Excellent 15-inch multimedia laptop with 1,100 nits OLED - Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition Review

[Redaktion]

Lenovo is one of the few manufacturers with 15-inch devices and the new Yoga Pro 7i 15 Aura Edition is an impressive multimedia laptop starting at $2679 with Intel Panther Lake CPU, GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, 32 GB RAM and a gorgeous 165 Hz OLED touchscreen.

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[M2026]

How can be a noisy laptop for 3100 with 8GB VRAM and 32GB of soldered RAM in 2026 "excellent"???

[FlexUser]

Is PWM flickering happening at 1,3Hz or 1,3KHz?

[2600 for 8 GB VRAM..]

2600 / 3100 bucks for 8 GB VRAM..

[JM]

I have last year's version, with difference being last year's processor and Intel Arc GPU, with a price that is around USD 700 cheaper. The upgrade certainly is not worth an extra USD 700.

[shawman]

Prices in this AI fueled era would be ridiculous. 32GB RAM price wont be cheap and neither is dGPU. I dont think Windows laptop compete that well against Mac these days.

[lu]

how can a 1k+ hz pwm be considered a cons, if the average premium oled laptop is 480hz?

[Amplitude]

how can a 1k+ hz pwm be considered a cons, if the average premium oled laptop is 480hz?

Take a look at the amplitude, it's 41%. This is way worse than Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition's. The fact that it starts it's pwm at 95% or below isn't a good sign either.

Ideally you want as low amplitude as possible and the pwm to not be there the entire brightness range, so like start at below 70% brightness setting.