56 PCWorld APRIL 2020REVIEWS LENOVO YOGA C940 14
Windows laptops share: As your finger moves
upward, the click mechanism becomes
uncomfortably rigid, and clicking at the very
top is almost impossible.AUDIO, WEBCAM, AND
SECURITY
Windows laptops often have terrible
speakers, but the Lenovo Yoga C940 14
doesn’t. That speaker grille built into the
laptop’s hinge puts out surprisingly balanced
audio, making it one of the rare PCs that
sounds better than my iPad Pro from 2017. It’s
still not going to replace a dedicated speaker
for music, but it does a decent job in a pinch,
and it’s great for watching videos on Netflix or
YouTube.
The Yoga C940 14’s webcam isn’t nearly
as exemplary, with the same 720p resolutionThe webcam’s
privacy shutter
is a nice touch.you’ll find on practically every other Windows
laptop. It does, however, include a nifty
privacy shutter, which shows a red dot over
the camera when you slide it into place. The
camera doesn’t support face recognition for
Windows Hello, but there is a fingerprint
reader underneath the keyboard, and it’s fast
and accurate enough.PERFORMANCE
The Lenovo Yoga C940 14 launched late
last fall among the first wave of laptops
using Intel’s 10th-generation Ice Lake
processors. In many ways, Ice Lake is
tailor-made for convertibles, allowing them
to shrink down in size without sacrificing
performance or battery life, while upgrades
to Intel’s Iris Pro integrated graphics
provide a boost for light gaming.