Legion Slim 7i Review: My Favorite Laptop in 2023?

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00:00 Intro
00:36 Look and Feel
00:56 Ports
01:24 Display
02:54 Keyboard
03:35 Trackpad
03:45 Sound
04:04 Performance
07:00 Battery Life
07:26 Upgradeability
07:36 Josh Absolutely Looses It
08:22 Pricing & Conclusion

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[JustJoshTech]

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[ditzydoll]

I went ahead and bought it two weeks ago after going through YouTube University, mostly your videos, to make my decision.

I’ve had it for about 3 days and it’s honestly pretty rad. Very quiet unlike what other people say, outside of short occasions like when it’s loading something up.

It’s also not heavy for me, but I’m a kind of active underweight girl, so it could just be arm strength.

Love it.

[SandorGonzalez]

I have the AMD variant.. no heat and fan noise. Battery ~8 hrs (balanced)

[skosko]

Unfortunately, you didn't mention the most important or at least a very good argument for buying the Legion. I own a Yoga 7, an IdeaPad Pro (7840HS) and have had several Legions. Legions have the great advantage that they have fan control, either via Vantage or (even better) LegionToolKit without Lenovo bloatware. If you place the Legion on a cooler (ideally with a Noctua fans), you can turn the fans down to a minimum under load, so that you have a relatively quiet notebook even when gaming. Yoga, IdeaPad, Thinkbook/-pad cannot do that. The fans even run below 35°C and you cannot really change it (see the comments on YT, Reddit, etc. about the current IdeaPad Pro and Yoga, Yoga Pro). So I'm switching back to the Legion Slim because I need to concentrate for work and the fan noise annoys me on the Yoga or Ideapad Pro.

[Cryptolorian]

He may or may not have bodies buried in his mother's garden, but you have to rate him for his excellent laptop reviews.

[awakeinnight]

Bought this laptop after watching your previous video on it, I'm still very satisfied with it!

[davidlee]

Josh, absolutely love your content. One correction though, the 40 series cards actually do NOT scale with more power EXCEPT for the 4080 and 4090. That's why there is a huge performance gap between the x16 4090 and the M16 4080. For the 4070 and lower, they cap out at pretty much 100W. The XPS 17 had only 70W so there would definitely be a difference between that and the 125W Legion, but the lower end 40 series cards do not benefit from more wattage past 100W as a lot of tests have shown.

[jsVfPe]

Nice video as always. I have the 2023 Slim 7i with the i9/4070. The conclusion I came to was that it was about on par with the Asus M16 for being a classy/premium looking 16" gaming/workstation laptop, and often available for substantially cheaper than the M16 (I paid $1450 USD for the config in the video). I have been very happy with it, though I wish I got the 3200x2000 display instead of the 2560x1600 240hz. So far I have never found a use case where I wouldn't rather have 120hz and better graphics/less heat/less noise, beyond just web browsing/desktop stuff.

Would highly recommend it as someone that previously had an M1 Macbook Pro and a high end (5900x/3090) desktop PC. I think Macbooks are in a league of their own, but if you need to play games or use Windows exclusive software this is a good choice.

I got rid of the McAfee/Tobii/etc immediately and replaced the Lenovo software with the open source Lenovo Legion Toolkit.

[phamxuankhoaa]

got my Legion Slim 7i for a week now, and I'm pretty happy about it.

[joeperez-marchese]

Hey Josh. Would you mind reviewing the Legion 7 gen 8 with the new zen 4 7840HS chip? It would be very interesting to compare thermals, battery life, and raw power. Thanks, love your work!

[NCFM]

Just got this one on sale as I am a developer who does some ML now with Python … this machine is amazing, added a pro 990 SSD and crucial 32gb ddr5 stick and she is absolutely screaming

[WeeWillizzard]

Awesome video Josh! Love it as always!

[sarthak-ti]

I purchased this laptop a few months ago based on your review of last years model, and I've absolutely loved it! I ended up buying the higher resolution panel, as I enjoy that extra resolution for programming and productivity tasks. For gaming, I tend to use an external monitor anyways, so it ends up not being a big deal.

As for the fan noise, it is actually quite a bit, but I noticed for lighter 1080p gaming it actually is near silent. And having a laptop stand helps a ton.

As for macafee, I never had those popups, perhaps it's because I just uninstalled it in the first 10 minutes of booting up the laptop. But I 100% agree, the bloatware is stupid and ridiculous


This laptop does often go on sale (the bestbuy version going down to about 1800) which is when I bought it, and I am very happy with the purchase overall

[Jornu]

Bought this one on your recommendation mainly as a business laptop, but returned it after a few weeks.
It was pretty heavy, has very sharp edges, and most irritating booted very slowly after closing the lid. But very annoyingly, the usbC charger didn't accept the set ups at my office. It needs a special charger output via usc C. And the normal charger is way too heavy to haul around

But it is a beautiful machine. Great keyboard. Good screen, and fast touchpad

[shantanuborgohain]

I love your content. You are doing an amazing job, Josh.
First to comment.

[totoplopp]

Please review the amd version!! It’s such a greater value prospect. I got mine with 32gb ram, 3.2k screen, 4060 for just 1340usd on 20% discount. (got to remove windows on the Swedish build your own)

I cannot find anything that even comes close to this performance+features for that price! As a computer science student who occasionally games it’s perfect

[pranavdupati]

Note that it also ships with a 3.2K screen which is so gorgeous!

[brycefadeway]

Hi I'm confused the legion yoga pro 9i is the one with mini led right? Can we all call it yoga pro 9i to avoid any confusion. I would love to see a direct comparison between the legion 7i 2024 and yoga pro 9i since they have the "same" slick and thin mcbook design

[beebop]

QUESTION AND SUGGESTION

Josh, just found your channel and subscribed. Heres a major problem ive discovered that ive never heard anyone discuss...the intel Evo processors and iris integrared graphics marketed as a package to computer manufacturers to give the best computer experience and run the computer more effectively and efficiently and 2ndly the the poor battery life in lenovos.

Let me explain how i dove into this rabbit hole and wondering if you could do a deep dive.

1st off the battery life. Lenovo uses lithium ions and newer li-pos. After much reading i feel the lithium ions are better. In my current purchase of lenovo evo/iris intel 7i, the battery lifee blows. Ive researched every fix and basically have to use lenovo vantage on the most basic mode but super battery saver mode to turn everything down that 'drains' the battery to squeeze more time out of it. Why? Why build a laptop when you cant use the functions to their fullest extent even half day (really only a few hours) on a flight or in a coffee shop unplugged . If i want to take the laptop wout the charger for a day, i cant....even on super duper power saving mode.
Its like buying a car then sayin, well, if u want your car to run right, turn off all the accessories when you drive. No radio, no ac, no heated seats, etc. I honestly think this battery life needs to be addresed and is a joke and you get even less time on battery bc vantage battery saver charges your battery to 60 percent.
And something else i discovered is that the lenovo does not warranty the battery after 1 year and i still believe off my research that li-ions are better for portability and longevity bc of the constant charging cycles.
This is a common problem listed on lenovo forums that lenovo battery life is horrible.
Is there a portable laptop that runs a good part of the day on battery?

2ndly, what are your thoughts on the intel evo/iris combo? When i compare specs to an amd processor and graphics, i often see amd performing better, even on battery life. I feel the the evo/iris combo means well, but limiting. Whats your thoughts?

What brought this all about was my Costco comparison and use of 2 14 inch portable 2 in 1 lenovo laptops that are very similar that i was looking at that also lead me to reasearching other brands in the 14" portable market ($600 to $800 us range) and really hit on the 2 points of poor battery life and the difference of the intel evo and AMD internal processing/gpu specs and their performance.

Computer guidelines use was for home, business, YT movies, not gaming, drawing, and portability, 2 in 1, and price as indicated.

The 2 compared that started me down the rabbit hole and discovery:

Lenovo flex 5 AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U (8-core) Processor  Item  1725651 Model  82XX003YUS
Lenovo flex 7i Intel Evo Platform 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1355U (10-core) processor
Item  1009809 Model  82Y20001US

PS The flex 5, while a tab bit older, performs better and battery last longer. The major diff in performance was the evo had a little more data transfer speed vs the ryzen, but thats not even noticeable.

So in the end, what are the mfrs doing to improve battery life wout having the consumer turn everything off and are u a fan of the evo/ iris comb?

Thanks

[LRZephyr]

I love the label for the McAfee segment 😂