Why Andrew Marc David is killing it in the PC review space. 1) Consistent rate of new reviews. 2) Thoroughness of reviews. 3) Engaging with his viewers (something a lot of tech companies could learn from). 4) Very good production values in his video.
I bought this laptop last week. The blue version with Intel i7 12700H and GeForce RTX 3050, with matte display-non touch, HDMI port and only one USB-A port on the right side. Im usually very picky but this laptop gives me very good feeling in hands since it has non sharp edges. It looks also very good, better than MacBook 13 pro in my opinion, which I also have. The laptop is very quiet, most of the time I dont hear ventilation at all and when I do It do not disturb me, even when Im plugged in and charging, but Im doing mainly basic tasks like browsing web, watching TV through USB TV tuner, youtube, etc. When gaming fans start to spin more, but still quieter than most other laptops and there is no annoying noise or frequency which is more important for me. The laptop has an "Advanced Optimus" which means that you can switch between graphics in NVIDIA control panel and you can use only discrete graphics card (RTX 3050) without restarting the system ("mux switch on steroids") - I found this very handy, because when I bypass the integrated graphics I can play some older games like Diablo II and others which are not 100% compatible with PC when you let PC decide which graphics to use by itself. Speakers are OK for a laptop, you can even improve the sound by opening lenovo vintage and allow dolby audio, but still my MacBook 13 pro has more base and is better for watching content. So I use with my Lenovo external speaker anyway, its much better for watching movies and so on ( I use "Soundcore Motion +" connected via 3,5 jack), but definatelly you can watch content without external speakers and that is a plus. So if you dont mind to have only 14,5 inch screen I think you are gonna love this machine :)
@@franmi00 no měli ho právě na Alze ten den, první srpnový týden, asi 3 kusy (večer už žádný). Chce to asi průběžně procházet obchody a sledovat, zda se něco nezměnilo. V Datartu píšou, že by ho měli mít na konci srpna.
Hi! I am a computer science student and I am planning to use this laptop for coding. I was wondering your review after one-month of usage. How do you like it so far? I still could not decide if I should take intel one or AMD one. Thank you!
***UPDATE*** I re-ran the Geekbench 5 test and got better results after updates. Single Core 1,559 and Multi-Core 9062. A bit better but I would like to see it a little higher.I originally had it set to Extreme Performance mode but this time I changed it to Intelligent Cooling Mode with auto transition to Extreme Performance enabled.
Thanks for the update. Where do you set the “transition to extreme performance” option? I didn’t see it in the keyboard shortcut or in Lenovo vantage or whatever the software is called.
Great update Andrew! Thanks for taking the time. Well, not a great improvement, but enough to move it from the end of the list to top 3 or so, right? Thanks again. Ps: we just need a FW update for USB4 support and we have a winner 😉
@@AnthonyTripoli Open Lenovo vantage -> Device -> Power -> Select "Power & Performance" tab. Select "Intelligent Cooling", and check box "Enable auto-transition to Extreme performance mode. I have the exact model, but with AMD 6800HS.
Andrew, when will you test the Slim 7 Pro 16? I received mine but the display only reaches 375cd/m² instead of the promised 450cd/m². I am really curious if there is strong variability across devices!
I love metal builds and once again, this is a beauty from Lenovo. Love the fast RAM as well as the fast SSD. 3K bright 120Hz display, 16:10 screen ratio, 1080p camera with good quality, great internal mic quality and good Harman Kardon speakers. I also appreciate that you can remove the Wi-Fi 6 card and substitute it for the Wi-Fi 6e if you so choose. Lenovo doesn't usually disappoint and the Yoga Slim 7 Pro X (2022) is no exception. Brilliant review once again Andrew!!! 👍😁
Looks like a great laptop and at a great price. Everyone should make sure to get the AMD version if they want to have respectable battery life. Great review, too.
Thanks for the review! Love how you're getting that structure down to a T with these reviews. If I may, one thing I might suggest is you increase the brightness to about 250 nits or something more representative of normal use. Personally I think 150 is far too low! Thanks as always!
Great review as always and appreciate you bringing the reviews of these latest reviews to us. Now regarding the USB4 support on this device, let me clarify this. For USB4 to be supported manufacturers need to first implement that physically in their devices and then only the proper Firmware and chipset driver can enable that. This is same as Thunderbolt which can't be enabled in any Intel laptops with Type-C port, despite the Processor supporting it, unless physically implemented. Sadly, this model doesn't have USB4 ports implemented over the Type-C port and can't be enabled via Chipset driver and Firmware update. Lenovo Psref actually documented pretty clearly which of their AMD Zen3+ Laptops have USB4 and which don't. Devices like 2022 Asus G14 and G15, Rog Flow X13, some of the VivoBook Pro AMD 6000 models have the physical USB4 port but it was working as USB 3.2 Gen 2 mode due to lack of firmware and chipset driver support. AMD has already released the USB4 chipset drivers and when Asus will release the BIOS based on that, only those devices will be enabled for USB4. For Lenovo, currently ThinkPad Z13 and Z16, T14s, X13 and ThinkBook 13s with Ryzen 6000 series SOC, coming with USB4 implemented and the firmware on those devices, support it out of the box. I am using the ThinkBook 13s with 6800U/16GB LPDDR5/512GB Gen 4 SSD and it is working perfectly with my Caldigit Thunderbolt 3 dock.
FYI to those interested in the Slim 7 Pro X. This laptop just went on sale at Costco for $1299, and that is for the fully-featured configuration! Not sure how long supplies will last at $1299. That is quite a deal.
Just ordered my Slim 7i Pro X (the one with the i7-12700H) since it was only $1300 on sale! Hope to see a lot of the same positive results that you did with this laptop, exceptions being better performance, slightly lower battery, and GUARENTEED 40Gbps USB C ports!
@@bodyemcal long story short, Lenovo repeatedly lied to me until a couple days ago when I canceled my order because they said it'd be a couple months out possibly. So I'm sticking with the AMD version and I'm loving it
I just got this with the 1650 and 6800HS and am surprised I actually get 60fps on 1440p medium in Forza Horizon 4, or 90fps in 1080p medium-high. That's crazy given its small size, and it's a major plus that it doesn't have the ugly gamer look as most other laptops with capable graphics. Regarding keyboard and touchpad, Im coming from a Surface Book which arguably has the highest quality Windows touchpad + keyboard, and it isn't 100% there, but very close which I didn't expect. None of the other brands I tried in the store came even close to the Mac or Surface.
Thank you for your business-like review. It’s Christmas 2023…. a year after your review. This laptop is now on offer from Lenovo at a 42% reduction: £800 in the UK.. with Ryzen 7 6800HS…. 32Gb RAM… 1Tb SSD. Very tempting.
@@jasmansangha487 I haven’t bought it. The specs are very tempting. Three or four things hold me back: 1) the screen size; I’m wanting to make educational videos .. and I think a 16in screen would probably be a lot better; 2) Just Josh gives two reviews of this: the first was pretty negative; the second was at best lukewarm; I don’t think Josh is always good-spirited in his reviews (although I have no doubt he’s free from bias); nonetheless, his reviews have dampened down my interest; 3) I have two Lenovo laptops.. one is an IdeaPad Flex 5 .. it’s 4 years old… and the keyboard is misbehaving periodically; this dampens down my enthusiasm; 4) on the Lenovo website, there are a couple of 1 star reviews… Again, this dampens down enthusiasm. I don’t know how significant is the quality of the CPU and the generation of the graphics card (3050 compared to the 4xxx generation - is the 4xxx generation a big step up?). The 32Gb DDR5 looks appealing. The whole package looks appealing. If I were younger and had more money, I would give it a shot (I still might!!). But to date…. I’m looking at alternatives…. ALL the user reviews (except the 1 star reviews) say that it’s more than capable of handling everyday work. Even Just Josh in his negative review concedes this. The specs say that it is way beyond capable of handling everyday work. The specs qualify it for being at a modest level (or more?) as a gaming laptop or a portable workhorse for creatives.
Thanks for the Review Andrew! Also the new upgraded Yoga Slim 7 Pro 16" Gen 7 would be very interesting to see, very nice specs for its price and especialy for such a thin and light Laptop! - 16" 2,5K 2.560 x 1.600 Touch, IPS, 500 Nits, 165Hz, 16:10 - 6800HS - RTX 3050 Ti - 32 GB LPDDR5 6.400 MHz - 1 TB Gen 4 2280 - 1080p-FHD Cam - 1x Headphone Jack, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x Card Reader, 1x USB-C 3.2, 2x USB-A, - 75 Wh / Up to 15h Video / - Only 1,74cm x 35,7cm x 24,7cm and 2,1kg - 135-W Charger / Rapid Charge
Man, I hope you get the HP Envy x360 13.3" 12th-gen Intel. I think that'll be the convertible laptop for me but no one has reviewed it yet. Kudos to you for all the hard work you put it for us!
A great laptop. A better review. AMD is always doing great in terms of battery life, and performance ain't too bad either. Putting a RTX3050 in this form factor makes me think of Asus G14, X13 and an Acer laptop. One word to describe this. Incredible.
From what lenovo said, there is an automatic refresh rate limiter. It will lower the refresh rate of the monitor depending on the use. This is really good. In europe, this laptop is way cheaper on it's basic configuration but the upgrades cost a lot and EU prices become more like NA prices. For example, an I5 or R5 without GPU and 16gigs of ram cost 1190€ tax included (remove 20% and convert to $ it will look so cheap). Fully upgraded it cost 2100€ !
I own it and it is fantastic. Runs games like a champ and is stable as a rock. Great review I hope they come out with a firmware update to USB-C 4. That would be the icing on the cake.
Not yet but even if they do I am out of warranty and a bios flash update is a real risky move. My Alienware desktop just got destroyed with and update on 7-7-23. A bios update to correct the USB 4 issue can be risky if it fails. I won’t chance it.
My Slim 7 Pro X with the i5-12500H is quite annoying when it comes to fan noise. The fans run loud for 1-2 minutes when starting windows (when there's no reason for it because the laptop is cold). During office work and web browsing the laptop is quiet (fans off) but they randomly kick in for 1-2 minutes (especially when watching youtube videos). The problem is that the fans then run quite loud and not quiet like you'd expect during low demanding tasks. My Acer Swift 3 was better because when the fans turned on they were running really quiet (except for high demanding tasks of course). Except from that the laptop is great, only the display isn't that good in my opinion, slight dark vignetting in the corners. Got it for only 899€ but not sure if I should keep it because of the annoying fan control.
I've ordered this laptop with the anti-glare display. Unfortunately this will introduce plastic bezels I believe, but the glossy display is way too glossy for me. If I like the laptop and Arch Linux runs well on it, it will replace my X1G6. If not, I will give the laptop to my son. Great review Andrew.
My Lenovo Legion 7 2022 with AMD Ryzen 6800H & AMD Radeon 6700M ran even Fedora amazingly, just needed to replace the Wi-Fi card, as it was atrocious in Linux AND Windows; in the former, it wouldn't work no matter what I did. In the latter, I would get Bluetooth dropouts, followed by complete system hangs and lockups. Replaced the stock MediaTek Wi-Fi card with an Intel AX210 Wi-Fi card, and it runs both OS like a dream!
Okay, so I cancelled the order on the Slim 7 Pro X and got a Slim 7 Pro (2.8K OLED, Ryzen 5800HS) instead. The two main reasons for cancelling the order were: still no known delivery date after two weeks of waiting and I made a mistake when ordering. I opted for the non-glare panel on the Slim 7 X Pro but that also gives you ugly plastic bezels. The Slim 7 Pro I have now is running Linux flawlessly, but upgrading the BIOS in the future will be a pain since I completely wiped Windows. In the end, I might give this laptop to my son and place a new order for a Slim 7 X pro again.
Fairly solid in the core areas. The soldered RAM trend continues. Of all the things I'd like an upgradeable option it's the RAM. It looks like a very solid laptop at a reasonable price.
@@user-pp1sb3xm8z I retured it at the end and get the newer model. AMD 7840HS RTX 3050 6GB, but I only push it to the limit when I'm using exteral monitor.
As somebody who has a Lenovo Legion 7 2022 laptop with an AMD Ryzen 6800H, I can confirm that I have one USB4 port (in addition to USB-C 3.2 gen 1 & 2, USB-A, HDMI, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and 2.5 gigabit ethernet). It is almost certainly coming to more AMD laptops.
@@jameswilliams7183 Got the video ready will just edit it. It does wobble a bit, but I find it to be perfectly rigid for my purposes and the hinges are great. Will show a video comparing against the more flimsy Pavilion Aero
Bought this as my next laptop. I am a game developer, and was looking for something similar to MacBook Pro 14", but with matte display, x86 chip, and running Windows. The Lenovo is weaker than MBP in most departments, but it's also significantly cheaper, and yet there's nothing about it that I find annoying. So a pretty good purchase all things considered.
I was thinking of getting this and im getting into game development (mainly 3d). I also do photo editing and im going to need a laptop for college as well. Would you recommend this one for me?
Would you say this would be good for professional photo editing in Lightroom and Photoshop and also using the AI features both offer? I recently bought a Yogo 9i 7th gen w/ 4k screen and I've had nothing but issues . I'm assuming maybe the 9i isn't powerful enough because it doesn't have a discrete graphics card? Hoping to get an opinion from someone more tech savvy as I can't afford to buy another laptop and then find out it's not powerful enough to run Lightroom and Photoshop like the Yoga I just bought 🤦🏼♀️
Is the camera kill switch actually moving something physical over the camera? Or disconnecting power to the unit? Or just some software bullshit that can be hacked?
Hi David !! Thanks for the wonderful review. May I know if the entire laptop was running on integrated graphics ? or some of the apps were using nvidia GPU ? Because I have the same laptop and it shows i got 4 hrs battery life for fully charged battery
Thank you very much Andrew Marc for your review. I am thinking of buying this Yoga slim 7 PRO computer with AMD 5 660HS. I have found several comments on the internet talking about the noise that the fans make, apparently, several users report that the fans turn on constantly in light tasks such as browsing the internet, mail or even at rest, making a rather unpleasant noise when turning the fans at full speed. Has this been your same experience? What would you say about the noise of the fan on tasks with emails, web and youtube? Would you still recommend it paying attention on this subject? Thank you
Alright I’m feeling better after watching it. The single core is quite a bit slower than the m2 air, so i will be curious how that feels on day to day use. I was a little i disappointed by the colour rating on the display but you seem to still be impressed overall with it. 120hz 3k is the selling points for me I was surprised by some of the frame rates you got, better then I was expecting! Overall it seems like a great laptop. Almost all the negatives about it really don’t affect my usage, plus they all apply to the m2 air as well lol. Thanks for the great and detailed review, I can’t wait for mine to show up this week
@@andrewmarcdavid that’s what drew me to this one. A Swiss army knife of laptops, can pretty much do it all. It’s not the best at one particular thing but it’s great a lot of things overall. Great sustained performance, great thermals, great battery life for a laptop this thin and light with a discrete gpu that can actually play modern games. I’m happy I stumbled on your live unboxing that night or I may not have found this unicorn laptop lol
As others have said, the performance results are really odd... Ryzen 9 HS slower than R7 U. (same ram speed, more TDP) Not up-to-date firmware? It could be interesting to see those benchmarks running in Linux to remove any OS impact in the results. (just an idea 😅) Great review! (as always)
I re-ran the Geekbench 5 test and got better results after updates. Single Core 1,559 and Multi-Core 9062. A bit better but I would like to see it a little higher.I originally had it set to Extreme Performance mode but this time I changed it to Intelligent Cooling Mode with auto transition to Extreme Performance enabled.
I bought the 14IAH7 (I know yours is AMD) but had to return it, as it had minor but irritating discoloration at the corners and edges of the display, a fault which I have found in a number of Lenovo panels. The touchscreen version is not yet available here in the Czech Republic, but I am wondering whether to try it when it does eventually come here. Can you tell me whether there was any discoloration, bleeding, blooming, or chromatic aberration in your touch display? Many thanks.
Thanks for very detailed review. Seems like this laptop is really worth its price. It would be interesting to watch the same about new Slim 7i Carbon 13"
Nice PC. Camera was good and mics sounded okay. Display is good and like the 120 Hz option. Port selection was good. It would be nice if they move the camera switch from the side and make it so you can then turn it on or off from the keyboard like what HP did with the Spectre. Then they would have room to put in a SD card reader. Then this port selection functionality would be even better. Still a very good PC especially what one could purchase it at Costco. Excellent review.
@@andrewmarcdavid On my unit the single core Cinebench R23 numbers are always > 1530. Makes me wonder what settings you have on. However, that multi-core result is phenomenal. Did you pipe your AC into the laptops intake? 😅 I will have to see if I duplicate that result.
Loved the review, was looking at the Asus Zephyrus g14 2022 compared to this and I gotta be leaning more to the Slim 7 pro x mainly for the portability. Much thinner and lighter! Now I’m debating between this and the 14 inch MacBook Pro base model since I’m in the Apple ecosystem too. But I’m scared some programs won’t be supported as I’m headed into computer engineering which my friend says Mac OS is fine but I still don’t trust him 😭
I was hell bent on getting a MacBook given all that is objectively great about these M1 and now M2 chips. But then I used my partner’s one for a few days and found the OS just horrible - mainly in how laborious and unintuitive it is to drag windows around to where you want them. SOOOOO much worse on Mac. (Also my partner has the issue of a key bit of software for work not working on Mac). The whole thing gave me a huge appreciation of Windows so if you’re a PC lifer like me - despite the iPhone and iPad and whatever - don’t bother with MacBooks, is my advice. ( Got myself this laptop without the dGPU instead)
Just one warning, if somebody buys a laptop with a MediaTek or RealTek Wi-Fi card, if it is socketed (not soldered, but all of the ones with those Wi-Fi cards I've seen are socketed), do yourself a favor and change it out for an Intel AX210. It costs about $30, but you get better and more stable Wi-Fi & Bluetooth, better Linux support for the Wi-Fi, and less erratic behavior and hangs in Windows. Because it happened to me, and when I did the swap, it was a night and day difference. Just keep that in mind.
Nice review man Could you consider doing one on the new Asus zenbook s13 (with ryzen 7 6800U) ? I hesitate between this laptop and the yoga slim 7 pro x (Because I need a portable laptop to study mechanical engineering)
@@mariopenulli1395 CAD programs like solidworks are more cpu intensive, but yeah i think it’s still better to have a dedicated gpu However that ryzen 7 6800U have a pretty decent integrated gpu (Radeon r680m), so i wonder if it could be enough
Good review! A issue I’ve noticed and covered is the fact that extreme performance mode will drain your battery even while plugged in, which is a fairly significant design flaw
@@serrael-182 AMD, and given how powerhungry Intel is I can only imagine the same scenario there. It’s limited though and intelligent cooling with automatic performance switching solves it, but still a relevant issue which I’ve covered in a video is you are interested
@@serrael-182 100% correct, as well as running intelligent cooling without monitor based on my limited testing. There is close to 0 performance difference between the two without monitor
What is going on @9:49? How is it possible to test under the U series in the Z13? They are the same chip but the HS has higher clocks and higher power budget. Super thermal throttling? That looks like an anomaly.
Does seem weird, given that it's 20-30% faster than the 9i on Cinebench and 2x as fast on Time Spy. The temps on this machine with the Ryzen seem very well controlled, hard to believe it could have thermal throttled to such a degree
i really like your reviews. One thing i wanna see more is with the battery test, i would love to see a video playback on wife test, or you using it with some of any apps in the background surfing, youtube ... to have a near real world use score of the battery. thanks
I think the Lenovo legion slim 7 with one pound heavier, one centimeter thicker, and one more inch in screen real estate would be more worthy for the $1600 than the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X, especially with RTX 3060 in the legion. but that's just me being a geek. 🤗
Less battery life (according their psref), with only up to 24GB of RAM, no included USB type-C charger (while PD limited to 135W), and also "gaming" design. But with up to 4 independent displays (compared with 3). Each of them has different use case tho. The X Power is interesting to me and ROCm isn't mature as CUDA.
Which one do you recommend? Price is no problem, I just need to know which one is better. Lenovo (Yoga) Slim 7 Pro X or Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Thank you, according to your choices explain why
This is very insightful, I’m seeing the same exact device but with an i7 12700H, which one do you think consumes more power? Because I care about battery life
I just bought this laptop for school but things that bother me is glossy monitor, lack of ports, no pen or biometrics. Would you recommend a different laptop for me?
Can u tell me the price of both this Slim 7 Pro X and the normal Slim 7 Pro at where you are? I am planning to buy the 7 Pro, but just wanted to know if it's worth waiting for this one. It might not be available in my country in the near future, but just checking if it's good to go with the 7 Pro one.
Right now I have Legion 7 2021 5800H with 3070. thinking about getting this insead because of portability. Should I wait for RTX 4050 model? i7-12700H,32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 3050 for 1500 euro without tax. I'm UI / UX designer and casual gamer. What do you think? Thank you.
Do you think repasting this cpu is possible to do? I hit pretty high temps so i want to see if i can get a little extra performance. I have previous experience building desktop pcs and repasting gpus.
I have an x16, and I'm thinking of returning it and getting this lenovo instead. The x16 is truely awesome, but it's also way more than I need. It would be much nicer to have something smaller/lighter, and get back my $500 (I got the x16 for $1.8k, and the lenovo is currently $1.3k). I just find the whole XG Mobile to be completely impractical, since for it's price ($1.5k) I could build a PC that outperforms it. Especially if you saved $500 by getting the cheaper laptop, you could build an absolutely insane desktop for $2k.
for video editing, is 32 go ram more important than a strong gpu or the reverse ? and what about the cpu ? Can this laptop get charged with a 67 w usb c phone charger ?
9:37 it says Ryzen 9 5900HS not 6900HS. and i see lenovo thinkpad above has 6850U so, i think you might have uploaded wrong chart for single core cinebench? please confirm
Can anyone who has purchased this laptop tell me how long the battery actually lasts? Especially after 6m - 1y? I’ve gone through so many comments on Reddit and the opinions are contradictory
How much do the fans spin in normal use please? I'm looking at this for coding in VSCode etc for web development. Currently have an m1 macbook air but prefer Windows.
