Lenovo Yoga 730

From an aesthetic viewpoint, the aluminum-clad Yoga 730 looks much like the older Yoga 720: subtly rounded corners meet an otherwise quite angular design with a chamfered base. The surface areas - Lenovo calls our color "Platinum" with "Iron Gray" as the other option - are slightly rough to the touch, which prevents sweaty fingers from slipping, and are next to impervious to fingerprints. Overall build quality is impressive with tight tolerances, even gaps and smooth transitions. Rigidity is very good with only very minor warping and creaking during vigorous twisting attempts, although the lid has a little more give and responds to localized pressure with minor ripples on the display. The keyboard deck will flex slightly when medium pressure is applied, but not nearly enough as to pose problems even for heavy-handed typists. The 360-degree-hinges are not quite stiff enough to prevent the display from teetering in laptop mode - particularly when prodding the touchscreen - and because of the lightweight design and the fact that a notch is missing on the front edge, both hands are required to open the notebook. 

Closer inspection of the chassis reveals minor physical differences compared to the 720 as well: the size is ever so slightly different (by a few mm), the fan exhaust opening doesn't cover the entire rear edge any longer but is split into two separate sections, the perforations in the location of the loudspeakers are much finer, and the fingerprint reader now lines up with the right edge of the right arrow key instead of sitting in the middle. None of these changes have any impact on the overall usability or user experience.