Step into the era of laplets—a hybrid laptop-cum-tablet digital device—courtesy of Windows RT, a new, compact version of Windows 8 designed for tablets. The latest one is the IdeaPad Yoga 11, an 11-inch laplet from Chinese manufacturer Lenovo. Yoga 11 is a more affordable RT version of its big sister (with Windows 8), coming in a sleek body with a flip-able 11-inch touchscreen. It’s lightweight so you’ll have no difficulties carrying it around. It looks like a regular, thin laptop computer, with a touch screen, but when you flip and fold back the display, it works as a (thick) tablet. 

(+) Windows RT works really well with the touchscreen, which has us considering a return to Mr. Gate’s OS. The grid-based interface looks beautiful, flows flawlessly and makes it surprisingly easy to access programs and applications.
(+) Once you turn the display backwards to use Yoga 11 as a tablet, the keyboard and trackpad are automatically deactivated so you need not worry about mistyping.  
(+) It’s lightweight, meaning it’s a real portable work station when you use it as a laptop.
(-) We might be a bit old-school but we think a laptop with a touch screen is more annoying than useful. Nor was it accurate when we tried clicking small icons online.
(-) We experienced some lag, even when using Internet Explorer.
(-)  It’s a lightweight laptop but a heavyweight tablet.

Verdict: It’s not easy to work—we mean real work—on a tablet, just as you’ll never get those touch-screen games on a laptop, so this might be the answer if you crave both. And this is one of the lightest and smallest laplets in the market to date, so it’s a top choice for that segment. But if it’s not part of your purchasing plan, we think you can wait a little longer for newer models.
Specs: Windows RT / 2GB DDR3L memory / 64GB storage / CPU NVIDIA Tegra3 / NVIDIA ULP GeForce graphic card / 1MP web camera / 2 USB 2.0 ports / HDMI port / SD&MMC card reader / Bluetooth / 4-call battery (up to 13 hours) / dimension: 298 x 204 x 15.6mm / 1.27kg. B31,900. www.lenovo.com/th