Rich colors and stellar contrast from OLED display
Quad speakers produce good sound
Generous 32GB of RAM and 1TB SSD
The Slim 7i’s aluminum enclosure is of premium quality and passed MIL-STD 810H tests for ruggedness. It feels rock solid and yet is thin and light. It’s not quite the head-turner as the Spectre x360 14 and lacks its awesome haptic touchpad, but it also costs less than the HP. On the flip side, its build quality and display are superior to those of the Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7440 and Acer Swift Go 14, each of which is slightly cheaper at $1,000. The Sim 7i is a good choice if you are looking for a 14-inch OLED laptop but can’t stretch to afford the HP Spectre x360 14 and don’t need its two-in-one convertibility.
The Lenovo Slim 7i (model 14IMH9) starts at $1,041 for a configuration that features an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Our test system features a pair of upgrades to the Core Ultra 7 155H chip and 32GB of RAM and costs $1,240. The lone display option is a 14-inch OLED panel with a 1,920×1,200-pixel resolution and touch support.
According to Lenovo, our test configuration will be available later in April at Costco for $999. At that price, the Slim 7i becomes a great deal. Seldom do you find an OLED display along with that much memory and solid-state storage wrapped in a durable, all-metal chassis at that price. We will update this review with a potential bump to the overall rating when it hits shelves at Costco.
The system is labeled as the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Gen 9 in the UK and Australia, despite lacking a 360-degree hinge that would give it flexible two-in-one capabilities that the Yoga name would suggest. It starts at £1,150 in the UK and AU$1,639 in Australia.