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Costco Members: Lenovo Slim 7i 16" Touch Laptop: i7-12700H, Intel Arc A370M GPU

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Costco Wholesale offers their Members: Lenovo Slim 7i 16" Touchscreen Laptop (82VB0000US) on sale for $899.97. Shipping is $14.99.

Thanks to community member skeleton516 for finding this deal.

Device Features:
  • 16" 2560x1600 WQXGA VESA HDR144HZ Touchscreen IPS Display
  • 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H 14-Core / 20-Thread Processor (Intel Evo Platform)
  • 32GB 4800MHz LPDDR5 RAM
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive
  • Intel Arc A370M Graphics (4GB)
  • WiFi 6E (2x2/160) Gig+ | Bluetooth 5.1
  • Integrated IR Webcam
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • 2x 2W Speakers w/ Dolby Atmos
  • Windows 11 Home
  • 4-Cell 75WH Battery
  • Weight: 4.58 lbs.
  • 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty
  • Ports:
    • 1x Thunderbolt 4
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x HDMI-Out 2.0b
    • 1x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
    • 1x SD Media Card Reader
  • Costco Concierge Services (included):
    • 2nd Year Warranty
    • Free Technical Support
    • 90 Day Return Policy

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Offer valid for a limited time, while supplies last.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 68 customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Click here to view Costco's return policy. 

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Costco Wholesale offers their Members: Lenovo Slim 7i 16" Touchscreen Laptop (82VB0000US) on sale for $899.97. Shipping is $14.99.

Thanks to community member skeleton516 for finding this deal.

Device Features:
  • 16" 2560x1600 WQXGA VESA HDR144HZ Touchscreen IPS Display
  • 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H 14-Core / 20-Thread Processor (Intel Evo Platform)
  • 32GB 4800MHz LPDDR5 RAM
  • 1TB M.2 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive
  • Intel Arc A370M Graphics (4GB)
  • WiFi 6E (2x2/160) Gig+ | Bluetooth 5.1
  • Integrated IR Webcam
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • 2x 2W Speakers w/ Dolby Atmos
  • Windows 11 Home
  • 4-Cell 75WH Battery
  • Weight: 4.58 lbs.
  • 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty
  • Ports:
    • 1x Thunderbolt 4
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x HDMI-Out 2.0b
    • 1x Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack
    • 1x SD Media Card Reader
  • Costco Concierge Services (included):
    • 2nd Year Warranty
    • Free Technical Support
    • 90 Day Return Policy

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Offer valid for a limited time, while supplies last.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars based on 68 customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Click here to view Costco's return policy. 

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I thought the same thing for years until I needed new hearing aids. Health insurance rarely covers them and inexpensive ones for my type of hearing loss are not effective in the workplace. Thus, my hearing aids from an audiologist (doesn't matter which one, all charged about the same) cost around $7,000. I then noticed Costco sold hearing aids one day while at a store and the price was $3,700 with a better warranty, and even the same brand with minor differences in features. You can guess what happened, I dumped the independent audiologist. Now, my health insurance covers hearings aids every five years for $3,500, so I paid $200 for my last set.

Let me know when Walmart and Amazon sell hearing aids for the same and less than Costco. Note that the recent change in the FDA regulations re hearing aids does not apply to me, since my loss is profound and for this type of hearing loss you still need to see an ENT/audiologist for fittings.

Good thing that I have job that pays well. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to afford hearing aids and would probably be on welfare since 85% of deaf/hard of hearing people are unemployed or under-employed (even in this tech-heavy society). Crazy how the U.S. works. Somehow people think that it is better to moan and groan about people on welfare instead of giving hard of hearing people hearing aids every five years so that they can become employable and taxpayers. Medicare does not pay for hearings aids either, but Medicaid does.

Anyway, just be glad that you (making an assumption here) do not need to spend thousands every 3-5 years for equipment that most other people do not.
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appel
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FWIW, I picked up this 14.5" Ryzen Slim 7 Pro X refurb yesterday for $818 + FS before tax:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155268982303

Edit: List price is $929, a further 12% is taken off during checkout. I've added a screenshot of the price breakdown.

Specs are pretty amazing for the price: 32GB DDR5, 1TB Gen4 SSD (upgradeable), RTX 3050, 120Hz panel. It's on sale for $1299 at Costco.

I actually made a post this morning but it got removed, I believe because the seller is about a 1000 reviews short of the 10k minimum (updated eBay policy). Anyway, curious to hear what you guys think.
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This is their extremely cut down mobile GPU, it was never intended to go against high end Nvidia GPUs, but to be mostly for creators, especially video encoding (which it surpasses Nvidia at). This has 8 Xe cores, while their desktop cards have 32. Basically Intel never released a high end gaming GPU for mobile, just stuff for creators/mixed use.

I agree that if you're looking for specifically for a gaming laptop, at $900 this isnt a good deal, it is the cheapest laptop with a 12700H and dGPU, but for $100 more you can get something like an MSI Katana with a 12700H+3060, which is far far better at gaming, but quality control is worse, doesnt have a touchscreen, etc. The people that are best suited for this laptop are content creators, hence the 32Gb of RAM, 1Tb SSD, and Arc.
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Dec 25, 2022 8:44 PM
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bestcoDec 25, 2022 8:44 PM
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Quote from essix8 View quoted comment :
Its a 1080p60 medium card. [yahoo.com]



Notebookcheck used extremely old drivers for their review, and didnt bother to check for updates when reviewing Arc GPUs. And since Arc GPUs are new, there is a drastic difference between the first drivers and drivers now (like 8 months after mobile Arc launched). They also didnt change the power settings to allow the card to fully run at max performance.

While not many websites actually review laptops in details, Notebookcheck gives a lot of bad data, to the point where I wouldnt bother looking at their reviews.

Overall performance is around GTX 1650 levels with the latest drivers

I was hoping at least it'd match RTX 3050 in terms of performance, look like it's 15% slower, kind of disappointed.
Last edited by bestco December 25, 2022 at 12:50 PM.
Dec 25, 2022 8:45 PM
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tanginatorDec 25, 2022 8:45 PM
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Quote from appel View quoted comment :
FWIW, I picked up this 14.5" Ryzen Slim 7 Pro X refurb yesterday for $818 before tax:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/155268982303

Specs are pretty amazing for the price: 32GB DDR5, 1TB Gen4 SSD (upgradeable), RTX 3050, 120Hz panel. It's on sale for $1299 at Costco.

I actually made a post this morning but it got removed, I believe because the seller is about a 1000 reviews short of the 10k minimum (updated eBay policy). Anyway, curious to hear what you guys think.
How's the battery life on refurb?
Dec 25, 2022 8:47 PM
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tanginatorDec 25, 2022 8:47 PM
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Quote from Garrettb214 View quoted comment :
Yes, I've had one new since August and I love it. Great build quality, good performance, good battery life, you name it. It checks all the boxes for me and really feels premium. It's the only laptop that I've gone back to over and over again after trying others.
What's your observed battery life for general use (non-gaming)?
Dec 25, 2022 10:04 PM
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sudhirss77Dec 25, 2022 10:04 PM
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Quote from madmatt151 View quoted comment :
Don't need a gaming machine, but can anyone comment on the graphics card for Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator etc) and CAD programs. Minimum needed graphics card is 4gb. I would love a slim 17" and I love Costco
I have Lenovo Slim5i with 16GB and the same Intel ARC. I am using it for photo and video editing. Using Lightroom/Photoshop with some of the resource hungry plugins like Topaz Denoise is breeze. My previous laptop used to take a while to process images specailly when using Denoise but this one is pretty fast. I am not into gaming either but definitely recommend for other high intensity tasks.
Dec 25, 2022 10:50 PM
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FatKidEatingCakeDec 25, 2022 10:50 PM
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$899.97 now
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Dec 25, 2022 11:13 PM
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appel
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Dec 25, 2022 11:13 PM
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Quote from sundown View quoted comment :
I clicked & It's Price:
US $929.99
The extra 12% is taken off during checkout.
Last edited by appel December 25, 2022 at 03:21 PM.
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Dec 25, 2022 11:17 PM
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Quote from tanginator View quoted comment :
How's the battery life on refurb?
Hopefully fine. If not, I can return it. I have no problem taking that minor risk for $480 in savings.

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madmatt151Dec 25, 2022 11:17 PM
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Ah, happy to hear it. I've been agonizing over what laptop to get to replace my 2017 Surface Book 2, felt like every potential candidate always had some sort of deal breaker. This was the first one that checked all the major boxes and looked and felt great in person.
Agree, replacing a 2018 surface book 2 lol
Dec 25, 2022 11:19 PM
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tanginatorDec 25, 2022 11:19 PM
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$899.97 now
+$15 shipping.
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Garrettb214Dec 25, 2022 11:47 PM
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Quote from tanginator View quoted comment :
What's your observed battery life for general use (non-gaming)?
At 60hz, probably 8-9 hours of web browsing and the like. If you are at 120hz, take 1-2 hours off of that.
Dec 25, 2022 11:54 PM
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Garrettb214Dec 25, 2022 11:54 PM
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Quote from appel View quoted comment :
Ah, happy to hear it. I've been agonizing over what laptop to get to replace my 2017 Surface Book 2, felt like every potential candidate always had some sort of deal breaker. This was the first one that checked all the major boxes and looked and felt great in person.
Yep, I agree. I tried nearly every laptop at Best Buy and they all had a deal breaker. This one is nearly perfect. The only slight complaints that I have are no HDMI port and the battery drains slightly while charging if you are taxing the CPU and GPU hard. Besides that I haven't found any drawbacks.

I would recommend changing the wifi card for an Intel one as the stock one isn't great. I installed an Intel AX210 and it works like a charm.
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Quote from Garrettb214 View quoted comment :
Yep, I agree. I tried nearly every laptop at Best Buy and they all had a deal breaker. This one is nearly perfect. The only slight complaints that I have are no HDMI port and the battery drains slightly while charging if you are taxing the CPU and GPU hard. Besides that I haven't found any drawbacks.

I would recommend changing the wifi card for an Intel one as the stock one isn't great. I installed an Intel AX210 and it works like a charm.
Great minds! Smilie I was planning on swapping out the Mediatek one, seems like an easy and cheap fix. Would you mind linking me to the AX210 that you bought? I also added a deal alert for a 2TB SSD, though I'm in no particular rush.
Dec 26, 2022 12:05 AM
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heather3featherDec 26, 2022 12:05 AM
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I literally just started the return process for one of these yesterday from Costco. Pros: fast. Cons: heavy, and 3 BSODs within a week of light use! One of them happened after Lenovo guy supposedly fixed corrupted file and running the diagnostic. That was it. Buying another one and hope for better luck.
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Quote from essix8 View quoted comment :
Its a 1080p60 medium card. [yahoo.com]



Notebookcheck used extremely old drivers for their review, and didnt bother to check for updates when reviewing Arc GPUs. And since Arc GPUs are new, there is a drastic difference between the first drivers and drivers now (like 8 months after mobile Arc launched). They also didnt change the power settings to allow the card to fully run at max performance.

While not many websites actually review laptops in details, Notebookcheck gives a lot of bad data, to the point where I wouldnt bother looking at their reviews.

Overall performance is around GTX 1650 levels with the latest drivers
Really reaching for the star, weren't they?

Regardless of drivers and all that... 1650 performance for $900? Hard pass if looking for gaming performance, but I see the benefits for content creators.
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Quote from ghostfreckle View quoted comment :
Really reaching for the star, weren't they?

Regardless of drivers and all that... 1650 performance for $900? Hard pass.
This is their extremely cut down mobile GPU, it was never intended to go against high end Nvidia GPUs, but to be mostly for creators, especially video encoding (which it surpasses Nvidia at). This has 8 Xe cores, while their desktop cards have 32. Basically Intel never released a high end gaming GPU for mobile, just stuff for creators/mixed use.

I agree that if you're looking for specifically for a gaming laptop, at $900 this isnt a good deal, it is the cheapest laptop with a 12700H and dGPU, but for $100 more you can get something like an MSI Katana with a 12700H+3060, which is far far better at gaming, but quality control is worse, doesnt have a touchscreen, etc. The people that are best suited for this laptop are content creators, hence the 32Gb of RAM, 1Tb SSD, and Arc.
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