Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 260 Laptop (Core i5 6th Gen/8 GB/256GB SSD/Windows 10)

Lenovo’s ThinkPad Yoga line has long been known for pairing a flexible, bend-back design with ThinkPad-level durability and usability. The 12.5-inch ThinkPad Yoga 260 continues this tradition, packing a best-in-class keyboard, an accurate touchpad and a powerful stylus into a svelte, 2.9-pound chassis. This provides a really strong productivity experience, though its undersaturated display and slightly below-average battery life leave room for improvement.

Design

The ThinkPad Yoga 260 has the same tried-and-true aesthetic as most of Lenovo’s other business laptops. The square, raven-black chassis gets small splashes of color from a flashing red light in the ThinkPad logos on the lid and deck, along with the red TrackPoint nub and buttons. You can also get the laptop with a silver-colored chassis.

A pair of powerful hinges allows the screen to bend back a full 360 degrees so you can use it in presentation (outward-facing), tent or tablet modes. The screen remained stable in the different modes, but it bounced a bit when I touched it in laptop mode; the screen on the Lenovo Yoga 900 was more stable. To help you grip the back of the ThinkPad Yoga 260 in tablet mode, it uses Lenovo’s “lift-and-lock” keyboard, which makes the keys sink beneath the base and become unpressable when you rotate the screen back