how is the laptop? Its much cheaper now I JUST ordered

You are misinformed. This one is not skylake, the spectre is skylake. This one isnt capable of using active pens, the spectre is as it uses synaptics pens although not mentioned in the specs. The spectre is also quad HD and bigger screen and better battery life and the ash grey version just looks so much more premium than lenovo, plus lenovo has had its recent spells of lenovo spyware. I got a 500gb quad hd spectre ash grey copper hinge version for £989 but 250 version was cheaper, Hd version was also cheaper. there are cheaper options than on direct HP website by about £110. Went with the spectre even though had the 500gb lenovo yoga 3 pro in my basket for £499 at black friday weekend

The Spectre x360 is very nice, but it hasn't wowed me like my 2009 MacBook did. The touchpad is pretty crappy.

Can confirm Lenovo have absolutely terrible Customer Service. Had 2 weeks of constant emails and phone calls before they finally arranged to pick up my unit, what's worse is that it actually didn't turn on at all

Guess you didn't see the Dell mcs website deals for the Dell Venue 11 pro recently. Great deals on all models. Venue 8 was about £60. Venue 11 pro core i3 128gb M.2 SSD was with official windows 10 preinstalled was £120 + VAT plus £10 for windows 10 + £7 for 4G module. £50 from elsewhere for the extended battery keyboard. Works great with dell active pen. Touch screen 1080p quality is awesome. Battery life 11 - 13 hours. Speakers are nice. Core i7 with 256gb SSD model was about £220 but went for the core i3 version was using it like a cheap portable work laptop that I won't cry much over if stolen at work place! There are great deals for open box items and mine looked brand new and not even a spec of dust on it.

The dollar is strong at the moment which always drives prices up (and we usually get overcharged in the UK anyway).
I don't think laptop prices will drop quickly any time soon unless the £/$ ratio improves.

same here tried to order and got the same message

cant use both

Thanks for the post. Just wondering why you think it'll be the same price, especially if this is a clearance sale?

How many minutes battery life you get on that old i7?
Its all about performance per watt nowadays as CPUs are that powerful, even a mid range i5 will do everything 99% of users need

You probably have an i7 'm' processor. These are 'u' ultra low power processors, so not a like-for-like comparison. The equivalent now is Intel's 'H' range.

If we look at the Intel Core i7-2760QM, which was listed at $378 by Intel, it scores 6652 in Passmark. The Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ is now listed at $378 by Intel, and comes in with a passmark score of 8043. There is also the Intel® Core™ i7-6820HQ Processor, which is also listed at $378 by Intel, which comes in at 8949.

There are performance parts - and parts that'll perform much more than your 4 year old i7 - but you do need to chose the right laptop to get them. A thin and light convertible is not really where you'll find such things!

You just don't understand how Intel brands CPUs and the different market segments that they sell in to.

How thick and hot does your old laptop run though :wink:? oh and let us know the battery life while you're at it.

I think you miss the point of ultraportables....

I wouldn't buy this unless it has a fully working version of Win 10 already installed and proven to work without any driver issues because at the moment I don't think Lenovo can guarantee an easy ride. My brother effectively trashed his Yoga last week after upgrading to Win10, he's had to do a full recovery back Win8.1 so it would work properly, Lenovo tech help were useless. I'd rather have a MS Surface pro 4 with Windows 10 fully working.

Was this on Windows 10?

did you get the dell xps 13 2015 edition with the slimmest bezel in the world?

It is a touch screen.

Touch screen cannot have Matte display. Matte display would interfere with the touch censor.

You can have either touchscreen or Matte at the best.

Some low end laptop is non-touch screen, but still glossy.


So if you want touchscreen, and to use outside, one thing can make up for the glare if the brightness of the laptop can be turned up very high. Inevitably, that would drain down your battery.

Personally, I would choose Matte anti-glare screen over touchscreen.

It has Intel HD Graphics 5500.
(For comparison, HP Spectre uses Intel HD Graphics 520 and Macbook 12 Intel HD Graphics 5300)

I was tempted but have seen a lot of complaints about the quality of the device - will hold out for a spectre deal I think...

I bought this model from Currys just before Christmas for £679.99 using a £20 O2 voucher plus the £100 cashback from Lenovo, so £579.99 in total.

I returned the laptop for a full refund for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the screen just wasn't bright enough for me. This might not bother everyone but I really noticed the difference when compared side by side to my old Dell laptop, my Toshiba work laptop, my iPhone and my Samsung Tablet (SM-P600), all of which were considerably brighter than the Lenovo Yoga 3 14". Further online research revealed this point is noted in reviews - the power of hindsight lol! Secondly, the fan drove me mad on this laptop, even with one browser window open, the fan was constantly whirring away, fairly loudly too compared to my other laptops - may well have been a faulty model. Finally, the keyboard, whilst pretty good to type on, seemed to sag a little in the middle for want of a better description. This last point won't bother many as much as it did me, as I tend to hit the keys quite hard and tend to notice any movement in all but the most solid of keyboards, as I happily hammer away at this old Dell keyboard.

Those points aside, the laptop seemed fairly well made and quite quick, certainly for that price. I found the touchscreen pretty good too, although some reviews suggest this can become unresponsive. I was disappointed it didn't quite fit the bill for me as I quite liked the laptop, but those points above just bugged me too much so personally I can't recommend for those reasons. However, there's not much out there for that price with a similar specification, but I've decided to increase my budget to find a laptop that fits my requirements. Hope this is of help.

Very simple windows 10 update.

And has half the SSD capacity of the white one too: 128GB rather than 256GB.

And has half the size SSD of the white one.

And has an SSD only half the size!

Lenovo are quoting '256GB SSD M.2' on the spec list....is this an error?