Hii Notebookcheck! When r you guys gonna review the Yoga 7i Gen 9. In Australia, it's 200 dollars more expensive than the Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i G9 ($1500). And both laptops are really good value. Like the other comments here, I'm tryna figure out and compare the battery life of the two, that will probably be the factor that will influence my buying decision.

Not sure how you got those battery times because I recieved this laptop today and I'm not getting even half of the web browsing time for example with screen brightness low, balanced power plan & reduced refresh rate.

Sending it back!

Quote from: desss on April 14, 2024, 13:31:58Also the 3k display makes NO sense at all and it's only giving a lot of headaches while used in a multimonitor environment where this is the only one needing 175% scaling. There are many disadvantages in multimonitor setup, be warned!!!

175% would give you 1755.42x1097.14 which is plain weird. What's wrong with 150% (2048x1280) or 200%?

3072x1920 at 200% scaling is 1536x960 with beautiful extra sharpness and clarity, basically the same as 14" MacBooks at Default "Looks like 1512x982" (with their 3024x1964 panels), and this here is also a 14" display. That is about perfect for a 14" screen.

How are there disadvantages in a multimonitor setup? Don't use custom scaling (yes, it sucks with multimonitor setup) and use any scaling you want/like/wish on your external monitor(s) - there is no any issue even if you use 200% (1536x960) on your laptop, 100% (2560x1440) on your 1440p monitor and 200% (1920x1080) on your another 4K monitor, so three display with completely different scalings and resolutions.

Quote from: NikoB on March 21, 2024, 12:24:45I don't believe in the author's data about PL1=55W, .... It should be significantly lower.

Multiple reviews (including outside of Notebookcheck) have shown that Meteor Lake generally performs bad on low base power, but better on higher base power. It really needs its 50-65 watts base power to unfold its performance.

That's also why it always loses in low power benchmarks against AMD. But at 50+ watts it seems to catch up. It seems to scale better upwards than AMD.

It is what it is... maybe an architectural thing. Not sure that can be changed anymore by drivers.

I just bought it. I had a slim 7 with 4700u. Unfortunately this review missed to indicate that the new keyboard with long 1.5mm key travel is very stiff, buttons are hard to press and I'm having so many missed. The typing experience compared to my previous slim is significantly worse. I think I'll give it back for another slim, hoping for the best. Also the 3k display makes NO sense at all and it's only giving a lot of headaches while used in a multimonitor environment where this is the only one needing 175% scaling. There are many disadvantages in multimonitor setup, be warned!!!

I don't believe in the author's data about PL1=55W, because the result in CBR15 does not correlate with other results of this SoC(CPU). It should be significantly lower.

I have this laptop, everything has been fine except the low brightness setting on the keyboard backlight. When it's set to auto or high it's fine, but when set to low, every key press dims the whole keyboard while it's pressed. Anyone else have this issue or is mine broken? I would send it to warranty but it's sold out everywhere and i doubt they can fix it. I only noticed this after a bios update, noy sure if it was there before.

I've this laptop for like 3 days. For such a cheap laptop not entirely bad. Comming from Matebook X Pro there are a few issues for me personally. However I could understand someone else would not find this to be a problem at all.

- High pitched whining sound comming from the fans. The fans are often working even on low and moderate load. They are not loud per se, but the specific frequency drives me crazy. Very bothersome to the point I'm already looking for another laptop. That said, I've also tested the bit older AMD version which was even worse. I've also got a Yoga 7 Slim from like 3 years ago, which is much much better, you can only see the air passing.
- Altough the display is nice and clear, the maximum brightness is limiting and it's definitely a big step down from Huawei's Matebook.
- This is the only laptop out of 4 laptops with USB-C PD I've recently tested which is not able to power a small external display using a single cable.

All in all, I would NOT buy it again.

Quote from: geogjr2 on March 11, 2024, 17:42:34I own this laptop, and I have the suspicion that I've got faulty system. From tests, the battery life is much larger (>3x) than mine.

My guess is that you have set a higher display brightness than in the review.

Quote from: articleIn our Wi-Fi test at 150 cd/m² reduced brightness

I own this laptop, and I have the suspicion that I've got faulty system. From tests, the battery life is much larger (>3x) than mine.
I tried everything (reinstalling drivers, firmware, system, ...) and I cannot get the same battery life.
The best thing for me would be to reproduce the test, and have the number to compare. What settings should I use ? 60Hz/120/auto ? Battery saver on/off ? In case of web browsing, what browser?

Any more suggestions with my issue ? I checked HWinfo, and my cpu just draws 7-10W on idle, which should me more like 4W ...

Quote from: Bagad on March 10, 2024, 11:44:28I wouldn't care that much about the heat, if these computers (laptops, mini pcs) would get proper cooling solutions. Because Meteor Lake obviously requires something better than the usual cheap coolers.

it's not about cooling solution, it's the new paradigm to keep noise down - let silicon heat up then start cooling.
it shouldn't be affecting thermal paste, try a different one, make sure it's not counterfeit.

Quote from: lmao on March 09, 2024, 18:34:23

Quote from: Bagad on March 09, 2024, 17:54:16And that's why I am concerned when I already see temperatures of 107°C on Meteor Lake already

meh, i'd say its fine, they use throttling now to let cpus into 100-110 zone. apple does it for 4 years already, no signs of mass repasting or any trouble.

Yeah, it will "survive", as did my old laptop after dozens of emergency shutdowns. But it's clearly subpar. And to avoid throttling you'll probably have to repaste every couple of months.

The same Yoga laptop tested with AMD and 780m (also having 55W PL1) reaches 78°C under stress... that's almost 30 degrees below. I mean wtf...??

I wouldn't care that much about the heat, if these computers (laptops, mini pcs) would get proper cooling solutions. Because Meteor Lake obviously requires something better than the usual cheap coolers.

In fact I'm more annoyed by the fact, that companies still don't do that. That they still cheap out on coolers in laptops, or use the same minimalistic coolers in NUCs, instead of making the case  2 cm larger and enabling it for bigger coolers or even low profile desktop coolers.

Quote from: Bagad on March 09, 2024, 17:54:16maybe spending 60 hours gaming

that doesn't sound normal, i'd say try a different paste/batch and a trusty supplier (official shop preferable)

Quote from: Bagad on March 09, 2024, 17:54:16And that's why I am concerned when I already see temperatures of 107°C on Meteor Lake already

meh, i'd say its fine, they use throttling now to let cpus into 100-110 zone. apple does it for 4 years already, no signs of mass repasting or any trouble.

Quote from: lmao on March 09, 2024, 16:55:50arctic ones are rated for continuous use up to 140-150c
might be a bad batch or counterfeit paste
does it actually start overheating or you consider +2C a 'time to repaste' signal

When I put the thermal paste on, temperatures go to 85°C maximum in gaming. But after like 3-4 months, maybe spending 60 hours gaming, temperatures continuously rise and then reach 120°C and computer emergency shutdown.

It must be because the chip gets sooo hot, that it kills the thermal paste - within very few months.

And that's why I am concerned when I already see temperatures of 107°C on Meteor Lake already. A mere 15 degrees away from thermal shutdown. And multiple tech channels on youtube have shown similar temperatures, so it's not a single case with the Yoga. I'm a bit frustrated by that.

Quote from: Bagad on March 09, 2024, 15:55:08So you're telling me Arctic Cooling MX 4 is better? I was using Arctic Silver 5... But I'll try that MX4 then, although it sounds strange given the lower number...

i'd say your problem with thermal paste is not 100c
arctic ones are rated for continuous use up to 140-150c
might be a bad batch or counterfeit paste
does it actually start overheating or you consider +2C a 'time to repaste' signal