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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon 13.3" i5/16GB/512GB $1018.16 ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ The Good Guys

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ELEVEN

This was priced at $1434 just last week, and has dropped down to $1144. Apply Click Frenzy promo code will bring it down to $1018.16.

Processor: 11th Gen Intel Core™ i5-1135G7 (4C / 8T, 2.4 / 4.2GHz, 8MB)
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64
Display: 13.3" QHD (2560x1600) Low power IPS 300nits Anti-glare, 100% sRGB, Dolby Vision
Memory: 16 GB Soldered LPDDR4x-4266
Hard Drive: 512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe
Graphics: Integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Weight: 0.966kg

Edit: Seems like OOS everywhere except for these stores
Cairns The Good Guys
285 Mulgrave Road, Cairns, 4870, QLD

Townsville The Good Guys
Shop 11, Building C, Domain Central Duckworth Street, Garbutt, 4814, QLD

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    • caviar on 10/11/2021 - 08:37
      +1

      Or $799

      • Omk4r123 on 10/11/2021 - 08:40
        +25

        Or if they paid you $100 to take it off their hands

        • Diji1 on 10/11/2021 - 10:11
          -1

          One billion.

          Sorry.

  • atom1319 on 10/11/2021 - 08:39

    Wow!!

  • Timmayc123 on 10/11/2021 - 08:45
    +6

    I think this a historic low. Seems like a really good deal for a <1.2kg device with a 2k display as well.

    • groook on 10/11/2021 - 09:02
      +3

      I paid $988 in June but it had a 256gb SSD. swapped it out for a 1TB Gen 4 anyway

  • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 08:49
    +5

    Grays.com are auctioning refurbs. I picked up an i7 / 16GB / 512GB last night for $800 inc charges and shipping.

    • he11bent on 10/11/2021 - 09:28
      +9

      Did that once, never again. Screen flickers on and off after 6 months of use.

      And it wasn't a massive deal, could have waited a month and gotten almost the same for the same price I paid with warranty and brand new.

      • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 09:38
        +1

        I have picked up several laptops from Grays all with no issues. They usually come with 12 months warranty (including this one).

      • tnarg on 10/11/2021 - 10:12
        +7

        I am giving you an upvote to cancel the neg - I have had some great items and a couple of bad ones. You are just sharing your experience and shouldn't be negged for it

        • he11bent on 10/11/2021 - 10:23
          +4

          Don't get me wrong, I've purchased plenty from Grays. This just turned out to be a dud. That's why I'm weary of buying refurb or second hand laptops these days.

          Best purchase ever from Grays was blind drunk bidding on a 1990FC RX-7 Turbo imported from Japan, in Melbourne (I'm in Sydney) and not having it's RAV yet. Fun TIMES!

          • askvictor on 10/11/2021 - 11:04
            +1

            @he11bent: I want to know more

            • he11bent on 10/11/2021 - 11:11

              @askvictor: Not much to say apart from that. No don't have the vehicle, this was 9 years ago. Had I known that prices of FCs,FDs, GTR'S would be this stupid high today. I would have kept all my cars.
              ah wells.

    • FeZZa21 on 10/11/2021 - 16:05

      how do their 20% buyer's premium work. e.g. there's one for $700 assuming that goes for $800, total will be $960?

      • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 19:06

        Correct, plus shipping, plus credit card surcharge. So, I won one last night for $615, and I paid $791.84. Tip is to not be in a hurry, this is around the 8th one I bid on over three weeks. Let them go if they get too high…

  • ForTheGreaterGood on 10/11/2021 - 08:51
    +3

    Excellent laptop. I picked up the i7 variant a few weeks ago when Bing Lee was selling it for ~1200. Well worth the price. The screen seems a bit oversaturated at times, but it's probably a simple tweak that I'm missing.
    Very highly reviewed too.

    • GuestShopper on 10/11/2021 - 09:01

      It was also excellent for me in the initial times when I bought my i5. Then the fan got louder, the computer slowed, the screen started blinking when it is not plugged in and now it is blinking at both times. The last three happened after the warranty. You might wonder why I wouldn't buy a new one and I would say what do I do with the old one. We easily throw everything in the rubbish in a year or two.

      • dosada on 10/11/2021 - 09:09
        +1

        Why not send it in for warranty repair?

        • GuestShopper on 10/11/2021 - 09:13
          -3

          The answer lies in it :)

          • dosada on 10/11/2021 - 09:20
            +2

            @GuestShopper: I highly doubt that, simply because the unit hasn't been around for long enough to have an expired warranty

            • GuestShopper on 10/11/2021 - 09:36

              @dosada: I am not sure about that. I have Lenovo i5 Yoga. Your one is probably a newer version. But I doubt I would buy Lenovo again.

              • Omk4r123 on 10/11/2021 - 09:46
                +1

                @GuestShopper: Personally, my experience with Lenovo has been nothing but wonderful. My Thinkpad T480 has been in use for the better part of 3 years now, 5+ hours each day on average. Only looking to upgrade now because I think a touchscreen will help with uni.

                Haven't had to deal with CS or warranty though, so no idea about that.

                • askvictor on 10/11/2021 - 11:06
                  +4

                  @Omk4r123: ThinkPads are usually a much better build as they're built for the corporate market

                • GuestShopper on 10/11/2021 - 11:14
                  +1

                  @Omk4r123: That is good to know. ThinkPads, I'll keep in mind.

      • ForTheGreaterGood on 10/11/2021 - 09:34
        +3

        I've actually had an excellent experience dealing with Lenovo support (contrary to popular opinion). I have been able to get a power brick replacement done free of charge out of warranty in the past, on my previous laptop. So maybe worth a shot speaking to them.

        • pkjai on 10/11/2021 - 09:51
          +7

          My sister had an issue with her Lenovo ThinkPad e570 where it wouldn't turn on. It was a few months out of warranty, but I gave it a shot and contacted support. They repaired it free of charge.

      • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 09:47
        +5

        I doubt this model has been out long enough to be out of warranty.

        • GuestShopper on 10/11/2021 - 11:10
          -3

          My bad. The model looked similar. Once Lenovo, always Lenovo for me :)

    • vash12 on 10/11/2021 - 09:34
      +7

      Cons
      Battery life is below average.
      keyboard is small and not good to type on.
      Laptop will overheat sometimes if you are doing heavy task.
      Only comes with Usb-c/tb ports

      Pros
      Form factor - extremely lightweight
      Nice Uhd screen
      Well built - doesnt feel cheap

      Overall good laptop if you want portability.

  • ndftz on 10/11/2021 - 08:56

    Perfect linux machine

    • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 09:00
      +1

      My plan exactly. I'm going for OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Would recommend a KDE distro as it seems to handle HiDPI displays better. I just hope Howdy works with the IR camera.

    • zjz93 on 10/11/2021 - 09:31

      Any distro recommendations?

      • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 09:51

        Will report back when I get it. I like rolling distros, so I generally go for Manjaro or Tumbleweed. Too lazy to fix driver issues, so which ever one works best out of the box LOL.

        • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 10:47
          +1

          I don't see any reason why Manjaro have any issues with this laptop. There is no hardware in this that needs proprietery stuff in this laptop and everything is upstramed already. Intel 11thgen + Intel ax201wifi bluetooth + UVC webcams+Realtek ALC287 audio. IR emitter needs a additonal package to work with howdy face recognition irrespecive of the distro but that also is opensource.

          After many years of Manjaro/Arch I decided to try Fedora reading about good work in power management that is done as first candidate i Fedora. I am not sure if the powersavings can be quantified but over sometime I got used to it and didn't bother to move back to Manjaro. So far going great for around last 2 years. Fedora 35 has one of the best out of box experience I think especially for this laptop.

      • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 09:55
        +2

        Been using Fedora 34 since day 1 and recently upgraded to 35. Yes howdy works well for face recognition, but you have to install and enable the linux-enable-ir-emitter to enable the IR mesh.

        With Fedora 35 managing power profiles is also easy with the power-profiles-daemon well integrated.

        • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 10:50
          +1

          Thanks. This one? Looks like I'm going Fedora or Manjaro as that's where it's packaged.

          Do you use Gnome? I like the touchpad gestures, but found HiDPI isn't great in the past (I have played with Fedora 34 on another HiDPI laptop).

          • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 11:16
            +3

            @mostlygordon: Yes that's right. Yes using Gnome with small tweaks(nothing major) and no issue with display scaling or anything.

            When I first setup this laptop it was not there in Fedora repos so I just added the Installation snippet in my laptop setup script:

            if [[ ! -x "$(command -v linux-enable-ir-emitter)" ]]; then
            cd /tmp/
            wget https://github.com.cnpmjs.org/EmixamPP/linux-enable-ir-emitt… -O linux-ir-emitter.zip
            unzip linux-ir-emitter.zip
            cd linux-enable-ir-emitter-master/
            sudo bash installer.sh install
            sudo linux-enable-ir-emitter quick
            sudo linux-enable-ir-emitter boot enable
            fi

            May not be necessary with Fedora 35 clean installation.

            • mostlygordon on 21/11/2021 - 17:15

              @tchcrat: Hi, trying to setup on Fedora 35 and getting an "Unknown Error 1" on the login screen. Other commands work fine e.g. sudo, software install. I tried everything here. Did you encounter this? Find a fix? TIA…

      • ndftz on 10/11/2021 - 10:23
        +1

        Fedora, they partnered with Lenovo to make sure their stuff works

        also it's a damned good distro IMO

  • Omk4r123 on 10/11/2021 - 09:01
    +1

    Anything with similar specs to this but with a touchscreen and 360 degree rotation? Would make a perfect laptop for uni

    EDIT: Priced similar, or up to ~$1500-1800

  • jes on 10/11/2021 - 09:10

    would windows 11 be able to installed on this?

    • xyron on 10/11/2021 - 09:15
      +1

      Absolutely!

      • PVA on 10/11/2021 - 09:55

        Officially? With out any hacks or tweaks to install it?

        • groook on 10/11/2021 - 10:10
          +1

          Yes i'm running it already

        • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 10:15
          +3

          Yes. Any branded laptop from atleast last 4-5 years (8th gen Intel/AMD Zen) should be able to get a Official automatic upgrade to Windows 11. Also branded desktops from that age.

          Assembled Desktops won't be able to 99.9% there won't be a TPM Module and support for TPM in motherboard also doubtable and even if the motherboard got a slot then getting the right TPM module for your motherboard is like finding gold nugget from soccer ground because of the chip shortage and also because of the lack of incentive for the manufacturer.

          Hopefully most new motherboards should ship with TPM builtin rather than as a module.

          • PVA on 10/11/2021 - 10:22

            @tchcrat: Thanks.

            Just looked on the good guys site and it says free Win 11 when released as well.

            • SimAus007 on 10/11/2021 - 11:38
              +2

              @PVA: I've upgraded to Windows 11 and been using it since dev preview and I haven't been this impressed with Windows in years, IMO it looks absolutely stunning and I just love the new desktop layout, it has got me loving Windows again.
              I've also had zero issues with it, very stable.

          • lachhelix on 10/11/2021 - 16:15
            +1

            @tchcrat: Slightly off topic and you probably already know but just for anybody else playing along, you can often use the 'TPM' in the CPU (a 9700k in my case) by enabling it in your mobo (a Z390 in my case) without having an actual TPM installed on the normal TPM mobo header and it installed just fine and comes up as an Intel security processor 2.0

            • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 17:35
              +1

              @lachhelix: Oh Yes. Intel PTT/AMD fTPM provided if the Motherboard BIOS/UEFI has an option to turn it on.

  • jes on 10/11/2021 - 09:24

    i guess the only down side is there is no touch screen. i wonder why, since it's a yoga and the screen can rotate.

    • mostlygordon on 10/11/2021 - 09:36
      +1

      Yoga does not always mean 360 degrees rotate on the screen these days. In this case it is 180 degrees.

      • dullbeard on 10/11/2021 - 11:21
        +12

        maybe they should change it to lenovo pilates

  • devin booker on 10/11/2021 - 09:25
    +1

    'There isn't a store within 500km that has your order in stock. Please select delivery, or try a different postcode or suburb.' and 'One or more products can't be delivered to your location. Please select pick up instead.'
    Has anyone been able to order one in VIC,melbourne?

  • Munki on 10/11/2021 - 09:25
    +4

    What a confusing name calling it a 7i and giving it an i5 processor.

    • Diji1 on 10/11/2021 - 10:14

      Not unusual behavior across the sector unfortunately.

      • Munki on 10/11/2021 - 15:53
        +1

        Yeah the naming convention for AMD and NVIDIA are frustrating enough.

  • juzza87 on 10/11/2021 - 09:26

    I've got the i7 1165G7 version and upgraded the SSD to a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB, this thing is a beast with a 2060 sitting in an eGPU, then very portable and capable when away from my desk. The Iris graphics were enough to run switch games at full speed on the Yuzu emulator.

    • Diji1 on 10/11/2021 - 10:18

      Be wary of buying mobile devices for gaming. Typically they are set up to run at full speed for a short periods and then throttle to conserve battery which cripples sustained performance.

      Throttling is implemented by the vendor so behavior is different across devices. Gaming devices for example will allow long periods of sustained performance

      • juzza87 on 10/11/2021 - 10:21

        Definitely, that needs to be a consideration. I've got mine sitting on an active cooling pad with the fans pointed at the hot areas just in case but so far it's been a champ, handles long sessions of Doom Eternal without any noticeable loss in performance (besides the 30% loss on the GPU side via eGPU) at 2560p

      • Agret on 10/11/2021 - 11:31

        eGPU is external GPU so it is a fullsize desktop card in an enclosure with fans, should not be any problem with heat. If CPU is getting hot you can undervolt it a bit and downclock it. I run my X1 Extreme at like -250mv and I also cap the speed to around 3.7Ghz, no idea why it turbos to over 4Ghz as it just gets stupid hot and thermal throttles so it runs slower than just keeping it at a lower speed. Poor chipset code by Intel/Lenovo.

  • findcaiyzh on 10/11/2021 - 09:29
    +2

    Manufacturer's Warranty: 12 Months

    Should be 2 years?

    • djkelly69 on 10/11/2021 - 09:46

      Why? Lenovo's website also specifies a 12 month warranty for this product.

      • SimAus007 on 10/11/2021 - 11:43
        +2

        Because under Australian Consumer Law (the ACL) a device like this is expected to last longer than 1 year, so ultimately under your statutory warranty rights, it still has 2 years + whether the manufacturer states this or not.
        You can just take it back to the retailer you bought it from if anything goes wrong after 1 to 2 years and they will cover it, all major retailers are well aware of this, just speak with the guys (or girls) at The Good Guys and they'll confirm this.

        • djkelly69 on 10/11/2021 - 11:46
          +2

          A manufacturer's express warranty is not the same thing as your rights under the consumer law.

          And the ACL says you can expect it to last for a reasonable time - while I agree 2 years is probably reasonable for a laptop, you don't get to just unilaterally decide that.

          • SimAus007 on 10/11/2021 - 11:49

            @djkelly69: I'm not saying it is the same, however, your rights are that it is expected to work for longer than 1 year, so you are covered (as long as you haven't caused the damage).
            I've used this twice, once with JB and once with Apple, and as soon as I dropped the Statutory Rights line, they agreed and replaced (repaired with Apple) the devices.
            There are free avenues you can take if they don't.
            We have very strong consumer rights in Australia.

            • djkelly69 on 10/11/2021 - 11:53
              +1

              @SimAus007: The poster asked if the manufacturer's warranty should be 2 years. The answer is no, because manufacturers can make their express warranty whatever they like.

              • SimAus007 on 10/11/2021 - 11:54

                @djkelly69: But you are still covered, that is my point, I've updated my post above, as I agree it isn't the same thing, but you are ultimately still covered under the ACL and that's what matters.

                • djkelly69 on 10/11/2021 - 11:59
                  +1

                  @SimAus007: Talking about someone's consumer rights when they asked about a manufacturer's warranty period just conflates two separate issues. They are similar, but they are not the same thing.

                  Again, it is likely a laptop would be expected to last for 2 years so you should be covered. This is not guaranteed however, because the ACL only says a 'reasonable period' and what is reasonable depends on the circumstances, you don't get to just decide that for yourself.

                  • SimAus007 on 10/11/2021 - 12:02

                    @djkelly69: As long as you haven't caused the damage, it is covered, that is the only caveat for a device of this value, as the average person would expect it to last longer than 12 months.
                    Happy to agree to disagree, but I never look at the 1-year warranty on devices like this and I've not had any issues with my 2 claims between 1 to 2 years, and in Apple's case it was 2 years and 3 months old.

              • justtoreply on 10/11/2021 - 17:55

                @djkelly69: Sure. But you arguing over semantics helps nobody.

                The only diff is it requires effort under ACL but not under manufacturer warranty.

                Convo over. Anything else said is not helpful.

                • djkelly69 on 10/11/2021 - 18:30
                  -1

                  @justtoreply: Thanks for your input. Username certainly checks out.

                  • justtoreply on 10/11/2021 - 22:08

                    @djkelly69: I thought you might like to borrow my username. It suits you better :p

  • Doy on 10/11/2021 - 09:33

    Dolby Vision? Is the HDR even worth talking about?

  • eggs on 10/11/2021 - 09:38

    No delivery and nearest collection point to Metro Sydney is Wagga :(

  • john_conner on 10/11/2021 - 09:38

    Thanks, got one.
    Were some website errors but I did it on iOS safari.
    Desktop chrome didn’t want to cooperate

  • U777 on 10/11/2021 - 09:39
    +1

    Not available Adelaide metro

  • Andrew Corry on 10/11/2021 - 09:46

    Lenovo just released the ryzen carbon version with 5800u and oled display. But 700 more expensive than this one tho

    • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 11:08
      +1

      For 1 inch bigger OLED Display+2x better CPU+20% better battery+Marginally bigger(better ?) touch pad + 2x better Speakers+Webcam power switch.

      I think other than the screen everything else is marginal difference for moderate users(students, developers, managers, data entry operators), may not be the case for the creative crowd(photo/video/content producers/curators). Even for some in the first group like developes who do lot of large size compilation multiple times like linux kernel/firmware developers, android app or OS ROM developers, developers/technicians who use lot of VM's the 8core/16 threads can come quite handy. Also difference in batttery life from 7hours to 10 hours can be key decision factor for few.

      So Is it worth extra 700 for you is the question :)….And 700 can get another laptop for someone in the family or can be used for a new Mobile / Tablet, etc etc :) :)

      And every 6 months an even better product will keep coming to the market….:) :)

  • Rockit22 on 10/11/2021 - 10:00

    Are these good enough for video editing in pp?

    • WillKillfor5Cents on 10/11/2021 - 23:55

      I'm after one that can do video editing while I'm on the go as well. From reading comments above, am I correct to conclude that Ryzen laptop would be superior? Is there any lightweight laptop like this one but with Ryzen in it?

  • aussieprepper on 10/11/2021 - 10:09
    -1

    4 core 11th gen i5, might be worth it to wait. Alder lake is out now and they will want to clear 11th gen parts to show case 12th gen advancements. That also means the next gen of this laptop could be up to twice as fast

    • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 10:24

      Not really. Alderlake should be a no show for mobile applications since all the Ga Ga about Desktop alderlake performance is ignoring the fact that 10nm Alderlake consumes almost double the power than the Ryzen 3 counterpart for that marginal improvement.

      At the max what they can do is double the core count to reach parity in multithread performance with Ryzen 3. But taking into account that the Process node is still inferior to Ryzen 3 it is better to wait for Ryzen 6000 series than to wait for 12th gen Intel.

      • aussieprepper on 10/11/2021 - 22:28

        I think they could see a vast improvement by adding the efficiency cores to a CPU like this model in 12th gen lineup, this is a 4 core part if Intel added another 4 core even at lower clocks it would improve the performance. The main part would be to get each performance core to work only when needed.

        Some work loads like Cinebench tested on the i5 had the i5 do 14 completed runs while the Ryzen 5 did 8 runs in that 10 min cycle. If you where to stop the test after 8 runs for the i5 power consumption could be similar as it wouldn't need as long to get the work done.

        Id still buy Ryzen myself as my own PC is Ryzen and Radeon but competition is good!

    • shellshocked on 10/11/2021 - 10:38

      Unfortunately the issue with Intel 11th gen, which also effects 12th Gen is that performance drops significantly at lower TDP. Hence why 11th gen mobile needs to be above 28w TDP to compete with a 15w TDP AMD Ryzen 4000 and 5000 mobile CPU. The top spec Intel 12th gen desktop CPUs are exceeding 240w TDP to compete with much lower TDP Ryzens. Intel is reaching the limits of what their current 10nm node can achieve to try and get the most out of it.

  • Long-timelurker on 10/11/2021 - 10:16
    +1

    Just bought one. Can only pick up from Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne.
    Got $41.60 back from cash rewards. Thanks for the deal!

  • kiitos on 10/11/2021 - 10:23

    How bearable would this be for gaming? For Valorant?

    • bchliu on 10/11/2021 - 10:51
      +1

      Iris XE is on par with the lowest end of laptop discreet graphics cards.
      Don't expect the world, but should play things at 720p with lower settings.

    • zjz93 on 11/11/2021 - 17:07
      +1

      screen response time is so shit. dont even try gamingon this thing

  • Gamer Dad Reviews on 10/11/2021 - 10:27

    Damn, tried to buy but I think its OOS now…

  • jaycasanova on 10/11/2021 - 10:56

    this one or macbook air, just casual use for youtube and light work hum…

    • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 11:49
      +1

      Macbook Air is an excellent laptop at more than double the price of this. For the work you mentioned this is more than enough. If you are not used to good operating systems then MacOS is a good entry point.

      Hardware wise something in parity with Macbook Air is https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/661845#comment-11310755 especially the screen is nothing like anything you can get in any macbook.

      Macbook gives you a bit more steam in the used market in case you got bored quickly but you are paying a lot more for macbook anyway.

      Lenovo OLED carbon with Linux is the best you can get if you are ready to fold your sleeves and do it.

      But if you plan to get into iphone app development or want to use some music/movie production app which in only available in Mac then there is no other choice.

      • jaycasanova on 10/11/2021 - 12:25

        Price wise, macbook air is around $300 more than this one if you buy from education Union store for the basic specs. But yearh, thanks for your notes. Upvoted

        • tchcrat on 10/11/2021 - 13:37

          Irrespective of brand avoid getting any new laptop with less than 16gb ram. Will make a huge difference in longevity. If buying apple then also SSD less than 512gb is not something that is advisable.

  • Timmayc123 on 10/11/2021 - 11:36

    OOS. Will Officeworks price match?

    • pkjai on 10/11/2021 - 12:07

      It doesn't say OOS on the website, so if your local OW has stock you could pop in and give it a go.

      • Gamer Dad Reviews on 10/11/2021 - 22:31

        Was able to price match the sticker price - 5% over the phone with OW.
        Ended up costing $1088. Not bad

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