Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 Series

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

5
Average:

2
Bad:

2

Pros:

Elegant metal casing, Flexible and stable hinges, Decent speakers, Very good input devices, High performance, Screen lightly AR coated, Useful battery life, Suitable for basic gaming
Excellent touch display, Slick keyboard raising mechanism in tablet mode, Great keyboard, Solid build quality, Long battery life
Flexible multimode design. Sturdy ruggedized chassis. Full HD display with 10-finger touch.

Cons:

No security features, Casing too pressure sensitive in some places, Relatively heavy, Quite expensive, TrackPoint keys too smoothrunning
Heavy for an Ultrabook, Slow hard drive bottlenecks performance, Only one configuration offered

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Last revision on August 3, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Elegant metal casing, Flexible and stable hinges, Decent speakers, Very good input devices, High performance, Screen lightly AR coated, Useful battery life, Suitable for basic gaming
Excellent touch display, Slick keyboard raising mechanism in tablet mode, Great keyboard, Solid build quality, Long battery life
Flexible multimode design. Sturdy ruggedized chassis. Full HD display with 10-finger touch
Excellent build quality, Flush keyboard surface in tablet mode, Beautiful display, Great keyboard
Rich 1080p display, Strong graphics performance, Durable, flexible design, Comfortable, responsive keyboard
Clean and sufficiently bright 1080p IPS touchscreen display, Attractive Magnesium alloy chassis, GT 840M GPU adequate for gaming, Large touchpad, Full system performance on batteries, Accurate colors outofthebox, 42 mm M.2 slot for additional storage, One
Lovely full HD display, NVIDIA GT 840M dedicated graphics, upgradeable internals, great keyboard, sturdy

Reviewers Didn't Like

No security features, Casing too pressure sensitive in some places, Relatively heavy, Quite expensive, TrackPoint keys too smoothrunning
Heavy for an Ultrabook, Slow hard drive bottlenecks performance, Only one configuration offered
Middling performance. No stylus offered. Battery life is a bit short
Too heavy for tablet mode, Not configurable, No SSD
Subpar battery life, Chassis a bit big for modeswitching
Maintenance panel difficult to remove, Moderate backlight bleeding, Outdoor use difficult due to glossy display, Not as rigid as a traditional ThinkPad, Rear of unit can become very warm, No stylus or VGA adapters included, SSD cache still much slower tha
Those who prefer sexy, skinny 2in1 and Ultrabook designs will find the Yoga dull looking

Expert reviews and ratings

Basically, the verdict of the ThinkPad Yoga 14 with a Haswell processor still applies to the device with a Broadwell processor: A business convertible with a weight of almost two kilograms (~4.4 lb) and without security features will not satisfy either...

By NotebookCheck on March 23, 2015

The Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 melds what you love about a workstation with a 2-in-1 laptop, but buyers should be wary of borked...

By TechRadar AU on March 06, 2015

The Yoga 14 takes a slight liberty on the traditional ThinkPad license by incorporating a 360 degree display hinge that allows it to transform into a rather unwieldy 14-inch tablet. We gave the Yoga 14 high marks for its excellent full HD touch display,...

By Notebook Review on March 06, 2015

The 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 goes to work with a convertible-hybrid ultrabook that flips and...

By PC Mag on February 11, 2015

Lenovo brings the ThinkPad Yoga's "lift 'n' lock" keyboard, which makes tablet mode more comfortable (except for the system's weight), to a larger-screened, lower-priced convertible sold at Best Buy. It's a winning small-business hybrid. Read...

By Computer Shopper on January 21, 2015

The Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 sports a gorgeous HD screen and a sturdy, flexible design, but it's held back by below-average battery...

By LaptopMag on January 20, 2015

I can easily recommend the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 if you're in the market for a robustly built, yet not terribly heavy or bulky Ultrabook with a larger than average display and the versatile 360 degree multi-mode hinge. Of course, if you need the...

By MobileTechReview on November 01, 2014

If you've seen one ThinkPad, you've seen them all. Such was a common opinion back when ThinkPads were IBM's heavy, obtrusive bricks, but as Lenovo has shown in recent years, times have changed and so has the brand. ThinkPads have retained their...

By SlashGear on March 16, 2015

Convertibles, or what we all know refer to as 2-in-1s, are at the heart of the Windows ecosystem. Every Windows PC maker worth purchasing a device from has at least one 2-in-1 in the available. The idea of these devices is to give users a modern...

By notebooks.com on January 05, 2015

Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 Combine the best aspects of a traditional ThinkPad with the versatility of a Yoga and you have a jack-of-all-trades notebook that works very well for most home users, students, and a good chunk of business users. Having said...

By NotebookCheck on January 02, 2015

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