Which of these devices is the better purchase? We pit Apple's MacBook Air against the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro
In terms of design and display the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro was has a full 360 degree hinge and four modes: Watch, where the position of the laptop is an inverted V; Work, the laptop is in its normal position; Watch and Read. It measures 299.7×228.6x13mm, making it one of the slimmest laptops on the market and its shell is made from metal hybrid with plastic. The MacBook Air has a aluminum design with a premium look, but it’s thicker and its dimensions are 325x227x17 mm.
The MacBook Air has either a 11.6 inches display with a resolution of 1366x768pixels (16:9), or a 13.3 inches display with two variants of resolutions: 1280x800pixels (16:10) or 1440x900pixels (16:10). The Lenovo device's display supports multitouch, and it’s sized at 13.2 inches, being a QHD display with a resolution of 3200x1800pixels. The MacBook Air weighs 1342 grams, with 118 grams more than the Lenovo laptop.
For the hardware and OS, the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is powered by an Intel Core M 5Y70 1.1GHz processor and has integrated graphics, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of Flash Hard Drive. The first MacBook Air came either with a 1.6GH or 1.8GH Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB on-chip L2 cache and had Intel GMA X3100 graphics. The latest model is using a 1.4GHz (i5-4260U) dual core Intel Core i5 processor with 3MB shared L3 cache and an optional variant powered by a 1.7GHz (i7-4650U) dual core Intel Core i7 processor with 4 MB shared L3 cache, having Intel HD Graphics 5000 and 4GBof RAM. The Flash Hard Drive has a capacity of 128GB or 256GB. The Lenovo laptop operates on Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 OS, while the MacBook Air has OS X Yosemite.
For the battery and camera specs, the MacBook Air is powered by a 38-watt-hour battery, while the 13inch model has a 54-watt-hour battery as both batteries last 12 hours of backup. Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro’s built in 44 Whr Li-Polymer battery can last up to 9 hours.
The MacBook Air has a FaceTime HD (720p) camera, while the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is equipped with an integrated 720p camera.
The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is around $1299, while the MacBook Air cost $899.
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