Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X Review

Lub ntiaj teb ntawm portable 13- thiab 14-nti laptops yog hyper-competitive nyob rau hauv 2022, tab sis lub Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X (pib ntawm $ 1,254.99; $ 1,599.99 raws li kev sim) tswj kom sawv tawm. Lub blistering Ryzen 9 processor coj txoj hauv kev hauv peb cov qauv, txhawb nqa los ntawm 32GB ntawm RAM, 1TB SSD, thiab txawm tias Nvidia RTX 3050 GPU. Qhov tom kawg yog qhov tsawg ntawm qhov loj me, muab cov duab kos duab raug cai hauv 14-nti lub cev, uas cov neeg sib tw tsis muaj. Ob peb ntawm kev txiav-ntug cov yam ntxwv yuav ploj mus, tab sis qhov tseeb ntawm Slim 7 Pro X yog tus nqi zoo dua li feem ntau ntawm cov kev xaiv, tau txais ib qho khoom plig 'Choice ntawm ultraportables.

Slim, Khoom, thiab Npaj rau Txoj Kev

Tus tsim ntawm no muab raws nraim qhov koj xav kom pom los ntawm lub cev lub npe. Qhov no yog ib tug trim, compact laptop uas tsuas zoo li nws yog npaj txhij mus nqa thiab coj mus rau txoj kev. Qhov ntawd yog qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj yog xav txog nws cov khoom zoo nkauj sab hauv, tab sis peb yuav tau txais mus rau cov me ntsis tom qab.

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Txhawm rau ua kom pom tseeb ntawm kev tsim, nws ntsuas 0.63 los ntawm 12.92 los ntawm 8.72 ntiv tes - qhov tseeb tiag! Nws kuj ntsuas 3.2 phaus, uas tej zaum yuav yog qhov kov siab dua li qhov koj xav tau thaum saib nws hneev taw, tab sis qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom hnyav dua thiab lawv cov thermals uas yuav tsum tau ua. Nws tseem yog super-portable tag nrho, thiab feem ntau xav tias zoo tsim. Tus tsim yog tej zaum me ntsis yooj yim piv rau qee qhov kev xaiv hwm zoo li Dell XPS 13 Plus lossis HP Spectre x360 13.5, tab sis cov txhuas tsim tseem muaj zog.

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Ntxiv nrog rau qhov loj me, cov zaub yog ib qho ntawm lub laptop no tus hero nta. Nws ntsuas 14.5 nti diagonally, nteg tawm hauv 16:10 nam piv. Qhov kev daws teeb meem "3K" yog li qhov tsis tshua muaj 3,072 los ntawm 1,920 pixels, uas zoo li tus neeg.

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Nws yog IPS vaj huam sib luag, kov tau qhib, thiab txawm tias boasts 120Hz refresh npaum li cas. Xws li ib tug feature tau ib txwm tseg rau gaming tshuab (siab refresh tus nqi yuav pom ntau nyob rau hauv-game thav duab ib ob, uas ua rau gameplay saib thiab zoo li smoother), tab sis nws yog pib tshwm nyob rau hauv ntau tsis-gaming systems. Ib yam li cov xov tooj smartphones, uas tseem tau dhau mus dhau tus qauv 60Hz, cov ntxaij vab tshaus siab dua tseem ua rau kev siv suav niaj hnub (xws li kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web thiab xov xwm) zoo dua, ib yam nkaus.

Lenovo muaj cov ntaub ntawv ntev ntev ntawm cov keyboards yooj yim, thiab qhov ntawd muaj tseeb ntawm no. Nws tsis yog nyob rau theem ntawm cov yawm sij ThinkPad, tab sis cov yuam sij zoo sib xws nrog cushioned tsis tau txaus siab tawm tswv yim tam sim no. Lawv kuj yog backlit nrog dawb teeb pom kev zoo. Lub touchpad, lub sijhawm no, yog tus qauv loj, ncaj nraim, thiab nws ua haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus. Yog tias muaj dab tsi, nws loj me ntsis rau lub chassis loj, uas tsuas yog ib qho ntxiv.

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Cov khoom siv yog ib qho kev kos loj rau kev ua tau zoo, thiab peb yuav tau txais rau cov neeg nyob hauv ib pliag, tab sis cov txheej txheem txhawb nqa kuj yog qhov zoo rau kev siv txhua hnub. Lub webcam yog puv HD thiab suav nrog IR sensor rau Windows Hello, ntxiv rau lub kaw lus hluav taws xob ntiag tug. Lub koob yees duab 1080p yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig zoo, thiab txawm hais tias lub koob yees duab daws teeb meem tau dhau los ua ntau xyoo dhau los vim qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ua haujlwm nyob deb, peb tseem pom ntau 720p webcams. Qhov txawv yog qhov tseem ceeb, thiab Slim 7 Pro X lub koob yees duab tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab meej.

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Kev sib txuas lub cev muaj xws li ob lub USB Hom-C chaw nres nkoj, ob lub USB Hom-A chaw nres nkoj, 3.5mm lub mloog pob ntseg nkaus, thiab HDMI kev txuas. Qhov no tsis yog Intel-CPU system, yog li cov chaw nres nkoj tsis muaj Thunderbolt 4 kev txhawb nqa, uas feem ntau Intel-based cov neeg sib tw yuav muab. Lub laptop kuj txhawb Wi-Fi 6 (tsis yog 6E) thiab Bluetooth. Txhua tus tau hais, nws yog ib lub laptop zoo heev txawm tias nws qhov loj me. Cia peb kuaj xyuas cov khoom, thiab tom qab ntawd saib seb qhov system ua haujlwm li cas.

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Ntsuam xyuas Slim 7 Pro X: Ryzen 9 Ceev, Ntxiv rau cov duab kos tiag tiag

Kuv twb alluded rau cov khoom ceev, yog li cia peb saib ze dua ntawm dab tsi sab hauv. Peb lub tsev $ 1,599.99 los nrog AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS processor, 32GB ntawm kev nco, 1TB SSD, thiab Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPU. Peb SKU yog muaj los ntawm Costco, uas tej zaum yuav txwv tsis pub muaj tus nqi zoo no rau qee tus, tab sis koj tuaj yeem kho tus qauv hauv paus ntawm Lenovo lub vev xaib. Tus qauv pib $1,254.99 muaj qhov tsis tshua muaj zog Ryzen 6800HS CPU thiab 16GB nco.

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Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum xav txog lub laptop qhov loj me, peb cov qauv sawv cev rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws loadout, thiab yog tias muaj dab tsi zoo rau tus nqi. RTX 3050 yuav tsis hloov GPUs zoo dua rau kev ua si, tab sis nws zoo dua li cov duab sib xyaw ua ke (raws li peb yuav qhia hauv qab no), thiab qhov loj ntxiv hauv lub laptop ntawm hom no. Muaj ntau lub cim xeeb thiab cia mus ncig, ib yam nkaus, thiab feem ntau ntawm tag nrho cov, lub processor yuav tsum yog xob laim.

Peb muab cov kab ke no los ntawm peb qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ib txwm muaj los ntsuas qhov kev ua tau zoo ntawm cov khoom no, thiab ua rau nws tawm tsam cov kab ke hauv qab no…

Muaj qee qhov sib kis ntawm cov hom laptops cov no, tab sis lawv poob rau hauv tib hom kev dav dav. Lub Dell XPS 13 Plus ($ 1,949 raws li kev sim) thiab HP Spectre x360 13.5 ($ 1,749.99 raws li kev sim) tau sib tw super-portable laptops, tom kawg yog qhov kev xaiv hloov tau. Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 ($ 1,851.85 raws li kev sim) yog ib qho ntawm peb nyiam ultraportables.

Thaum kawg, Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro yog ib tug kwv tij ntawm Slim 7 Pro X, tab sis tshwj xeeb loj dua nrog 16-nti npo. Nws yuav hais txog qhov muaj peev xwm npaum li cas Pro X yog rau nws qhov loj, zoo li qhov tseeb tias feem ntau ntawm cov tshuab no kim dua Pro X. Lub Slim 7 Pro kuj yog lwm lub laptop nrog rau GPU siab, lwm qhov laj thawj nws suav nrog - qhov no qhia txog qhov tsis tshua muaj tseeb GPU zoo li RTX 3050 yog qhov loj me no. Cov neeg sib tw no, thiab ntau lwm yam 13- thiab 14-nti tshuab kuv tuaj yeem xaiv los ntawm kev sib piv, siv cov duab sib xyaw.

Productivity Tests

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas tag nrho cov kev ua tau zoo rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, cov ntawv ua haujlwm, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab dhau ntawm lub khoos phis tawj lub khau raj.

Peb lwm cov qauv ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab threads, los ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua).

Peb qhov kev sim ua tiav zaum kawg yog tus tsim khoom ua haujlwm Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Rau feem ntau, thiab tsis xav tsis thoob thaum koj saib lwm CPUs ntawm no, Pro X's Ryzen 9 yeej tawm. Intel cov neeg sib tw ntawm no tsis tshua muaj zog i7 hloov pauv txhais tau tias rau cov tshuab nyias, yog li Ryzen 9 - twb tau ua pov thawj - muaj ntau dua ntawm ntug.

Nws tsis yog qhov kev sib piv tsis ncaj ncees vim tias cov no feem ntau yog cov hom processors siv hauv lub laptops hauv pawg no, yog li nws tsuas yog lwm txoj hauv kev Slim 7 Pro X sawv tawm. Lub laptop no tuaj yeem ua haujlwm txhua hnub tau yooj yim, thiab kev tshaj tawm kho lossis tsim uas koj muab nws txoj hauv kev, zoo dua li cov neeg sib tw sib luag.

Graphics thiab Gaming Tests

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw) thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). Peb kuj tau sim ob qhov kev ntsuas ntawm OpenGL los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GFXBench, khiav offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv.

Cov txiaj ntsig no tsis muaj qhov xav tsis thoob yog tias koj nyeem qhov tsim: Slim 7 Pro X's RTX 3050 GPU yog qhov zoo tshaj rau txhua qhov kev xaiv hauv pawg no. Cov duab sib xyaw ua ke tsis tuaj yeem khaws cia, txawm tias cov kev daws teeb meem niaj hnub no muab qib qis rau qee qhov kev ua si lub teeb, thiab qhov no yog qhov txiaj ntsig tiag tiag rau kev xaiv rau Pro X.

Tsuas yog Slim 7 Pro thiab nws tus kheej RTX 3050 tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua cov txiaj ntsig no, ua tsaug rau nws lub chassis loj dua nrog lub peev xwm txias dua li Pro X. Rau nruab nrab cov duab-raws li kev ua haujlwm thiab kev ua si ntawm qhov chaw qis-rau-nruab nrab, Pro X yog qhov yooj yim yeej ntawm cov 14-nti-thiab-hauv qab laptops.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file nrog zaub ci ntawm 50% thiab suab ntim ntawm 100% kom txog thaum lub kaw lus kaw. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua.

Peb kuj tseem siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub Windows software los ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab ncov. brightness nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Lub roj teeb lub neej muaj zog, txawm tias nws tsis zoo nkauj thiab muaj cov kev xaiv ntev dua. Nws yuav kav koj mus rau ntau hnub, thiab koj tuaj yeem siv nws txoj kev txav mus los ntawm kev coj nws mus rau qhov tsis muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog kev nrhiav qhov hluav taws xob tom ntej soon. Raws li rau lub vaj huam sib luag, cov xim xim rau cov ntsiab lus-tsim-muab Adobe RGB thiab DCI-P3 xim qhov chaw yog ib qho smidge underwhelming piv rau lwm tus, tab sis sRGB yog qhov zoo, thiab qhov ci ntsa iab yog txoj hauv kev nrog tus so.

Qhov Kev Txiav Txim: Nws yog qhov tsis tshua muaj Ryzen 9 Tus nqi

Hauv qhov chaw nruj, Slim 7 Pro X sawv tawm ua tsaug tsis yog rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo thiab cov yam ntxwv, tab sis kuj muaj txiaj ntsig zoo. Cov lwm txoj hauv kev yog qhov kim kim dua rau kev nrawm dua, thiab thaum muaj qee qhov zoo ntawm qee cov qauv, xws li OLED cov ntxaij vab tshaus, Pro X cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb thiab cov khoom siv tau zoo lossis zoo dua. Koj tuaj yeem pom cov laptops sib dua thiab me dua, tab sis txawm tias ntawm cov kev xaiv pricier, ob peb muab qhov kev sib txuas ntawm kev ua tau zoo thiab qhov loj me. Ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws 14-nti laptops nyob rau hauv txhua qeb, qhov no yooj yim khwv tau nws tus kheej peb Editors 'Choice puav pheej.