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* Lenovo Yoga 730-15IKB (Yoga 730-15 Series) | * Lenovo Yoga 730-15IKB (Yoga 730-15 Series) | ||
| − | * | + | * Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U 4 x 1.8 - 4 GHz, Kaby Lake Refresh |
| − | * Graphics adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile - 4096 MB, Core: 1493 MHz, Memory: 1752 MHz, GDDR5, 128 bit-wide bus, ForceWare 398.36, Optimus | + | * Graphics adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile - 4096 MB, Core: 1493 MHz, Memory: 1752 MHz, GDDR5, 128 bit-wide bus, ForceWare 398.36, Optimus |
| − | * | + | * Memory: 16384 MB DDR4-2400, dual-channel, one RAM slot (occupied), 8 GB of RAM soldered-in |
| − | * | + | * Display: 15.60 inch 16:9, 3840 x 2160 pixel 282 PPI, capacitive, 10 finger multitouch, native pen support, BOE HF NV156QUM-N51, IPS, glossy: yes |
| − | * | + | * Mainboard: Intel Kaby Lake-U iHDCP 2.2 Premium PCH |
| − | * Storage MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2 Samsung PM981 Series 512GB TLC PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) | + | * Storage: MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2 Samsung PM981 Series 512GB TLC PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| − | * | + | * Soundcard: Realtek ALC236 @ Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCH - High Definition Audiocontroller |
| − | * | + | * Connections: 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5-mm audio jack, 1 Fingerprint Reader, Brightness Sensor, Sensors: motion sensor, TPM 2.0 |
| − | * | + | * Networking: Realtek RTL8822BE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCIe Adapter (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 4.2 |
* height x width x depth (in mm): 17.2 x 360 x 249 ( = 0.68 x 14.17 x 9.8 in) | * height x width x depth (in mm): 17.2 x 360 x 249 ( = 0.68 x 14.17 x 9.8 in) | ||
| − | * | + | * Battery: 51.5 Wh, 4520 mAh Lithium-Ion, 11.4 V |
| − | * Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit | + | * Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit |
* Camera Webcam: HD Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix | * Camera Webcam: HD Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix | ||
* Backlit Keyboard Light | * Backlit Keyboard Light | ||
* 4.17 pounds | * 4.17 pounds | ||
| + | * Convertible Laptop/Tablet | ||
| + | Very nice machine with a couple of flaws: the camera is not very good. I use a logitech webcam when it matters. The sound is not very good. I use it with a small Taotronics usb powered soundbar, which works great with it. | ||
==Installed Software== | ==Installed Software== | ||
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* WinDirStat (Graphical Disk drive analyzer. Very handy for cleaning up a drive) | * WinDirStat (Graphical Disk drive analyzer. Very handy for cleaning up a drive) | ||
* WinRAR (file compressor/decompressor) | * WinRAR (file compressor/decompressor) | ||
| + | * Zoom client (Video conferencing) | ||
| + | * Microsoft Teams (conferencing and team management software for the robotics team) | ||
Revision as of 23:27, 31 May 2021
I replaced my old laptop with a Lenovo Yoga machine that comes standard with a SSD and 16gB of memory.
The new machine
- Lenovo Yoga 730-15IKB (Yoga 730-15 Series)
- Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U 4 x 1.8 - 4 GHz, Kaby Lake Refresh
- Graphics adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile - 4096 MB, Core: 1493 MHz, Memory: 1752 MHz, GDDR5, 128 bit-wide bus, ForceWare 398.36, Optimus
- Memory: 16384 MB DDR4-2400, dual-channel, one RAM slot (occupied), 8 GB of RAM soldered-in
- Display: 15.60 inch 16:9, 3840 x 2160 pixel 282 PPI, capacitive, 10 finger multitouch, native pen support, BOE HF NV156QUM-N51, IPS, glossy: yes
- Mainboard: Intel Kaby Lake-U iHDCP 2.2 Premium PCH
- Storage: MZVLB512HAJQ-000L2 Samsung PM981 Series 512GB TLC PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- Soundcard: Realtek ALC236 @ Intel Sunrise Point-LP PCH - High Definition Audiocontroller
- Connections: 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5-mm audio jack, 1 Fingerprint Reader, Brightness Sensor, Sensors: motion sensor, TPM 2.0
- Networking: Realtek RTL8822BE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCIe Adapter (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 4.2
- height x width x depth (in mm): 17.2 x 360 x 249 ( = 0.68 x 14.17 x 9.8 in)
- Battery: 51.5 Wh, 4520 mAh Lithium-Ion, 11.4 V
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
- Camera Webcam: HD Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix
- Backlit Keyboard Light
- 4.17 pounds
- Convertible Laptop/Tablet
Very nice machine with a couple of flaws: the camera is not very good. I use a logitech webcam when it matters. The sound is not very good. I use it with a small Taotronics usb powered soundbar, which works great with it.
Installed Software
- Adobe Creative Cloud Photography tools (Photoshop, Lightroom, CameraRaw, Bridge)
- Topaz AI photography tools
- Vegas Pro 18.0 video editor
- Solidworks 2019
- Arduino IDE
- Amazon Kindle Reader
- Amok EXIF sorter (sorts files based on EXIF metadata)
- Better File Rename (handy GUI tool for renaming groups of files and directories)
- Google backup and sync (backup for this machine)
- Figlet Generator (for figlet text in source code)
- Filezilla (FTP client)
- Git for Windows (for software version management)
- Google Chrome
- InkScape (graphics editor)
- IrfanView (image viewer)
- Java development platform
- Jetbrains PyCharm Community Edition (Python IDE)
- Python 3.7
- LibreOffice 6.1
- Logictech MyHarmony (for programming Harmony remote, though I generally do this on my phone)
- Nikon RAW codec (for raw file thumbnails in file explorer)
- Facebook Messenger (Mostly for family video meetings)
- MySQL tools (for learning SQL stuff. I have not really done much with this)
- Lots of mostly useless Microsoft stuff.
- Norton Security and LifeLock (internet security, firewall, etc)
- Notepad++ (text editor)
- Nvidia support software for the GeForce GTX 1050 video hardware
- Nikon NX Studio photo editor (just because it is free and supports Nikon raw files.)
- Oracle VM VirtualBox (For virtual machines, including Ubuntu)
- Private Internet Access (Virtual Private Network)
- qBittorrent (BitTorrent client for torrent downloads)
- VMware Workstation (For virtual machines, none installed right now)
- RPN Scientific X (Microsoft RPN calculator)
- TightVNC (remote display software. I hardly use it)
- VLC Media Player (My go to for playing and converting video files)
- Visual Studio Code (Microsoft IDE)
- WinDirStat (Graphical Disk drive analyzer. Very handy for cleaning up a drive)
- WinRAR (file compressor/decompressor)
- Zoom client (Video conferencing)
- Microsoft Teams (conferencing and team management software for the robotics team)
