The Lenovo Yoga was a flip in the right direction for Ultrabooks when it was first released.

But it offered in style points - the ability to bend the laptop to your viewing preference - it didn't really match in spec appeal.

Having an Ivy Bridge processor inside and given a rather low-res 1,600 x 900 display means you are never going to win any awards in the power stakes.

But the wait is finally over for a new and even bendier Yoga - the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro.

Shown off at IFA 2013, the Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro has been given a screen that's twice the quality of its stablemate. At 3,200 x 1,800, the 13.3-inch screen is one of the best on the market, and one of the brightest too at 350 nits.

Lenovo has also given the chassis a little bit of a makeover. It may look similar but it is thinner - 1.5mm instead of 17.1mm and it has gone through more weight loss than a Bikram Yoga addict, weighing in at an impressive 1.4kg. To put the weight into context: this is around the same weight as Ultrabooks that don't have the flip factor.

Couple this with an Intel Haswell processor - up to Core i7, up to 8GB or RAM and a 512GB SSD - and what you have is a better and beefier computing setup.

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Hands-on review: Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 2 Pro