Refurbished but it's from Lenovo's "ReThink Gold" programme which is basically "as new" A+ Condition. The last time I bought a laptop under Lenovo's ReThink Gold programme, it was immaculate - not even a spec of dust on it.
Good choice if you're looking for something light and portable as an alternative to a Surface 3 type device, or prefer something that you want to use on your lap more often. It's also fanless, so no noise.
Key specs:
• Intel Core m3-6Y30 Dual-Core w/ Hyper-Threading Skylake Processor
• Intel HD Graphics 515 (GT2 version of the Skylake GPU)
• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• 11.6" FHD LED IPS 1920x1080 Touchscreen
• 8GB DDR3L 1866 MHz
• 128GB SSD M.2 (easily upgradeable)
• Intel Dual-band Wireless AC 3165 with BT 4.0
• 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 (1 supports D/C in), Micro HDMI-out, 4-in-1 card reader (SD MMC, SDHC, SDXC and SD), Audio combo jack, RJ-45
• LED Backlit Keyboard
• Stereo speakers with Dolby Home Theater
• 1MP HD camera
• Up to 7 hours battery life with 45 WHr battery
• 1.1 kg / 15.8mm thin
Only downer that I can see is that this model is orange in colour (though it doesn't look too bad), and battery life could be slightly better (10 rather hours rather than 7 would last a whole day).
I've had this laptop for a while, highly recommend it for anything that isn't gaming. only issue being small storage and keyboard a bit fiddly.
iibdii
21 Dec 161#2
Is this processor lower than i3?
lucauk to iibdii
22 Dec 161#3
The i3 is slightly faster but better battery with the m3. Hope it helps.
you_gotta_be_kidding to iibdii
22 Dec 16#9
as already said the m3 is just a lower power consumption version of the i3, but does have slightly lower performance, for the 7th Intel have ditched the m3 and m5 and adding a 'y' to the end of the processor. so now you'll have i5-7200 - full power version for desktops, i5-7200u - for decent laptops, i5-7200y for tablet style wanting better battery life.
not confusing at all.
cookied
22 Dec 16#4
can't see the point on paying more than a couple of hundred quid unless its got a dedicated graphics card built in & its not just for gaming it will speed up most things & take the stress away from the CPU.
Fiendmish to cookied
22 Dec 161#8
Depends on whether you value battery life or performance
Agharta to cookied
22 Dec 161#12
Nonsense.
homagetoshame
22 Dec 16#5
Having used my g/fs lower spec Yoga, this is very appealing....
If I were to use Photoshop on this
OR
Use it for very basic gaming (I don't need top end, but I'd like to be able to quickly load up classics like Sonic Adventure from Steam, or Duke Nukem 3D, or even bloody Worms Armageddon on multiplayer if possible!)
Would I be disappointed?
drasim to homagetoshame
22 Dec 16#7
Slightly off topic but you'll have some trouble getting Worms Armageddon to work on Windows 10, or at least the Steam version anyway. I had to find a bunch of files and 3rd party applications that re-write the config files for it to work, and it's still buggy.
marc1401
22 Dec 16#6
Read post one :wink:
plewis00
22 Dec 16#10
Before all the 'time machine' funny men come out, but this was an Amazon Lightning Deal for £339 few months back, the relevance here being it was that price brand new and I'm sure it wasn't a loss leader so it will probably go down again in the sales.
If they can sell it for that back then, would logic not suggest it will have a decent drop again soon.
Picard123
22 Dec 16#15
These were probably £2.75 in 1864 BC. Doesn't mean that you're going to get it at that price now.
Amazon always have very brief 'lightening' deals on certain items to reduce stock. Doesn't mean that they're going to do it again particularly as stock reduces.
plewis00
22 Dec 16#16
I didn't say 'now', I said it will likely come down, even more so as it will be superceded by Core M Kaby Lake. It wasn't £339 because of inflation if that's what your odd comparison was to 1864 BC was.
The actual computer, I ended up selling mine on, it was nice but the Yoga setup made it quite heavy for an 11.6" machine and it has huge bezels so the footprint is quite big, more so than it needs to be - it ended up being one of those 'jack of all trades' type things.
Picard123
22 Dec 16#17
The Surface Pro 3/4 isn't a laptop - it's a tablet hybrid.
The Surface Pro 4 with keyboard 1.08kg. You must live on a different planet to the rest of us if you think that's so much lighter than 1.1kg.
Try comparing like for like.
And as for you being "sure" that Amazon didn't sell this at a loss, how can you be "sure"? Do you work in their pricing and accounts department? You just seem to be one of those people who gets hypersensitive when flaws in their irrelevant postings get pointed out to them.
Picard123
22 Dec 16#18
And BTW, this is an example of a line graph for a product with a downward price trend. Double dips, median line trending downwards etc.
You don't seem to be very good with dimensions either as it's footprint is smaller than that of the Surface Pro 4 (which you must think is massive compared to this).
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (without keyboard)
292.10 x 201.42 x 8.4mm
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Opening post
Good choice if you're looking for something light and portable as an alternative to a Surface 3 type device, or prefer something that you want to use on your lap more often. It's also fanless, so no noise.
Key specs:
• Intel Core m3-6Y30 Dual-Core w/ Hyper-Threading Skylake Processor
• Intel HD Graphics 515 (GT2 version of the Skylake GPU)
• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
• 11.6" FHD LED IPS 1920x1080 Touchscreen
• 8GB DDR3L 1866 MHz
• 128GB SSD M.2 (easily upgradeable)
• Intel Dual-band Wireless AC 3165 with BT 4.0
• 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 (1 supports D/C in), Micro HDMI-out, 4-in-1 card reader (SD MMC, SDHC, SDXC and SD), Audio combo jack, RJ-45
• LED Backlit Keyboard
• Stereo speakers with Dolby Home Theater
• 1MP HD camera
• Up to 7 hours battery life with 45 WHr battery
• 1.1 kg / 15.8mm thin
Only downer that I can see is that this model is orange in colour (though it doesn't look too bad), and battery life could be slightly better (10 rather hours rather than 7 would last a whole day).
Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCQMICrefAs
Product page: http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/yoga/700-series/yoga-700-11
SSD upgrade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhN43n7IjEQ
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not confusing at all.
If I were to use Photoshop on this
OR
Use it for very basic gaming (I don't need top end, but I'd like to be able to quickly load up classics like Sonic Adventure from Steam, or Duke Nukem 3D, or even bloody Worms Armageddon on multiplayer if possible!)
Would I be disappointed?
I'll see if I can find the link.
It was here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lenovo-yoga-700-11-6-inch-fhd-convertible-laptop-orange-intel-core-m3-6y30-8-gb-2445451
OOS.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/really-good-deal-for-light-gaming-i5-6300hq-gtx-950m-8bg-ram-1tb-hdd-ebuyer-for-2581531?p=29627547
If they can sell it for that back then, would logic not suggest it will have a decent drop again soon.
Amazon always have very brief 'lightening' deals on certain items to reduce stock. Doesn't mean that they're going to do it again particularly as stock reduces.
Anyway, here's a Camelcamelcamel link - the Orange coloured one (which I was actually quite fond of) has been bouncing around quite a bit in price:
http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Lenovo-11-6-Inch-Convertible-Touchscreen-Notebook/product/B017LVZFKU?active=price_amazon
The actual computer, I ended up selling mine on, it was nice but the Yoga setup made it quite heavy for an 11.6" machine and it has huge bezels so the footprint is quite big, more so than it needs to be - it ended up being one of those 'jack of all trades' type things.
The Surface Pro 4 with keyboard 1.08kg. You must live on a different planet to the rest of us if you think that's so much lighter than 1.1kg.
Try comparing like for like.
And as for you being "sure" that Amazon didn't sell this at a loss, how can you be "sure"? Do you work in their pricing and accounts department? You just seem to be one of those people who gets hypersensitive when flaws in their irrelevant postings get pointed out to them.
http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Logitech-Master-Wireless-Mouse-Windows/product/B00ULNAOMA
Know your graphs.
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (without keyboard)
292.10 x 201.42 x 8.4mm
Lenovo™ YOGA™ 700-11ISK
290 x 197 x 15.8