Lenovo Yoga 900
OVERVIEW
Lenovo Yoga 900 is a Windows 10 Home laptop with a 13.30-inch display that has a resolution of 3200x1800 pixels. It is powered by a Core i7 processor and it comes with 8GB of RAM. The Lenovo Yoga 900 packs 512GB of SSD storage. Graphics are powered by Intel HD Graphics 520. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth and it comes with 3 USB ports (1 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0), Multi Card Slot, Headphone and Mic Combo Jack, VGA Port, Mic In ports.
DESIGN
The Yoga 900 looks like another MacBook Pro clone. But that's where the similarities end, and this immediately becomes apparent when you take a look at the rear of the Yoga 900 and notice the unique hinge. Lenovo debuted its watchband hinge on last year's Yoga 3 Pro as a way to completely rotate the screen 360 degrees and convert the laptop to a tablet form factor. This year, the hinge has been improved. Constructed of 813 pieces of steel, the hinge also conceals a rear-facing vent, allowing hot air to escape out the back instead of down your lap.
Unlike the Yoga 3 Pro's power-sipping Core M processor, the more powerful Intel Core I series CPU requires active cooling. Internally, heat management is also controlled by a new metal alloy fan design, which Lenovo claims is 66% more efficient and 30% better at cooling than its predecessors. Coupled with the silver metal lid and metal bottom plate, the watchband hinge gives the laptop a premium feel. Lenovo also offers the Yoga 900 in clementine orange, platinum silver, and champagne gold.
DISPLAY
The Yoga 900 displayed colors vibrantly, and its blacks are deep. However, on our review unit, I did notice a little bit of backlight leaking around the edges near the corners of the display. The screen around this area would be more brightly lit than the rest of the display, which could have an impact on business users looking to do light graphics or editing work requiring a more accurate display. Lenovo has also included what it calls Auto-Lock to hinge technology, which is supposed to make the system easy to open with one hand. But unless you really grind your fingers into the tiny crack between the deck and the lid, this gimmick doesn't really work.
Lenovo includes a shadowy capacitive-touch home button in the fat bezel beneath the display, while the rest of the buttons are located on the right side. There's a power button with a small white light, a tiny recessed button for triggering Lenovo's OneKey Recovery software, and another button to toggle the system's rotation lock on and off.
PERFORMANCE
Featuring an Intel Core i7-6500U CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, our review configuration of the Yoga 900 is more than capable of handling the needs of a demanding home or business user. With multiple video streams, more than 20 browser tabs and Photoshop open in the background, Lenovo's well-equipped hybrid didn't miss a beat.
On Geekbench 3, a synthetic test that evaluates overall system performance, the Yoga 900 scored 6,264. That's better than both the Dell Inspiron 13 7000 (6,085) and the HP Spectre x360 (5,614), but less than the base Core i5 Surface Book (6,814).
BATTERY
With a runtime of 7 hours and 57 minutes, the Yoga 900's battery life is just shy of the ultraportable laptop average (8:07) and almost 2 hours longer than last year's Yoga 3 Pro (6:05). Unfortunately, 7:57 is still short of times put up by similar 13-inch convertibles, such as the HP Spectre x360 (9:28) and the Dell Inspiron 13 7000 SE (8:26). And let's not forget the Surface Book Microsoft's premium laptop managed an impressive runtime of 12:29.
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