It’s surprising, and pleasing, to find a wired Ethernet connector on the Yoga 500. There are three USB ports, two of which are USB 3.0, a full-size HDMI port and a headset jack. There’s also a SD card reader. When the keyboard is covered because you’re working in tablet mode, you can use a very narrow volume rocker and a small screen rotation lock button on the left edge.
Battery life is reasonable but ultimately disappointing. Half a morning’s steady work reduced the charge level to 65 percent, at which point we were told there were 2 hours 21 minutes remaining. At this rate you might make it through a working day - depending, of course, on how demanding you are of the processor and how long your working day is.