Lenovo LaVie Z 360 Pro Reviews

The Lenovo LaVie Z 360 brings an almost impossibly light design to convertible-hybrid ultraportables, but it means compromises in performance.

All told, the LaVie Z 360 leaves us torn. We love its amazingly lightweight design, solid build quality, first-rate display, and snappy performance. What ultimately prevents us from recommending it is its mangled keyboard layout. We were constantly hunting and pecking at the keyboard because its design is that bizarre compared to a conventional English keyboard. This is a huge oversight as usability is greatly reduced.Another design difficulty is the lack of an orientation sensor except in tablet mode, which means the LaVie can only be used in tablet and laptop modes and not tent or stand modes, at least officially. Unofficially, though, we found the system worked fine in stand mode as the display is oriented correctly; tent mode, however, is a no-go.