Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon Review

Thaum nws los txog rau cov phau ntawv nyias thiab nyias, Lenovo's ThinkPad Carbon kab yog lub cim, tab sis cov carbon-fiber ultraportable laptops tau txwv rau cov neeg siv lag luam. Lub Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon ($ 1,119 raws li kev sim) coj qhov slim, ultralight tsim rau cov neeg siv khoom sib cog lus. Ib tug kwv tij 13.3-nti rau 14-nti, AMD-raws li Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon, Slim 7i muaj Intel Core i7-powered kev ua tau zoo, cov khoom kim heev zoo li lub Hoobkas-calibrated zaub (txawm tias tsis yog qhov deluxe OLED screen ntawm Slim 7. Cov pa roj carbon), thiab txawm tias USB-C hub los muab koj cov chaw nres nkoj ntxiv uas koj yuav ploj mus rau lwm lub tshuab. Nws tuaj yeem siv qee qhov polish ntxiv hauv thaj chaw xws li lub vev xaib zoo dua lossis lub roj teeb ntev dua, tab sis tag nrho, nws yog qhov nyuaj-siv ultraportable, yog tias tsis nyob rau theem siab.

Consumer Carbon: Ultralight Design

Lub Slim 7i Carbon tau sim ntawm no nta 12th Generation Core i7-1260P processor (plaub Performance cores, yim Efficient cores, 16 threads), 16GB ntawm LPDDR5 nco, 512GB solid-state drive, thiab Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics. Peb tus qauv xeem $ 1,119 muaj nyob rau ntawm Walmart (nrog rau lwm cov khw muag khoom, ntawm cov nqi sib txawv); Lenovo tsis muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv rau Slim 7i Carbon yog tias koj yuav nws ncaj qha los ntawm Lenovo.com. Txawm li cas los xij, koj tau tau txais nws nrog 1TB SSD rau $ 100 ntxiv.

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Lub Slim 7i Carbon tau txais nws lub npe los ntawm cov khoom siv uas ua rau nws lub hau, nrog rau aerospace-qib magnesium-aluminium alloy rau lub chassis. Nws yog ib qho ntawm lub teeb ultraportables koj yuav pom tsuas yog 2.17 phaus, txawm tias nws qhov ntev ntawm 0.58 los ntawm 11.9 los ntawm 8.1 ntiv tes (HWD). Tus thawj coj sib tw, Apple MacBook Air M2, zoo sib xws tab sis ze li ib nrab phaus hnyav dua.

Lub 13.3-nti Lenovo PureSight kov npo ua ke nrog 2,560-los-1,600-pixel daws teeb meem nrog ob peb yam ntxiv uas koj yuav tsis pom hauv cov neeg siv khoom siv feem ntau. Nws los ntawm Hoobkas-calibrated rau siab xim raug cai tawm ntawm lub thawv thiab boasts ib 90Hz ntau dua li ib txwm 60Hz refresh npaum li cas. Lwm cov nta muaj ntau dua, zoo li qhov nrov nrov 16: 10 nam piv thiab cov ntawv pov thawj qis-xiav-teeb emissions.

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Raws li tau hais, Slim 7i siv lub vaj huam sib luag IPS es tsis txhob siv lub tshuab ultra-high-contrast OLED ntawm Lenovo's 14-nti IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon. Thaum qhov ntawd tsis tshua muaj kev cuam tshuam, nws yog qhov kev xaiv nthuav dav uas tau muab qhov nce ntawm OLED cov lus hauv high-end ultraportables zoo li Dell XPS 13 Plus thiab HP Spectre x360 13.5.

Lub Slim 7i Carbon muaj cov keyboard tsim nyog, uas tsis tsawg tshaj li qhov koj xav tau los ntawm Lenovo, txawm hais tias thaum piv nrog ib sab nrog, hais tias, Lenovo ThinkPad Z13, cov neeg siv khoom xav tau qhov nruab nrab. Lub touchpad thiab 720p webcam ntaus tib daim ntawv - zoo kawg nkaus txaus, tab sis tsis zoo li koj yuav xav tau muab lub laptop cov kab mob thiab tus nqi tag.

Slimmed-Down Chaw Xaiv

Thaum nws los txog rau Lenovo's onboard ports, tsis muaj dab tsi los qhia. Ntawm qhov system sab xis yog ib qho USB 3.2 Hom-C chaw nres nkoj, nrog rau lub zog khawm thiab lub webcam kev ceev ntiag tug hloov chaw.

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Ntawm sab laug, muaj ib qho USB-C / Thunderbolt 4 chaw nres nkoj. Yog tias koj xav tau kev sib txuas ntxiv, xws li rau HDMI saib lossis USB Hom-A cia khoom, koj yuav xav tau lub hub lossis chaw nres tsheb.

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Ua tsaug, Lenovo muab plaub-chaw nres nkoj USB-C hub uas muab rau koj ob peb qhov txuas ntxiv nrog rau HDMI, USB 3.0 Hom-A, lub suab nrov, thiab (xws li, xav tsis thoob) VGA. Kuv xav tau ib yam dab tsi zoo li Ethernet chaw nres nkoj, tab sis kuv kwv yees qhov ntawd yog qhov yeej rau cov neeg saib xyuas antique-saib cov neeg tuaj saib, lossis cov neeg hauv chav sib tham uas yuav xav tau kev hloov kho thev naus laus zis.

Raws li rau kev sib txuas wireless, Slim 7i Carbon yog outfitted nrog Wi-Fi 6E thiab Bluetooth 5.1.

Kuaj Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon: Lub Hwj Chim Loj Loj

Rau peb qhov kev sib piv piv txwv, peb pitted Lenovo Slim 7i Carbon tiv thaiv lwm yam ultraportables tau hais los saum no, suav nrog cov neeg ua yeeb yam zoo li Apple MacBook Air M2, Dell XPS 13 Plus, thiab HP Spectre x360 13.5 convertible.

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Qhov chaw kawg tau mus rau AMD-based Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon peb tau sim thaum ntxov xyoo no. Txawm hais tias IdeaPad muaj lub vijtsam loj dua me ntsis, Lenovo duo cov qauv tsim thiab cov qauv tshwj xeeb yog qhov zoo sib xws, ua qhov kev sim zoo los txiav txim seb tsev neeg twg ua tau zoo dua.

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 kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, 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 kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia.

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv 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 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.

Lub Slim 7i Carbon khaws cia nrog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ultraportables peb tau pom, muab cov qhab nia sib piv hauv PCMark 10 thiab Cinebench thiab tsuas yog vib nas this tawm ntawm qhov nrawm hauv HandBrake. Nws txawm tau thov cov khoom plig nyiaj hauv Geekbench. Qhov tshwm sim yog lub tshuab uas muaj peev xwm ntau tshaj qhov muaj peev xwm txaus rau kev ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm thiab kev siv hauv tsev thiab txawm tias lub teeb tawm-tsim thiab - kho cov haujlwm ua haujlwm.

Graphics Tests

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark xeem suite: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau tus me me, haum rau cov khoos phis tawj nrog cov duab sib xyaw), thiab Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs).

Peb kuj tseem khiav ob qhov kev xeem los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas nyuaj rau ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li cov duab rendering. 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Lub Slim 7i Carbon ntau dua lossis tsawg dua piv rau lwm lub laptops nrog Intel Iris Xe cov duab sib xyaw ua ke, tab sis muaj qee qhov sib txawv tseem ceeb thaum piv rau Apple M2 thiab AMD Radeon cov duab ntawm MacBook Cua thiab IdeaPad Slim 7 raws li. Qhov sib txawv loj tshaj plaws yog nyob rau hauv GFXBench, qhov twg Apple coj lub pob los ntawm qhov loj me me, txawm hais tias tsis muaj cov khoom lag luam tsom mus rau cov khoom lag luam no yuav txaus siab rau cov neeg ua si nyuaj.

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 (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. 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 siv Datacolor SpyderX Cov Neeg Tseem Ceeb saib xyuas qhov ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab software 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 qhov siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Slim 7i Carbon tuaj yeem ua tau zoo hauv qee qhov chaw, tab sis roj teeb lub neej tsis yog ib qho. Lub ultraportable tshem tawm lub cim yim-teev thiab nqaim dhau ntawm XPS 13 Plus tab sis poob ntau teev tom qab cov tshuab sib piv feem ntau. Yog tias koj tab tom npaj siv lub laptop slim rau kev ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv, koj yuav xav nqa nrog lub hwj chim adapter. Nws cov zaub kuj yog cov neeg taug kev ncaj ncees hauv cov xim xim thiab ci ntsa iab; peb tsis xav tias nws yuav ua tau zoo dua OLED vaj huam sib luag ntawm Dell, HP, thiab Slim 7 Carbon, tab sis nws kuj poob qis ntawm IPS-based MacBook Cua.

Uas tau hais tias, lub vijtsam khav theeb kho vajtse-calibrated xim raug thiab siab dua-nruab nrab 90Hz refresh tus nqi rau kev ua si du. Yog tias cov lus qhia tshwj xeeb thov rau koj siv hauv cov ntsiab lus digital tsim lossis saib video, nws tsim nyog xav txog.

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Kev Txiav Txim Siab: Muaj hwj chim thiab hwm

Lenovo's Slim 7i Carbon sib xyaw ua ke qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam-chav tsim tsim nrog kev ua tau zoo thiab cov yam ntxwv zoo li lub Hoobkas-calibrated 90Hz zaub. Nws ua nrog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ultraportables ntawm kev ua lag luam thiab ua nws nrog understated style. Peb khib me ntsis tias nws tsis muaj lub vijtsam OLED thiab peb xav kom nws muaj roj teeb lub neej ntev dua, tab sis cov Carbon compact lub teeb yuag thiab muaj peev xwm ua rau nws zoo siab txais tos ntxiv rau ultraportable arena.