IBM ThinkPad Users' Group

[Lethal]

nope its brand new laptop
not really have alot of issues, just stick to the usual series as mention before.

 

[Lethal]

Yoga 370 - Touchscreen

 

[tazy_tazy]

Yoga 370 - Touchscreen

how is the review of this yoga 370?

 

[Lethal]

So far quite ok, u can check online for reviews. They upgraded Yoga 260 to Yoga 370 so is considered another new series.

 

[Bardiche]

Not worth repairing though, just get a 2nd hand laptop instead. X230 / T430 price range is around $300 currently.

repairing?? lol.. it is not even damaged.. i'm still replying this post on this current working SL400..

just need upgrading its motherboard..

buying another 2nd hand laptop to replace my current working one only adds up to my pile of old laptops of different models that is still functional in my room.. so ya not going to buy.. thanks for the advice though..

then again, that's not the question that i'm asking though..

 

[arhjaye]

Anyone got T470S able to review on how it is? Like build quality and battery etc..

 

[Lethal]

repairing?? lol.. it is not even damaged.. i'm still replying this post on this current working SL400..

just need upgrading its motherboard..

buying another 2nd hand laptop to replace my current working one only adds up to my pile of old laptops of different models that is still functional in my room.. so ya not going to buy.. thanks for the advice though..

then again, that's not the question that i'm asking though..

can try to find at sim lim square though, need to ask around different shops to see if they still have working motherboard for that model for sale.

 

[Lethal]

Anyone got T470S able to review on how it is? Like build quality and battery etc..

T470s is build similar to X1 Carbon just that its slightly cheaper than X1 Carbon but heavier than X1 Carbon.
Same as X1 Carbon, it uses 1 m2 SSD as well as an internal battery.
Can consider getting this if X1 Carbon is out of ur budget.

 

[cscs3]

Hi, is that for sale after u repaired it? Hehe. How's the build quality / hardware? Seems like many issues w thinkpad nowadays... Don't matter the series... Esp after lenovo took over..

Yes, Thinkpad is no more a good build machine as before.

 

[OMeGa666]

Yoga 370 - Touchscreen

No digitizer, too bad. Wanted to get X1 Yoga but shown no longer available on official site

 

[erwinrommel]

Not sure how you know about the 2nd gen since not many have had long term issues with it....after all, it was out only recently. I have the Thinkpad 13 2G. I am impressed. No issues so far with it.

What's your battery life you getting with Thinkpad 13? What programs do you normally run?

Thanks..

 

[Lethal]

No digitizer, too bad. Wanted to get X1 Yoga but shown no longer available on official site

Yoga 370 is touchscreen with a pen.

 

[tomatosause]

Pictures of T470s

Nice...WQHD screen? How the battery life?

 

[OMeGa666]

Yoga 370 is touchscreen with a pen.

Yoga = Lenovo Active Pen.
Yoga X1 = ThinkPad Pen Pro.

Any difference?

 

[Soserious]

how is the review of this yoga 370?

Even I have that. I really like this laptop...size, battery life (once Windows settles down), inking. The thing I hated was its PWM display! I don't why Lenovo insists on putting in PWM displays at low frequencies ...The 370 is at 210Hz.

The other thing I don't like on this laptop is Windows It keeps doing something in the background pulling down battery life. Linux on this wasted potential since there are not many good inking programs in Linux.

Overall, I like this laptop. Good build quality (except the bottom of the display and the upper end of the base over seem to wrapped in flimsy plastic), excellent keyboard with the nice nipple, good trackpad and a quick fingerprint sensor. To top it all, you can upgrade the RAM and SSD yourself if you want to (since mine does not have WWAN). It was this vs a MacBook Pro 13 - I am glad I went for this. The MBP 13 is a disaster - everything soldered and disgustingly expensive.

What's your battery life you getting with Thinkpad 13? What programs do you normally run?

Thanks..

Get around 7 hours of light use (browsing, mail, music player in the background) mixed with a few Youtube videos. Display has PWM but not noticeable at all. I am more than happy.

 

[clyp1973]

I got my X1 Yoga gen 2 from CEE on Friday. Think I pampered myself too much.. don't think I can ever go back to any other display than OLED...

So anyone who is contemplating of getting OLED notebook, you've been warned..

 

[runestyx]

I got my X1 Yoga gen 2 from CEE on Friday. Think I pampered myself too much.. don't think I can ever go back to any other display than OLED...

So anyone who is contemplating of getting OLED notebook, you've been warned..

Comtemplating on getting this, how is the battery life on it? Saw a youtube impressions video that the battery life is 3+hrs ish? Seems rather bad considering its marketed to be up to 15hrs.

http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/ThinkPad-X1-Yoga-2nd-Generation/p/22TP2TXX12Y

 

[Encrypted11]

Still undecided x1 carbon or X270...

Just pointing out. Batteries degrade through charge cycles and deep cycling. Thinkpads don't come with proper custom charge threshold control these days. IIRC Lenovo Settings (Unlike thinkvantage power manager) only has a upper limit without a lower limit to prevent deep discharge. Unless you mod the legacy Thinkvantage power manager to work on windows 10.

It will be beyond economic repair when the battery is probably at maybe 50% of factory capacity. Be prepared to get quoted a pretty exorbitant amount for replacement. Batteries are normally under the exclusion for extended warranty typical of any laptop manufacturer (limited to 1 year limited wty, strings attached are probably if it degrades beyond acceptable threshold, maybe less than 80% within 1 year to qualify for replacement)

Quote for keyboard below, sealed battery will be more expensive.

Spoiler

If you want to buy a standard ultrabook, those are the innate limitations. X270 uses a battery model that is already seeded to key thinkpad models since 2013 with good part availability than an obscure FRU/Part # that has a good chance of going EOL prematurely if not they would be screwed by corporates.

Ultimately it depends on your upgrade cycle. Think wisely. Sure, X1C is sleek like a Macbook but the workhorse models are still the bread and butter classic T5/4x0, X2X0, W/P series in the long haul.

 

[Lethal]

service centre always overquote for replacement parts though and long leadtime for replacement part to arrive.

can look for me if need to replace parts.

 

[clyp1973]

Yet to try to see how long the battery last, will test soon and update