Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro Review

Last year, Lenovo ushered in the era of the hybrid PC with the IdeaPad Yoga, a notebook with a flexible display that could bend completely backward to turn the laptop into a 13-inch tablet. Since then, a swarm of convertible laptops have flooded the market, coming from manufacturers such as Dell, Sony and Samsung, each seeking to one-up the Yoga with its own unique rotating, flipping or sliding display. Now, the Yoga is back with a thinner, lighter design, a Retina-like 3200 x 1800-pixel display and a fourth-generation Intel CPU. Can the IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro flip its way past the competition?

Best budget Windows 8 touchscreen laptops under Rs. 40,000

Touchscreen laptops are clearly the new rage, and the consumers have clearly spoken - they want those touchscreens. We help you identify some of the better options you can choose from and along the way, share some tips as well.

If you are a regular here, you already know we are not huge fans of a touchscreen on a conventional laptop. We believe it is pointless, unless it is a machine like a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, that has the flexibility of letting you use it the way you want to. However, clearly, the consumers are rather chuffed at the idea of having a touchscreen on their laptop. Maybe it is something psychological at play here, of getting that little bit extra for the money you have spent. Or maybe, some of you actually find a touchscreen on a laptop useful.

Asus Vivobook S400CA-CA028H Review

Summary

Like its bigger screen sibling, the more affordable S400CA walks the same path of very good build quality and fairly good performance. The touchscreen has added a bit of bulk to the entire package, which does take away from the actual ultrabook experience. But, it is still lighter than a notebook!