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Is it a laptop, a tablet, or something else entirely? Lenovo's Yoga 2 Pro is an interesting mix of form factors, hardware, and operating system, that much we know. The screen, which folds a full 360-degrees around the back of the device, is the attention grabber, but is there more to it than that? We put the Yoga 2 through its paces to find out.

What you find when you open the box is a sleek, modern build that is lighter than it looks. The Yoga 2 has clean lines, and a noticeable rubbery grip around the edges. That touch is not to gain style points; its for stability when the Yoga 2 is in various stages of use. Youll also notice the hinges, which are a bit utilitarian, but hold up well under the twists and turns we put the Yoga 2 Pro through. Bright, chrome Lenovo branding sits noticeably on the outside of the lid, while the familiar compliment of ports and buttons (dual USB, HDMI, card reader, power, volume) adorn the sides.

The Yoga 2 Pro runs the latest in Intel Haswell technology, the 4200U to be specific. Its snappy, and holds its own under strain. As GeekBench testing shows, the Yoga 2 Pro scored a mediocre 5569, well shy of our Macbook Pro Retina with a score of 8183. The dualcore Core i5 processor clocks in at 1.6GHz, offering plenty of hustle for day-to-day tasks, and 4GB RAM is a healthy amount, though an upgrade should be considered for beefier tasks.

Open the Yoga 2 Pro up, and youre met with another interesting style consideration: the area around the keyboard and trackpad keep the rubberized material we found on the outer edges of the device. A bit odd, this is another choice Lenovo made to make the tablet a bit more useful when not in Laptop mode. The keyboard and trackpad are clean and modern, but we wish they were bigger. The keyboard is terribly small, with the right shift key particularly hard to find. The keyboard is backlit, and has good key travel, but its not quite what wed like for a laptop.

The trackpad is quite small as well. Its glassy and smooth, making it easy for fingers to glide over, but the limited real estate is once again bothersome, especially when the native trackpad gestures for Windows get in the way. Unlike other touchscreen Ultrabooks, we found ourselves reaching for the screen out of necessity, not want.

The 13.3-inch screen is bright, and appears much larger than it is. The touchscreen capabilities are responsive, and a big step up from the first wave of Windows touchscreen Ultrabooks. The only issue we have is the native 3200 x 1800 resolution, which compacts most things to unreadable proportions. Youll probably feel at ease with a 2048 x 1152 resolution instead, which at least makes text readable and scales webpages properly. When outside of the native resolution, though, things do start to appear grainy.

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Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Review