Lenovo Yoga 7i Reddit Verdict: Great Laptop, Sketchy Hinges

I have the 7i with the Intel ultra processor. It screams. 1 TB drive with 16gb ram. Screen is fine. IMHO, unless you absolutely need an OLED screen, don't spend the extra money. Not a gamer, but this is a fantastic PC. I still have one of the original Yoga's with the gear hinge. Works perfectly. That's why I bought another Lenovo.

Just got a Yoga 9i myself, also came from a MacBook. Haven't even had it for more than 24 hours yet, but so far, really can echo a lot of the points you made. Amazing screen, build quality, and speakers. The stylus support is an added bonus as I markup PDFs quite frequently for work. If I had to pick a complaint, would be around battery and efficiency. It's not bad but not great either. Expected a bit more battery life and less heat/fan noise.

The laptop screen is a 10 bit panel, meaning better color portrayal especially for gradient backgrounds. This laptop is ideal for graphic designers.

I got a 16" 2023 (2k screen 400nits, i7 1360p, 16 gb ram, 1tb ssd) because I found a great deal on it and I've been using it for a week. I just came back from the library after a 8 hour session (10 AM - 5:45 PM) and still had 25% battery by the end. I was running the screen around 75% of the screen brightness and had 2 desktops with 2 separate edge windows, 6-7 edge tabs open, MS word and OneNote.

I have the 16 inch screen, AMD version, and so far it hasn't failed me with one task. However, I accidentally dropped it and the corner now is dented while eating a bit in that part of the screen when I close it. I plan to send it back to lenovo under the warranty for a fix. In fairness it's a solid laptop but when it comes to durability it may not last. If you don't care much about the touchscreen, I would recommend a thinkpad (although these could get expensive).

Crashed after 8 days. Online tech support could not repair. Returned it for full refund.

Of the 4 screws fastening the cooler to the CPU, only one was fastened, and the laptop was throttling like crazy! It would reach 95c even during light browsing. You'd probably want to open up your Yoga and check the cooler; you might be lacking a bit of thermal paste or a loose cooler.

I use a 100W GaN USB C charger from Amazon on my Tongfang and it cost less than £35 on a special offer.

I can't speak for games, as I'm not much of a gamer but I have the Lenovo Yoga 7i with 16gb RAM and honestly it has not lagged once in the three months I've had it — I use several apps for art and studying, too! Occasional video editing.

I have an 82yn and when the laptop is working it has been great. HOWEVER, mine has so many problems with it. I consistently run into driver issues with the touchpad and speakers. I have to constantly reinstall drivers multiple times a day to get the speakers working properly and for my touchpad to work at all. It fucking sucks. Also, Lenovo support fucking sucks. I sent the laptop to them all they did is factory reset my machine and then sent it back with exterior damage to the chassis.

I don't have that specific one but I have an equivalent yoga from about 3 generations prior and it's my honestly my favorite computer I've ever had. Battery life on it is crazy good and the Core Ultra versions get twice as much.

I've used a Lenovo Yoga 7 AMD from a few generations back with the Ryzen 6800U for the past 3 years and have had no issues with the hinges for what it's worth!

I bought the AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS version with 16GB memory and 1TB SSD for $599 on a Black Friday deal. Too good to pass up.

The screen is glass/gloss, there are a lot of reflections so it's best for indoor use. It doesn't have much anti-glare coating you get on something like an X1. However anti glare is good and bad — in 2 years of use on my X1 the keys have worn off the coating, and it looks terrible with keyboard pattern on the screen.

Anybody with yoga 7i 8th gen (2023) facing issues with hinge? How is it holding up?

I just bought one of these but don't plan on using it in Tablet or Tent mode, just as a laptop. I'm new to Lenovo and it's not clear to me the long-term reliability of using those modes. I have seen lots of pictures of broken hinges on some models.

To my knowledge, the RAM on the 7i cannot be upgraded.

I'm looking into this as pretty much the only option as the price is really good compared to others. I'm skeptical about the hinges, but you say they are fine. And also if the performance is okay. The next thing is vivobook which goes about 50% more with worse screen.

My daughter bought this computer in July of last year. One of the hinges JUST broke and is causing issues with the screen. It needs to be repaired, but we are getting quoted a minimum of $500 to fix. Super frustrated by the whole thing! She says she hasn't even tablet or tent mode(d) it more than 20 times since she's had it. So beware of that.

Mine just died out of the blue, 5 months I've had it. I'm in Brazil and bought it in the US so I'm scrambling, I have to have my laptop working. I don't understand this. It was fine and then I plugged it in and it went black. Tried different chargers, different outlets, confirmed the power cords worked by charging my phone, nothing will even turn on the battery charge light.

I have my Yoga 7i with every cell of my body. Absolute garbage in terms of battery life.

Been using a 14" Yoga 7i for about 8 months now and honestly it's solid for what you need. The OLED battery thing is kinda overblown - yeah it drains faster than LCD but still gets me through most of a day unless I'm really going hard on brightness. Once you go OLED you really can't go back, everything else looks washed out after.

Battery life has been fine for me, I've kept it at 120Hz and only charge up to 80%. Off power, I've been using it for 5 hours now, browsing/streaming at 50% screen brightness and there's still 45% remaining, so that's just 35% battery use after 5 hours of light usage. I would expect at least 12 hours from a fully charged battery.

I bought one a few days. So far, it's been great. I'm not a technical guy, just a normal user, but I wanted something good and fast for my studies and work. And it would be difficult to find a 2-in-1 with 16GB of ram, core i5, 500GB for under 1000 euros. I got 9 hours of battery, just web browsing, taking notes and typing. Not the 16 hours they advertise, but still not bad.

Bought one last week, seems pretty okay. I only got the 60 hertz but the screen is okayish. The battery seems on par with my rog or even better (good battery life). My only gripe is my favorite game cities skylines keeps crashing.

It screams. Like the fan noise is totally weird. Not sure if it's only the fans or also because of the metal case and the fact that it is so slim and the air squeezing out makes a sharp high sound like airplane take off because there is not much space inside. I already sent my laptop once back to the service and they said they replaced the fans but practically it feels like nothing happened.

My only complaint is that I do a lot of video and zoom trainings and the audio was horrible and cracked a lot and the video is very pixilated. I tried to get it fixed but geek squad said it is a manufacture error. So I returned mine and got a samsung galaxy 5 360. It is great for tasks, speed and everything else but since I spend my days on zoom it didn't work for me.

I have one. I don't know how it performs with Windows (I would never use it) but it's amazing with Linux. I highly recommend it.

I play games on it and it's good — it can handle CPU heavy games but not really GPU heavy games. It still runs them alright though.

I got the 9i and love it. The sound is amazing and the graphics are good. I like how slim it is. I don't regret getting it.

I think I got the same thing with 1tb SSD all for $499+tax for Black Friday. I'm hoping this thing can handle music production.

Just bought one last night. I haven't taken it out of the box yet because it was kind of a last-minute purchase due to my old laptop finally kicking the curb, and I wanted to make sure the specs and reviews line up with my needs. So far, so good!

Loving mine. Just got open box for $200 so I'm leery if it has issues I just have not personally found yet. For the price, I am going to ride it out regardless as it is in warranty, and most likely extend the warranty on it just to be safe.

Depends how strong you are, it is like 4.5 pounds which is a little heavy but I think its battery life and performance makes up for it honestly. Yes I think it is a good travel laptop.

Appreciate the review. My mom has a 12+ year old laptop that's barely working. I thought it was time for an upgrade and got her this one. Since she's just browsing, playing flash games, word processing kind of stuff, I'm sure this is more than enough for her.

The only thing that comes stock with the yoga is the Lenovo Vantage which you can easily remove. Regarding Microsoft Edge, technically you can't delete it on any Windows machine without command prompt workarounds.

Any issues with freezing? Mine is brand new and no errors but completely freezes up. I hit the power and it restarts fine. All tests etc come back good... very frustrating.

I don't hear the fans while working with 1080p videos but I do with 4k. The laptop doesn't slow down and working with video eats a lot of RAM in general but the laptop just heats up and turns the fan on. I still haven't noticed any lag.

It doesn't feel heavy but it's not feather-light like the LG gram. The LG gram can be lifted from a corner with one hand easily whereas I'd struggle to do this with the Yoga 7i. The Yoga 7i feels more substantial, more premium. However it is still easy to carry around in a backpack.

Still a great choice, although the battery life may be a bit worse on the AMD version.

That's so good to hear. I've been looking for something that actually lasts all day.

Make sure the screen is good, like the sRGB/NTSC percentage — it matters a lot for color quality.

I have the same laptop. I got the Ultra 7-155U 1TB 16" model. Really lovin' what Lenovo's done here.