Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 Laptop: 14.5" 2.8k 120hz OLED, Ryzen AI 9 365, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD $1841.09 Delivered @ Lenovo Education Store

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Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition (15", Gen 9) 15.3" 2.8K 120Hz IPS Touch, Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V, 32 GB LPDDR5X, 1 TB SSD $1,932.40
Yoga Slim 7x (14", Gen 9) 14.5" 3K 90Hz OLED Touch, Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-78-100, 16 GB LPDDR5X, 512 GB SSD $1,781.19
Yoga Slim 7x (14", Gen 9) 14.5" 3K 90Hz OLED Touch, Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-78-100, 32 GB LPDDR5X, 1 TB SSD $1,916.19

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  • +8

    Strix Point my beloved.

    Core Ultras and SD can get tf outta here.

    • Depends on your use case.

      From memory there was a chart with Intel and Qualcomm on the ends and AMD in the middle.

      For the life of me I can’t seem to find that article/video. It was very well presented.

      But yes if you don’t need those edge cases then the AMD is the goto. Does a little bit of both Intel and Qualcomm but doesn’t outright lead.

      • Ordered Core Ultra for the touchscreen

    • +1

      As a n00b to laptop hardware… whut?

      • +5

        Basically saying, when it comes to thin & light laptops, go AMD, ignore Intel & Snapdragon, that's my two cents me thinks.

        • +1

          Thank you!

          • +5

            @RaijnAU: Core Ultra 200 series laptops are better for general use than AMD's Strix Point. It provides considerably better battery life and better graphics performance but for heavier multi-threaded workloads, AMD's Strix Point laptops beat the Core Ultra 200 series considerably. So if you do a lot of photo editing, video editing, light rendering work etc, AMD's offering is better but for a person who's just looking to browse the web, watch Netflix, write and edit documents, Intel's Core Ultra 200 series is the best there is. And that's not to say that Intell's offering can't do photo, video, rendering work either. It can, it's just not AS good as AMD's Strix Point. For most people, Intel's offering is the better pick.

            • @Sanitygone: Thanks for the detailed response!

              My scenario is the standard use case plus coding and maybe the odd game if it'll get away with it.

              Chop up the odd 4k movie at most.

            • @Sanitygone: I'm debating the Intel for the bigger screen but it seems losing OLED is a big deal?

              Also, can anyone see the weight and dimensions of this laptop?

              • @RaijnAU: I think if touchscreen and battery life is not important to you, than AMD and OLED is the choice for you.

              • +1

                @RaijnAU: I'd recommend watching this video by Dave2D on the Intel laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STpFf-cdCSM

                The LCD screen on the Intel Laptop is already pretty great. The thing about OLED screens on laptops is that they reduce your battery life by 2-3 hours so personally, I'd go with the Intel offering considering that the screen is already great. However if you really do want the OLED experience, then go for the AMD option. The laptop is 1.46kg and is 13.9mm thin.

                According to Lenovo: Dimensions (W x D x H). 343.8 x 235.4 x 13.9 mm.

                • +1

                  @Sanitygone: Thank you!!

                  That was a great video. I do enjoy a larger display with a light chassis so it seems like the best choice.

                  I'll decide whether to bite the bullet now or try for BF sales.

    • +1

      love me some AMD, but I got my old man a snapdragon Surface Laptop as his workload is light and battery is a big factor for him. Can say he is quite satisfied.

  • +1

    Own one, can vouch for it.
    Great unit.

    • How are you finding the battery life for general day to day ?

      • would love to know as well!

      • +1

        Use it mostly hooked in to a docking station or directly into a monitor via usbc, and I turn it off at the end of the day.
        Very rarely on battery, so can't really comment on the battery life, but performance wise it is A+, can handle 500k rows of excel, multiple heavy duty applications.
        The build is great, the screen is gorgeous.
        And I got it from the JBHIFI price error - ~1.6k mark.
        Even at 1.8k, it is a good buy.

        • +1

          hehe damn your one of the ones that got the price error, mine got cancelled :( .. glad it's been going well for you!

          • +2

            @scud70: Actually, I'm one of the ones who was able to price beat the price error, I got it for $1614 from Officeworks, used discounted GCs and Flybuy Dollars.
            For the price, I think I got a great deal :)

            • +1

              @HHH-888: you sure did… yeh i assumed it was price match thing otherwise all of the JB ones got cancelled… was hoping to get some real user info on the battery because the reviews have it worse than som Ai 9 370 laptops which doesn't make sense (similar battery size and OLED) … so was wondering if Lenovo messed something up with the power management.

              Anyway thanks for the feedback :)

    • Is this a solid bargain for this size and spec machine? I'm wondering whether I bite the bullet or hold out.

      • It’s a good unit, at this price point it is as good as it gets in the windows os.

      • Stay away from all Yoga. They have the hinge issue. Google for it. Essentially the laptop breaks apart at the hinges. Lenovo knows this but has not done anything about it.

  • -5

    All these deals seem bad compared to the legendary Zenbook deal that officeworks honored

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/869410

    • which lasted 20 minutes…

    • -1

      ok time traveller

  • I'm about to start studying a new course. Can anyone convince me if it's worth it to return the Macbook Air 13" M3 that I got for $1700 for one of these?

    • +3

      This one will have quite notably worse battery life, but I guess it depends on if you like windows or Mac in the end

      • I am quite used to windows but I think I can tolerate MacOS, a bad battery life would be a pretty annoying thing to deal with though.

        • Maybe wait for lunar Lake laptops to become more mainstream and cheaper if you can wait. I'm personally waiting for a 268v 2 in 1 with an oled screen. Don't mind if it's 60hz.

        • Keep the air. I made the jump from a Lenovo Yoga7i 15" (i7 1165G7) to a 15" M2, and it's fantastic. You get used to macOS pretty quickly. The grass is certainly greener (for the most part).

          • +1

            @heef: thanks for the input! I think I'll be keeping the air indeed

    • +1

      The MacBook would be better for study I presume, although more RAM in these so if you multi task with multiple PDFs, a bunch of browser tabs and Photoshop or something then you would be better off with this?

    • Most important is app compatibility. if you don't need any apps that runs on windows only or offered for free on windows only, then Mac should be OK.

    • Yoga laptops suffer from hinge issue. The laptop hinges break within few years. Google for it.
      Macbook Air is much better.

  • thats a spicy meatball!

  • In what way is this better than a MacBook? Just software compatibility?

    • +1

      They're a completely different OS. So very few people would generally be considering both.

      Otherwise the answer depends entirely on which M chip you're considering. The base one is less powerful but a more efficient. The higher end ones are more powerful but I'm not sure if they're more efficient. And they're more expensive.

      • -3

        The base m4 is noticeably faster in single core and multi core compared to the ai365

    • -1

      Compared to base m4 mbp which is roughly the same price on edu store
      +more ram/storage
      +app compatibility (including games)

      -worse single core/multicore performance compared to m4
      -worse battery life
      -worse gpu than the m4

      The debatable ones:
      Mini led vs oled
      macOS vs windows

  • +6

    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V

    Ryzen AI 9 365

    What happened to processor names.. so weird now

    • +1

      They’re becoming the new monitors!

    • +1

      Thank goodness it has Ai tho

      • +2

        The AI takes a day off during leap years.

    • +1

      Sowing the seeds of confusion. They want you to think everything is new, and not compare on speed.

      Dunno who is worse - AMD for rebranding their old Zen3 cores in mobile with numbers that make them look like a new product. Or Intel, for rebranding their Atom line as "E" cores.

      • +3

        I think Intel is worse because they had a naming convention I could understand and they ruined it, AMD hasn't had one to date that I fully understood or want too.

        • +2

          Yeah, I suspect the marketing dept has taken over naming from the engineering dept.

          I look forward to my next Ryzen® Ultra™ AI Core™ Max Pro® 365 247 chip ;-)

          Oddly enough, Mac has gone in the opposite direction: M1…M4

  • Good deal…

    Whats the catch?

    • +1

      The hinges which break apart. Its a known issue.

  • +2

    Ended up pulling the trigger on this one thanks OP.

    So many good recent deals, but none ticked all the boxes to upgrade my xps 13 from 3 years ago.

    Maybe the battery life isn’t as good on this, even the aura 7i seems to have a bit better and is called out great for video editing - but hoping this is a good purchase for another 3 years

    • Google for the Yoga Hinge issue. They fall apart.

  • Don't have access to EDU store :(

    • +1

      They have a commercial store as well if you have an ABN you get access to that

      • +1

        Not on sale on the commercial store :(

  • Any solid information on igpu on the 880m and arc 140v

    wondering to get this + parsec vs gaming laptop

    • 5 to 10 more frames in titles at 1080p from what I've seen (in Intel's favour). Although if past experience with Radeon GPUs is considered, it's likely they will improve with updates.

      • do you have source? most are either saying biased intel benchmarks other is the intel benchmarks

  • I would love this laptop, except that the AMD version seems to have lost the touch screen.

  • +2

    I've had the Snapdragon one for a few months. Very great. Hoping some more apps get Snapdragon support soon, but thankfully the existing support is already quite good, I haven't felt too limited.

  • +1

    the fan noise is very annoying.

    • Interesting. I have a previous gen Yoga Pro 7X and it is silent unless under extremely heavy loads.

  • Will anywhere price match this?

  • +2

    As a non-student with a full time job, I feel discriminated against :(

    • +7

      yet students dream about the kind of $ earned by people with a FT job and career

      • +2

        Then realise how much work they have to put in and wish they were a student again…

        • +1

          the gra$$ is always greener…

  • +1

    What is the deal with an education store that has you put in a school email account, say you're a "high school student" and then will not let you progress unless you tick "I'm over 18 years old" . DUH… not possible Farkwits.

  • Any way to hack/fool/get EDU pricing as not the same deal on commercial nor normal :(

    • +1

      I opened a chat on their store, and told them I am studying an online course (I actually am), but don't have a .edu email to use the education store.

      They offered me the Slim 7i Aura edition for 2151, with 3.3% cashrewards it brings the price down to $2080.

      YMMV

      • Thank you! I found a nephew with an EDU email. Got the same model as battery life and editing beat out the AMD version for me! Appreciate the reply and hopefully helps someone else

  • +3

    BF will be better deals of course

    • +2

      Agreed, it's only a few weeks away. Unless something is a true bargain, my wallet is closed.

  • +1

    I was going to purchase this as it's a good deal but in the end I'll still get the MacBook air bc of its higher resell value

  • +1

    Now it works out cheaper if you get it from the Lenovo store with 16% cashback (topCashback)

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