Lenovo Skylake Laptops with a surface pro competitor

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The IdeaPad "S" series represents Lenovo's consumer Ultrabook laptops, featuring a thinner design than the non-S series and more premium materials.

 

The Lenovo IdeaPad 100S is available in either an 11.6-inch ($189, £122, AU$264) or 14-inch ($259, £167, AU$362) configurations. The 11.6-inch comes with a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor, while the larger model is equipped with a Celeron N3050 CPU.

 

Both models are available in black, feature a 1,366 x 768-pixel screen resolution, are rated for eight hours of battery life and come with 2GB RAM. The smaller model has two USB 2.0 ports and 32GB storage, while the 14-inch laptop comes with 64GB storage and one USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, HDMI port and SD card reader.

 

The 11.6-inch model has a thickness of 0.69 inches (1.75cm) and weighs 2.2 pounds (0.99kg). The 14-inch has a thickness of 0.73 inches (1.85cm) and weighs 3.1 pounds (1.41kg).

 

The IdeaPad 300S ($249, £162, AU$349) and 500S (starting at $499, £325, AU$701) are available in Ebony Black, Platinum Silver or Flamenco Red colors. The IdeaPad 300S comes with an 11-inch screen and quad-core Intel Pentium Braswell N3700 processor, while the more premium 500S is available in 13-, 14- or 15.6-inch FHD screen configurations and can be configured with up to an Intel Skylake Core i7 processor. Both series can be configured with up to Intel's Core i7 Skylake processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM and storage options up to a 1TB hard drive or 256GB SSD.

 

The 300S comes with integrated Intel HD graphics and an Nvidia GeForce 940M 2G discrete GPU, while the 500S can be configured with a GeForce 920M GPU from Nvidia.

 

Battery life is rated at five hours for the 300S and 4.5 hours for the 500S. Both laptops feature Dolby Home Theatre speakers. The 300S comes with a single USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and an SD card reader. The series starts at 0.77-inch (1.96cm) thick and weighs 3.9 pounds (1.77kg).

 

The 500S comes with two USB 3.0 ports, a single USB 2.0 port, HDMI and a 4-in-1 card reader. The 500S has a starting thickness of 0.76 inches (1.93cm) and weight of 3.4 pounds (1.54kg) for the 13.3-inch model.

 

The IdeaPad 300 comes in either a 14-inch ($399, £258, AU$559), 15-inch ($549, £355, AU$769) or 17-inch ($449, £291, AU$629) screen configurations, all with FHD resolution. The two smaller models have a thickness of 0.92-inch (2.34cm), but the 14-inch model weighs 4.63 pounds (2.10kg), while the 15-inch model weighs 5.07 pounds (2.30kg). The 17-inch configuration comes in at 0.99 inches (2\.51cm) thick and 6.61 pounds (3kg). Battery life is rated at four hours.

 

The 300 series can be configured with up to an Intel Core i7 Skylake processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM and either 1TB hard drive or 1TB SSHD storage. Users can add an optional integrated optical drive for playing DVDs. In addition to the integrated Intel HD graphics, the 300 series comes with an AMD Radeon R5 M330 GPU.

 

The laptops come with USB 3.0, HDMI, and VGA ports along with a 4-in-1 card reader.

 

The IdeaPad 500 can be configured with either an Intel or AMD processor. The AMD model can be configured with up to an AMD A10-7300 processor, while the Intel model can be equipped with up to an Intel Core i7 Skylake CPU.

 

The AMD model starts at $399 (£258, AU$559) for the 14-inch model and $599 (£399, AU$839) for the 15-inch model. The Intel model starts at $499 (£323, AU$699) and $849 (£550, AU$1,189), respectively. Both notebooks have a thickness of 0.96 inches (2.44cm) and the 14-inch starts at 4.6 pounds (2.09kg), while the 15-inch starts at 5.1 pounds (2.31kg).

 

 

 

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Lenovo's IdeaPad MIIX 700 is a Surface Pro 3 challenger

 

Users can configure the slate with up to Intel's Core M7 Skylake processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM and 256GB SSD. Lenovo is calling its keyboard cover a folio case, but the cover offers similar functionality to the Type Cover. MIIX 700 edges ahead of the Surface Pro series is the optional 4G LTE modem. 

 

Measuring just 0.35-inch (0.89cm) thick and weighing 1.7 pounds (0.77kg), the 12-inch slate can be configured with either a full HD or 2K 2,160 x 1,440-pixel resolution display. The MIIX 700 starts at $699 (£453, AU$979) when it becomes available in November.

 

The MIIX 700 comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel camera with flash on the rear. The rear camera, also known as the world-facing camera, is also a RealSense 3D camera.

 

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Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 460

Built with a carbon fiber chassis that is familiar to the Lenovo ThinkPad line, the Yoga 460 weighs a hefty 3.9 pounds (1.8kg). Although that weight might sound a bit extreme, especially for a device that can pose as a tablet, the Yoga 460 is only 0.74 (19mm) inches thick.

 

Within that thin frame, which can be purchased in black or silver, Lenovo managed to squeeze in an impressive amount of features. The Yoga 460 comes standard with a Full HD (FHD) touchscreen display that can be upgraded to WQHD (3K). Additionally, it comes with an abundance of ports and connections ideal for almost any work environment (3 x USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, OneLink+ and 4-in-1 Media Card Slot)..

 

256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, as well as a 2GB NVIDIA GeForce 940M graphics card. Oh, and it's got Wireless LTE WAN for even faster browsing.

 

For businesses that demand more power and capacity, the Yoga 460 can be customized to include an Intel Core i7 processor and 1TB of storage. The laptop also includes a nifty little opening for the optional ThinkPad Pro Pen, which is cool if you buy the pen, and totally incognito if you don't.

 

 

 

 

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Surface Pro challenger is a good one.. was waiting for a one with modem after my surface pro 2.

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The price is definitely nice.

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Now the OEMs are finally starting to see the potential and appeal of a tablet pc like Surface make something worthy of competing with. Gotta give kudos to Microsoft for sticking with the Surface. I would love to own one of these tablet pc one day but for now I'm happy with my macbook.

 

Btw I think the MIIX 700 is more in competition with the Surface 3 instead of Surface Pro dont you think?