Windows 8 ultrabooks are not just becoming hybrid, they now twist, and turn, and won’t stay put. Lenovo launched two new such multi-hinged notebooks with screens you can touch – the IdeaPad Yoga 13 and the ThinkPad Twist. This happened just a day after Lenovo convened bloggers for a hands-on intro of the business-executive-focused ThinkPad Twist.
Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13: it bends, folds over, becomes a tablet
If you’ve ever caught yourself tapping or swiping your notebook’s screen, don’t be ashamed. It’s how much touchscreen behavior has invaded our lives. Now you can do it on a consumer-friendly Windows 8 notebook. The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13:
- can be folded from notebook to tablet in one simple 360 degree motion, like steno notebook, but on landscape – you can type on a report in one instance and, in the next, swipe up to sift through your Facebook newsfeed. (There goes your productivity!)
- houses a 3rd Gen Intel Core i5 processor in a slim 16.9 mm frame weighing 3.4 lbs (in short, a true ultrabook), with a battery that lasts approximately 8 hours, and has a 13.3″ (1600 x 900) HD LED multi-touch display.
- go up to 8 GB DDR3 memory, up to 256 GB SSD storage, has Integrated Intel HD 400 graphics, and runs Windows 8.
- bends into four modes – laptop, tablet, tent, and stand. Trust me, there is something satisfying about folding the keyboard away, as though you’re asserting that work ends here and now, and it’s time to have fun. I worry about the exposed keyboard in stand mode though: crumbs and sauce spills might get on the keys and into the machine.
- comes in clementine orange, which, by the way, I love, and in silver gray.
- is available by the end of December 2012 for P60,995.00. (I’m also waiting for my orange review unit. Orange!)
The Lenovo ThinkPad Twist: serious looks meets flexibility
The Lenovo ThinkPad Twist is aimed at the high-end business executive. It packs an i5 processor, Windows 8, up to 500 GB HDD, 24 GB mSATA, a keyboard of legendary comfort, and up to 7 hours of battery life. It resumes from sleep as fast as a tablet, and its sturdy build invites you to imagine that it will outlive a zombie apocalypse. Its screen can swivel even while it’s in laptop mode, and like the Yoga, can become a tablet. P57,990.00, baby.
For more detailed specs and sharp, candid pics of the ThinkPad Twist, see our hands-on right here.
