Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro vs MacBook Air specs comparison: Lenovo beats Apple in a ‘dance-off’

Nearly 2 billion of Desktop, Notebook, and Ultra-Portable laptop sold in 2014, and there’s never been a wider variety of options. You’ll find everything from 12-inch notebook to powerful 20-inch desktop and also plenty of choices for operating systems. So where do you start, and how do you pick the right laptop for your needs?

Lenovo make it again with releasing Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, a stunning new Ultrabook that combines innovative styling with the latest Intel mobile chipset. Lenovo challenges Apple to a dance-off in a new ad pitting its Yoga 3 Pro laptop against the MacBook Air. The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro clip first takes on the laptops’ thickness and also points out Lenovo touch screen by showing a finger hopelessly pressing against a MacBook Air screen.

Here are the comparisons of two devices step by step, starting with specs to pricing.

Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro	Versus	Apple Macbook Air (2014)
1.1GHz Intel core M-70 (Broadwell) dual core processor	Processor	2.6GHz Intel core i5 (Haswell) dual core processor
13.3-inch QHD+ touchscreen display with 276 ppi (3200 x 1800 pixels) resolution	Screen	13.3-inch display with 227 ppi (2560 x 1600 pixels) resolution
8 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,600MHz	RAM	8 GB / 16GB 1,600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Intel HD 5300 GPU	Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 5000
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0	Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, BlueTooth v4.0
256GB SSD	Storage	128GB SSD
229 x 330 x 12.8 mm	Dimensions	219 x 314 x 18 mm
1.19 kg	Weight	1.57 kg
Support up to 7.2 hours	Rechargeable Battery And Usage Time	Support up to 9 hours
Windows 8.1 Pro	Operating System	OS X Yosemite

Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is obviously more bendable than the MacBook Air but features like bendability or having a touchscreen might not be as important to consumers as cost and battery life. However, Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro with Microsoft boasted, it is ability to be converted into a tablet. MacBook Air obviously lacks this feature.

The Yoga 3 Pro 13-inch laptop starts at $1,300 for the 256GB storage option, while 13-inch MacBook Air costs $1,199 for the 256GB storage.

Promo video for Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro: