By Joe Osborne
Ever since the debut of the MacBook Air years ago, the Windows-toting crowd has tried to beat Apple at its own game. It may have taken a while, but Lenovo’s latest ideapad laptop might be the strongest answer to that notebook yet.
The ideapad 710S is a no-nonsense, 13-inch full-HD (FHD) laptop with a style and form factor that’s clad in metal and comparable to the Air. But, for a starting price of $799 (about £543, AU$1,112) that’s $100 lighter than its rival, this one will be tough to ignore when it lands in the US this July.
Equipped with the latest, 6th-generation Intel Core i series processors (not to mention Intel’s Iris graphics with one of two Core i7 options), up to 8GB of RAM and as much as 256GB of PCIe solid-state storage, the 710S is more than ready to go toe-to-toe with the Air. And don’t forget that 13.3-inch, 1080p matte screen – as you know, Apple’s still sticking with 1,440 x 900.
Lenovo’s currently claiming up to 8 hours of battery life from the 710S. This is nothing to scoff at, but further evidence pointing to why Apple continues to remain below …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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