Lenovo Yoga C740-14 FHD Touch - 10th gen i5-10210U - 8GB - 256GB SSD - Mica

4.0 out of 5 stars

By Wyrd2010 - Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2020

Sleek, light, quick - so far, so good!

I bought my Lenovo Yoga C740 at BestBuy (the exact same color and specs that Amazon sells here and the exact same price) and have been using it for about two weeks. I will start with a possible warning, which may or may not turn out to be an issue - the laptop might be dropping randomly wifi connections. Mine did it a few times. Reconnecting is easy but no other laptop or any other smart device at home does it, so it might be a specific issue related to this laptop line. The Lenovo Yoga 730 and C940 lines appear to be having similar wifi issues and there are threads on the Lenovo forums about this problem, offering a number of possible solutions. Otherwise, the machine is very competent - light (about 3 lbs., 1.4 kg.), thin, comfortable, quick. Typing is easy, and the keys are very comfortable, the backlit keyboard has two settings, and the fingerprint sensor is accurate and fast. The battery is outstanding. It seems to last about 8-9 hours on full brightness and probably 14-15 hours on half (I read online reviews where it indeed lasted for 15 hours). The processor is good, although there are better 10th generation Intel i5 models out there, but the laptop is comfortably quick. The screen is bright, the colors are accurate and feel slightly warm. The webcam is fine (720p HD) and has a privacy shutter (a nice decision - it is built-in and requires you to slide it with your nails or with something very thin - the tiny sliding panel is located right above the webcam). The audio is quite loud, coming from a pair of Dolby Atmos speakers. The fan is quiet. It's a 2-in-1 type (Lenovo calls, in fact, a 4-in-1 ), and tablet mode also works well. The ports of the C740 are a bit unusual. It has two USB-C ports and one USB-A 3.1 port. You can charge it in any of the two USB-C ports (the charging adapter has a USB-C jack). It lacks an HDMI port. I bought a small hub from Amazon (QGeeM USB C Hub) that works well with it and has an HDMI port plus some more USB-A ports. I can also confirm that the laptop works well with a Wacom Bamboo Ink pen. It also works with a Lenovo Active Pen 1 or 2 (according to Lenovo). I only tested it with the Bamboo Ink stylus and have had no issues. One final word of caution: beware McAfee LiveSafe that might come pre-installed (the BestBuy model did). Years ago, I used to test AV software as a hobby. McAfee was always a pain to remove and would brick machines worse than other AV programs. This has not really changed over the years. On the day I bought this laptop, I almost returned it back to BestBuy, because after setting Windows 10 for the first time, McAfee got stuck with a bad update and I had to reset Windows because it became unresponsive and would load but then freeze. It was quite a fight to get it to start the resetting process because it would begin to do so and freeze again. After Windows was reset and McAfee removed, there have been no issues. To sum up, it's a nice, pretty stylish laptop. I would think that it is a bit overpriced (cheaper laptops from HP and Dell come with stronger Intel 10th generation i5 processors), but if you pair it against a MacBook (and it looks as nice or even nicer than a MacBook) - then the price would seems good. Update: ONE YEAR LATER. I need to remove one star from my original rating. The Yoga C740 has certain issues with its cooling fan (could get very loud and even would begin to screech and "thud", as if the entire cooling unit were out of its socket). The solution was to change the cooling settings in the BIOS and to restore in the Windows 10 registry a "Processor Power Management" tab. Lenovo's customer service is incredibly unwilling to offer any assistance and it's only on the Lenovo forums where some help can be obtained from other users. Also - beware BIOS updates! One of them caused the battery not to charge properly and I had to roll back the BIOS, even though Lenovo Customer Service again refused to help (another user did). The laptop still woks fine and looks great, but is prone to problems with the fan, and the BIOS upgrades have been troublesome, to say the least. It also drops every now and then the wi-fi signal (was doing it from the very beginning).

5.0 out of 5 stars

By FLNewGirl - Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020

My favorite laptop ever! (See comment added after 3 mos.)

I work from home and have a heavier Lenovo Thinkpad from work. This one is a lot more portable - around the house and when traveling. It's very responsive and quick. I use a blue marble "skin" on it to protect it from scratches. I am a 66 yr old educator who creates online graduate courses for a college in Chicago. I work remotely from Florida and have no problem doing my work on this Yoga. In fact, I've hardly used my work laptop since getting this one 2 mos ago. Favorite features: thin profile, screen brightness, backlit keyboard, and finger recognition for login (which works amazingly well). I've never regretted getting this laptop and highly recommend it. Comment added after 3 mos: This laptop is still working well. My only point of concern after 3 mos. was that I had set the laptop to "never go to sleep" if it was plugged in. One morning, when I started to use it, I noticed it was extremely hot and the fan was loudly working. This scared me; I thought the laptop was going to fail. However, I rebooted, and, most importantly, changed the sleep settings, and it has settled down into its "cool self." So caveat to all: DO NOT set this laptop to NEVER go to sleep. It will overheat. With the finger-recognition security, it is easy enough to wake up, so there's really no need to never let it sleep. We all get cranky without sleep! (BTW, I found out through this odyssey that Amazon gives you a 1-yr warranty. I would not buy the product warranty that is offered when you first buy the laptop; when I contacted them, they were more than useless. But, AMZN was very helpful and willing to take the fall in the first year if the laptop failed.)

1.0 out of 5 stars

By D. B. Lingenfelter - Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020

RIP OFF

Shipped without product key for windows 10. Runs on windows 8. TOTAL RIP OFF DO NOT PURCHASE.

1.0 out of 5 stars

By Laura Hutchinson - Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020

Bad keyboard fresh out of the box— do NOT recommend

Fresh out of the brand new packaging half the keyboard doesn’t work. “T”, “y”, backspace, both shifts, and caps lock are what I have noticed so far. Impossible to get anything accomplished with this. Immediately set to return it. Would NOT recommend as I’ve seen many post about keyboard issues as well!!

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Chelsea - Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020

Best Laptop for College Students!!

Looking for a laptop for myself, a freshmen in college, I was so scared that I would purchase the wrong laptop. I looked and compared things for weeks on end. This was the best laptop that I could have ever bought for myself. It runs great, I find no problems in it being slow. The Touch screen works great. I love that I can fold it in have and use it as a tablet if I want. Sometimes when I'm laying in bed to watch a movie I can flip the screen backwards to stand it up. The sound is also amazing on this thing! I am able to have a lot of tabs open at once for school and I have had absolutely no troubles with anything so far. The camera quality is also fantastic for those of you stuck in zoom classes. The battery also last me through at least one, if not two full days of usage. It's really nice that the charger for the computer is a US-C cable, it works perfectly with my pixel phone! If i ever need to charge anything I just switch back and forth between my computer and my phone. Although quick thing, if there are any gamers stumbling on this computer. Although, it is a very amazing computer but I seriously doubt you can run anything heavy duty on here such as a Call of Duty game, CSGO, or anything that needs a lot of ram. If you love playing minecraft though, I was able to run that very easily without no problem. Overall it is a great computer, if anything ever happens to this one I will for sure buy from this company again. Also extra brownie points for this company because it came in A WEEK EARLIER THAN IT WAS SUPPOSED TOO!! I was shocked to find it in the mail. Any college student looking for a nice computer for school, don't worry no more because this is your best option!

5.0 out of 5 stars

By Jay - Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020

Excellent product , fast shipping !

Had the c720 and was ready to upgrade. Build quality is excellent, touch screen is fantastic. Just about everything has been upgraded and it is great. Arrived 2 days earlier!! Great shipping, great price !!