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What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

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What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

#1 Post by devinfriday » Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:14 am

Hi, i saw a local marketplace sells the yoga in topic, 160€. It's fully equipped and seems pretty good. What do you think about it? I have a t440p as main and a X260 for carrying around that i can replace easily with it.

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Re: What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

#2 Post by TPFanatic » Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:27 am

Both of your current machines are better than Yoga S3 14. Better to save your money.

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Re: What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

#3 Post by Omineca » Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:05 am

I have a ThinkPad Yoga 260 (12.5" display), which is a bit newer than the ThinkPad Yoga s3 14.

If you intend to use the machine as a laptop, I agree with TPFanatic.

The real benefits of the ThinkPad Yoga series involve tablet use. With a stylus, you can fold it over into tablet mode and use it to annotate PDFs, write notes, etc. So you'd want a stylus. But at 14", this ThinkPad is probably a big large for comfortable use as a tablet.

The other possible issue is OS support. I don't know what kind of Linux driver support is available for the touch/pen interface, so you could be stuck with an old version of Windows if you want the tablet functionality. That would be worth investigating.
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Re: What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

#4 Post by devinfriday » Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:10 pm

Thanks for your replies, my x260 require a few upgrades, like FHD display, nvme hack and the internal battery is missing. For these i will spend about 100-130€. Do you think it's better to save money for a more recent X-like (lightweight, fhd panel, 16gb and fast storage) or stay with x260 and slowly upgrade?
I don't care much about tablet mode...

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Re: What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

#5 Post by ZaZ » Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:03 pm

Sell them both to get something newer and better. If you don't need or want touch, don't get it.
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Re: What about the Thinkpad Yoga S3 14?is it worth?

#6 Post by devinfriday » Sun Sep 03, 2023 5:28 am

ZaZ wrote:Sell them both to get something newer and better. If you don't need or want touch, don't get it.
My main concern is if i should upgrade my x260 or look for something more recent but already upgraded (at least the fhd panel).
The T440p will remain until i have a new home with more space for a desktop pc (which now is in my office).

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