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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Carbon: Ryzen 7 5800U (8C/16T), 14" 2.8k OLED 90Hz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD $1700.10 Delivered @ Lenovo Education

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Decent deal if you are looking for a light laptop with a high quality chassis, an 8 core AMD Ryzen CPU, good quality OLED screen and decent battery life.

The Lenovo retail website is selling this laptop for $2609.

Processor
AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800U (8C / 16T, 1.9 / 4.4GHz, 4MB L2 / 16MB L3)
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64
Display Type
14.0" 2.8K (2880x1800) OLED 400nits Glossy, 90Hz, 100% DCI-P3, HDR 500 True Black, Glass, Dolby Vision
Memory
16 GB Soldered LPDDR4x-4266
Hard Drive
512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe
Warranty
1 Year Premium Care
AC Adapter
65W USB-C (3-pin)
Graphics
Integrated AMD Radeon™ Graphics
Second Hard Drive
N/A
Battery
Integrated 61Wh
Camera
IR & 720p + ToF Sensor
Fingerprint Reader
No Fingerprint Reader
Keyboard
Backlit, English
Wireless
802.11AX (2x2) & Bluetooth® 5.1
Integrated Mobile Broadband
N/A

Weight from 1.077kg.

2 days shipping at the time of posting though slightly more than the previous deal I posted.

If you want to compare performance of the AMD R7 5800u to the i5 10210u in a deal posted earlier, refer to the Passmark link below

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i5-10210U-vs-AMD-…

AMD R7 5800u scores 19085

Intel i5 10210u scores 6462

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  • Sage222 on 06/01/2022 - 18:39
    +2

    Nice bit of kit!

  • lukeyluke on 06/01/2022 - 18:40

    Still not convinced by OLED on a laptop. The risk of burn in is real, particularly if used in applications with static screen elements.

    • p1 ama on 06/01/2022 - 20:13
      +2

      Phone screens (which also have static UI elements) have been using OLED for a while and are fine.

      • johnttt on 07/01/2022 - 00:07

        and funnily enough, this is cheaper than a lot of the phones nowadays.

      • Vinodra on 07/01/2022 - 11:09
        +1

        I've had OLED phones develop burn in.

  • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 18:44
    +1

    Have this. I'm amazed at its lightness and every time I hold someone else's laptop, I feel good about my own one.

    • ChipsChicky on 06/01/2022 - 20:23

      You got Cloud Grey or Moon White color ?

      • ChipsChicky on 07/01/2022 - 06:31

        @shiny1

        • shiny1 on 07/01/2022 - 10:03

          It's a standard silver colour. I didn't choose the darker one. My father in law has a cheaper Lenovo yoga in a darker grey and my previous laptop, the Dell xps15 was silver but came with a black dbrand skin on it (bought it 2nd hand), so I decided on a lighter colour this time around.

      • tchcrat on 07/01/2022 - 11:26
        +1

        This only available in cloud grey. Moon white only for Carbon 13 7i Slim(Intel, Non Oled, 13")

        This is just 100 gm more than 13" and still you are getting 14" OLED+Ryzen+almost Double battery life). Moon white looks much better though if you are not looking at the screen :)

        • ChipsChicky on 07/01/2022 - 12:24

          I talked to Lenovo chat rep yesterday and was told that moon white would be available in Feb. Lets see.

    • liquornoodlescabbage on 06/01/2022 - 20:29
      +1

      hows the battery life in your experience?

  • incipient on 06/01/2022 - 18:45

    Nice 90hz panel! I wish we'd get more in this space.

    • Zackeroo on 06/01/2022 - 22:27

      So true!! It's a good balance between the 120Hz of gaming laptops and the traditional 60Hz panels.

      Makes everything you're doing a bit smoother, even simple things like scrolling through emails and articles :)

  • Nukkels on 06/01/2022 - 18:52

    I assume all of these Lenovo education deals require an edu email - shouldn't that mean it's 'targeted' since it's not available to everyone?

    • Bedgrub on 06/01/2022 - 21:12

      You could say the same about in-store deals that aren’t available to everyone in that postcode.

      • Nukkels on 07/01/2022 - 07:22

        But I can travel for hours, or even days if it's a good enough deal, and still be allowed to buy it. There is no way for me to get an edu deal.

        • shellshocked on 07/01/2022 - 07:51
          +1

          It can also relate to deals where you need to be member of a particular organisation such as an Auto club, holiday park or union. I have not seen these deals which use that term, so assume it also applies to edu accounts.

          It mainly relates to a user receiving an email or SMS with a unique code to get the deal and not by anybody else.

          • Nukkels on 07/01/2022 - 09:52

            @shellshocked: Don't they send a confirmation email to your valid edu email address? If so, then yeah, this is probably the same as a targeted deal.

        • Bedgrub on 07/01/2022 - 09:22

          Are you in some unique group of individuals who is denied any form of education?

          • Nukkels on 07/01/2022 - 09:49
            +1

            @Bedgrub: Yes. It's called the workforce :P

            • legs on 07/01/2022 - 10:07

              @Nukkels: Is everyone who gets these deals still studying?

              Or is it just the uni that I went to that stops student email access once you graduate?

              • Nukkels on 07/01/2022 - 10:27

                @legs: They're supposed to be… I fully support cheaper prices for students, so I'm not going to find some hack to get the same deals, especially if it means an actual student will miss out.

                My uni said they were going to give us a perpetual email address - 3 years later, they'd already reneged on it. I suspect some universities allows graduates (or dropouts I suppose) to keep their email though.

                • legs on 07/01/2022 - 10:42
                  +1

                  @Nukkels: I guess it makes sense to only keep student email for current students, although I'm sure each education provider has its own policy in that regard.

                  It's a shame this sort of deal isn't 'publicly' available though as many of the good laptop deals lately have been the lenovo student discount ones!

          • shellshocked on 07/01/2022 - 21:42

            @Bedgrub: I'm also assuming they don't have children at school who need laptops.

  • jonahmvp on 06/01/2022 - 18:52
    +2

    This, but with the 6800U later this year would be perfect

    • ChipsChicky on 06/01/2022 - 20:21

      whats the difference in 5800u and 6800u ?

      • killingtime on 06/01/2022 - 21:26
        +13

        1000

        • Flintz on 06/01/2022 - 22:58

          u

      • jonahmvp on 06/01/2022 - 22:16

        2x graphics performance

      • Detonator58 on 07/01/2022 - 03:35

        The 6800U will be using RDNA 2 architecture for its intergrated GPU. Will be much more powerful than the 5800U with its old Vega architecture.

      • bono on 07/01/2022 - 08:28

        6800u has a drm rootkit/spyware system built in - Microsoft Pluton with 'chip to cloud' security can be used to do anything on your system remotely such as enforce drm.

        Also 6800u about 10% faster cpu, but about double graphics performance so the onboard graphics will be around mx450 level.

  • ndftz on 06/01/2022 - 18:55

    currently overbid to win a grays auction for the slim i7 16gb 512mb model

    God now I hope it falls through

    OLED is amazing for linux terminals and IDE's and the ryzen performance would be awesome.

    But then the small issues you get on Fedora with this model might be a turnoff compared to their intel specs

    • Sam-js2 on 06/01/2022 - 21:02

      You mean you don't have a tiling WM (with gaps) and a semi-transparent terminal that reveals your either urban environment or anime wallpaper? Do you even r/unixporn?

      What are these Fedora issues you talk about? I'm genuinely curious because I will probably try grab the Ryzen 6000 version of this when it goes on sale. I'm running Fedora now on both a MacBook air and a Desktop both using intel, power management and sleep are super hit and miss on the laptop but everything else is pretty good. Do you just mean drivers for the fingerprint reader and wifi being propriety or is there something more?

      Internet brings up usual (profanity) that is secure boot but I always just turn off and encrypt my disk, don't know if there is anything else?

      Probably good to be aware than 6000 series introduces Microsoft Pluton (Pluto?) microprocessor into the silicon, essentially TPM+++ integrated into the AMD SOC, in addition to PSP and all that "trusted computing" stuff, probably going to be an absolute nightmare for Linux especially if they insist on the over the air updates they have been hinting at, and they could end up happening below the OS level.

      • tchcrat on 07/01/2022 - 11:38

        S2idle is still being worked on. So most any linux distro will have trouble sleeping/waking up etc, if you are used work-close-carry-open-work many times a day the it will be bit of a bummer until the fix is mainlined. Also the realtek Wlan+BT module used in this model is still on it's way to mainline. So you have to rely on a usb wlan dongle to manually install the driver unless you want to swap out the wlan module for a intel ac2*0.

        See my extensive findings in an earlier post here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/661845

  • ChickenDinner123 on 06/01/2022 - 18:58

    How bigly is batterylife? Does the oled murder it?

    • ndftz on 06/01/2022 - 19:12

      if used well OLED would save it.

      black themes, low contrast, solid black wallpaper etc

      • Johnmac37 on 07/01/2022 - 01:34

        In reality OLED on laptops tanks battery life, especially at high brightness. In a worst case scenario it can halve battery life.

    • shellshocked on 06/01/2022 - 19:23
      +1

      Independent reviews average about 11hrs of office, browsing etc. Of course this would depend on your own settings for the laptop.

    • bono on 06/01/2022 - 19:51

      In theory this should have a lot of battery, but in practise I am lucky to get 4 hours.

      I run it at 90hz, and usually 2/3 or full brightness depending on ambient brightness. I am using dark theme which should save battery for OLED. I also swapped the SSD to a Samsung 970 EVO plus 2Tb which may consume marginally more power maybe?

      Overall it's a great laptop which I'm very happy with, but the battery life is not all that. There's also a bit of chassis flex where the screen connects which makes some creaking noises, however everything is still rigid and strong.

      Feel free to ask any questions if you like.

      • ChickenDinner123 on 06/01/2022 - 20:01

        Oh wow, that is horrendous. Are you doing intensive tasks or just normal web browsing and office working?

        • bono on 06/01/2022 - 20:09

          Reasonably intensive yes, software development with VMs and quite a lot of things open. However I didn't really notice much longer when using for media consumption.

      • shellshocked on 06/01/2022 - 20:22

        Is your configuration exactly the same as the one posted in this deal or different? Additionally what mode have you set the laptop to?

        • bono on 06/01/2022 - 20:48

          Hi mate

          It's identical, the only difference is I swapped the SSD to a Samsung 970 EVO plus 2Tb.

          • bono on 06/01/2022 - 21:15

            @bono: And the power mode is battery saving.

      • tchcrat on 07/01/2022 - 11:45

        Host OS is Linux or still with Windows Home?

        If linux what does the powertop say?

        Mathematically a 60wh battery can get you 4 hours if you are running fulltime at 15w tdp disregarding the consumption of all other electronics including the screen. But that is not the use case any mobile device is designed for. The CPU/GPU/WLAN+BT radio/storage are the key contributors. No laptop will give a 10 hour battery life if used for full time compilation or rendering workloads. The whole idea behind these batterylife figures is idle-idle-idle. Package-C-state S2Idle S3 etc

  • justtoreply on 06/01/2022 - 19:05

    What are these worth on the store?
    Yoga 6
    Yoga 7 gen 6
    Yoga 7i

  • Jacko1235 on 06/01/2022 - 19:13

    This would be an amazing return to school/uni laptop

  • SteatoLegato on 06/01/2022 - 19:38

    If only this was touch screen

    • bono on 06/01/2022 - 19:56

      I know right, the touch screen in a matt with 32G and this would be basically perfect!

      • AussieMark on 06/01/2022 - 22:25

        $100-150 extra if you add touch screen

    • noobshoes on 06/01/2022 - 19:57
      +1

      Is it not? I thought that was what yoga meant

      • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 20:01

        There is a touch option. I have it. I also have the mx450 video card option (to play Diablo 3).
        You'll have to speak with a rep to negotiate a similar build. Both upgrades should cost no more than $250, bringing this laptop to just under $2k fully kitted out. That is what I did.

        • bono on 06/01/2022 - 20:06

          OMG wish I had realised it's available in Australia I thought that was only overseas!

        • bono on 06/01/2022 - 20:09

          What battery life duration do you get?

          • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 20:25

            @bono: I haven't tested it out because I leave it on 60 percent as suggested by the built in lenovo vantage software. I think it's estimated at about 3 to 4 hours at 60 percent. Realistically probably 6 hours SOT with average use.

            • bono on 06/01/2022 - 20:27

              @shiny1: Thanks, thats more realistic to what I'm seeing.. 11 hours as shellshocked mentioned is nowhere near realistic

      • Danneo on 06/01/2022 - 20:04

        Does anyone know if storage is expandable for the Lenovo 2in1 as in is there an extra slot for ssd like the slim? Or is the 2in1 different, couldn’t really find any info on this

    • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 20:01

      There is. Just talk to a rep.

  • congo on 06/01/2022 - 20:32

    Can you rotate the screen all the way 360?
    If so, it be good to buy for media consumption instead of the iPad Pro.

    • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 20:41

      No, 180 flat only. Would've been nice to be able to do 360, though.

      • yannyrjl on 06/01/2022 - 21:19

        thanks for the info, some only open up to like 130 - 140 which makes putting on some stands to prop up difficult, 180 is much better !!

  • EarlyBird on 06/01/2022 - 20:37

    Which gen is this?

    • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 20:42
      +1

      With these specs, I think lenovo called it gen 6.

  • ocyrion on 06/01/2022 - 20:53
    +2

    Have one of these as well after originally buying a Slim 7 Pro OLED. Don't bother with the MX450, it's double the performance at most (coming from a pretty low performing base with the 5800U), at the expense of heat. It also uses 5W minimum constantly (according to hwinfo) unless you disable it in BIOS.

    Battery wise I charged it and then went on a holiday, used for 3 days, probably totalling 4 hours screen on over 6 hours or so, and the battery had 40% left. The screen does shut off pretty quickly on battery though. My guess is probably ~8 hours of browsing or MS Office only. The OLED is worth the battery penalty because it's beautiful, but I would prefer if the screen were matte as it is quite reflective.

    Performance wise it's good, CB20 single core of 525-550 and ~3600 multicore on extreme performance (25W, intelligent cooling maxes out at 18W).

    Super light-weight unit, have a bit of a creak/pop from the hinge cover when the laptop warms up. The hinges themselves seem fine. Speakers are great for a laptop and I prefer this keyboard to the Slim 7 Pro as well (mine had a faulty space bar as well as some other clacky keys).

    One other thing, Windows 11 is crap so I installed Win10 with no issues.

    • shiny1 on 06/01/2022 - 20:56

      I actually don't mind win11. You also forgot to note (imo) its most important draw, which is how light it is. 1kg is truly awesome

      • ocyrion on 06/01/2022 - 21:08

        Yeah 1077g is pretty sweet, that's the main draw card. But I came from an Asus ultralight that was 960g :)

        Another word on the MX450 - my Slim 7 Pro got uncomfortably hot on the keyboard with it, so again, I wouldn't bother getting one of those as it'll kill the battery life even further.

        Couldn't get used to the right click drop-down menus in Win11 was the main reason. Amazing how something pretty similar can feel so unfamiliar?

        • bono on 06/01/2022 - 21:23

          Wow we have travelled a very similar path to this machine!

          I came from an Asus ultralight at the same weight, and originally ordered the slim 7 pro, however when I saw this popup on sale on singles day I cancelled that and ordered this instead. Sounds like I was lucky with the issues you mentioned.

          Then I also run win 10 on mine! I'm glad I didn't get the MX450 from what you say, though in my use I am constrained by the 16G and using onboard graphics consumes a few gig so there's only around 14 really.

          • ocyrion on 06/01/2022 - 21:25

            @bono: Good move - I've sent the Slim 7 Pro back and just waiting for them to do their bit. It was a nicer looking machine in the slate grey but I prefer the Carbon overall.

            True that but you can set the integrated graphics to 512MB in the BIOS. Everything seemed to run OK on 512MB, I always thought the VRAM was dynamically allocated but perhaps not.

            Now I see these 6800Us coming in Feb, but given how long it took the 5800U to become available, I suspect the 6800U will be vapourware until at least mid year so no regrets grabbing this thing.

            • bono on 06/01/2022 - 21:31

              @ocyrion: Thanks for the tip re the BIOS, will do!

              Did you see the 6x series is coming with a hardware rootkit/spyware/drm system built onboard the processor called Microsoft Pluton. Personally I'm glad to get this generation and will probably keep my current systems much longer because of it!

              Also 6800u seems like it won't be much faster for processor maybe 10%, though the GPU is about double performance if that matters to you.

              • ocyrion on 06/01/2022 - 21:35

                @bono: CPU might pick up 10-15% on multicore and maybe 10% on single core given the higher boost? It's a 28W CPU though, these are 15W (at 18W on intelligent cooling and 25W on extreme performance) so I expect battery life would take a hit? Who knows!

                GPU is definitely appealing, but I can't really see myself gaming on a 14" laptop though. That being said, 90Hz is really sweet on this. I tried the Talos Principle and Quake 3 Arena at 90Hz for a laugh, I understand why people like high refresh screens now. OLEDs are really quick, pixel transition time is awesome. I would note though that the text isn't as sharp as an IPS screen but I'm adjusting to it.

    • AussieMark on 07/01/2022 - 11:59

      Oh shiiet it's the one and only ocyrion!

      My best buddy in the world. My Lenovo twin

      • ocyrion on 07/01/2022 - 14:23

        LOL yes, Carbon bros!

  • sav11 on 06/01/2022 - 22:06

    RAM is soldered :( do they have a spec option of 32GB RAM?

    • virtual81 on 07/01/2022 - 08:54
      +1

      Good question…
      Is it soldered as a single channel or dual channel config?

    • shiny1 on 07/01/2022 - 10:47
      +1

      No I don't think there is. 16 Max iirc

  • andgucps on 06/01/2022 - 23:43
    +4

    Excellent laptop, I have this. Would remark that for casual youtube watching, web browsing and light use (not work related) I get easily 8-10 hours battery life. Very quiet, low heat, very light weight.

    Amazing screen. Not just the 90Hz refresh rate, considering I have a 165Hz monitor- but the fact that it is OLED and has almost no response time/ghosting means that it is so so smooth. And the colours, so accurately calibrated, fabulous brightness (500 nits!!).

    8c 16gb ram, 512gb ssd is way overkill with what I do with it already.

    No touchscreen, which I miss- but apparently hear that the touch layer adds a visible digitiser and 'grain' to the glossy screen so happy either way.

    Also should mention that 'Cloud Grey' is really just a silver that is very similar to other silver laptops and hardly 'grey'.

  • virtual81 on 07/01/2022 - 08:53
    +1

    Fingerprint Reader
    No Fingerprint Reader

    So which is it?

    • shellshocked on 07/01/2022 - 09:27
      +1

      It's a copy and paste from their website and Ozbargain doesn't format it correctly. It doesn't come with a Fingerprint reader or mobile broadband.

      • AussieMark on 07/01/2022 - 12:01
        +2

        Mine came with fingerprints after I used it for awhile

        Bada boom….

        I'll show myself out. Dad joke complete

  • t3m on 09/01/2022 - 23:33

    I just chat with Lenovo staff. Apparently, this model is out of stock. So, they offer me a similar spec below (cheaper too). Is this one below BETTER? 8 weeks shipping though.

    Total (inc. GST)$1,556.10

    System Specs:
    Country/Region : Australia
    Processor : AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800HS Creator Edition (8C / 16T, 3.2 / 4.4GHz, 4MB L2 / 16MB L3)
    Operating System : Windows 11 Home 64
    Operating System Language : Windows 11 Home 64 English
    Microsoft Productivity Software : Microsoft Office Trial
    Memory : 16 GB Soldered LPDDR4x-4266
    Solid State Drive : 512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe
    Display : 14.0" 2.8K (2880x1800) OLED 400nits Glossy, 90Hz, DCI-P3 100%, HDR 500 True Black, Glass, Dolby Vision
    Graphic Card : NVIDIA® GeForce® MX450 2GB GDDR6
    Camera : 720p + IR + ToF
    Microphone : 2x, Array
    Colour : Slate Grey
    Keyboard : Backlit, English
    Wireless : 802.11AX (2x2) & Bluetooth® 5.1
    Surface Treatment : Anodising Sandblasting
    Palmrest : Al
    Battery : Integrated 61Wh
    Power Cord : 95W USB-C (3-pin)
    Language Pack : Publication-English
    Security Software : None
    Warranty : 1 Year Depot

    • AussieMark on 10/01/2022 - 00:37

      how much they offering it for

      New lenovo's + chips just annouced a few days ago at CES, so will be available in March.

      • t3m on 10/01/2022 - 18:33

        $1556

        • AussieMark on 11/01/2022 - 01:11

          thats a pretty good price.

          Although i cannot see the difference between what you posted above and what I have?

          Apart from we get 1 year warranty where they pick it up

    • Nukkels on 10/01/2022 - 09:25

      The OP is a lightweight laptop at about 1kg. I'd be surprised if yours was less than 2kg as it's a full powered CPU, with accompanying heatsink.

      • t3m on 10/01/2022 - 18:35

        1.38kg - Yoga Slim 7 Pro 14" - AMD

    • gilbert151 on 13/02/2022 - 20:13

      Pretty decent might try to order one myself

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