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The Yoga 900 and this should be an interesting competition. I think I'll definitely grab one of them this year.

by swozey 11y ago

braddddd 11y ago
Save yourself the frustration and go w/ the Surface. I picked up a Yoga 2 last December and wish I had waited a little longer. Overall the laptop has been okay. My main issues are w/ Lenovo's track record of the hidden / self-installing bloatware on their machines that has come to light this past year. Also, I have problems w/ the trackpad reliably registering clicks and taps, and the multi-gesture support leaves a lot to be desired.
masklinn 11y ago
Isn't the Surface Book a more interesting comparison to the Yoga 900?
- swozey 11y ago
  I thought yes, but the price points are so astronomically different I'm not sure. We're talking $1399 for 512gb/16gb for the Y900 while the Surface Book is, I think $2199 or so. Also the Book has a discrete GPU which isn't an option on the Y900.
  - masklinn 11y ago
    > I thought yes, but the price points are so astronomically different I'm not sure. On the one hand yes, on the other hand surely that's something to factor in a comparison between machines which seem very similar in purpose? > We're talking $1399 for 512gb/16gb for the Y900 while the Surface Book is, I think $2199 or so. Hahaha no. For 16GB/512SSD it's $2700, the $2100 option only has 8GB/256SSD, though both use an i7 and have a dGPU. > Also the Book has a discrete GPU which isn't an option on the Y900. The Book only has a discrete GPU on some options. The $1500 8GB/128SSD and the $1700 8GB/256SSD only have an iGP.
    - swozey 11y ago
      Woops, I was looking into the 256gb. That's obscene, $2700.
      - masklinn 11y ago
        That's a big annoyance, but I find the RAM issue worse, 16GB RAM is only available on the $2700 and $3200 models (resp. 512GB and 1TB SSD), from the $1500 to the $2100 price-points you get 8GB period end of the story.
nqzero 11y ago
aspect ratio on the yoga isn't even close
- swozey 11y ago
  Yeah, thats a huge problem.

The Yoga 900 and this should be an interesting competition. I think I'll definitely grab one of them this year.

by swozey 11y ago

The Yoga 900 and this should be an interesting competition. I think I'll definitely grab one of them this year.

Save yourself the frustration and go w/ the Surface. I picked up a Yoga 2 last December and wish I had waited a little longer. Overall the laptop has been okay. My main issues are w/ Lenovo's track record of the hidden / self-installing bloatware on their machines that has come to light this past year. Also, I have problems w/ the trackpad reliably registering clicks and taps, and the multi-gesture support leaves a lot to be desired.

masklinn 11y ago

Isn't the Surface Book a more interesting comparison to the Yoga 900?

swozey 11y ago
I thought yes, but the price points are so astronomically different I'm not sure. We're talking $1399 for 512gb/16gb for the Y900 while the Surface Book is, I think $2199 or so. Also the Book has a discrete GPU which isn't an option on the Y900.
- masklinn 11y ago
  > I thought yes, but the price points are so astronomically different I'm not sure. On the one hand yes, on the other hand surely that's something to factor in a comparison between machines which seem very similar in purpose? > We're talking $1399 for 512gb/16gb for the Y900 while the Surface Book is, I think $2199 or so. Hahaha no. For 16GB/512SSD it's $2700, the $2100 option only has 8GB/256SSD, though both use an i7 and have a dGPU. > Also the Book has a discrete GPU which isn't an option on the Y900. The Book only has a discrete GPU on some options. The $1500 8GB/128SSD and the $1700 8GB/256SSD only have an iGP.
  - swozey 11y ago
    Woops, I was looking into the 256gb. That's obscene, $2700.
    - masklinn 11y ago
      That's a big annoyance, but I find the RAM issue worse, 16GB RAM is only available on the $2700 and $3200 models (resp. 512GB and 1TB SSD), from the $1500 to the $2100 price-points you get 8GB period end of the story.

nqzero 11y ago

aspect ratio on the yoga isn't even close

swozey 11y ago
Yeah, thats a huge problem.