Review: Updated: Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 260

By Kane Fulton

Introduction and design

ThinkPad fans have a few reasons to be excited right now, not least because Lenovo is putting a lot of effort into creating a new generation of ambitious business laptops that aim to blend the old and the new.

There’ll always be a new T-, W- or P-Series ThinkPad each year that makes a tweak here or there, but it’s consumer-inspired models, like the ThinkPad Yoga 260, that are catching my eye.

Sadly, Lenovo’s latest laptop doesn’t get a gorgeous OLED display, like the one unveiled on the ThinkPad X1 Yoga from CES 2016, but it shares similar qualities.

The 260 is relatively thin and light and sports a typically solid ThinkPad chassis that’s reinforced by Lenovo’s honeycomb-designed roll cage.

It even comes with a rechargeable Wacom stylus for scribbling notes on the display.

Flipping useful

Maybe it’s just me, but I couldn’t help but picture a convertible with a dodgy hinge when I first saw the Yoga 260’s name.

Thankfully, that’s not the case, and the 260’s dual display hinge betrays its name to rotate the full 360 degrees, allowing you to use it in the usual laptop, tent, stand and tablet modes.

The 260’s thickness …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac