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CES 2013 preview: Computers and accessories

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="" class="cnet-image" height="436" src="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/12/11/windows8laptopsdan01_610x436.jpg" width="610" /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;">If it feels like you've already gotten a full helping of new laptop, desktop, and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"> </span><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/" section="luke_topic" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.5s ease; border: 0px; color: #c0110c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">tablet</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;">PC news very recently, you're right. That's because Microsoft's new</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"> </span><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/windows-8-review/" section="luke_topic" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.5s ease; border: 0px; color: #c0110c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows 8</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;">operating system launched at the end of October, and with it,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"> </span><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57540551-1/windows-8-pcs-rated-and-reviewed/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.5s ease; border: 0px; color: #c0110c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">dozens of new and updated computers</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px;">from every major PC maker.</span><br /><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While it's great that we've seen so many new systems, including inventive hybrids and convertibles, very recently, it also means there may not be much left for <a href="http://ces.cnet.com/" section="luke_topic" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.5s ease; border: 0px; color: #c0110c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">CES</a> 2013, especially compared with last year's ultrabook-heavy lineup. That said, there are still some major trends we expect to see, even if through only a handful of announced examples.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Touch screens on everything</b><br />The biggest surprise of the Windows 8 launch was the number of laptops of all shapes and sizes that included touch screens. This wasn't just hybrid or convertible systems that are designed to spend part of the time as a slate-style tablet, but also traditional clamshell laptops.The reason is Windows 8 and its tile-based UI -- it just works better with touch added as a secondary input method.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Just as importantly, we saw touch screens on <a href="http://ces.cnet.com/laptops/acer-aspire-v5-571p/4505-3121_7-35472862.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.5s ease; border: 0px; color: #c0110c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">laptops under $550</a>, meaning that just about any system above the lowest-end budget laptops can afford to add this feature, and for 2013, that's exactly what we expect -- almost every new midprice-or-better laptop will either feature a touch screen, or at least offer it as an option, making it the new mainstream.</div><div class="cnet-image-div image-LARGE2 float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; float: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin: 10px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"><img alt="" class="cnet-image" height="436" src="http://asset1.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/11/05/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Yoga_13_35477652_35477652_35510546_35510543_35510544_10_610x436.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /><div class="image-caption" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.133em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The folding Lenovo Yoga laptop doubles as a tablet.</div><div class="image-caption" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.133em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div class="image-caption" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.133em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34439_1-57558590/ces-2013-preview-computers-and-accessories/" target="_blank">Read More...</a></div></div></div>

CES 2013 preview: Computers and accessories

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If it feels like you've already gotten a full helping of new laptop, desktop, and tablet PC news very recently, you're right. That's because Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system launched at the …

2012 Car Tech Awards:

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="cnet-image-div image-LARGE2 float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; float: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin: 10px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/sedan/2012-tesla-model-s/4505-10865_7-35338245.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="2012 Tesla Model S" class="cnet-image" height="457" src="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/12/18/35338245_SS42_610x457.JPG" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /></a><span class="image-credit" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.133em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET)</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CNET Tech Car of the Year for 2012</b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-right" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: right; float: right; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin: 20px 2px 20px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 82px;"><img alt="Tech Car of the Year" class="cnet-image" height="128" src="http://asset1.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/12/19/techCar-2012-large-badge.png" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="82" /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/sedan/2012-tesla-model-s/4505-10865_7-35338245.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2012 Tesla Model S</b></a><br />Our choice for CNET Tech <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/car-tech/" section="luke_topic" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Car</a> of the Year goes to the 2012 Tesla Model S, a car that shows superb technology throughout while also challenging our conceptions of how a car should work. Most people know the Model S for its electric drivetrain, which not only gives it tremendous acceleration, but also the best range among current production electric cars. Compared with an internal combustion engine, the Tesla's electric motor delivers magnitudes of better energy efficiency. The EPA estimates the cost of electricity for a year of driving at $700, about 25 percent of the cost for gasoline in an equivalent luxury sedan.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyond its efficiency, the Model S modernizes the whole idea of a car's cabin. Tesla streamlined the entire process of getting into the car and setting off, taking out steps that have become anachronistic. A big touch screen handles all in-cabin functions, eliminating the need for an array of buttons across the dashboard. A 3G data connection feeds the infotainment functions, providing maps, destination search, and music, similar to what we have become used to with our personal electronics.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Model S went up against the <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/coupe-hatchback/2013-audi-s5/4505-10867_7-35446285.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Audi S5</a>, <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/sedan/2013-bmw-640i-gran/4505-10865_7-35393117.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">BMW 640i Gran Coupe</a>, <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/coupe-hatchback/2012-ford-focus-electric/4505-10867_7-35370103.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Ford Focus Electric</a>, and<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/coupe-hatchback/2012-toyota-prius-c/4505-10867_7-35169638.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Toyota Prius C</a>, a formidable field <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57557859-48/cnet-announces-nominees-for-2012-tech-car-of-the-year/" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">nominated</a> for technical excellence in drivetrain and cabin. The BMW proved popular with our jury, and we liked how the Focus Electric drove, but the Model S trumped the others with its innovative approach and capabilities.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19.983333587646484px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57559913-48/2012-car-tech-awards-and-the-winner-is../" target="_blank">Read More...</a></div></div>

2012 Car Tech Awards:

Malayil 0 22:15

(Credit: Wayne Cunningham/CNET)CNET Tech Car of the Year for 20122012 Tesla Model SOur choice for CNET Tech Car of the Year goes to the 2012 Tesla Model S, a car that shows superb technology throughou…

iPhone 5 case roundup from A-Z

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iPhone 5 case roundup from A-Z

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With the launch of every new iPhone comes an onslaught of cases to protect it.The Gumdrop Drop Tech Series returns for the iPhone 5.(Credit: Gumdrop Cases)What's the best one? Very hard to say. The pr…

A full-time laptop meets a part-time tablet

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">                                                   The biggest hardware trend marking the launch of Windows 8 is the<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57531284-1/windows-8-the-complete-new-pc-launch-list/" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">proliferation of touch-screen laptop/tablet hybrids</a>. Some have screens that pull apart to become separate tablets, while others have screens that flip, twist, or rotate to give you a tabletlike shape to hold. We call those latter models convertible laptops, and one of the best examples to date is the new Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The name Yoga is suggestive of the system's big selling point, that the display flips fully over to become a tablet. In fact, it has four basic usable positions -- clamshell laptop, tablet, stand, and tent.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The reason the Yoga stands out from the suddenly crowded touch-screen laptop scene is that it does something other convertible or hybrid laptops do not. When set up as a traditional laptop, the 13.3-inch Yoga doesn't compromise the all-important clamshell experience. The excellent double-hinge design means that it looks and works the same as any other ultrabook laptop, unlike the complex and often clunky mechanisms in systems such as the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/hp-envy-x2/4505-3121_7-35426662.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">HP Envy x2</a>, <a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/sony-vaio-duo-11/4505-3121_7-35477656.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Sony Vaio Duo 11</a>, or <a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/dell-xps-12/4505-3121_7-35427784.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">Dell XPS 12</a>.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cnet-image-div image-LARGE2 float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"><img alt="" class="cnet-image" height="436" src="http://asset3.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/11/05/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Yoga_13_35477652_35477652_35510546_35510543_35510544_12_610x436.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Yoga works best as a full-time laptop and part-time tablet, because when it's folded back into a slate, you still have the keyboard pointing out from the back of the system. Although the keyboard and touch pad are deactivated in this mode, it's still not ideal. Plus, despite the hype, Windows 8 is still not a 100-percent tablet-friendly OS, and <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57544323-1/five-least-intuitive-things-about-windows-8/" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">there are some frustrations</a> that span all the Windows 8 tablet-style devices we've tested.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Yoga certainly seems to be everyone's choice for a great Windows 8 ambassador -- both Microsoft and Intel have touted it as a best-in-class example, and Best Buy is currently featuring it in a television ad. At $1,099, you're paying a bit of a premium, but not outrageously so, for an Intel Core i5/8GB RAM/128GB solid-state drive (SSD) configuration (note that our early review unit had only 4GB of RAM installed), but a less expensive Core i3 version starts at $999. If I had to pick a single first-wave Windows 8 convertible touch-screen laptop, the Yoga would be at the top of my list.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><table class="geekbox" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 1px inset; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 1px inset; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 20px 20px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"><tbody style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Price as reviewed / starting price</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">$1,099 / $999</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Processor</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">1.7GHz Intel Core i5-3317U</td></tr><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Memory</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">4GB, 1,600MHz DDR3</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hard drive</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">500GB 5,400rpm</td></tr><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chipset</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Intel HM77</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Graphics</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Intel HD 4000</td></tr><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Operating system</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-yoga-13/4505-3121_7-35477652.html" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>Windows 8</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dimensions (WD)</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">13.1x8.9 inches</td></tr><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Height</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">0.67 inch</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Screen size (diagonal)</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">13.3 inches</td></tr><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Category</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/laptop-buying-guide/" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">13-inch</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Design, features, and display</b><br />Despite its reputation as a maker of buttoned-down business laptops, Lenovo can always be counted on to produce intriguing designs. Most of those end up, like the Yoga, as part of the company's consumer-targeted IdeaPad line of products.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We've seen similar attempts at laptops that can double as tablets over the years, usually with a rotating center hinge that swivels around to let the device change forms (or more recently with a screen that slides down over the keyboard). Before Windows 8, most of these experiments weren't particularly successful, thanks to a combination of poor design, underpowered components, and an operating system that wasn't touch-friendly.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The other problem with those traditional convertibles has been that the single rotating center hinge was a potential weak point in the design. Lenovo says the Yoga's full-length hinge has been rigorously tested and is stronger than the older rotating convertible design, and in practice that definitely seems to be the case.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When opened into its clamshell position, the Yoga would be tough to pick out of a lineup of recent ultrabooks. The minimalist interior is dominated by a large buttonless clickpad, along with a island-style Lenovo keyboard, which means the flat-topped keys have a small curve along their bottom edges for easier typing.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cnet-image-div image-LARGE2 float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"><img alt="" class="cnet-image" height="436" src="http://asset3.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/11/05/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Yoga_13_35477652_35477652_35510546_35510543_35510544_05_610x436.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As good as Lenovo's reputation is for excellent keyboards, I had a surprisingly amount of trouble with the Yoga's keyboard. I narrowed most of my issues down to the half-size right Shift key, which meant I often hit the up arrow when aiming for Shift. The end result was a lot of frustration and retyping, but after a few days one would naturally adjust to this specific layout. The touch pad is the same as you'd find in other clickpad Lenovos, including the recent high-end <a href="http://www.cnet.com/laptops/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbon/4505-3121_7-35299011.html" style="border: 0px; color: #2964bf; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;">X1 Carbon</a>. It offers plenty of space for multifinger gestures, but isn't as effective for manipulating the touch-centric Windows 8 UI as a finger would be.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you flip the Yoga's screen back, the physical keyboard doesn't disappear from view, as it does on most other convertible laptop/tablet combos, but it does get automatically disabled. A slightly raised layer of leather over the wrist rest and keyboard tray lets you rest the tablet on a table, keyboard-side down, without worrying too much about damaging the keys. Some buttons have been moved to the sides so they can be accessed no matter how the system is folded, and the outer shell has a soft-touch coating for easy gripping. While the Yoga isn't particularly comfortable to hold in tablet form, as your fingers are pressing up against the exposed keyboard and the touch pad, you do get easy access to a volume rocker along one edge and a rotation lock button along the other.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beyond the slate mode, I especially liked the stand or sharing mode, where the screen is folded back 270 degrees or more, turning the system into something like a small touch-screen kiosk. It's great for sharing video or presentations in a group setting, or for just getting closer to the screen while keeping the keyboard out of the way.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="cnet-image-div image-LARGE2 float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"><img alt="" class="cnet-image" height="436" src="http://asset2.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/11/05/Lenovo_IdeaPad_Yoga_13_35477652_35477652_35510546_35510543_35510544_11_610x436.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center !important; vertical-align: baseline;" width="610" /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Its fourth position is standing upright like a tent, but I can't think of too many reasons you'd want that.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In any of these positions, the Yoga is well-served by its 13.3-inch display, which has a native resolution of 1,600x900 pixels. That's arguably the perfect resolution for a 13-inch laptop, giving you plenty of screen real estate without making onscreen text appear too small, as can happen with 1,920x1,080-pixel resolutions on smaller systems. Off-axis viewing angles are great, and unlike with some Windows 8 convertibles stuck with 1,366x768-pixel screen resolutions, you don't feel like you're paying a premium price for a substandard feature.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.333em !important; margin-bottom: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><table class="geekbox" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 1px inset; background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.247059) 0px 1px 1px inset; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 5px 20px 20px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"><tbody style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr class="header" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><th style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px; background-image: none !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></th><th style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px; background-image: none !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 1px 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13</th><th style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px; background-image: none !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Average for category [13-inch]</th></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Video</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">HDMI</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">HDMI or DisplayPort</td></tr><tr class="even" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Audio</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stereo speakers, combo headphone/microphone jack</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks</td></tr><tr class="odd" style="background-image: none !important; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">Data</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-right-color: rgb(215, 216, 217); border-right-style: solid; border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">1 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0, SD card reader</td><td style="background-image: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px; 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