Great review Andrew. The production quality of your videos is top-notch and really consistent. Please keep it up :)

Thanks for making such a great review!

Thank you for this very thorough review! I have been looking at this laptop, and was disappointed that the varient with the 4070 wasn't available on the website in the US. I have contacted Lenovo multiple times via customer support, and was unable to confirm when, or even if it would come to the us. Your review is the only one I have seen to specifically mention the release date to best buy! Thank you so much!

You killed this! I have been debating between this and the mac for video editing purposes and this video tipped the scale. Thanks!

Very Detailed and Honest Review. Thanks!

You are amazing! Thanks for this excellent review.

Nice video. Honest review, as always.

Best review of this laptop in the world. Thanks a lot sir. Thanks🎉

kudos to you Andrew for your wonderful work!

Of all the reviews I looked up for this laptop, this was the definitely the best.

@andrewmarcdavid

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

AMAZING REVIEW FROM THE BEST!

I´m in love with this laptop

Great review! Really well formatted with tons of objective and helpful insights into the performance and specs for those who overthink every decision, like myself! Exactly the video I was looking for. Thanks, Andrew!

i had the Lenovo Yoga 920 almost 6 years i switched this year 2024 to Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Pro 16.. still learning samy Book lol... lenovo builds very solid Laptops i enjoyed that 6 years.

Thanks for this long awaited review! I find it interesting that it costs the same as the Macbook Air 15 with 16gb Ram and 512gb of Storage.

Your review really deserves to be liked. Fantastic work, sir.

nice review andrew!

Great review!

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

As always, great review. However, I wish reviewers emphasized more on the shortcomings of the different display technologies and how they manifest themselves in each model. For instance, everyone praises OLED panels but not as many talk about text clarity (very important in my view). Even at 4k resolution in small 15inch or 16inch displays OLED text clarity is not as high as in LED (Mini-LED in this case) panels, although for many users the difference is likely imperceivable (as always, it all depends on what your benchmark is). Mini-LED monitors are also far from perfect. In this particular implementation (but also in other Mini-LED implementations), there seems to be backlight bleeding in SDR mode (i.e., when FALD is not activated). Also, having FALD always on is not recommended. So consumers think they buy an amazing display almost as good as OLED. In my view this is not the case, and I certainly would not be happy with toggling the HDR option on and off every time I want to consume HDR content. Therefore, despite its limitations, OLED remains the best display option at the moment (and I agree with your comment in another video that OLED burn in seems to be less of an issue these days). So, let's not forget that for regular use the Mini-LED panel behaves as a regular LED panel. Relative to OLED, Mini-LED has drawbacks that for some may be deal-breakers (such as backlight bleeding or blooming, the latter already mentioned in the video) or advantages like improved text clarity and higher brightness, which depending on the content, can give Mini-LED a noticeable advantage over OLED. Furthermore, I think OLED panels are more consistent with regards to the picture quality, whereas Mini-LED panels can be a hit or miss, depending on the implementation (and this goes back to the backlight bleeding and blooming issues described above). As for me, I hope Lenovo offers a 4k OLED version of the model. Otherwise, the laptop seems to be great on so many other aspects.

Hey Andrew! Great unboxing as always my man! However I noticed on this video as well as your live unboxing on this unit, you mentioned you had the 4050 version, which if you look on Best Buy’s website, is the non-Mini LED version. The Mini LED version is the 4060 model for $1,899 (as of 5/19/2024.) I almost made this same mistake as well when I was about to order this. But then I seen that the $1,699/4050 version is non LED and ONLY 400 nits of brightness instead of 1200. Just wanted to make you aware that your unit is the base/non mini LED one. I noticed this on your live unboxing when you turned the brightness up and it wasn’t really that bright.

This is what I have been thinking about getting. I don't know if it has a touch screen, but I will visit the website to see. Thanks for the review

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

Thanks, Andrew. I was waiting for the shortened review after the live event. As a creator, I am interested in this unit, but, as you mentioned, I can't find it with 64 GB and the 4070 combo. Do they feel this configuration will not perform well? You mentioned that you would ask Lenovo about these upgrades. It appears others have similar concerns. I might have to go to the Legion Pro 9i.

Impressive speakers from Lenovo🔊

Fantastic review Andrew as always. I am making my way to currys to buy one

Lenovo is getting better and better in terms of build quality and specs. I owned a Legion Slim 7 and a Yoga Slim 7, and they were solid.

@johnbreaker3874

3 ай бұрын

I've heard the hinge of them is really bad, it was intend to break after year or two. but from what i see, lenovo is the best laptop maker right now, on pair with apple

@Splinter_12

3 ай бұрын

Laptops are so expensive. Even the flimsy ones

@michaozga7825

Ай бұрын

Charging port is bad quality. It’s also soldered.

@Bramagon

8 күн бұрын

@@johnbreaker3874 I've had my yoga slim 7 since 2020, the hinge got visible hairline fractures after a month of use, but this never got any worse despite heavy usage. Still, I hope the current laptops don't have this hinge issue..

Great review Andrew as usual.Would you go for this one or a Asus zenbook pro 14? Besides that: which have better sound quality (bass, lows)? Thanks!

Lenovo Pro 9i and Asus G14/16 are amazing this year

Great review, do you know if enabling HDR boosts the brightness for windows apps near its 1200 nits peak brightness?

Great. Thanks.

The video quality looks pretty sharp to watch content like Netflix and KZread.

I love your content

Mine gets here Tuesday!!! Speakers are great for a laptop. Pricing is great, especially compared to the M3 Mac's. Those prices Apple charge are difficult for me to justify. Looking forward to testing it out on both Win 11 Pro AND Linux. Wish me luck on the latter. Over all Andrew, very nice work on the review!!! Thanks for the effort!

Good review Andrew still waiting for my unit have you ever thought try the LG gram pro 2iin 1 16 oled

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

I have the LG Gram Pro 16, not the 2-in-1, and should be live next week.

@arnulforamirez4836

3 ай бұрын

How were the blacks on the yoga pro 9i in person am like you I've love oled I know last years model they were a lil grayish let me know thanks but it's popular lenovo said I won't get until may 21st

You sir continue to be the best laptop reviewer online. My opinion, but love the delivery of these reviews. 👊

@andrewmarcdavid

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

I'm currently watching your video on this laptop. I have the 64GB ram 4070 version with the mini led touchscreen (only available in europe i guess... Hi from France ), and I'm quite loving it, it's not perfect notably the noise when you're in performance mode is quite loud but in intelligent mode it's way more manageable and I get almost the same perf. The HDMI 2.0 disguised as a 2.1, the quite slow SD card reader and the only one TB port when we know that intel's cpu supports natively at least 2. Overhaul i'm loving it with a few minor gripes.

@cptcrogge

2 ай бұрын

How is the fan noise in silent mode? Did you try to use it with a USB-C power supply?

@Silver-xo3ur

2 ай бұрын

@@cptcrogge Hi ! I'm gonna be quite long but i'll try to describe it correctly. (And i'm sorry if there is mistakes, english isn't my native language and isn't well taught here) Also a disclaimer because i probably have a differant tolerance to noise than you have, and i may not have the same workload as you. So don't trust me too much. I won't talk about the ultra quiet mode available in the bios (and only the bios, i didn't found it anywhere else) because i didn't try it but i suppose that for light to medium load it's even better for silent seeker. First I'll talk about light load like web browsing, video streaming, powerpoint, word.... In this laptop there is 3 power mode that you can access both via windows or lenovo vantage (their software) The first one is the energy saving mode where as you guessed is the most low powered but also the most silent one. At more or less 40 centimeter which is a little bit more than a foot it's close to dead silent, but not dead silent, if you're in a really silent room you'll probably slightly hear it. But it's not a problem to be honest because it's not really high pitch or anything so you could consider it silent. The second is called normal use in windows and intelligent/auto in vantage, it's still quite silent really close to the first mode in light use but it can be slightly more hearable in like 4k hdr 10 bit video streaming but even so there is probably sound to hear which is way louder than the fan. Performance Mode is actually similar in light load thought slightly worse in the video streaming explain above. In medium to heavy load (depending on your workload and own opinion) like video editing in davinci resolve, photo editing, light gaming (like indie game such as Celeste, Hollow Knight or Abzu) or programming and slight compiling. For energy saving mode it's close to the Auto mode in the worst light load so you can hear it if your environment is silent but really manageable and if you have headphone or iem you won't hear it even without music. Auto mode is getting noticable i could say it's mostly fine but when it get spikes of uses, fans ramp up and it can be anoying for some, to me it's perfectly find and doesn't bother me nor the poeple around me. Performance mode start to get awful and is clearly noticable but i would say it's bearable. Under heavy load to really heavy (It still depends on your workload) like unreal engine 5.4 or optimised like shit game, namely ark ascended. Saving mode can actually struggle but still perform surprisingly well and can still run those if you don't go to hard on presets and render quality. I was able to play fine (not the best but playable) ark ascended on 1920x1200 in medium presets with dlss on balanced and frame gen on. And to my surprise it was really not bad in term of noise, it's hearable yes. But if i had to make a comparison it's like a quite low pitch wind/noise. It's noticeable to me but really not bothering and it almost disapear with iems or headphones without music. In auto mode, it start to get noisy and can be bothering in extreme load in ark 1920x1200 in high preset, dlls balenced frame gen on it was really playable but it started to get noisy and bothering if not wearing headphones. But it was the maximum noise that i got. In the auto mode UE5.4 and ark where the worst in noise. For the performance mode... Just avoid it... it's like an old ps4 that make a turbine sound when starting, i'm quite exagerating but it's really annoying and to me it's too noisy to be usable. But maybe for some... To note that in perf mode you get access to easy gpu overclocking so maybe in some rare cases it's of use. For the USB C Charging Both the usb c and the thunderbolt support 100w via the power delivery standard. I tested it with a 65w PD power brick and a 160w max output with a 140w max per port (so imited to 100w) and both worked well. I even did my ark ascended energy saving mode test with my 160w charger and i didn't lose battery at least for the short test that i did. You could consider the provided 170w charger to be mandatory for heavy load if you want to be safe. To me the energy saving mode might be enough for almost any regular user that don't need to play unoptimised games or use UE5, and will be near perferct in term of noise. Hope that helped ! If you have other questions i'll try to answer them the best way i can.

@cptcrogge

2 ай бұрын

@@Silver-xo3ur Merci! I appreciate the insight, for daily work the energy saving mode seems to be a great choice I love quiet devices. The USB-C information is useful as well because I often travel 2-3 days and need a leighweight charger. Last question, is the display comfortable for the eyes?

@Silver-xo3ur

2 ай бұрын

@@cptcrogge Hello ! Sorry for the late answer i'm in my exam period. As for the display i find it really comfortable it can go really bright in sdr and even brigher in hdr. It can get really dimmed as well if needed. pixel density is really good as well with almost 236 ppi so the text clarity is good. The only two annoyinng thing about the display is that first is that it's not standard, 3200 x 2000 is sometimes not well handled by some software, mostly fine but it can happen. The second is that the refresh rate isn't well managed, there is 3 modes but only 2 are availables by software, you have a 60hz, a 165hz and an auto mod that only seems to be a vrr or adaptive sync mode at 165hz it doesn't seem to dynamically change the refresh rate to reduce power consumption and doesn't for exemple switch to 60hz when unplugged or something. And the only way to get access to the 3 modes seems to be via the keyboard shortcut Fn + R.

Great review, as always! I've determined that my next computer, a desktop replacement, will likely be a Lenovo. I've always been told that the differences in the manufacture and production processes between their ThinkPad line and the others (IdeaPad, ThinkBook, Yoga, etc.) go beyond ISO certifications. I have been led to believe that quality drops off precipitously outside of the ThinkPad line, and that the others are actually produced from start to finish by different manufactories. Do you (or does anyone) have thoughts to share about this? Thanks!

Hey Andrew! What do you recommend, a yoga pro 9i with ultra core 9, 32gb ram, mini-led touch, rtx 4060 (2300€) or Legion slim 7i glacier white with 13700h, 32gb ram, rtx 4060, 3200 res screen (1550€). The Yoga is brand new with 3 years premium care warranty, while the Legion only has a one year warranty, and is from ebay, apparently had faulty ram which was repaired (checked repair ticket with lenovo) , the seller mentioned the faulty ram but claims the laptop was unused. I would mainly use it for music production but like doing some color grading when I have the time. I don't game. I wanted something that was closest to a Windows Macbook Pro laptop. (good screen, build, speakers, etc) The Legion just popped up and the difference in price is significant (800€) I would love to know what your recommendation would be. Is the Yoga pro 9i worth 800€ more? (I still have a chance to return the Yoga and buy the Legion if its still available) I would really appreciate your advice. Thank you and all the best!

Thanks for the review...For almost the same price is it a no-brainer to go for Yoga 9i with 4060 over HP Spectre with 4050?

The thing about the Asus ROG line is that, even in the 16 inch model, their keyboards are centered because they don't have a number pad. And as far as laptop keyboards go, they're damn good to type on (I'm currently using the 2022 G14). I'm a programmer so maybe a good, centered keyboard is more important to me than to most people but I thought it was worth mentioning. OTOH, I read that the G16's ram is soldered, so you're stuck with whatever they give you, and I'd rather max out the ram for running VMs and auch but again, that's just me.

Could you please create a comparison video between the new Asus ProArt P16 and Lenovo Pro 9i laptops when they are released?

Could you please do a review for the ThinkPad T16 Gen 3? I'm having a difficult time deciding whether to buy the 2024 Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" or the Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 3 for overall quality and reliability. Thanks!!

Could you please create additional review videos focusing on the laptop's display, as it is a key feature of the product?

amazing device

Any latency test? From mouse click to display response?

Hey, to what degree has this laptop PWM? I'm considering the maxed out model because it has the best value for me

Still waitin for the review of the X1 2-in-1 Gen 9. It would be great if you can do one :-)

The speakers of the Macbook 14 have better punch ans bass. But the Lenovo Yoga isn't bad. Is the grill on the side of the keyboard a speaker? Or is it an exhaust vent?

What a Fantastic laptop this really is Andrew!! I was blown away from everything this new model for 2024 has to offer. If I had to nitpick it, it would be the soldered Wi-Fi 6E integrated card but that's about it. Great port selection, super bright miniLED display, camera and internal mics are good, 6-speaker system which blows away the MacBook Pro Finally in my opinion as it sounds louder. The speaker quality might however be the same as the Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 at least to my ears. Love the Faster RAM even though it's soldered in but that seems to be the trend these days so make sure you upgrade it during the ordering process through Lenovo's website. The extended battery life is another welcomed surprise. So out of 5 stars, I would give the 2024 Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i a 4.5 due to the soldered Wi-Fi card. Immaculate review Andrew! You always go way above and beyond with these reviews and your subscribers in the end benefit from your brilliance!! 👏😁

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Rafael

Between the yoga 9i 2-in-1 (not this one) and the hp 360 specter 14in u did a few videos on, which would you say is better for light (as a hobby) video and photo editing? And overall which would you prefer? Thanks for the quality reviews

@tj1579

3 ай бұрын

Personally would go for the yoga, a good Dedicated GPU is extremely nice to have for rendering times and previews, and of course for overall performance.

@driptcg

3 ай бұрын

@@tj1579 ty!

When will this laptop be available at Amazon?

Wow! Asus G16 and Yoga are finally up to MacBook Pro levels of build quality and speakers. Amazing!

That song is a banger

Nice review, very detailed! What do you think about this vs macbook pro m3 pro/max ? Price difference is of ~1000€ (found m3 max at the same price with m3 pro). Will be used for programming, probably some LLM, AI in the near future. Thinking about doing cross platform development also, but not 100% sure (only if i go with apple will include iOS also).

@IonutNegru87

2 ай бұрын

Ordered MacBook Pro 16", M3 Max, 14-Core CPU, 30-Core GPU, 36GB, 1TB SSD. After watching other reviews and reading what others with the actual laptop think of I've decided the difference in price would be good spent. Issues with battery, fan noise, charging drain while plugged in, display issue (refresh rate & trails), trackpad misstouches, power button placement, etc .... made me go with apple solution in the end.

Does white color on the screen have a yellowish tint? I got last year's model (slim pro 9i 16) and white appeared yellowish/too warm on it.

would be interested in getting it if not for the full sized numpad. I never use it and it hinders my typing experience a lot, prefer the keyboards in Xps and macs, which excludes the numpad. would love to get it for the screen alone, but oh well...

Would you choose this for 1900 over the G16 at 2900 (to get 32 gb ram) for light gaming, portability and battery life? G16 at 1700 on sale now would be nice but only 16 gb ram.

What is better? Min led glossy or matte?

One thing I'd like to point out that was incorrect was the battery sizing. Under the battery scetion of the video, you listed it as a 75wh battery. The 2024 yoga pro 9i actually has an 84wh battery.

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

Yes it was a typo

I have yet to see a reviewer that has caught the fact that this laptop does not have full bandwidth HDMI 2.1. The bandwidth is capped at 4k60, which is the same as HDMI 2.0. This is a terrible consequence of the HDMI standard not being transparent anymore.

@HereAfterNow

2 ай бұрын

I believe you can output 4k120fps through the usbc thunderbolt port though

Please review lenovo yoga pro 7 2024 with AMD ryzen 7 8845Hs + 3050 6GB.

Thanks for the thorough presentation. I am also looking for something very portable. For 4K-5K video editing in davinci and large video exports, would you rather go with this one or with HP spectre x360 32GB RAM ? (If macbook is not an option)

@andrewmarcdavid

3 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Waiting for HP 860 G11 ULTRA 7 review ❤

Those speakers 🔥 but the G16 also have good ones

Nice 👍🏼

Does the Intel Graphics Command Centre app report the display as HDCP-compliant? It isn't on the Yoga Book 9i.

Seeing this with a rtx 4050 and 4060 with a $200 price difference at my local store. is the jump up to a 4060 worth the difference?

Andrew, I would like to see PugetBench Benchmarks included in your reviews.

Wait the contrast ratio is 890:1? Is that right?

Very curious about how this one compares to Dell Precision 5690. Can‘t wait for the 5690 review.

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

That's on deck. Stay tuned.

Have to say this laptop might be the best windows has to offer when it comes to sound quality. Apple Macbooks have reigned supreme for to long in this area. Both laptops sounded great and even in my opinion. Says a lot. Btw congrats you earned a subscriber for your attention to detail and thorough reviews. So congrats

You must create a table with all the laptops reviewed for comparison. :)

Any chance they will be offered with snapdragon ?

how does this compared to the Lenovo ThinkPad P1? which one would you recommend for just normal web browsering and light gaming.

@zaidzain

2 ай бұрын

I've been asking the same question also. Hoping for a review comparison on YT soon

2024: Laptop cameras still suck

@sggsquadpresents

3 ай бұрын

unfortunately we got AI instead of an actually good camera.

@narenchris711

Ай бұрын

​@@sggsquadpresents why artificial intelligence when we can still trust our real intelligence

@TechWizz

Ай бұрын

It's a shame.

Hi, I have a question about the MiniLED display. I just received my unit and in SDR mode, it looks like a regular IPS panel. its only when i put it in HDR mode does it look like a MiniLED. is that the expected behaviour?

@kavelab699

2 ай бұрын

Yes.

Is there a 14.5 inch version of this laptop?

Hi @andrewmarcdavid, can you please try & tell us if there is any pen/stylus support on this device and which ones are compatible? Lenovo doesn't list any on their homepage.

@SOG989

3 ай бұрын

Like last years model, I think that information isn't listed because it doesn't support active stylus/pen. If it has touch, then your fingers or Capacitive pen should work fine. I use last year's 14 inch model, a good capacitive pen I found is the Nillkin Stylus Pen but try others too.

is the SD card reader UHS 2?

For recent years, Lenovo make their laptops better than other competitive. Both Yoga and Legion are awesome

Do you have a website where all the various notebooks tested are ranked OR are you planning to do a best of video? Best 16", Best 15", etc.?

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

Coming soon

'm doubting, Lenovo 9i Pro 16 (Nvidia 4060), HP Envy 16 (Nvidia 4060) or HP Spectre 16 (Nvidia 4050) for mixed usage pogramming, casual gaming?

The biggest selling point for me is actually the full size keyboard.

I'm hunting this one 🤔

Sound very good. MacBook Pro still just an inch punchier in base. But otherwise it would be cool to compare it to Surface Laptop Studio 2 that has the second best speakers after Macbook Pro.

64gb availible in europe

This or the galaxy book ultra with similar specs?

Given this is now the second generation of laptops using the 40 series mobile gpus do you think its wiser to hold off till next year to buy?

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

I am of the opinion if you need a laptop now, but it now and not for the promise of what may come next year.

Is this model supports stylus pen???

speakers are the same as the rog zephyrus g16 thats really impressive!

Why isn't the 4070 available anywhere?!?!??????

What? Yoga has better speakers than macbook. Super clean qiality and EQ.

@hellishsavitar7522

3 ай бұрын

To be honest, I never understood why good sound is such a massive criteria. I mostly use my laptop with earphones.

Need a comparison with galaxy book4 ultra.

can u do the vivobook s14 oled m5406 ryzen 9

I'm gonna wait a little bit more to see if they "fix" the website because I only get to see 32 gb ram option and 4060 gpu.

Can anyone recommend Docking Stations for this laptop? I need RJ45 and dual external display with one at least 4k. Thanks. Also I heard the power adaptor included for this laptop was too weak under load... Any suggestions?

that scale ain't right.. wonderful review

@andrewmarcdavid

3 ай бұрын

It's fine

cant see 4070 version on Lenovo USA site, unfortunate as its a huge selling point, Gaming ultrabook with sleek design and screen is such an appeal to me.

A competitive port selection would be two Thunderbolt 4 ports in 2024, more USB-C ports, less USB-A ports (if any at all). Otherwise great laptop with finally good battery life.

Does anyone know what market the Tidal Teal and 4070 models are available in? I've been watching this laptop for months now and the best spec and customization color don't seem to be available in US, UK, or Canadian markets, so I'm curious as to if they're even making the Tidal Teal and 4070 models anywhere. Andrew, have you gotten any info from Lenovo on this? They've done this for 2 years in a row now, sending their best models to reviewers that nobody can even buy, but it seems that wasn't the case for this review which is a relief.

@codrutpanaitescu5586

2 ай бұрын

They both available in Romania, but 4070 only with anti-glare (matte) screen!

Ты лев мужик, спасибо тебе за такой подход, помог определиться с выбором!

@andrewmarcdavid

2 ай бұрын

You are welcome!