Lenovo Philippines invited bloggers and members of media to witness the official local debut of the Lenovo Yoga 300 and its bigger counterpart the Lenovo Yoga 500.
Lenovo Yoga 300-11 specs:
11.6-inch HD LED touchscreen display, 1366 x 768
Up to 2.16GHz Intel Pentium N3540 quad-core processor (up to 2.66GHz Turbo)
Intel HD Graphics iGPU (313MHz base frequency, 896MHz burst)
Up to 4GB DDR3L 1333MHz RAM
Up to 64GB eMMC or up to 1TB HDD or up to 500GB SSHD
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Ethernet port
2x USB 3.0 + 1x USB 2.0
HDMI, Audio combo jack
HD Webcam
Dolby Home Theater Stereo speakers
2-cell battery
Dimension: 299 x 209 x 21.8mm
Weight: 1.4kg
The Lenovo Yoga 300 starts at Php22,995 and will be available in Lenovo Exclusive Stores and authorized Lenovo resellers nationwide.
Lenovo Yoga 500 (14 and 15) specs:
15.6-inch Full-HD IPS touchscreen display, 1920 x 1080 or
14-inch Full-HD IPS touchscreen display, 1920 x 1080
Up to 2.4GHz Intel Core i7-5550U dual-core processor (up to 3.0GHz Turbo)
Intel HD Graphics 5500 iGPU
Up to 8GB DDR3L 1600MHz RAM
Up to NVidia GeForce 940M, 2GB DDR3 VRAM
Up to 1-terrabyte hard disk drive or up to 1TB SSHD
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Ethernet port
2x USB 3.0 + 1x USB 2.0
HDMI, Audio combo jack
4-in-1 SD card slot
HD Webcam
Dolby Home Theater Stereo speakers
45WHr battery
Dimension: 340 x 235 x 21.5mm (Yoga 500-14)
Weight: 1.8kg (Yoga 500-14)
Dimension: 385 x 255 x 22.2mm (Yoga 500-15)
Weight: 2.1kg (Yoga 500-15)
The Lenovo Yoga 500 starts at Php28,495 will be available in Lenovo Exclusive Stores and authorized Lenovo resellers nationwide.
What does it mean when they say “Up to NVidia GeForce 940M, 2GB DDR3 VRAM”. Does it mean it can be upgraded?
Hi :) Maybe I can help. TL;DR, though.
It means there are several configuration options for the laptop and the one with that video card is the one with the best graphics performance/capability.
Manufacturers often offer multiple configurations of a single model to allow for different buyers’ needs. Not all people want to play games on their laptops, for example, so not all people would be willing to pay for the cost of adding a separate GPU (the graphics card, like the GF 940M).
To cater to those people, the manufacturer would then assemble and distribute the exact same laptop — but without the GF 940M. In its place they might have the laptop use integrated graphics instead, which is not good for gaming but great at most regular functions, like video playback. The laptop also becomes cheaper :)