Lenovo Yoga 900 is the high end laptop that works as a convertible device. The laptop has a hinge that can rotate 360 degree. Thus the laptop can be used in four different ways - a laptop, tablet, stand and tent.
DesignThe 360 degree rotation is enabled through the watch band hinge. The hinge is sturdier than what it was in the previous variant. Yoga 900 is available in clementine orange, champagne gold or platinum silver color variants. The device comes with an auto lock hinge technology. The physical dimensions read 12.75 x 8.86 x 0.59 inches, thus making it the super thin 2 in 1 laptop. The laptop is lighter and smaller than the competing laptops.
KeyboardThe Yoga 900 comes with scallop-shaped keys. There is a dual level backlighting. There is no volume rocker though. The keyboard is quite easy to type on. The touch pad measures 3.5 x 2.5 inches. Touch pad could have been a little wider, yet it works quite comfortably.
DisplayThe screen size reads 13.3 inches. The resolution of the screen is 3200 x 1800 pixels. The display is sharp enough. It works quite great for watching movies and videos. Wider angles do not distort the images. However, the brightness is slightly below average. Color reproduction is quite good and natural.
The speakers and audioThe Yoga 900 comes with JBL speakers which have carved a name for themselves. It does have Dolby DS Home theatre 10.0 certification. On actual usage, the bass can be felt lacking. Since the speakers are at the bottom, the sound quality greatly depends on what the laptop has been kept on.
Ports and cameraThe Yoga 900 comes with a USB Type C connectivity. Apart from that, you also get two USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0/DC in port. It also has full size card reader. You have a combo headphone jack/mic port. There is no video out connectivity, but you can connect an external video source using the USB Type C port.
The webcam on the device is of 1 MP resolution at 720p. It takes some really good pictures and videos.
Hardware and performanceThe Yoga 900 is powered by Intel Core i7. The device has a whooping 16 GB RAM 512 GB SSD. The performance was found to be good even with more than 10-12 tabs open, with multiple video streams and a plethora of apps running simultaneously. The high RAM ably handles the multi tasking. The SSD is capable of handling great transfer speeds. The graphics are taken care of by Intel HD Graphics 520. The integrated graphics is capable of running high end games.
The laptop stays cool at any load you throw at it. There were no heating issues observed of any sort.
BatteryThe battery is capable of running around 7 hours 57 minutes. Which is almost near the average backup of 8 hours and 7 minutes for the convertible category.
SoftwareThe Lenovo Yoga 900 comes pre installed with Windows 10. There are additional Lenovo set of apps. There is also a trial version of McAfee. The Windows 10 OS would mean that you can play with Cortana, EDGE browser and a few high end features of the latest Microsoft Operating system.
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convertible laptop is best suited for the multi usage. It can be bought from almost all major E Commerce sites. The average price across different sites is Rs. 121000.