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The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 is a better laptop than tablet

Posted: March 21, 2013 at 6:44 am


The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11's keyboard is permanently attached to the tablet section and when in tablet mode, its bulky, heavy, and awkward to hold. Thankfully, if youd rather lay your tablet down flat or simply watch movies on it, the Yoga 11s flexible, dual-hinge, $649 body gives you a few useful positions to choose from. Also, in laptop mode, it makes for a pretty cheap ultrabook, as long as you dont mind being saddled with Windows RT.

If the thought of buying a device with RT causes you to wake up in the middle of the night screaming, then you may want to wait for the Windows 8 version of the Yoga 11, called the Yoga 11S, coming this summer for only $150 more. The Yoga 11S will also include a higher-resolution screen and a faster non-ARM Intel Core i5 CPU. Or, if you find 11 inches of screen size to be lacking, the 13-inch Yoga 13 may be more up your alley.

Compared with the Microsoft Surface RT, the Yoga 11 is a better lap computer and offers more ports, including two full-size USB port and a full-size SD storage expansion slot. However, the Surface's Type Cover keyboard is more comfortable, its Internet performance consistently zippier, and its a lot thinner and a lot lighter as a tablet.

If youve made your peace with Windows RTs offerings, the Yoga 11 serves as the best RT device next to the Surface. However, its a better laptop than a tablet, so its appeal will depend on what you're looking for.

Finding your center Unlike all previous Windows RT tablets, the Yoga 11's screen cant be detached from its keyboard. The two are permanently linked via dual hinges that allow the screen to tilt back 360 degrees, until the back of the screen lays flush with the back of the keyboard. In this position, the Yoga 11 is the closest it'll ever get to feeling like a normal tablet. That is, if you dont mind the 2.6-pound weight, 0.7-inch thickness (at its thickest), or the feel of keys on the back of your tablet while you attempt to hold it with one hand, and read the mornings news and sip your coffee with the other. No, the Yoga 11 doesn't make for the best portable tablet; it feels heavy and awkward to hold from this position. However, it works fine once it's laid down flat.

Sure, it's definitely a tablet, but it's one of the heaviest, bulkiest tablets I've ever held. What you can't see in this pic is the muscle strain.

You can also orient the Yoga 11 in three other ways. Theres Tent mode, or, as I like to call it, the downward dog position. OK, I don't actually like to call it that, but it feels appropriate. Here, the screen is tilted back about halfway past 90 degrees, then propped up on the top edge of the screen and bottom edge of the keyboard, with the screen facing the user. Not a bad position if using the tablet on a desk, but also not all that different from the third position that sees the keyboard lying flat, keys down, again with the screen facing the user. This was the ideal position for movie-watching, allowing you to easily tilt the screen back and forth to find the perfect position, with no keyboard futzing with your movie engrossment.

With the keyboard flat on the desk (and automatically disabled), this mode is great when watching movies and TV shows thanks to its easily tiltable screen.

The final position is also the one youll probably use most, laptop mode. From here the Yoga 11 is essentially an 11.6-inch ultrabook with a touch screen. Thats about 1.5 inches larger than most tablet screens and about an inch larger than the Surface RT's. Thanks to the larger screen, the Yoga 11 features a wider-than-usual keyboard compared with most tablets, and as a result is a bit more comfortable to type on. Thanks to its flat laptop bottom, the Yoga 11 is more conducive to typing from your actual lap; something I couldn't say about the Surface RT given its kickstand design. That said, however, the softer, wider keys of Surface RT's Touch Cover just plain feel better on my fingertips and is still my preferred typing tablet. One last useful note: adjusting the screen brightness on a Window RT tablet usually requires a couple levels of menu navigation, but the Yoga 11 thankfully features a brightness shortcut key that makes for a much less irritating task.

Sticking with the whole "whisper: I'm really a laptop..." motif, the Yoga 11 is packed with ports. Along its left edge sits a headphone jack, a full USB port, a full HDMI port, followed by a speaker grille, and volume rocker. On the front edge is the power/sleep button, and on the right edge is a charging port, a full SD card slot, another full USB port, and another speaker grille.

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March 21st, 2013 at 6:44 am

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Lululemon's Too-Sheer Yoga Pants Reveal Problems In Company's Supply Chain

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Lululemon has staked its reputation and justified its high prices on quality yoga gear. But now it's committed a "transparent" mistake. One of its core products, yoga pants, are too sheer. Shoppers aren't happy, and the company has recalled the yoga pants. But the mistake reveals how the company's rapid grown has laid bare a supply chain stretched too thin.

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The retailer Lululemon has turned pricey yoga clothes into fashion. But now, some of its yoga pants have revealed problems for the company. As NPR's Wendy Kaufman explains, the pants are, well, see-through.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Inhale all the way over to your left wrist.

WENDY KAUFMAN, BYLINE: The students here at Ashram Yoga in Kirkland, Washington, have quietly spread their mats and are beginning their evening practice.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: ...bringing some fluid into the wrist joints. Let's go the other direction. Inhale over to the right wrist.

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March 21st, 2013 at 6:44 am

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Yoga retreat promises a healthier you

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"I'm so hungry. Dinner very small. At least we get dessert soon. Waiting anxiously," I discreetly text my partner from the dining table.

I'm taking part in a weekend yoga retreat at Peppers Salt Resort and Spa at Kingscliff in northern NSW.

It all starts with a Friday afternoon one-hour yoga session followed immediately by dinner.

Yoga instructor and retreat organiser Kris McIntyre candidly tells us we won't be stoked by dinner.

With no time to change, us yoga retreat participants stand out like sore thumbs compared to other diners in the restaurant.

And instead of a juicy steak and fancy meals that the resort's restaurant offer, we are served small helpings of vegetarian food.

The trick is to fill up in the morning - we're allowed to eat like kings for breakfast, noblemen for lunch and paupers for dinner - as the saying goes.

The first night surprises me. Dinner is a palm-sized pumpkin and rocket salad dish.

This is when I develop the art of slow and deliberate eating, apparently good for the digestion but for me a way to make it last longer.

On our second night, Kris tells us she is feeding us something she calls medicine - an adzuki bean dish.

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March 21st, 2013 at 6:44 am

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How to Set up a Life Coaching Business / Consultation with Michelle Roby – Video

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 11:52 pm




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March 19th, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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Carney Avoids Answering Question About Golf and White House Tours, Blames GOP and Tea Party – Video

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March 19th, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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Chest Workout Routine for Mass – Best Chest Exercises – Video

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March 19th, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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Apple Byte – Is Apple ready for the Samsung Galaxy S4? – Video

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March 19th, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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Gears of War: Judgment – Video

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March 19th, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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Checking out ZTE’s Sprint Force – Video

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March 19th, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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CNET Update – Samsung Game Pad hints at Note 3 – Video

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