By Alex Cox
There are literally hundreds of 14-inch laptops on the market. If you want your kit to stand out, it’s a sector where innovation absolutely matters. Lenovo hasn’t thrown traditional laptop design out of the window with the IdeaPad 720S, and nor should it have done, but this is far from a run of the mill machine.
If anything, the 720S – also known as the Lenovo IdeaPad 80XC – seems poised for a bare-knuckle battle with Dell’s slightly-dinkier XPS 13, probably one of the best all-around laptops in the world.
It has a similar slim bezel design, a comparatively compact, luxurious frame, and even goes one better with a discrete graphics solution on board. But is it punching above its weight?
Price and availability
The IdeaPad 720S pushes itself out of the mid-range bracket in terms of its cost. In the US comes with an MSRP of $969.99, though hunt around and you’ll find it slightly cheaper. The UK price is £949.99 which obviously includes VAT and the typical UK markup, although again, it’s potentially available for less if you shop around. And it’s not yet available in Australia, though we’d expect a price somewhere in the region of AU$1,600 when it …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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