What you need to know
- Today Lenovo announced its new Yoga Slim 7x AI PC laptop.
- It features the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor with the 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU, a Qualcomm Hexagon NPU and a Qualcomm Adreno GPU.
- The Lenovo Yoga 7x laptop is aimed specifically at creative people. The new AI boosting processor sets new standards for AI editing performance.
- This laptop also features a very impressive 3K OLED touchscreen that allows you to showcase your creative projects with crisp details and accurate colors.
- This AI PC laptop will ship in June 2024 and pre-orders open today with an “expected starting price” of $1,199.
Today Lenovo announced its new Yoga Slim 7x, an AI PC laptop for creative professionals. This Windows device features the ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor in a lightweight and compact body. The Yoga Slim 7x will launch in June 2024 with an “expected starting price” of $1,199 from Lenovo.
Yoga Slim 7x
Price: Starting at $1,199 at Lenovo
processor: Snapdragon X Elite
GPU: Qualcomm Adreno
NPU: Qualcomm Hexagon
R.A.M.: Up to 32GB LPDDR5X 8448
SSD: Up to 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2-2242
Advertisement: 3K (2944 x 1840) 90 Hz OLED Touch, 1,000 nits, DisplayHDR True Black 600, Dolby Vision
Webcam: FHD IR
Wireless: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3
Ports: 3x USB-C 40 Gbit/s with PD 3.1 DP 1.4, 1x audio combination
battery: 70 hours
Dimensions: 12.8 x 8.86 x 0.51 inches
2.82 pounds (1.28 kg)
The New Snapdragon For those who may not know, the NPU is an AI accelerator and the reason the laptop can handle AI tasks far more efficiently than laptops without an NPU. This also means it is compatible with Microsoft’s newly announced Copilot+.
When building your Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x, you can choose up to 32GB LPDDR5X 8448 RAM and up to 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2-2242 SSD. However, there’s only one display option – an impressive 3K OLED touchscreen with DisplayHDR True Black 600, which can reach brightness of up to 1,000 nits and a refresh rate of up to 90Hz.
We don’t yet know how long the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x’s battery life will last, but we do know that it has a 70Wh battery, which should bode well for the device. When it comes to connectivity, this AI PC laptop comes with the latest Wi-Fi 7 as well as the latest Bluetooth 5.3 to help you connect to your various networks and devices. In addition, the device has three USB-C 40 Gbps with PD 3.1 DP 1.4 ports (two on one side, one on the other). Ports on both sides are intended to make it easier to connect accessories or displays.
Now we need to talk about the dimensions of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x. As the name suggests, the notebook is relatively thin with dimensions of 12.8 x 8.86 x 0.51 inches. Meanwhile, it is easy to carry around as it only weighs 2.82 pounds. As mentioned, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x will ship in June 2024 and pre-orders are currently open, starting at $1,199 at Lenovo.
Photo and video editing gets even better
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As someone who uses Photoshop and other Adobe Creative Cloud programs regularly, I’m excited about AI PC laptops like the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x. Of course, AI is a bit of a bad word in certain creative scenarios (particularly where the computer does all the work after being told to), but as with most tools, AI can be a tremendous boon for good in the creative process when used properly as a means of editing your work rather than creating it entirely.
Additionally, Adobe has been providing AI tools for decades through Adobe Sensei, and many creative professionals use these tools. But things have been taken to a new level of AI with Adobe Firefly, the company’s generative AI machine learning tool, enabling creatives to achieve results faster on works they have control over.
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x in particular should be a pleasure to work in creative programs. This is largely thanks to its beautiful 3K OLED display and powerful NPU processor. As you can see in my OLED vs. QD-OLED vs. QLED vs. AMOLED vs. Mini-LED comparison, OLEDs offer amazing color gamuts and precise colors so creatives can get their work done exactly the way they want – this is especially true for the DisplayHDR True Black 600 of this OLED. What impresses me here is that the Yoga Slim 7x’s OLED screen is much brighter than average, so no matter where you’re working, you shouldn’t have any trouble seeing the screen.
Meanwhile, it is the NPU that allows AI processes to run locally and faster than non-NPU devices. It will help save time in a number of ways, from applying filters faster to providing better performance of AI tools. If you often work on creative projects, you should definitely consider getting an AI PC like the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x.
Can you tell me more about AI PCs and Copilot+?
AI PCs are expected to become ubiquitous in the next few years. Therefore, it is a good idea to understand what makes them different from other computers. There are different definitions of what an AI PC is. For example, Microsoft says that to be an AI PC, the laptop must have an NPU and a Copilot key. But really (as explained in our AI PC guide), for a computer to be an AI PC it simply needs to have an NPU. For more information, see our NPU guide. But basically, this is a processor connected to the CPU that is specifically designed to take over some of the workload from the CPU and GPU so that these processors can work more efficiently.
For example, until recently, most intensive AI tasks were completed via the cloud on powerful remote servers rather than locally on one’s own computer. However, if you have a strong enough NPU on your laptop, you can run these AI tasks locally, which is more private and secure.
Copilot+ is a term for Microsoft’s newly announced next-generation AI features. Your laptop must have an NPU with 40 TOPS or more to take advantage of this new AI experience. So you basically need an AI PC to use Copilot+. New AI features touted in Copilot+ include live caption translations, the ability to recall things you’ve seen before, improved image and text generation, advanced Windows Studio effects, and Auto Super Resolution. The first Copilot+ PCs will be delivered in June.