Lenovo Slim Pro 7 14: What Real Users Say on Reddit

$100 more gets you a Zephyrus g14 with a better screen and gpu

I love my Pro 9i. I use it mostly for developing in .net. Battery life is meh, but I'm always near an outlet so not really an issue.

I personally bought the slim pro 7 (2023) and I thought a lot about buying the pro x model before I bought the one have. It came down to wanting the latest processor for me and having usb 4 which the 2022 version doesn't have. At the end of the day, I really enjoy my laptop.

This is a terrible deal when it's big brother is available for the the same price and with Costco warranty. Better cpu, 32gb ram, better screen, and bigger ssd.

I got my Pro 7 for $800 and was very satisfied with it until I needed more RAM, really unfortunate that we can't upgrade it.

What I noticed is, the 9 has Apple/mobile like PCB, which is of much higher quality and a lot more failsafe transistors than the 7. Cooling seems the same yet all reports show a clear performance in thermals in the 9.

To clear up some confusion about this processor, it is a generation older than the other 7000 series mobile chips like a 7840hs (20% stronger single and multicore performance with stronger igpu as well). 7840hs looks like it's a rebranded 6800hs. Essentially, this is an older generation laptop. I think there is better options at this price range.

That's a tough call. This is basically specs vs display. Spec-wise obviously the fact that the Lenovo has a GPU is a big advantage, but the Asus has that nice OLED display. The Lenovo display is only 350 nits, which is good, that's fine, but for an $800 that's kind of rough (Asus is 500 nits). BUT, the Lenovo is higher resolution.

The second USB-C port is 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps), instead of the 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) on Slim Pro 7. Battery life by default is not great. Fans are louder under heavy load compared to the Pro 7.

Got this for 480 open box back in January. Great combo for light gaming/school/media consumption. I wouldn't pay 900 though.

I was recently researching laptops for a friend, and came across refurbs of this model. It had the best price/performance ratio of all the laptops I was looking at, but there seemed to be a lot of returns on them — related to overheating. Make sure you do your own research to make sure you're comfortable with potential issues.

Definitely not 10 hours. Rather it's more like 6-7 hours based on what processes are running. The 10 hours is more like the maximum possible battery life if your laptop is in peak conditions (no use of dGPU, low brightness, little to no things open, etc.)

It's a great laptop but surpassed by Slim 7 gen 8 with a better screen, speakers and a keyboard. If I were to buy now I wouldn't get a pro 7. As for the build of the Pro X the hinges are screwed directly into the metal chassis and there's a rubber gasket.

Picking up (essentially) the same device this Saturday, with the Ryzen 7 7735HS processor. After looking for days I can't find anything I'd be more satisfied with.

Your experience basically mirrors mine. Loved it for like 6 months before the BSOD, but mine is out of Lenovo's warranty so I might be out of luck. Troubleshooting calls are super annoying, assuming it's software related. It's definitely a hardware issue with these.

The ThinkPad has a better feeling and more sturdy magnesium chassis. I'd recommend getting it since they feel much more premium and last an extremely long time.

I just haven't heard much about the Slim's and I don't want to end up with something feeling all plastic and cheap, or issue prone, so I'm on the edge about it.

I recently purchased one used on Marketplace, and am still learning its quirks, though generally enjoying it quite a bit. The battery endurance is a tricky one, but I am working at it.

Yeah grabbing the Zephyrus G14 is definitely a better option at this price point.

This thing is by far the most complete and refined windows laptop I've ever used. I've been buying and returning windows laptops for years and every time I've been left disappointed or frustrated with quality control or software issues. I have zero functional issues with the machine, it literally just works and does all the laptop things without issue.

I picked up the 7735HS, RTX 3050 (the 2023 6GB refresh) for $413.99 as an open box in 'fair' shape at Best Buy. The thing was in perfect shape and I cannot believe how good this laptop is all around. The only weak spot for me is the display brightness, but I'll deal with it for the price I paid.

I'm surprised that no one is talking about the charger and how 100w isn't enough to use the laptop at full potential (not without experiencing a battery drain WHILE charging). While it definitely isn't a deal breaker, there's more heat generated due to the charge and drain happening at the same time. Lenovo should definitely provide chargers with at least 150w for this thing.

I have this same laptop and went through the same experience with battery, except I didn't contact support. It lasted normally about 7hrs +1hr with battery saver on. As a college student it's very nice to get work done on this beast.

I noticed while using the yuzu Nintendo switch emulator on it, it ran very smooth and exceeded my expectations of this computer on gaming performance, because it literally did better than my Asus TUF gaming laptop.

Sadly lacks USB4, how can you call something 'pro' and lack USB4?

In December will be one year with mine and I love it. I don't run Windows at all on any of my systems so I don't have the BSOD that everyone is complaining about. If you are going to be using yours as a Linux system I can't recommend the laptop highly enough. Does everything I want for work with casual gaming and no issues whatsoever.

Battery life fix: Recovery options -> Advanced Startup -> Restart Now -> Toolbox -> UEFI -> Configuration -> Graphics Device. Change it from Switchable Graphics to UMA Graphics, disabling the GPU. This will increase your battery life from 3h to 5-6 hour on Windows 11. It seems that even if it is not used there is a constant (unnecessary) battery drain.

I got this laptop and while I like the laptop itself, I caution buying from Best Buy. I am on my 2nd 'new' one from them. The first one had clearly been set up before as someone's microsoft account was still linked to it, and the second one had a motherboard failure within 2 months. Lenovo took a month to send it back with the same problems.

Nice write up! For what I do I think the laptop is incredible. The only thing is the battery life. If it was better it would be perfect.

I have this laptop and it is great in performance and good tier parts but the build quality is kinda ass. There is a random dent in the side of the laptop that I never put there because the laptop lives on my desk. The backpanel also feels like it is about to come off because one of the screws is loose. The laptop is good value for the price and form factor but the plastic and build quality makes it feel cheap.

My processors don't overheat too much when gaming (cpu and gpu under 80C), it's just that the chassis gets really hot. Suppose an aluminum laptop would feel hotter than a plastic laptop at the same temperature because it absorbs more heat.

I had some major issues with random bsod and had to rma to Lenovo. They replaced the main board pretty quickly and overall I had a good experience with their support. This was my first Lenovo, decided to try them after having to rma all 3 ASUS zen books I have purchased previously.

I bought Lenovo Slim Pro 7 for my daughter in Oct. 2023 and after 5 months the SSD died and I had to replace it myself because we're living overseas and Lenovo refused to warranty it. Now the 3050 is misbehaving and I'm trying to figure out what the problem is.

I have owned my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro X for about 2 years now. As I was reading about the BSOD issues in your last paragraph, my laptop shat itself (I was updating AMD drivers), and I had to go through the Bitlocker recovery screen and disk repair. Thought I would share because I think it kind of describes the Lenovo experience.

Although it's 14in, it's no deeper than my old 13in. I was on an 8hr flight with it a bit ago and everything was fine. My main issue with the laptop is its rapid charging. At only 172 cycles my battery is already down to 92%. You can change the charging speed but Lenovo's software is quite annoying, with constant notifications and 8+ processes running for it.

I decided to keep the Pro X, but also returned and bought another due to the loose trackpad. The second one was DOA, so I had to exchange that for a third one. I'm using that one now and it has a much better keyboard and trackpad feel than the first one. Lenovo is surely using different suppliers for parts, which would also explain why the fans on my first were more whiny than the third.

I was first looking to get this laptop too because of the battery life and the thin and light design. But these issues will definitely stop me from considering this laptop further and I'll probably look into getting a legion slim 5 14" or the G14 in the Black Friday sale.

Pro 7 thermals are very good in the AMD 7840HS version. I game on this machine and thermals never crossed 70 in demanding scenes. This chassis was made to handle even a 4080.

Honestly was getting tired of using mine, I'm not really a big fan of gaming on it. One thing I'm experimenting on this device is the Lossless Scaling app, seems to make the games more playable.

I went for the 7 Pro X in the end as it was cheaper, and I read somewhere that it was built more solid. So far it has been great, no complaints. It runs what I want — Assassin's Creed Mirage, Dying Light, Ableton, Rekord Box — to a level that I have no complaints with. I paid 600GBP for it, so for that I am more than happy.

I would give Lenovo a zero-star rating if I were able. I purchased the Lenovo Slim 7 Pro X laptop about a year ago. When I started using it, it malfunctioned pretty quickly within 2 weeks. It would power on and off, but the screen would either go black shortly after starting or do nothing at all.