Product Description
The Perfect balance of entertainment & portability. Introducing the Lenovo Ideatab Lynx K3. Experience a whole new generation of tablets with the Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx K3011. Gone are the days where tablets were limited to games and fun apps only. With an Intel processor along with Windows 8, you can easily switch from your favorite game to creating a presentation in Microsoft Office. The 11.6” IPS HD screen ensures perfect visibility on a 400nit bright screen, while a full feature keyboard ensures nothing slows you down. The IdeaTab Lynx is incredibly mobile at .4" thin and weighs just 1.47 lbs so you can carry it everywhere.
| List Price: | $599.99 |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #824 in Personal Computers
- Brand: Lenovo
- Model: 59343251
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.40" h x .37" w x 11.80" l, 1.47 pounds
- CPU: Apple A4 1.8 GHz
- Memory: 2GB Unknown
- Hard Disk: 0GB
- Processors: 1
- Display size: 11.6
Features
- Windows 8, 11.6 inches IPS Display
- 64 GB Flash Memory, 2 GB RAM Memory
- 8-hour battery life, 802_11_BGN wireless
- Intel Atom Z2760 1.8 GHz
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TABLET MEET LAPTOP. LAPTOP, TABLET. If you want a tablet to easily access info and entertainment but need a PC for productivity, the IdeaTab® Lynx offers you both. Lynx is equipped with a Windows® 8 touch display, and twice the battery life of regular laptops or tablets.
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
By orandy
Picked it up from Best Buy today. I also ordered my keyboard dock from Amazon today as well.
I admit, I was a little skeptical at first, it being a Windows tablet and all, but I did want MS Office to do some work on. I have been running Win 8 in a virtual machine for a few months, so I know my way around the OS.
First thing I did was update the Win 8 basic OS to Windows 8 Pro. I picked up a license back in October when it was only 40-bucks. Glad I did.
The update went smoothly and I then installed Apple Airport software to give me access to my file server that's hooked up to my router. Without having a disc drive, having access to all my Windows applications was a must.
Then I ran Windows update and grabbed the latest patches and fixes, before I installed Office 2007.
Got Chrome installed and now I'm off to the races.
This machine has really impressed me thus far. The only hiccup I've experienced is the Bluetooth. It recognized my keyboard and mouse, but the Magic Mouse kept cutting in and out. Then I ran out and got a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse. Bluetooth crashed again and I was beginning to have my doubts. I guess an update kicked in because I am no longer having problems. My Apple Bluetooth keyboard that I bought to use with my iPad works just fine... and the new mouse is great.
This should hold me until my keyboard dock arrives.
As far as looks go, this thing is beautiful. I never thought I would say this, but it is lighter than my iPad 3, only with a slightly larger screen. The screen is great. Not as sharp as the iPad HD but it is better than the one on the iPad 2.
This machine won't break any speed records, but it gets the job done, installing all my legacy Windows applications, exactly what it was intended for.
I haven't had one single system crash. It came loaded with only one major bloatware app, Norton. I wound up using Norton's tool to get rid of that. Now I just have Security Essentials installed.
I highly recommend this machine, if you want legacy Windows support in a tablet form factor with great battery life. You won't be playing high end games or breaking speed records, but that is not the use case of this machine. What it does it does well. It had the best reviews of any Lenovo tablet and that should tell you something... they really got this one right.
This is the Windows tablet to beat. If you're on the fence, don't be. Pick this one up and it won't disappoint.
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Update (After Setup)
I highly recommend putting Win 8 Pro on this machine, I have yet to be disappointed. Initially I installed Office 2007. Then I realized my wife has a special program with her company that allows us to download Office 2013 Pro for only 10 bucks; and it can be used on multiple machines.
Using Office 2013 in Win 8 on my Idealtab Lynx is very slick. The applications load fast and just seem more integrated than Office 2007. If all you have is an older version of Office, go for it, I understand. However, if you can shell out some extra cash for Office 2013 (even if you just buy Word and/or Outlook separately), do it!
If you're new to Windows 8 altogether, even though there are free alternatives to bring back the Start-Button, shell out the 5-bucks and get Start8. It's a terrific program to bring back the Start-Button for Windows 8, and at only 5-bucks it's a steal. Also, once you buy it, all you have to do is log into your account to install it on other Win 8 machines... just can't beat that.
Also, make sure you go into settings (via the Charms bar) and turn off the setting that allows Windows to manage screen brightness. It is very annoying until you do this. This screen is bright and very readable, but with Windows messing around with it, it bounces back from dark to light and is extremely unnerving.
Another thing everyone should do to free up a couple extra gigs... is to delete all the Windows 8 Metro apps you don't need (which, by the way, will probably be mostly ALL of them).
I literally have not touched my iPad since I started using this amazing device. It's really hard to convey. Just imagine you have a very powerful PC that is the screen size of a Net-book but is as light as an iPad.
I stay in Desktop mode, but I have downloaded a few news and tech-news Metro apps.
I only buy Lenovo for Windows hardware and I highly recommend you do the same. If you're thinking about a Surface or some other device, consider this. In 2013, 3 or 4 hours of battery life for a mobile device just isn't going to cut it. Also, if a device weighs more than a pound and a half, you will feel it, because the iPad has us spoiled : )
Even so, if your use case is gaming or serious photo editing, then you need a tablet with the Core i5 or i7, plus 4 to 8-GIGS of RAM (8 is currently not available on tablets), and a discrete GPU as well (non-existent on a tablet by the way). When you're all said and done, that describes specs for a decent desktop or high-end laptop anyway.
Future iterations of Intel processors will most likely be able to accommodate these use cases in the near future, but not right now. I'm lucky, because I don't game outside of light iOS apps, and I don't require heavy duty photo editing, so the Ideatab Lynx is a stellar mobile computer for me. I sincerely hope my review helps you in your decision.
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Update: After using the tablet with the keyboard dock.
I've been using the tablet for several days now and everything is great. I just got my keyboard dock last night and I love it. When I hooked my tablet to my keyboard, however, my Bluetooth MS mouse went crazy so I had to turn it off and put it away. That's okay though, because I have a USB mouse that I can plug into my new keyboard. I also prefer the reliability of a USB mouse over Bluetooth or WIFI. The touchpad is not as bad as everyone was complaining about either. I recommend you use some type of mouse when docked via keyboard, but if you forgot your mouse at home, the trackpad will more than suffice in a tight pinch.
Portable USB drives work great with the keyboard dock. I'm sure it will have no problem with Windows supported disc drives and other USB peripherals. Unfortunately, my Apple Superdrive didn't work with my keyboard. That was no surprise, because I had already found in my earlier research that in order to get the Superdrive to work in Windows, it requires a laborious hardware and software hack.
I had read the reviews on this keyboard and most of them weren't that great. I'm glad I decided to get it anyway, because it works just fine. Some complained that the keyboard did not keep up with their typing. I type about 60-wpm and it has not missed a single stroke.
Lenovo makes great keyboards and this one is no exception. Is it the best keyboard they ever made? Absolutely not. But it performs more than just good enough and it is fully integrated with the tablet, adding extra battery life to boot.
All in all I'm quite happy with my new computer/tablet/laptop.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By zhuoli zhang
I got it today. It is as powerful as any PC. It is not like Ipad that only run small app. It is a real PC. also it is very light. Only bad think I don't like is the USB port. It only have one USB port. and it is on the bottom which is very easy to break! very very easy!!! it force me to buy the Dock. because the Dock would extend two USB port. I was not planning to buy the Dock. (I spent 5 hours on this today, did not find out any more weakness yet)
over all, it is a greatest and powerful pad that I never had. have much more powerful than ipad.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
By ifthecar
II finally found the perfect tablet that allows me to run all windows apps yet light enough to carry and use all day.
Pros:
* weighs only 1.4 lbs. Feels like an iPad 2 and I could use with 1 hand all day.
* 11.6 is perfect screen size for windows convertible tablet. I thought it would be difficult to hold and awkward to use but actually made a lot of sense. Plus in portrait mode could easily read entire email and documents.
* Can run all my business windows 7 applications
* I was surprised by the how the atom processor could handle anything I threw at it. I would have Outlook, Word, Visio, IE, and Chrome open with no issues. I do not play games so not sure about that.
Cons:
* Trackpad on the optional keyboard. While the keyboard is not part of the tablet, you need to get it because of the extra battery and usb ports. Plus Lenovo keyboards are good. However the trackpad was horrible and too finicky. I hope they come with a firmware upgrade soon.
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Update after 2 months of use:
I am loving this device even more and more. It is great to carry into meeting and the on-screen keyboard is also very good to type away notes or minutes. I also purchased Office 2013 and is amazing with the tablet. It took me a 2 months but now understand when to use the window 8 and the desktop for specific apps.
The cons I mentioned above I have been able to reduce. For example, the keyboard touchpad is almost useless due to how sensitive and would move when I typed. I just disabled it and started using the touchscreen for all my pointing needs. I then purchased a Bluetooth mouse in case I needed to use a more accurate pointing device. However, I realized the touchscreen is WAY faster than the mouse and I don't even use the mouse anymore. Only issue is copy and pasting on older applications. However, on Office 2013 touch is so much better than using the mouse.
Even though the physical keyboard feels responsive, the application misses some of the letters I type. Keep in mind I type around 75WPM, so not sure if limitation on Bluetooth or just keyboard to keep up. Keep in mind I can use a Bluetooth keyboard for another computer and it can keep up. This is a small annoyance, and still LOVE using this tablet hybrid.
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