For the original German review, see here.

Regardless of all the criticism of the new tiles surface, Windows 8 tablets and convertibles are becoming increasingly popular. One reason for the success: Intel's latest Bay Trail platform is an inexpensive and frugal hardware basis that enables ultra mobile x86 devices for a wide range of customers.

One representative of this category is the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 11. While the predecessor still used a Tegra 3 SoC as well as Windows RT, the new version comes with a full version of Windows 8.1 (64-bit). We already mentioned that this is possible thanks to the new Bay Trail CPU, a Pentium N3520. The quad-core with a maximum clock of 2.4 GHz is supported by 4 GB memory and stored on a 500 GB hard drive. There are, however, no changes in regard to the display: The 11.6-inch IPS display still has 1,366x768 pixels.

Rivals of the Yoga 2 11 for around 600 Euros (~$825) include, among others, the Sony Vaio Fit 11A as well as the HP Pavilion 11. The slightly smaller and cheaper Asus Transformer Book T100TA is a possible alternative as well.