[LAPTOPAMA] I bought a Lenovo Yoga 720 15 4k 16gb, AMA

I bought a Lenovo Yoga 720 15 4k, 16gb, 512gb SSD, GTX 1050 2gb from Best Buy yesterday; here are my initial thoughts/impressions (originally posted by me in/r/lenovo).

I will say that I am coming from a 2013 13in MacBook Air so my opinion may be skewered a little bit as pretty much anything nowadays will be better than that although I have had a gaming desktop for quite some time.

I picked it from Best Buy yesterday, got the $1400 model with a 4k display, i7, 16gb RAM, 512gb SSD, and a GTX 1050 2gb. I've been looking into getting a new laptop for a while and it was either between this or the Dell XPS 15. I took the gamble with the yoga cause of its ability to be used as a tablet for taking notes while also still having XPS levels of performance.

So far I'm satisfied with it, no bloat ware whatsoever aside from the basic Lenovo utility apps which I've actually found very useful so far.

• The display is great; crisp, vibrant colors, good brightness, should be great for photo editing in Lightroom.

• Speakers aren't all that bad really, they're a little shallow and a little flat but they sound alright, I'll mess around with the Dolby settings and see if I can improve them.

• The trackpad is okay, it's glass and feels good but it is a little floaty despite the precision drivers - this seems like something that could be fixed via an update.

• The keyboard is fantastic, much more travel than my Air and good spacing/sized keys. Although Only two brightness settings for the backlighting which is a little lame.

• Gaming performance is great so far, and this is why I'm really here. The first and only game I've tried is Dirt Showdown and let me tell you it runs like a dream. I decided to push the resolution all the way up to 4k and the settings up to high for shits and giggles, and wow, I ran the benchmark test and managed to get just under 60fps. However the laptop did get very warm but not to the point where it would be totally uncomfortable sitting in your lap.

• I'm testing the battery life throughout the day today so I will update later this evening.

• I also cannot comment on the pen performance as they're not available in stores and have to be purchased online. I do plan on buying one in the future.

• The fans are actually a little loud but not terrible, when I was playing dirt Showdown at 4k they got pretty loud but really not much louder than say an Xbox. In short, it didn't feel like it was about to take off and fly away.

If you'd like me to test a specific game let me know and I'll see if it's in my library. I do have GTA V, DOOM 2016, Dirt 3, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Crysis 3, NFS Most Wanted, Beam NG, Far Cry 3, Superhot, Wolfenstein, and like 60 more.

• Here are the unboxing photos: http://imgur.com/a/L5WJa

Edit: Here is a screenshot of the XML file from the 4k benchmark: http://imgur.com/ZlvLdXK

• Quick update after messing around with it for a few hours. Honestly, this thing oozes quality; the build quality is great - no flex in the keyboard, no deformities on the body, screen flex is very little but its very acceptable considering its a 180 degree hinge. The metal on the keyboard deck feels great and is nice and smooth (I honestly think I prefer this over the carbon fiber on the XPS I demoed). The fingerprint scanner is another plus - works great with windows hello and is super quick to recognize. It also feels like an element that was planned to be in the design a long time ago rather than plopped on at the last second like the XPS.

• A few other gripes I have so far; the hinges are very tight; its not possible to open the screen with one hand at the moment but it does feels like they'll loosen up over time. Another thing is that when using the device in tablet mode there is a gap between the back of the screen and the bottom of the laptop that makes it bounce a bit when you tap - kind of annoying but not too bad. Also, the fans seem to kick in at random times; you could have no apps open and just be sitting on the desktop and the fans will kick in lightly or you could have 10 tabs open in chrome and a bunch of apps in the background and the fans wont make a peep. When the fans aren't running though the device is totally silent - and this seems to be the case the majority of the time.

This will be my laptop for the next four years or so (if no issues pop up within the next two weeks) and I will be using it for photo editing, video editing, gaming, and engineering related CAD programs.

AMA!

Submitted by PearElite | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016