Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon Review

Idan ya zo ga litattafan rubutu na bakin ciki da masu nauyi, layin Lenovo's ThinkPad Carbon abin wasa ne, amma waɗancan kwamfyutocin carbon-fiber ultraportable an taƙaita su ga masu amfani da kasuwanci. Carbon Lenovo Slim 7i ($ 1,119 kamar yadda aka gwada) yana kawo wannan siriri, ginin haske zuwa ƙaramin tsarin mabukaci. Dan uwan ​​​​inci 13.3 zuwa 14-inch, AMD na tushen Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon, Slim 7i yana ba da aikin Intel Core i7 mai ƙarfi, kayan alatu kamar nunin masana'anta (duk da cewa ba allo na OLED na Slim 7 ba. Carbon), har ma da tashar USB-C don ba ku ƙarin tashoshin jiragen ruwa da za ku iya ɓacewa akan wasu tsarin. Zai iya amfani da ƙarin gogewa a wurare kamar kyamarar gidan yanar gizo mafi kyau ko tsawon rayuwar batir, amma gabaɗaya, ƙoƙari ne mai ƙarfi mai ƙarfi, idan ba a cikin babban matakin ba.

Carbon Mai Mabukaci: Zane-zanen Ultralight

Carbon Slim 7i da aka gwada anan yana da na'ura ta 12th Generation Core i7-1260P (Cores Performance guda hudu, Ingantattun cores guda takwas, zaren 16), 16GB na ƙwaƙwalwar LPDDR5, 512GB mai ƙarfi-jihar drive, da Intel Iris Xe hadedde graphics. Samfurin gwajin mu na $1,119 yana samuwa daga Walmart (da sauran dillalai, a farashi daban-daban); Lenovo baya bayar da zaɓin sanyi da yawa don Slim 7i Carbon idan kun saya kai tsaye daga Lenovo.com. A can, ko da yake, ku iya sami shi da 1TB SSD akan ƙarin $100.

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Carbon Slim 7i yana samun sunansa daga kayan da ke sama da murfi, tare da aerospace-grade magnesium-aluminum gami don chassis. Yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi sauƙi ultraportables za ku samu a kawai 2.17 fam, duk da girmansa na 0.58 by 11.9 by 8.1 inci (HWD). Babban mai fafatawa, Apple MacBook Air M2, yana da girma iri ɗaya amma kusan rabin fam ya fi nauyi.

Allon tabawa na 13.3-inch Lenovo PureSight ya haɗu da ƙudurin 2,560-by-1,600-pixel tare da ƴan abubuwan da ba za ku samu ba a yawancin haɗin gwiwar mabukaci. Ya zo masana'anta-calibrated don babban launi daidai daidai daga cikin akwatin kuma yana alfahari da 90Hz maimakon ƙimar farfadowa na 60Hz na yau da kullun. Sauran fasalulluka sun fi kowa yawa, kamar ƙaramar 16:10 al'amari rabo da ƙwararriyar ƙarancin haske mai shuɗi.

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Kamar yadda aka ambata, Slim 7i yana amfani da kwamiti na IPS maimakon fasahar OLED mai ɗorewa na 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon na Lenovo. Duk da yake wannan ba mai warware ma'amala ba ne, zaɓi ne mai ban sha'awa idan aka ba da haɓakar nunin OLED a cikin manyan abubuwan da za a iya ɗauka kamar Dell XPS 13 Plus da HP Specter x360 13.5.

Carbon Slim 7i yana da maɓalli mai kyau, wanda bai yi ƙasa da yadda kuke tsammani daga Lenovo ba, kodayake idan aka kwatanta gefe-da-gefe da, ka ce, Lenovo ThinkPad Z13, tsarin mabukaci yana jin matsakaicin matsakaici. faifan taɓawa da kyamarar gidan yanar gizo na 720p sun buga bayanin kula iri ɗaya-masu isa sosai, amma ba mai ban sha'awa ba kamar yadda kuke tsammani idan aka ba da layin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da alamar farashin.

Zaɓin Port Port Slimmed-Down

Idan ya zo ga tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Lenovo, babu abin da za a faɗa. A gefen dama na tsarin akwai tashar USB 3.2 Type-C guda ɗaya, tare da maɓallin wuta da maɓallin sirrin kyamarar gidan yanar gizo.

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A gefen hagu, akwai tashar USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 guda ɗaya. Idan kuna buƙatar ƙarin haɗin gwiwa, kamar na na'urar duba HDMI ko na'urar ajiyar Nau'in-A USB, kuna buƙatar cibiya ko tashar jirgin ruwa.

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Abin godiya, Lenovo yana ba da tashar USB-C mai tashar jiragen ruwa huɗu wanda ke ba ku ƙarin ƙarin haɗin gwiwa ciki har da HDMI, USB 3.0 Type-A, jack audio, da (mamaki, mamaki) VGA. Da na fi son wani abu kamar tashar jiragen ruwa na Ethernet, amma ina tsammanin wannan nasara ce ga masu tattara kayan tarihi a cikin masu sauraro, ko masu hana ɗakunan taro waɗanda ke iya buƙatar sabunta fasaha.

Dangane da haɗin kai mara waya, Carbon Slim 7i an sanye shi da Wi-Fi 6E da Bluetooth 5.1.

Gwajin Carbon Lenovo Slim 7i: Ƙarfin Maɗaukaki Mai Sauƙi

Don kwatancen ma'auni na mu, mun haɗu da Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon a kan sauran ultraportables da aka ambata a sama, gami da manyan ƴan wasa kamar Apple MacBook Air M2, da Dell XPS 13 Plus, da HP Specter x360 13.5 mai canzawa.

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Wuri na ƙarshe ya tafi AMD na tushen Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon da muka gwada a farkon wannan shekara. Kodayake IdeaPad yana da ƙaramin allo mafi girma, ƙirar Lenovo duo gabaɗaya da ƙayyadaddun bayanai iri ɗaya ne, yana mai da wannan kyakkyawan gwaji don sanin wane dangin mai sarrafawa ya fi kyau.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami

Babban ma'auni na UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwaya nau'ikan samarwa na duniya iri-iri da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ɗawainiyar ɗaiɗaikun ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, maɓalli, binciken yanar gizo, da taron bidiyo. Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwajin PCMark 10's Full System Drive don tantance lokacin lodi da kayan aiki na ma'ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka.

Ma'auni guda uku suna mayar da hankali kan CPU, ta yin amfani da duk abin da ke akwai da kuma zaren zaren, don ƙididdige dacewar PC don yawan aikin sarrafawa. Maxon's Cinebench R23 yana amfani da injin Cinema 4D na wannan kamfani don yin fage mai rikitarwa, yayin da Primate Labs' Geekbench 5.4 Pro ke kwaikwayon shahararru. apps kama daga fassarar PDF da fahimtar magana zuwa koyon injin. A ƙarshe, muna amfani da buɗaɗɗen tushen bidiyo transcoder HandBrake 1.4 don canza shirin bidiyo na mintuna 12 daga ƙudurin 4K zuwa 1080p (ƙananan lokutan sun fi kyau).

Gwajin aikin mu na ƙarshe shine Puget Systems'PugetBench don Photoshop, wanda ke amfani da Creative Cloud sigar 22 na sanannen editan hoto na Adobe don kimanta aikin PC don ƙirƙirar abun ciki da aikace-aikacen multimedia. Tsawaita ce ta atomatik wanda ke aiwatar da ayyuka na gaba ɗaya da GPU-gazazzafar ayyukan Photoshop da suka kama daga buɗewa, juyawa, sake girman hoto, da adana hoto zuwa amfani da abin rufe fuska, cika gradient, da masu tacewa.

Carbon Slim 7i ya ci gaba da tafiya tare da mafi kyawun ultraportables da muka gani, yana sanya maki kwatankwacinsu a cikin PCMark 10 da Cinebench kuma kawai daƙiƙai kaɗan daga taki a HandBrake. Har ma ta sami lambar azurfa a Geekbench. Sakamakon shine inji wanda ya fi ƙarfin isa ga yawan aiki na ofis da amfanin gida gabaɗaya har ma da samar da hasken watsa labarai-halitta da-gyara ayyukan aiki.

Gwajin Zane

Muna gwada zane-zanen Windows PCs tare da simintin wasan kwaikwayo na DirectX 12 guda biyu daga UL's 3DMark gwajin suite: Night Raid (mafi girman kai, dacewa da kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci tare da haɗe-haɗen zane), da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali).

Muna kuma gudanar da gwaje-gwaje guda biyu daga madaidaicin madaidaicin GPU na GFXBench 5, wanda ke jaddada ƙananan ayyukan yau da kullun kamar rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto mai kama da wasa. Gwajin 1440p Aztec Ruins da 1080p Car Chase gwaje-gwaje, wanda aka yi a waje don ɗaukar ƙudurin nuni daban-daban, zane-zanen motsa jiki da ƙididdige inuwa ta amfani da ƙirar shirye-shiryen OpenGL da tessellation na hardware bi da bi. Yawancin firam ɗin a sakan daya (fps), mafi kyau.

Carbon Slim 7i fiye ko žasa ya dace da sauran kwamfyutocin da Intel Iris Xe hadedde graphics, amma akwai wasu fitattun bambance-bambance idan aka kwatanta da Apple M2 da AMD Radeon graphics na MacBook Air da IdeaPad Slim 7 bi da bi. Babban bambanci ya kasance a cikin GFXBench, inda Apple ya jagoranci fakitin ta wani yanki mai girman gaske, kodayake babu ɗayan waɗannan na'urorin da aka mayar da hankali kan haɓakawa da zai gamsar da 'yan wasan hardcore.

Gwajin Baturi da Nuni

Muna gwada rayuwar batirin kwamfyutocin ta hanyar kunna fayil ɗin bidiyo na 720p da aka adana a cikin gida (fim ɗin Blender mai buɗewa). Hawayen Karfe) tare da hasken nuni a 50% da ƙarar sauti a 100%. Muna tabbatar da cikakken cajin baturi kafin gwajin, tare da kashe Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai.

Har ila yau, muna amfani da Datacolor SpyderX Elite Monitor calibration firikwensin da software don auna jikewar launi na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka - nawa kashi na sRGB, Adobe RGB, da DCI-P3 launi gamuts ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa - da 50% da haske mafi girma a ciki. nits (candelas da murabba'in mita).

Carbon Slim 7i na iya yin fice a wasu wurare, amma rayuwar baturi ba ɗaya ba ce. Mai ɗaukar hoto ya share alamar sa'o'i takwas kuma ya wuce XPS 13 Plus da ɗan gajeren lokaci amma ya faɗi sa'o'i a bayan mafi yawan injina. Idan kuna shirin amfani da siriri kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka don aiki ko makaranta, ƙila za ku so ku kawo adaftar wutar lantarki. Nunin sa kuma yana tafiya daidai a cikin launi da haske; Ba mu yi tsammanin zai fi kyawu masu ban sha'awa na OLED na Dell, HP, da Slim 7 Carbon ba, amma kuma ya gaza ga MacBook Air na tushen IPS.

Wannan ya ce, allon yana alfahari da daidaiton launi na kayan masarufi da matsakaicin matsakaicin 90Hz don sake kunnawa mai santsi. Idan waɗancan ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun bayanai sun burge ku don amfani da su wajen ƙirƙirar abun ciki na dijital ko kallon bidiyo, yana da kyau a yi la'akari.

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Hukuncin: Mai ƙarfi kuma Mai ƙima

Carbon Slim 7i na Lenovo yana haɗa mafi kyawun ƙirar kasuwanci tare da ingantaccen aiki da fasali masu ban sha'awa kamar nunin masana'anta na 90Hz. Yana ci gaba da mafi kyawun ultraportables akan kasuwa kuma yana yin shi tare da salon da ba a bayyana ba. Muna da ɗan kishi cewa ba shi da allo na OLED kuma muna fatan ya sami tsawon rayuwar batir, amma ƙarancin nauyin Carbon da ƙarfi ya sa ya zama abin maraba ga filin wasa mai ɗaukar nauyi.