The Lenovo Yoga 13 was a huge hit, and we can't blame the company for capitalizing on the design by bringing it to smaller and larger models. Lenovo claims 6 hours for the Lithium Ion battery that's sealed inside, and we averaged 5 hours with brightness set to 50% and WiFi on. In fact, the Y series was supposed to be a stopgap since it uses even less power than the standard U series found in Ultrabooks, but we haven't noted significant runtime improvements in laptops and tablets that use the third gen Y Series CPUs. PCMark 7 Benchmark Comparison Table Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S (Core i5)īattery life is good, as you'd expect from a very low voltage CPU, but we can't help but wonder how much Haswell would improve things since Intel's 4th gen Core CPUs are much more power frugal. That said, so far Haswell hasn't brought significant performance improvements. We'd love to see how long the Yoga 11S could run on fourth gen Intel Haswell CPU Y series CPUs, but those only recently entered production. Benchmarks are a bit lower than U series counterparts, and our Yoga with the 1.5GHz Core i5, 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM and a Samsung mSATA 256 gig SSD scored 3,837 on PCMark 7, which is a bit below the 4,300- 4,600 we see with Core i5 U series Ultrabooks. Lenovo offers the Yoga 11S with your choice of a 1.4GHz i3, 1.5GHz i5 or 1.5GHz i7 CPU. The Y series typically performs a bit slower than U series counterparts, but the difference isn't huge as it is with Intel Atom vs. It has a dual voltage design so it consumes even less power than U series CPUs. The Y series targets Windows tablets and small Ultrabooks, and it runs at slightly lower clock speeds than U series CPUs. Lenovo went with Intel third generation Ivy Bridge Y series CPUs that came out many months after Ultrabook ULV CPUs started shipping. It is a glossy display, so glare can be an issue, but the 360 degree hinge mean you're apt to find a position that mitigates glare. It's colorful, easy to read and videos look lovely. I doubt anyone will look at this screen and say "yuk". The 11.6" IPS multi-touch display is bright and sharp, and at 1366 x 768 resolution it won't beat full HD tablets and Ultrabooks for sharpness, but it's a perfectly appropriate resolution for a small screen (fonts and icons in the Windows desktop don't look tiny). The Yoga 11S is available in gray or clementine orange and it has a grippy soft touch finish. In return for the weight, you get a beefier keyboard, large trackpad and Lenovo's typical strong build. At 3.08 lbs., it's not as comfortably to hold for long periods of time in tablet mode compared to lighter 10" Android and iOS tablets or 11.6" transformer Windows 8 tablets like Lenovo's own Helix or the Samsung ATIV 500T and ATIV 700T. That means you can use it in laptop mode, tent mode, presentation mode with the display facing away from the keyboard and in tablet mode. The Yoga is aptly named since its robust dual hinges have 360 degrees of rotation. All Yoga 11S models have Intel HD 4000 graphics and third generation Intel Ivy Bridge Y series CPUs (at some point, we're sure Lenovo will update to Haswell 4th generation with HD 4400 graphics). The Yoga 11S has Lenovo's excellent AccuType keyboard, a roomy buttonless trackpad, single band WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth and a webcam. It starts at $749 for the Core i3 model with 4 gigs of RAM and a 128 gig SSD, and our 1.5GHz Core i5 with 8 gigs of RAM and a 256 gig SSD sells for $999. Like the Yoga 13, the Yoga 11S is a mid-range machine that sits above most IdeaPad models but below Lenovo's ThinkPad models like the considerably more expensive ThinkPad Helix. We first saw the Yoga 11S when we met with Lenovo at CES in January 2013, and now the Ultrabook is finally shipping. The 11S is a full Intel Core convertible Ultrabook running Windows 8 64 bit, just like the Yoga 13. Don't confuse the Yoga 11S with the Windows RT Yoga 11 released in the fall of 2013. In Chief (twitter: Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S is the baby brother to the extremely popular Yoga 13. What's Not: Hard to get excited by 3rd gen CPUs, Y series CPU doesn't offer much power savings. Full Intel Core CPUs, sharp IPS touch screen, very good keyboard. What's Hot: Versatile Yoga design in a very compact package. Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S Editor's rating (1-5): Home > Notebook Reviews > Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11S
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