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Sometimes it is simply good to have a much bigger display screen in your laptop computer, particularly in the event you’re getting one for work and leisure. The Yoga C740 is offered in 14- and 15.6-inch sizes and the 2 variations are in any other case primarily the identical. Like the 14-inch model, the 15.6-inch C740 I examined is a wonderful choose for on a regular basis house workplace or schoolwork. If you do not have plans to journey or commute with it a lot, the additional display screen area is healthier for issues like watching movies and having extra room for work. And regardless of the bigger dimension, it nonetheless solely weighs about 4 kilos (1.9 kg) and will get greater than 11 hours of battery life.
Like15.6-inch pen-enabled show glorious for work and entertainmentReliable efficiency for on a regular basis duties11-plus hours of battery life
Don’t LikeYou’ll need to pay additional for the brighter 500-nit show possibilityMemory is soldered on and cannot be upgraded
Pricing for the 15-inch Yoga C740 at present begins at lower than $700 (£800, AU$1,470), although Lenovo’s gross sales come and go regularly. The $1,000 mannequin I examined, nevertheless, is price saving up for in the event you can. Not solely do you get a greater show, however twice the storage, extra reminiscence (which is soldered on and cannot be upgraded later) and a sooner processor. Lenovo Yoga C740 (15-inch)
Price as reviewed
$1,000
Display dimension/decision
15.6-inch 1,920 x 1,080 contact show
CPU
1.8Ghz Intel Core i7-10510U
Memory
12GB DDR4 2.67GHz (soldered)
Graphics
128MB Intel UHD Graphics
Storage
512GB SSD M.2 2280 + 32GB Optane
Networking
Intel Wireless-AC 9560, Bluetooth 5.0
Operating system
Windows 10 Home (64-bit)
Premium at a lower costThe C740 is the midrange mannequin of Lenovo’s Yoga two-in-one laptop computer line, slotted between the higher-end Yoga C940 (additionally out there in 14- and 15-inch sizes) and the ultraportable 13-inch C640. There’s an enormous bump in options between the 15-inch C740 and 15-inch C940 — an important seemingly being the provision of discrete Nvidia graphics within the C940, which provides you higher efficiency for issues like picture and video enhancing and gaming. It additionally consists of an lively pen for writing on the display screen, whereas the C740’s pen will run you a further $70.
The 15.6-inch show offers you a lot of room to write down and sketch.
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Still, in the event you do not instantly want a pen and are not trying to do graphics-intensive work or something greater than informal gaming, the C740 is the smarter alternative, providing the look and construct high quality of a premium mannequin for much less. You do get some extras: The 720p webcam above the display screen has one among Lenovo’s little sliding shutters that bodily blocks the digicam, for instance. And in the event you like utilizing digital assistants, the C740 has far-field mics and Amazon Alexa assist. You can entry it even once you’re not actively utilizing the laptop computer. The show has good coloration and brightness — although I nonetheless needed to see previous reflections outdoors or below brilliant workplace lighting, even with my laptop computer’s 500-nit brightness. Lenovo presents the C740 with a dimmer 250-nit show: While I have never seen it in particular person, I am unable to think about the value distinction is well worth the trade-off. Regardless, I like the dimensions because it pairs properly with an exterior monitor and, once you put this two-in-one in tent or stand mode, you’ll be able to prolong your display screen with out having a keyboard in the way in which.The backlit keyboard has a quantity pad and, slightly below it, a fingerprint reader.
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The C740 has a snug keyboard with two ranges of backlighting and a easy and responsive precision touchpad. It’s a keyboard you will not thoughts typing on all day, plus The wider keyboard deck gave Lenovo room to place in a quantity pad. Just under it’s a fingerprint reader so you’ll be able to sign up rapidly.
Lenovo presents a couple of configurations of the C740 that embrace a alternative of 10th-gen Core i5 or i7 processors (Comet Lake, not Ice Lake structure), as much as 16GB of reminiscence, built-in UHD 630 graphics and as much as 1TB SSD PCIe storage. If you are configuring one by means of Lenovo’s web site, you may need to get 16GB of reminiscence to assist with multitasking, although. The reminiscence is soldered on, which suggests you’ll be able to’t add extra post-purchase. You can simply enhance storage, however, by eradicating the underside cowl. My configuration was appropriate for typical work and leisure use, and battery life was spectacular at greater than 11 hours on CNET’s streaming video take a look at.
Lenovo’s 15-inch Yoga C740 is all slim bezels and sandblasted aluminum
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The 15.6-inch Lenovo Yoga C740 offers you the look and construct high quality of a premium laptop computer for below $1,000. You’re additionally getting a couple of higher-end options, together with a privateness shutter for the webcam, far-field microphones, Alexa assist and lively pen assist. The greater display screen is good to have in the event you do not want one thing that is ultraportable, though it is fairly gentle and compact for journey and has lengthy battery life. Geekbench 4 (multicore)
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15-inch)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)
Lenovo Yoga C740 (15-inch)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Cinebench R15 CPU (multicore)
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15-inch)
Lenovo Yoga C740 (15-inch)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency
Streaming video playback battery drain take a look at
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15-inch)
Lenovo Yoga C740 (15-inch)
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Longer bars point out higher efficiency (in minutes)
PCMark 10 Pro Edition
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15-inch)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)
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Lenovo Yoga C740 (15-inch)
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System configurations
Asus VivoBook S15 S532FA
Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-10210U; 8GB DDR4 RAM 2.67GHz; 128MB Intel UHD Graphics; 512GB SSD
Lenovo Yoga C740 (15-inch)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 1.8Ghz Intel Core i7-10510U; 12GB DDR4 RAM 2.67GHz; 128MB Intel UHD Graphics; 512GB SSD + 32GB Optane
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15-inch)
Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-9750H; 16GB DDR4 RAM 2,667MHz; 4GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q design; 512GB SSD
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit); 1.3GHz Intel Core i7-1065G7; 16GB DDR4 RAM 4.27GHz; 128MB Intel Iris Plus Graphics; 256GB SSD
Dell Inspiron 14 5000
Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-bit); 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-10210U; 8GB DDR4 RAM 2.67GHz; 128MB Intel UHD Graphics; 256GB SSD