One of the most important highlights of this machine is its display screen. This 14.5-inch show crams in 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, making it 2.5K decision. It’s contact succesful, although I nonetheless have not discovered a lot use for contact on a laptop computer. More attention-grabbing is the 90-Hz refresh price, which is not fairly sufficient to make hardcore players comfortable (if that is you, the Slim Pro 7 X is the machine you need, with its 144-Hz refresh price), however it makes every part else fairly easy. The display screen has a 16:10 ratio, supplying you with a bit of extra top than the extra widespread 16:9. It does not sound like a lot, however I discover it useful when searching the net. It additionally makes the preview panel in video editors a bit bigger.
Speaking of enhancing video, I did, and the Slim Pro 7 dealt with it fairly nicely. I used each Blender on Windows and Kdenlive on Linux. I needed to allow GPU assist in Kdenlive earlier than I noticed a lot efficiency increase, however ultimately I used to be in a position to render out 5 minutes of 5.2K footage in simply over 12 minutes. For reference, my Lenovo X14 with an 6000 collection AMD Ryzen 7 takes over half-hour to render the identical footage. The most important distinction? The devoted graphics card.
You needn’t edit video to understand the efficiency right here, however if you happen to aren’t enhancing video or doing different GPU-intensive duties this may be a little bit of overkill in your wants. At the identical time, the slower display screen refresh price means this is not the most suitable choice for cell gaming, although it will little doubt serve the informal gamer enjoying Stardew Valley.
Good Ports, Bad Camera
Good video efficiency like this usually means poor battery life, however that is not the case right here. Lenovo has packed in a 73-watt-hour battery that manages to get about seven hours of battery life in real-world use. That quantity will come down the extra time you spend enhancing video, however it’s nonetheless very spectacular for a laptop computer with these specs. Suffice it to say that for informal use you possibly can nearly eke out a day’s work, however if you happen to’re headed to the espresso store to edit video, convey the charger. I must also be aware that the charger, whereas somewhat massive for a laptop computer charger lately, does certainly juice up the battery in a short time. Lenovo says you may get three hours of battery life off a 15-minute cost, a declare that held up in my testing.
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