Stereodude
Not really a
So I have a Yoga 3 Pro as my work computer at my new job. As far as I'm concerned this is the worst work PC I've ever been provided by a company. If I wasn't using it for work it'd be a tad better, but I'd still classify it as a turd.
First, the keyboard is terrible. For one, it has no discrete F keys. Further, I'm not entirely sure if it's too small or the odd placement of some of the keys, but I find it hard to use efficiently and quickly. I frequently find I've got one of my hands in the wrong spot after using the undersized backspace key. The right shift key is undersized and right next to the up arrow key. I end up hitting the up arrow instead of shift a fair percentage of the time. The keyboard doesn't have home and end keys. I have to Fn + PgUp or Fn+PgDn to use them. I like to use them when typing. ARGH!!!
Second the touchpad is terrible. For whatever reason right click doesn't work about half of the time. You can click in the lower right corner a bunch of times and you don't get the right click context menu. The other half of the time when it decides to work, you always get a right click and a left click together. So if you try to right click on a link you will get the context menu, but you'll also left click and follow it.
Third, that awful reflective glass cover on the screen... It's hard to see the screen if you're in a bright room.
Fourth, it has all of two, yes two, USB ports. Both are USB 3.0. This ties into my next complaint.
Fifth, there is no docking connector. Between this and the two USB ports and the terrible keyboard and mouse, you'll use up both USB ports with a mouse and keyboard. I hope you don't have anything else to plug in. And you have to plug each thing in one at a time.
Sixth, the screen... Yes, the 3200x1800 screen is all nice and pretty looking if ambient lighting is fairly dim. However, it's all of 13.3". That means everything is microscopic. I have to set the scaling factor in Windows 10 to 175% to get most GUI elements and text large enough, and I like things pretty small. Of course not everything in Windows scales nicely (like RDP) but ignoring that for a minute, the scaling makes a second external monitor useless. The 2nd monitor has to be connected via mini-HDMI, another gripe, and as far as I know you can't set a different scaling factor for each monitor. A normal 24" 1920x1200 monitor with a 175% scaling factor is like trying to use a 640x480 monitor as your primary monitor. Useless!
Seventh, the built in card reader is poorly designed. A SD card sticks half out when inserted. On my last work laptop I left a SD card in all the time (it didn't protrude) where I could backup files or put personal stuff which could easily be popped out at a moments notice. I can't do that here.
Eighth, the fan runs all the time. It's not terribly loud, but it's a sort of a white noise like whoosh sound that's just loud enough and high enough in frequency to be annoying.
I'm sure there are more things wrong with it that I haven't discovered yet.
To attempt to make it at least partially usable I have ordered a USB keyboard and USB mouse. Also a USB 3.0 hub so I can just plug in one USB cable when I "dock" it as well as use more than two USB devices. I think I'm just going to be out of luck on the 2nd monitor. I tried running the built in screen at 1/4 res, 1600x900 so I could use 100% scaling in Windows and use the external monitor, but it looked really bad on the built in display. I might try it again later and make sure I have the scaling set back to 100% this time to make sure that wasn't responsible for the funkiness. :frusty:
First, the keyboard is terrible. For one, it has no discrete F keys. Further, I'm not entirely sure if it's too small or the odd placement of some of the keys, but I find it hard to use efficiently and quickly. I frequently find I've got one of my hands in the wrong spot after using the undersized backspace key. The right shift key is undersized and right next to the up arrow key. I end up hitting the up arrow instead of shift a fair percentage of the time. The keyboard doesn't have home and end keys. I have to Fn + PgUp or Fn+PgDn to use them. I like to use them when typing. ARGH!!!
Second the touchpad is terrible. For whatever reason right click doesn't work about half of the time. You can click in the lower right corner a bunch of times and you don't get the right click context menu. The other half of the time when it decides to work, you always get a right click and a left click together. So if you try to right click on a link you will get the context menu, but you'll also left click and follow it.
Third, that awful reflective glass cover on the screen... It's hard to see the screen if you're in a bright room.
Fourth, it has all of two, yes two, USB ports. Both are USB 3.0. This ties into my next complaint.
Fifth, there is no docking connector. Between this and the two USB ports and the terrible keyboard and mouse, you'll use up both USB ports with a mouse and keyboard. I hope you don't have anything else to plug in. And you have to plug each thing in one at a time.
Sixth, the screen... Yes, the 3200x1800 screen is all nice and pretty looking if ambient lighting is fairly dim. However, it's all of 13.3". That means everything is microscopic. I have to set the scaling factor in Windows 10 to 175% to get most GUI elements and text large enough, and I like things pretty small. Of course not everything in Windows scales nicely (like RDP) but ignoring that for a minute, the scaling makes a second external monitor useless. The 2nd monitor has to be connected via mini-HDMI, another gripe, and as far as I know you can't set a different scaling factor for each monitor. A normal 24" 1920x1200 monitor with a 175% scaling factor is like trying to use a 640x480 monitor as your primary monitor. Useless!
Seventh, the built in card reader is poorly designed. A SD card sticks half out when inserted. On my last work laptop I left a SD card in all the time (it didn't protrude) where I could backup files or put personal stuff which could easily be popped out at a moments notice. I can't do that here.
Eighth, the fan runs all the time. It's not terribly loud, but it's a sort of a white noise like whoosh sound that's just loud enough and high enough in frequency to be annoying.
I'm sure there are more things wrong with it that I haven't discovered yet.
To attempt to make it at least partially usable I have ordered a USB keyboard and USB mouse. Also a USB 3.0 hub so I can just plug in one USB cable when I "dock" it as well as use more than two USB devices. I think I'm just going to be out of luck on the 2nd monitor. I tried running the built in screen at 1/4 res, 1600x900 so I could use 100% scaling in Windows and use the external monitor, but it looked really bad on the built in display. I might try it again later and make sure I have the scaling set back to 100% this time to make sure that wasn't responsible for the funkiness. :frusty:
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