Lenovo Slim Pro 7 Review (2023): A Powerful, Light AMD Laptop

One of the foremost highlights of this machine is its display screen. This 14.5-inch show crams in 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, making it 2.5K decision. It’s contact succesful, although I nonetheless have not discovered a lot use for contact on a laptop computer. More fascinating is the 90-Hz refresh charge, which is not fairly sufficient to make hardcore avid gamers completely happy (if that is you, the Slim Pro 7 X is the machine you need, with its 144-Hz refresh charge), nevertheless it makes all the things else fairly easy. The display screen has a 16:10 ratio, supplying you with a bit extra top than the extra frequent 16:9. It would not sound like a lot, however I discover it useful when looking the online. It additionally makes the preview panel in video editors a bit bigger.

Speaking of modifying video, I did, and the Slim Pro 7 dealt with it fairly nicely. I used each Blender on Windows and Kdenlive on Linux. I needed to allow GPU assist in Kdenlive earlier than I noticed a lot efficiency increase, however ultimately I used to be capable of render out 5 minutes of 5.2K footage in simply over 12 minutes. For reference, my Lenovo X14 with an 6000 collection AMD Ryzen 7 takes over half-hour to render the identical footage. The predominant distinction? The devoted graphics card.

You needn’t edit video to understand the efficiency right here, however if you happen to aren’t modifying video or doing different GPU-intensive duties this is likely to be a little bit of overkill on your wants. At the identical time, the slower display screen refresh charge means this is not the best choice for cellular gaming, although it might little doubt serve the informal gamer enjoying Stardew Valley.

Good Ports, Bad Camera

Good video efficiency like this typically means poor battery life, however that is not the case right here. Lenovo has packed in a 73-watt-hour battery that manages to get about seven hours of battery life in real-world use. That quantity will come down the extra time you spend modifying video, nevertheless it’s nonetheless very spectacular for a laptop computer with these specs. Suffice it to say that for informal use you may nearly eke out a day’s work, however if you happen to’re headed to the espresso store to edit video, carry the charger. I also needs to notice that the charger, whereas reasonably giant for a laptop computer charger lately, does certainly juice up the battery in a short time. Lenovo says you will get three hours of battery life off a 15-minute cost, a declare that held up in my testing.