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11-30-2022 at 01:26 PM.
I'd reckon this is a pretty good deal, if you don't care about the ARC dgpu.
I bought this when it was ~$1200 but returned it for a few reasons, one of them is just 16" is too big for me.
Screen is real nice, build quality is good, but not quite as good as the Slim Pro X model; keyboard flexes a bit more. Nice selection of ports as well.
The webcam kinda sucks though, and there isn't an ambient light sensor, so you have to manually raise/lower the brightness for the screen, and the keyboard backlighting as well. Apparently battery life isn't great either. It comes with a PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe, not PCIe 4.0, for whatever reason. And the speakers are weird; they're down firing (the grates are on the bottom of the laptop). The grate near the screen is *I think* for cooling / airflow.
Oh, and if you're running full prolonged tilt on the CPU/GPU, the 135W adapter won't quite supply enough power (i.e. it will dip into the battery to supply the deficit). Note this is an issue with some Lenovo laptops (the gaming / legion ones are fine IIRC, they have a larger power adapter)
doesn't Intel Arc A370M perform about the same as RTX 3050? that's pretty good to me.
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I'd reckon this is a pretty good deal, if you don't care about the ARC dgpu.
I bought this when it was ~$1200 but returned it for a few reasons, one of them is just 16" is too big for me.
Screen is real nice, build quality is good, but not quite as good as the Slim Pro X model; keyboard flexes a bit more. Nice selection of ports as well.
The webcam kinda sucks though, and there isn't an ambient light sensor, so you have to manually raise/lower the brightness for the screen, and the keyboard backlighting as well. Apparently battery life isn't great either. It comes with a PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe, not PCIe 4.0, for whatever reason. And the speakers are weird; they're down firing (the grates are on the bottom of the laptop). The grate near the screen is *I think* for cooling / airflow.
Oh, and if you're running full prolonged tilt on the CPU/GPU, the 135W adapter won't quite supply enough power (i.e. it will dip into the battery to supply the deficit). Note this is an issue with some Lenovo laptops (the gaming / legion ones are fine IIRC, they have a larger power adapter)
I had one of these that I ended up returning because battery life was all over the map. The one I had had the larger 99Wh battery and even then I struggled to get 4-5 hours out of it doing light tasks. If you sit idle on the desktop, the battery lasts forever, but anything more and that i7-12700H eats the battery fast!
sounds great, if I buy it from Costco, it only comes with 1 year manufacturer warranty and I won't be able to get the extended warranty, right?
Unless they changed, Costco usually automatically doubles the manufacture warranty. The Lenovo I bought for my daughter earlier this year I was able to add warranty from Lenovo on top of the Costco warranty. Lenovo makes it real easy to do.
I had one of these that I ended up returning because battery life was all over the map. The one I had had the larger 99Wh battery and even then I struggled to get 4-5 hours out of it doing light tasks. If you sit idle on the desktop, the battery lasts forever, but anything more and that i7-12700H eats the battery fast!
Thanks! Besides battery life, anything else that you didn't like? Can you comment on the heat?
hmm, I wonder how you knew the SSD for this laptop is PCIe 3.0 but not 4.0? Costco site doesn't say it, couldn't find it on Lenovo website either. does it really matter in real world PCIe 3.0 vs 4.0?
I bought a nearly identical model a few months ago for $1,300. The only differences that I see are that this one has a 120Hz display (and different hinges) while mine is only 60Hz and mine has a 99WHr battery vs. 75 on this one. Mine has been a pretty good laptop so far, and I would be even happier had I got it at this price instead for $999. At this price, I would say that it seems to be a great deal, though the smaller battery could be concerning depending on your use case.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank dirkdigles
I bought this when it was ~$1200 but returned it for a few reasons, one of them is just 16" is too big for me.
Screen is real nice, build quality is good, but not quite as good as the Slim Pro X model; keyboard flexes a bit more. Nice selection of ports as well.
The webcam kinda sucks though, and there isn't an ambient light sensor, so you have to manually raise/lower the brightness for the screen, and the keyboard backlighting as well. Apparently battery life isn't great either. It comes with a PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe, not PCIe 4.0, for whatever reason. And the speakers are weird; they're down firing (the grates are on the bottom of the laptop). The grate near the screen is *I think* for cooling / airflow.
Oh, and if you're running full prolonged tilt on the CPU/GPU, the 135W adapter won't quite supply enough power (i.e. it will dip into the battery to supply the deficit). Note this is an issue with some Lenovo laptops (the gaming / legion ones are fine IIRC, they have a larger power adapter)
This is an Ideapad Slim 7 model - https://psref.lenovo.co
I bought this when it was ~$1200 but returned it for a few reasons, one of them is just 16" is too big for me.
Screen is real nice, build quality is good, but not quite as good as the Slim Pro X model; keyboard flexes a bit more. Nice selection of ports as well.
The webcam kinda sucks though, and there isn't an ambient light sensor, so you have to manually raise/lower the brightness for the screen, and the keyboard backlighting as well. Apparently battery life isn't great either. It comes with a PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe, not PCIe 4.0, for whatever reason. And the speakers are weird; they're down firing (the grates are on the bottom of the laptop). The grate near the screen is *I think* for cooling / airflow.
Oh, and if you're running full prolonged tilt on the CPU/GPU, the 135W adapter won't quite supply enough power (i.e. it will dip into the battery to supply the deficit). Note this is an issue with some Lenovo laptops (the gaming / legion ones are fine IIRC, they have a larger power adapter)
This is an Ideapad Slim 7 model - https://psref.lenovo.co
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Unless they changed, Costco usually automatically doubles the manufacture warranty. The Lenovo I bought for my daughter earlier this year I was able to add warranty from Lenovo on top of the Costco warranty. Lenovo makes it real easy to do.
Thanks! Besides battery life, anything else that you didn't like? Can you comment on the heat?
(it was $950) and battery life been great. It runs cool and quiet too. Amazing bright screen
(it was $950) and battery life been great. It runs cool and quiet too. Amazing bright screen