Lenovo Yoga 730 vs X380 Yoga

hamdib

I am an university language instructor who works full time at a local univesity. Looking to buy a 13.3 inch laptop which I can travel with, has a reliable and fast wifi connection, responsive hardware, and long battery life (8-9 hrs). Styling or latest specs are not important, relaibility is more important for me. I don't play games. I am looking at two models from Lenovo. (Their price range is very similar where I live)

1) Lenovo X380 Yoga (convertible): i5 8250U, FHD touchscreen, 8 gb ram, 256 SSD
2) Lenovo Yoga 730 (convertible): i7 8550U, FHD touchscreen, 8 gb ram, 256 SSD

EndlessWaves

Notebookcheck have reviewed both in similar configurations to what you're considering.
Lenovo ThinkPad X380 Yoga (i5-8250U, FHD) Convertible Review
Lenovo Yoga 730-13IKB (i7-8550U, 4K) Convertible Review

The Thinkpad has substantially more battery life and likely a better antenna as it transmits slightly faster over wi-fi despite the same wi-fi card. Being from the business range you'd also expect it to be more reliable.

They do point out that the Thinkpad X380 isn't the best laptop at managing it's heat output, although it's not a form factor that lends itself well to high performance demands.

hamdib

Thank you very much for your kind reply, I have already read those (notebookcheck) reviews of my candidate units. But, my Yoga 730 unit has FHU touchscreen as reviewed unit has UHD touchscreen. So, I wonder how does screen resolution affect the unit's battery life. Also, as they mentioned in their review the X380 unit has heating problem. Again, I wonder if this only occurs when the unit is really pushed its perfomance limits (such as gaming) .

Member 830298

In response to your screen resolution query, Rendering more pixels on a display uses more processing power, which in turn decreases battery life