Some comments on price - the Lenovo store fluctuates frequently as deals come and go. Right now Costco has this machine for $1299 if you are a member - www.costco.com/lenovo-slim-7-pro-x-14.5%22-touchscreen-laptop---amd-ryzen-9-6900hs---geforce-rtx-3050---120hz-3072-x-1920-display---windows-11.product.100976621.html
@@stevenmckenna8236 EZ, the deal is over, I picked one up for 1300, however, taxes and all it's like high 1400 out of door. Great deal none the less. I got mine dual booting with a primary OS Fedora.
AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800HS Processor (3.20 GHz up to 4.70 GHz) and it said to weigh 1.58Kg, which I do not consider light or portable. I am concerned that be getting something significantly different from the ones reviewed here and other channels. My browser usually has between 20 and 30 pages open and I work simultaneously on word and excel documents, while playing music on RU-vid. Tasks that my Ideapad 5 14 inch took in its stride with 8GB ram and 256 GB hard drive. I am replacing it because one hinge broke suddenly and I could not lift the screen and after taking it to a repair shop, now it doesn't power on. I'm hoping to get similar or better performance from the yoga or to find a more portable option
Pretty sad Lenovo is being so cheap Lon that they won't give you the laptop to keep. You're doing a full review and giving them exposure on their new machine, let alone you're an established RU-vidr with 340K subs.
@@idman2069 id rather have a computer then not have one. Been waiting for the perfect one over a year now since pandemic. Realized there's nothing perfect
Love the videos, you explain everything with professional detail. I recommend reducing the busyness of the space behind you. It really helps with producing the cleanest and slickest content.
I just got this today but must be missing something. My old surface pro 6 seems to have a better display, even though this one has better specs. Is the some config that I’m not seeing?
I believe the browserbench score for the M1 should be much higher (about 300) now as software optimizations (especially Chrome) have been made over the past 2 years.
Thanks for the thorough review. Just one thing, at 7:07 imo there is no point playing 1080p60 on that kind of laptop. YT 1080 quality is garbage and even on 1080p display you need to render at at least 1440p to get a clear image (what 1080 should actually look like). I would rather see how it handles decoding 4k60, and RU-vid site should allow playing res higher than display.
Don’t even try to run Linux on this machine. I could not get Fedora 36 without breaking the hardware. The wifi situation is easier since you can replace that for $30
I barely got it to run ubuntu 22.10. Had trouble of WiFi & keyboard not working but found a hack online. The resolution is however whack in chrome and mozilla. I will try it with fedora but expecting the same.
@Sariel actually they are not on the AMD model. However if you get the Intel processor one it does have thunderbolt ports. This is because thunderbolt was developed by Intel in collaboration with apple.
Weird that they put an HDMI port on the Intel version but not on the AMD version. Finally bought the AMD version from Costco last month. Great laptop except for the battery life and Lenovo bloatware. The USB C ports on the AMD version do support video out.
Both wrong. It uses as much shared RAM as VRAM as it needs. The allocation size in UEFI is only for reserving that amount, but the iGPU can still request more.
@@hans8201 in most countries, the Lenovo configurator only allows removing the 3050 if you also only get 16GB RAM. In some countries, the 3050 can't be removed at all.
@@huttonberries768 That's the point. Laptops, especially used by students, are handled roughly. I'd rather have a broken $500 laptop than a broken $1500 laptop.
