as well as a propped up middle-ground that’s perfect for kicking back and watching clips on. The keyboard and trackpad also shuts off when the screen is tilted back so you won’t accidently press any buttons when in tablet mode. The trackpad meanwhile is responsive, and the multi-touch gestures work well, making this one of the better trackpads seen on an Ultrabook. The Yoga screams along thanks to the Intel Core i7 processor under the hood, 4GB of RAM and a blazing fast 128GB SSD: it´s no slouch when it comes to day to day tasks on Windows 8 Pro. The display is also sharp and responsive to touch and has some good viewing angles making it ideal as a portable media hub for friends and family.
The bad: - Unfortunately, while the Lenovo Yoga 13 excels as an Ultrabook with a touchscreen when working with Windows 8, its size makes it too big to be truly useful as a full-time tablet. Folded on itself, as a tablet it’s a bit ungainly, and the widescreen ratio of a laptop just isn’t helpful when you’re holding the machine, rather than the table: it’s too wide to comfortably type with, and impossibly long in portrait mode. Having a keyboard and trackpad on the underside meanwhile is more than a little disconcerting. You can cover the back with a sleeve from Lenovo, but it’s annoying to have to fork out extra for that piece of mind, especially when the Yoga can cost as much as a grand to begin with.
The Lenovo Yoga 13 is a great touchscreen Ultrabook, but its tablet function falls flat due to the unwieldy size and heft, making it more party trick than useful talent. On the other hand, its propped up tent option more than makes up for it, and makes the Yoga a great touchscreen Windows 8 Pro Ultrabook for both work and play.