![]() The other available model costs $1,029 and includes the same 8GB of RAM and 256GB PCIe SSD, but drops you down to a Core i5-7200U CPU. The $1,129 Miix 720 we tested packs a Core i7-7500U CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 256GB PCIe SSD. Check out our Best and Worst Laptop Brands competition and Tech Support Showdown to see how Lenovo stacks up. The Miix 720 comes with a one-year warranty that doesn't transfer along with resale. ![]() Our sister site Tom's Guide gave that service a 7 out of 10 review, and recommends you use LastPass (9/10) instead. ![]() Lenovo also placed a license-free version (that anyone could download) of the freemium Keeper password manager in the Miix 720. You might be a Sling TV customer already, but nobody needs that app preloaded. The rear-mounted device did a better job capturing larger details like my forehead wrinkles but lost my stubble. Sure, the 5-megapixel sensor on the back produces crisper images than the 0.9-MP front cam, but photos I shot with that camera suffered from overexposure and muted colors. The Miix 720 gives you two cameras, but neither is great for photography. That falls short of the 8:04 ultraportable category average, as well nearly 2 hours short of the Surface Pro's time (7:30). The Miix 720 lasted only 5 hours and 37 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test (continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi). The Spectre x360, which also has Intel HD Graphics 620, managed to score 70,494, while the Surface Pro (Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640) notched an impressive 109,678Īs portable as the Mixx is, it can't last long without being plugged in. That's far below the 75,438 category average. I don't expect the Mixx's integrated Intel HD Graphics 620 chip to run Tekken 7, but I did expect a lot better than its disappointing score of 49,088 on the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited graphics test. I saw no slowdown after splitting its screen between a 1080p YouTube video and 12 Chrome tabs (including for TweetDeck, Google Docs and Slack), with the 4K Tears of Steel clip open in the background. The Movies and Gaming options distorted vocals from a variety of songs.Īrmed with an Intel Core i7-7500U CPU and 8GB of RAM, the Miix 720 can handle multitasking with aplomb. Listening to DJ Khaled's "Wild Thoughts," I noticed that while Rihanna's lyrics and the track's electric guitars came through accurately, bass and drum and cymbals sounded weak and muffled.įor the best listening experience, I recommend keeping the preinstalled Dolby Audio sound utility on the Music setting, which is the most well-balanced option available. The Miix 720's speakers filled our medium-sized conference room with passable audio. It also correctly recognized three-finger app-switching gestures. On the plus side, the keyboard's 3.5 x 2.3 inch touchpad is incredibly smooth and accurately tracks input. ![]() Lenovo should be commended for including the keyboard Microsoft makes you pay $159 for the honor with the Surface Pro. The Surface Pro, XPS 13 and Spectre x360 do not present confusing keyboard layouts. Constantly moving my cursor up a line or to the start of a text field, I wasted time failing to accurately type in passwords and correctly spell words. Unfortunately, the Miix 720's shrunken right shift key and oversized up button drove me batty while I was testing it. While the Mixx 720's keys offer a mere 1.1 millimeters of travel (we look for between 1.5 and 2.0 mm), the 69 grams of actuation force (we expect at least 60g) helps make up for their shallowness. When I tested the keyboard out on the typing test, I hit a rate of 75 words per minute, pretty close to my 80-wpm average. Most detachable keyboards are terrible, but the Mixx 720's detachable keyboard breaks from tradition, offering a comfortable typing experience (albeit one that comes with a minor learning curve). The tablet's display also consistently recognized Windows 10's navigational edge-swipe gestures. ![]() The Miix 720's touch screen tracked my input without any latency, even when I moved my fingers as fast as possible. While the panel is a little glossy, it offers wide viewing angles, with colors staying true 45 degrees to the left and right. According to our colorimeter, the Miix 720 produces 130 percent of the sRGB spectrum, which is slightly below the reading from the Surface Pro (140 percent) and better than those from the Spectre x360 (102 percent) and XPS 13 (94 percent).Įmitting up to 361 nits, the Miix 720's panel is brighter than the 258-nit category average, the 302-nit XPS 13 and the 318-nit Spectre x360, but dimmer than the 396-nit Surface Pro. ![]()
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