IT168 evaluation has a thing called inheritance, there is a kind of thing called gene. Twenty-three years later, all black body, red dot, and percussive keyboards have been used until now, becoming the sign of the ThinkPad. Black stands for strength, fortitude, and other meanings. At the same time, black is the basic color in human history. It is a fashionable and lasting color. Compared with the silver and white notebooks of Apple Macbook, in comparison, what results will be produced? .
For many years, Lenovo has been concentrating on what it takes to achieve its ten consecutive dominance in its PC business. At CES 2016, Lenovo launched the Think X1 Family, a family-owned product with the “X1†logo, for the first time in the global market. The pursuit is classic and innovative, and the ThinkPad X1 Yoga is one of the representatives. It uses Intel processors, preloaded with Microsoft Win10 system, powerful combination to bring unprecedented smooth experience and operational pleasure, closer and closer to the perfect productivity tool.
Tips: Windows 10
The ThinkPad X1 Yoga comes preloaded with the best Microsoft Windows 10 operating system to date, boasting the most complete personalization features and is the most productive productivity tool, currently running on more than 400 million devices. Windows 10 includes start menus, taskbars, and desktops that users are familiar with and mastered, as well as live tiles that help users keep up-to-date on important issues.
Windows 10 is by far the most secure Windows. Enhanced Windows Defender and Smart Screen help prevent viruses, malware, and phishing attacks. Windows Hello recognizes you uniquely through biometrics and provides a fast, secure, password-free login. Through the Microsoft Edge browser, Windows Hello also helps users securely access websites without password entry.
Pre-installed Windows 10 devices will continue to receive free updates to help users get the latest features and security protection during the device's life cycle.
Inspiring multimodal experience
If you think of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga as an ordinary laptop, it would be a big mistake because it can be "deformed," and it's different from a 2-in-1 laptop.
The secret of the 360-degree rotating screen lies in two hinges that can work together. The notebook mode, tent mode, standing mode, and tablet mode can be perfectly implemented. Different divisions can be used in different modes and have different functions.
In tent mode, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga becomes a player, which is best suited for watching videos and pictures. Because the support is stable enough, you don’t need to worry about the effects of the previous shaking on the touch experience. You can rest assured to use your finger or stylus. Operate on the screen.
The standing mode does not look different from the tent mode. In fact, it is more free and free to adjust the screen angle, which is a little bigger.
Although it is a product that targets commercial use, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga can be used outside for work and entertainment, or with a stylus to use the notebook as a drawing board.
Before we made an ambush, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga embodies the innovative side. The requirements for the traditional notebook on the spindle are usually examined from the aspects of style, damping, and the maximum angle. Obviously, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga adopts many unexpected technologies. In the design side, more consideration is given to the rationality of the spindle work. The reliability also includes issues such as user experience, manufacturing costs, and patents. As the screen rotates, the keycap's border will automatically rise and rise to the horizontal position of the keycap, so that the entire keyboard becomes a plane, is in a physically locked state, keys cannot be pressed, and the keyboard lights are also Off, the touchpad will not respond to any operation, and the chance of misoperation is zero.
The design of the spindle of the Macbook is obviously much simpler, there is no black technology at all, and the maximum opening and closing angle is only 130 degrees. It is very inconvenient if you want to give a presentation to a customer at a business meeting.
The utility of the interface is very different
Since it is all for business users, it is impossible to care about the size and weight, because you must carry it with you.
According to official data, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga is lighter in weight. From the visual perspective, the thickness of the two notebooks is similar.
It stands to reason that business is positioned, thickness is similar, the interface should be the same, but there are gaps in comparison.
Perhaps because of the arrogant, MacBook Air's interface does not take the unusual road, really only two USB ports, headphone jacks, and an HDMI interface. The Thunderbolt Thunderbolt interface requires an additional adapter, which is generally not cheap.
ThinkPad X1 Yoga's left side of the fuselage in order for the power interface, expansion dock interface, mini DP interface and USB 3.0 support for off-charging. On the right are the power button, integrated volume control button, headset connector, two USB 3.0 connectors, and HDMI connector. Practicality is obviously much higher.
In the top of the fuselage, there is also a SIM card slot (reserved interface, temporarily useless) and Micro SD card slot, most people may not have found.
The screen is completely different
Although the ThinkPad X1 Yoga can be equipped with an OLED screen, we still get the IPS screen this time. The resolution of 2560×1440 alone surprised us. Even more unexpected is that the touch screen supports 2048 pressure sensing. With Wacom's Active ES technology, it should be one of the highest handwriting pressure sensing solutions currently available. The ThinkPad Pen is included with the device. Pro stylus is not a problem for professional applications.
When not in use, the stylus can be inserted into the body. This design point praises, and this will not lose the pen completely. Moreover, by inserting the stylus into the pen tray, it can be charged immediately, and charging for 15 seconds can be used for 100 minutes, which is very convenient and quick.
Handwriting can achieve smoother, more accurate writing effects, and of course painting is no problem.
Color reproduction and viewing angle are excellent.
In contrast, the screen resolution of the 13-inch Macbook Air is only a poor 1440×900. When working in the office, especially dealing with large tables, the visual range is very limited, and the mouse is pulled back and forth, reducing work efficiency.
Of course, more business users are still accustomed to using the Windows 10 system, which is also one of the advantages of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga. It can be pre-installed directly. Compared with the previous upgrade of Windows 8.1, it can be said to be full-scale. Currently, it has the highest market share. A lot of new ideas, including some of the changes that cheered office crowds, such as split-screen mode, virtual desktops, and the experience were excellent. The MacBook Air's latest macOS Sierra system is unfamiliar to most people. It is still too slow to get started. All operations must be re-adapted. For office workers, it is not enough to have an affinity.
Button feel better ThinkPad
The keyboard is a place that the ThinkPad series takes pride in, and its high-touch keyboard feels very good. The same is true of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga keyboard. A reasonable keystroke control brings a comfortable tapping feeling and the button resilience control is in place so that the user can experience the fun of typing. It may be hard to imagine that this is a thin and light notebook. In contrast, the Macbook Air's feel is a little discounted, and some people even feel that it is not suitable for text workers, the keys are a bit hard, FormatImgID_23 keystrokes are relatively short, it takes a long time to adapt.
ThinkPad's unique red dot rocker used to be still very easy to use, fast movement, accurate positioning.
ThinkPad X1 Yoga uses the latest touch fingerprint identification module, which is one of the major hardware upgrades for the ThinkPad X1 series this year. Compared to sliding unlocking, touch fingerprint unlocking is more convenient and the unlocking speed is faster. As a business notebook, it is definitely more secure than Macbook Air.
In terms of configuration, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga is also big enough, equipped with an Intel Core i7-6500U 2.5GHz processor, 8GB of memory, 256GB SSD, of course, users can also choose up to 16GB of memory and up to 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD Version.
The Lenovo ThinkPad series has gone through 23 years, and it has become a darling of the business world because it has continued to focus on the user experience, so as to bring an excellent experience to various scenes such as life, work, and entertainment. The field has created another star product. As the world's lightest business variant, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga can be considered a real productivity tool, which is also difficult to make up for Apple's practical application.