The bezel around the display is about the same as can be found on most of the upper-end Yoga laptops. It's not the slimmest bezel on the market and the top and bottom aren't the same widths as the sides, but I didn't really notice once I'd used it for a day. The top bezel takes advantage of the little bit of extra room for a 720p webcam with a discrete shutter that slides closed when you don't want anyone peeping on you. I love this addition (I don't have to tear up a Post-It) and am glad that Lenovo is putting this feature on more laptops. The actual camera is not the clearest I've seen, but it's definitely good enough for video conferencing.

Lenovo has thankfully stepped away from the plastic USB-A attachment that keeps the active pen near the laptop when not in use, opting instead for a built-in silo on the back edge. When clicked safely into the silo, the pen automatically charges the non-removable battery. This isn't a full-sized pen, but more of a round pencil form with two programmable buttons on the side. I'm used to the Surface Pen's size so this stylus took a bit of getting used to, but it's comfortable to hold.You still get 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity for a natural-feeling inking experience, but there's not tilt support for shading. If you're an artist looking for the best device for drawing, this might not be it, but it will deliver what most people need on an everyday basis when taking notes and sketching pictures.

The Yoga C930 has the same selection of ports as the Yoga 920, including one USB-A 3.1, two Thunderbolt 3 (one used for charging), and a 3.5 mm audio jack. Here, all ports of located on the left side of the laptop. I loved the USB-A port on the right side of the Yoga 920 — it made more sense for an external mouse — but the right side now holds only the power button. Both Thunderbolt 3 ports employ 4x lanes of PCIe allowing you to do more with your ports, like connect an external GPU for extra graphics processing power.

The 65 W charger uses a USB-C form so you'll lose one of your Thunderbolt 3 ports when your battery is low, but it's not a huge deal thanks to fast charging. From completely dead, I got about 50 percent battery life with the laptop plugged in for only 30 minutes. The second half of the battery takes longer to charge, but not by a whole lot.With a full battery, I streamed video with screen brightness set at 50 percent and got about 5.5 hours. Going about regular tasks — web browsing, word processing, photo editing — with a balanced performance profile selected, life jumped up to well over nine hours. You shouldn't have a problem with leaving your charger at home when heading to the office.

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It's generally hard to fault Lenovo on its keyboard, and the C930 delivers again. It's a standard six-row setup with your usual F-key functions for brightness, volume (there's no physical volume rocker when using the laptop in tablet mode), and touchpad toggle, and you get three levels of backlight for help working in dark environments. The keyboard is well-balanced, well-aligned, and each key has enough travel to not become uncomfortable when typing for long periods of time.

The Yoga C930's touchpad uses Microsoft's Precision drivers so that you can use the full range of Windows 10 gestures. The single piece — no physical buttons here — has a glass surface for smooth tracking, and it's respectably large with enough room to keep your fingers from feeling cramped during regular use.You can click pretty much anywhere on the touchpad and receive tactile feedback, meaning the hinge is located near the top rather than in the middle like on a lot of other laptops. This gives you more room to click, but the review model's touchpad seemed to stick or get hung up a bit when clicking down on the top-left quarter. This is likely a per-model issue, but it would be a good idea to test things out yourself before purchasing.

Lenovo has used the hinge space to install a soundbar that runs almost the entire width of the laptop. No matter how you use the laptop — tent, stand, tablet, or notebook — you're going to get clear sound. It uses Dolby Atmos technology to boost its capability, and it really is a fine speaker, especially for an Ultrabook.The front and back of the hinge have standard speaker holes and sound does come out of both sides. It gets loud, it doesn't distort, and the addition of Atmos makes it seem like audio is not just coming from directly in front of you. The only thing you might miss is enough bass, but let's not forget that this is a laptop.

Depending on what you primarily use your laptop for, I'm not sure the soundbar makes up for the lack of watchband hinge, especially since it's not as stiff once opened. However, if you often use your convertible laptop for movies, TV, or music, this is going to be a huge boon.During everyday use, the C930 stayed cool and if the fan came on at all I didn't hear it. There weren't any issues — no hangups or stutters or crashes — to deal with, and I was easily able to complete my day's work without having to worry about charging the battery.The 8th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU performs as it should, posting up average single- and multi-core scores. It's enough to seriously multitask, but if it's too much there's also a Core i5-8250U option available that knocks $100 off the price.

After using the Yoga C930 for about a week, I've come away with the same feeling I had when using the Yoga 920. This is an Ultrabook that's been carefully designed and assembled for a slim but sturdy build that packs an all-day battery and performance hardware inside, and I wouldn't mind using it as a daily driver from here on out.It does have a few issues — the touchpad is a bit sticky in the corner and the glossy display doesn't quite have enough brightness behind it for easy use in a bright room — but altogether it's a well-balanced package that lives up to the expectations from Lenovo Yoga 9-series.

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Who is this laptop for?

This is an Ultrabook with a relatively high starting price compared to its direct competition, like Dell's XPS 13 and HP's Spectre x360, both of which are fine laptops in their own right.All three are essentially able to complete the same tasks, and all three look great doing it, so you have to decide if the soundbar hinge, built-in active pen, all-day battery life, and unibody aluminum design are really worth the money. Bottom line? If you want a premium laptop with big sound and a better look, the Yoga C930 should be near the top of your list.Amazon is currently bundling its Echo Dot with a Fire TV Stick for just $39.98, which is a savings of 50%. This bundle has never sold for less than $60 in the past, and considering that each piece of hardware here is selling for $40 right now, this is quite a steal.

This is the second-gen Echo Dot, and the non-4K version of the Fire TV Stick, but at this price it's really hard to complain about that. Both devices are extremely popular, and well-rated. Beyond just controlling the Fire TV Stick, the Echo Dot has 7 far-field microphones to help it hear you from even across the room, and it can be used to control smart home gear, order pizza, listen to music, and more.With the Fire TV Stick, you'll have instant access to thousands and thousands of shows, movies, and more. With apps for popular streaming services like Hulu, Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, and more, your favorite shows are just a few button presses away. You can add the all-new Alexa remote to your Fire TV Stick once you get it for just $30, in case you want to take the Echo Dot and use it somewhere else in the house.

Lenovo makes a lot of business laptops under its ThinkPad lineup, ranging from cost-effective to high-end, expensive models. Still, some people prefer something cheaper, which is where the V-series comes in. The V330, which I have here for review from Lenovo, starts at about $540 and promises a lot of the features that a business-oriented laptop needs to excel. I used it for about a week to determine whether or not it's worth the budget price tag, and whether or not it's the right laptop for you.Lenovo's budget business laptop has a lot of smart features that help distract from some of its downsides. The chassis is not too heavy at about 3.74 pounds, no doubt due to the PC/ABS plastic construction. The bottom of the laptop and inside of the lid around the bezel has a plain plastic look, while the top of the lid and palm rests around the keyboard have more of a metallic finish despite still being plastic. A lot of budget laptops have a really chunky body, but the V330 comes in at 0.88 inches thick.