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It was nearly a year ago that Lenovo showed off the Yoga, its first crack at a convertible Windows 8 laptop. The finished product was pretty good when it launched 10 months later, but its 13-inch touchscreen was a bit too unwieldy when flipped around to tablet mode.

At this years Consumer Electronics Show, Lenovo is showing off a follow-up: the IdeaPad Yoga 11S, with a smaller 11.6-inch, 1366-by-768 resolution display. Like the original IdeaPad Yoga 13, this machine runs a full version of Windows 8, with support for all existing desktop apps. (Another 11-inch IdeaPad Yoga launched late last year with Windows RT, which can only install tablet-optimized apps from Microsofts own store.)

Just like the existing Yogas, the Yoga 11S has a touchscreen that folds completely around into a tablet (with its keys resting a bit awkwardly on the underside). Lenovo likes to say there are actually four modes in one, because users can stand the clamshell up on its two edges like a tent, or prop the screen up from tablet mode so its facing forward. Though I didnt get much time to play with the Yoga 11S, I think the smaller screen will make it more manageable as a tablet.

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The Yoga 11S will also be one of the first devices to use Intels Ivy Bridge Y series processors, which draw less power than current Ivy Bridge chips. Unfortunately, this doesnt mean a big boost in battery life for the Yoga 11S. Itll clock between 6 and 7 hours on a charge, due to the fact that theres a smaller battery inside compared to the Yogas bigger brother, but the improved thermal design means less reliance on noisy fans to keep the system cool. The Windows RT-based Yoga 11, by comparison, lasts up to 12 hours on a charge.

Other specs for the Yoga 11S include at least 128 GB of solid state storage and at least 4 GB of RAM. In my brief hands-on, the trackpad and keyboard felt just as high-quality as the larger Yoga.

Lenovo says it will ship the IdeaPad Yoga 11S in May or June, positioning it as a back-to-school laptop-tablet convertible. Itll have a starting price of $799 with an Intel Core i3 processor.

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