Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro replacement

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jonb

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#196506 2-Jun-2016 14:09

Got a yoga 3 pro, mainly used by a writer/illustrator, in the New Year. It had a fault and his been in repair for nearly six weeks now (another story), so is time for the refund/replacement.

Any recommendations? Needs to be under 2k, and very light, with decent battery life.

Detachable not really an option due to the weight balance - used for lots of typing on knee or otherwise not at a desk.

Stylus would be nice to have but not essential..

High performance not too important, the Core M in the Yoga 3 was enough.

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#1564304 2-Jun-2016 14:33

Did you try the Surface Pro 4 core M model

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised how well the new keyboard works on knees. I do it for several hours every day.

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#1564313 2-Jun-2016 14:46

Thanks Nathan, will give that a try in JB Hifi and see how it feels.

Hope you are enjoying Seattle :)

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#1564363 2-Jun-2016 16:33

thanks! loving it.

we'd love to hear your feedback about it.

to be fair there's probably 2 things I don't like, and pretty minor

when you wear shorts, sometime the little metal feet on the kickstand dig into your legs slightly
if you lay on the couch and have the device on your chest, its not quite as good as a clamshell

but personally (maybe I drunk the koolaid too much) those tradeoffs are so minor compared to the flexibility the design provides. Also I love the fact that when I'm using SP3/SP4 on my chest or in my lap, the heat, WiFi signal, electromagnetic signal etc is all much much further away from my vital parts compared to a clamshell where everything is in the keyboard.