@@pauljames4510 that really depends, all of the budget Lenovo laptops are pretty much crap but I am actually a fan of the new hinge design they adopted from their IBM team. It's hit or miss, but this one is actually one of the better built laptops.
I have this laptop and I didn't have an issue with the laptop lid or a quality issue with the trackpad, although the trackpad was somehow less close to the metal on one side(like I could see that it didn't touch the corner of the trackpad space). I had an issue with build quality below the screen at the lid connector thing. It's not straight, and has noticeable bumps on it, but it didn't interfere with anything so I didn't send it to be fixed. Also the lid was about 0,5mm more on one side than the other. Also I have an issue with the ' key and it doesn't register until I bottom out. It's really annoying and I might go and ask the laptop to be repaired during my holiday, but I can't do it in middle of a schoolyear so I kind of regret not noticing it during the summer. The asterisk is with the key that has the issue and multiplication in Nspire is hard to use. Otherwise it's great.
for real, i don't understand why people still buy intel. I bought intel in 2011 when their chips were genuinely better than AMDs. still more expensive, but not nearly as over priced compared to AMD as they are today. Ryzen 7 the same price as their NEWEST 10 gen i5 10600k? it's a joke. I've since moved onto ryzen, on an Ryzen 5 2000 series chip and soon upgrading to Zen 3. I always hear the excuse "oh but intel still better for gaming" yeah, enjoy your extra 3 fps and less multi core performance for workstation tasks for an extra 80% of the cost. If people would smarten up and stop buying intel products, companies like lenovo and whoever else wouldn't care about what intel gave them and bribed them with. because no matter the bribe, no ones buying their product.
@@cm01 Noone talked about a monopoly. But if Intel has to offer subpar products then manufacturers shouldn't include only their chips in their devices.
@@glorious240fps6 Seriously. The tone-deafness of Caleb M's comment is off the charts. What is he, new to the PC world? Intel's practices for literally decades has been terrible for the PC market.
@UC8CWlyrh35Ka2Jllx2S_Ijg They've only recently started getting out of the hell Intel put them into. I love AMD and everything they do for consumers, even during their short comings. But, after intel engaging in anti competitive behavior to stunt AMD I'm surprised AMD has lasted as long as they did, seriously. kuddos to them. (which btw the lawsuit is going on to this day, EU fining them 1.4 billion dollars for anti competitive behavior against AMD) Intel paid off nearly every large computer manufacturer back in the 90s and early 2000's to only use their chips. hence why a lot of the big boys like dell have only used intels chips for decades. Glad that's changing, even a ginormous company like Apple is using radeon graphics in their imac and as much as i don't prefer apple products i'm glad to see it in there over Nvidia.
I never understood why reviewers get frustrated and give thumbs down when they cannot open a laptop with 1 hand. Seriously, who decides to buy a laptop or not based on that?
@@manaspradhan8041 Not always tho. It could also mean a different take on design, which can be subjective sometimes (I say sometimes cause a good ventilation design is a must, for example)
@@hojosconsal9913 that would make sense for more perfomance oriented laptops, where i think it would be justifiable at the cost of great cooling, whereas in thin and light's, cooling is much less important compared to other usability advantages such as portability and ease of use. for example, i think people would appreciate being able to open their surface laptops with one hand more than it sustaining 3.0 ghz all core
@@mirax777 In this case AMD doesn't have enough production volume since they use TSMC for both their GPUs and CPUs and TSMC has many other clients too.
PROOF OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN . TRUTH IS LENOVO HAS TIGER LAKE AND THEY JUMPED ALL IN ON SUPERIOR ARCH. MORE CORES MEAN JACK SHIT WHEN PROGRAMS ARE COMING OUT THAT ACTUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTELS ARCH. YOU WILL SEE IT IN REAL WORLD BENCHMARKS.
Yah what he said. Not sure if I’ve checked out the HP Envy X360...it has a Ryzen 4700U...solid performance...and it’s available. Definitely worth a look
All good, love the vids. My biggest problem with AMD laptops right now is that they mostly come with soldered ram. Idk if its only with the ones available in my country or more widespread but hope you guys find some laptops with upgradeable ram. :)
@@slobodancvetkovic56 The main reason they come with soldered ram is to decrease price. But hey, mostly all of them has a 16GB version so it shouldn't be a problem. And most of them come in dual channel.
Not really, i got the 2 in 1 version with 4500u and its a beast of a laptop. I even got price reducation beacuse the box was busted up. Dont buy the intel versions they charge you almost twice for less, at least where am from.
AMD CAN'T NOT GET GOOD BINS ON THE 4800U . YOU CAN'T SELL A CPU THAT YOU CAN'T PRODUCE IN QT. AMD SELLS EVERY 4800U IT CAN BIN . PROBLEM BEING THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING GOOD YIELDS ON THAT BIN.
Yoga Slim 7 owner here: regarding the display, I almost returned this laptop because of it. It just felt too dim, both on battery and when plugged in. But this was an issue only on Windows 10, when I booted up Ubuntu, brightness was excellent and colors very vivid. So what I found out after quite a bit of searching is that AMD Radeon drivers come with a setting called Vari-Bright, under the Display section. This is on by default. It made my display dimmer than it actually is and disabling it solved my brightness issue. Honestly, AMD should just disable this option by default. I actually just submitted a bug report with them and hopefully they fix this. It's very misleading as this option is completely independent of Windows brightness settings.
I'm glad to see this video talking about the extremely frustrating availability of this laptop. I first heard about this thing in like March or April and I tried to find one for like 5 or 6 months but never found anything in the US. Ended up getting the zephyrus g14 and love it
I bought a 4700U ultrabook, and I have been playing games that are three years old and older on medium to high settings with no issues. I haven’t tested it with many games, but I have been very pleased. Tiger Lake will bring even more iGPU performance. I know what you mean by a gaming laptop, but I am just saying that APUs are quickly becoming capable enough to meet the needs of casual gamers.
@@Austin1990 have you been able to test the compiling speed? I'm considering a 4800U vs a 4800H, I don't game but I'll be making that processor work hard
akkesm U-series chips perform surprisingly closely to the H-series counterparts if adequately cooled. So, I would suggest that you buy based upon the form factor that you want and other factors. However, I don’t know that you can buy a laptop with a 4800U, at least not in the US. From reviews, I believe that compiling generally benefits from extra threads. So, a 4800H will crush a 4700U. It would still beat a 4800U, but likely by no more than 20%, probably closer to 15%.
I used to sell AMD machines almost exclusively because of the cost savings to the customer... A friend who had a different build shop sold mostly Intel... He always said "Why educate customers on the benefits of AMD when customers are already happy to pay more for less performance with Intel." And that quote goes back to the 486 days. And if his customers balked at the price... He would say, "AMD is fine, but if your work is mission critical you want Intel." Note... if your work is mission critical performance doesn't matter... and I watched him sell almost 100% Intel, with that line mostly to consumers who thought their CD drive was a cup holder. And yes, that is also a true story. He actually had a service call for a broken cup holder on one of his PC builds.
@@TheUltimateHacker007 Actually in the NYC metro area. For those of us who are familiar with technology, we often forget just how little people know about their hardware. You would be surprised how many PCs I've seen that barely had enough ram to boot up, much less do anything productive coming from less affluent neighborhoods. Dad wanted to get a computer for his kid and bought the cheapest one on the shelf. In as much as he didn't know what the PC was supposed to do, he bought one that pretty much couldn't do anything and of course the kid never "played" with it... So it's laying in my parts bin with a few dozen hours on it and no parts even worth salvaging. Likewise, I've taken in PCs from more affluent areas that were very capable and used for nothing more than shopping at Amazon. These forks picked something from the high end of the lineup because they wanted to spend $2500.00 on a laptop, but had no actual need for it. Or maybe they ran into a salesman that was going for a bigger commission. It's kind of like people who buy cars without knowing what VVT, dual clutch or CVT means. People walk into a dealership, tell the salesman how much they can spend and get lead like a hog to slaughter to their shiny new car. They may ask about Apple car play or heated seats, but they never ask what the head gaskets are made of or if the engine is an open or closed deck design. The salesman says Intel is better, and they have heard the word Intel and there's a sticker on the box that says Intel and they are happy. Half the people buying PCs couldn't tell the difference between a CPU and a SSD if they swallowed one or the other. And if you ever start talking abut bus speed, cash size or DDR memory, just watch all of the eyes in any group of average people glaze over. Over the 30+ years, I've been building and fixing PCs, I'm never surprised at how little people know about computers. I once asked a friend who sold stereos back in the 1970's what his most popular stereo was, "It's the Electrophonic with the blinky lights." Now it's likely the PC with the most RGB leds.
@@TheUltimateHacker007 Some people either don't have the time or interest, but for the most part they don't have a background to build off of. Over 20% of the American public can't read at an adult level and another maybe 30% of the American public don't understand what 20% means. Half of the American population couldn't identify 20 parts under the hood of their own car so is there any surprise folks don't have a clue about what's inside their toaster, microwave or PC?
In america, I found this laptop with ryzen 7 and 16gb ram. For 750 US dollars. Guess where? Not Best buy Not amazon not microcenter not lenovo but costco!
I love the videos you guys put up. The content, production and aesthetics are always so on point. I hope you guys continue to grow and put up more of such content over the coming years
Funny that you made a video about this, as I bought this just two months ago. Very thin, very light, good battery life and a good display. Very happy with it.
That 180 deg hinge is very very helpful, you can take a stand and stand the laptop vertically, so that screen is at eye level (thus no neck pain). And since it goes vertical, the laptop keyboard is not between you and the screen so screen does not go far from eye.
7:58 Turn off the Vari-bright feature from the Radeon Software, this is a dynamic contrast feature which trades image quality for battery life by reducing brightness.
Surprisingly, it is happening on the intel i5 1035-G4 version as well. Both share the same display panel. Any idea on how to fix it on the intel version?
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History repeats, I see. Wonder how much Intel payed to Lenovo this time.
This wasn't about that. AMD didn't have chips to give to Lenovo, so they were unable to make the product. They dropped it instead I guess. They offer many other laptops with AMD chips. Intel isn't paying anybody.
The weak point of these Lenovo laptops are the HORRID touchpads in these things. I recently bought one of these as much needed replacement for my 10-year laptop, the touchpad on that thing was AMAZING. This Elan crappy touchpad doesn't come close. Lenovo fucking up big time. Anyone else has bad experience with these touchpads? They have too much friction, feels like rubber. Any tips or hacks to alleviate some of the problem?
@@xuyukun123 I'm having a problem with my 3500U laptop that CPU clocks don't go above 2.00 GHz, when they advertise 3.20 GHz or more. Multi-threaded heavy games like Cities Skylines suffer with this. Any tips on how can I unlock the CPU on these Lenovos? Is there a way?
I just purchased this laptop however for my engineering course, I needed a dedicated graphics card. Sadly, the only version with dedicated graphics at the time of purchase was the i7. I am a bit gutted that I couldn’t get the AMD model but I have to say, the i7 isn’t all that bad for now
I managed to snag one of the AMD 4700U version slim 7, after much much effort, and was so impressed by the quality and price/performance ratio. Was extremely hard to find tho!
It's still sold out a of today. But actually I heard that AMD has not enough production capacity to keep up with demand. If that is the case, they should have it on sale when the stock of processors come in.
I was searching for IdeaPad Slim 5 (4500U) and it was out of stock, then out of a sudden they restocked only one unit. But I have to wait for more than 8 weeks for it to come
I got the 4500U version (weirdly with just 256GB not 512), and I must say this is absolutely amazing. Performance is great and battery life is really good. I just dont get why Lenovo offers so many different configurations. For example my screen is matte and the lid can be opened easily with one hand.
Yeah I hate that Im from the UK and we always get the and models with the worst screens available. How's your slim 7is it good? I was interest as i could get it for 629 brand new for university.
@@yashmann it's amazing. Battery gets me through whole day (10 hours easily). Charging is also fast. The thing I love the most is Windows Hello. Unlocking it with just face is so addictive. I can't measure colour accuracy of the screen, but colours look great.
@@Nemesis1ism as dense yes, not as power efficent though because of the arcitecture. Tiger lake is better for gaming if you only have an igpu, ryzen is better for battary life, heat, noise, multithreaded performance and they are equal in single thread. Depends on what you need
@@tandlose NO THATS NOT TRUE CORE FOR CORE TIGER LAKE IS WAY SUPERIOR. YOU CAN'T COMPARE THE 2 INTELS CPU IS MUCH FASTER IF YOU CAN UTILIZE EVERTHING ELSE INTEL HAS THAT AMD JUST DOES,T HAVE . YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN REAL BENCHMARKS . SHOW UP IN OCT. ANANDTECH WON'T GIVE A FAIR REVIEW BUT MOST OTHERS WILL . THE EDITOR IS GAY AND HE HATED BEING EXPOSED ABOUT IT SO HE PISSED OFF AT THE WORLD
I just wish the 16GB RAM model was available here in India. Currently the 4800U + 8/512GB is available for $1000, but there's no 16GB SKU in sight, it's a crime!!
The AMD mobile chips are in high demand and short supply right now, I know that HP had to cut a large majority of their amd laptops due to this. Lenovo probably has a similar issue going on. Got myself an HP Envy x360 15 inch with a 4500u and gotta say the performance with these AMD chips is superb. For $600 you get 6 cores as well as extremely decent onboard graphics. As a broke college student playing indie games in class on my old intel laptop was a laggy mess, but not anymore!
Damn, I've been trying to find an HP Envy x360 15 with Ryzen 5 but they are all out of stock in Canada. I've only seen models in the US and H US, Amazon US, Best Buy US or Costco US doesn't ship to Canada, especially with Covid going on. I'm really hoping it comes back in stock by November, if not I'm gonna have to get an Intel Tiger Lake laptop and even though the performance of the new intel chips look compelling, the Ryzen chips have more cores, are more efficient and are less expensive.
@HardwareCanucks The actual issue is the lack of stock for 4800U chips. This being an awesome laptop emphasizes this issue even further. As soon as this laptop appeared in local stores and online retailers in my country, it was gone in matter of 1 or 2 days. Lenovo hasn't been able to replenish their AMD stock, so that is probably the reason they removed it. I think once the stock builds up a bit, they will add it again.
Seems like one of two things with availability: A) AMD isn't able to ensure enough availability of the needed chips, or B) Intel made a threat/promise that 11th gen mobile parts will be truly great *and* if Lenovo doesn't stop pushing out AMD variants now they won't guarantee availability for next year's Lenovo laptops.
I got this laptop for school and music production. Hands down the best laptop I've ever had! It can handle intense production projects with no problem whats so ever. The CPU is insane, and that RAM speed, wow
Hi there, can you let me know what is your experience with its cooling performance during high demanding tasks? Any issues? Anything unusual there? Thanks mate
@@kawczykwid It gets warm, but I haven’t found this a real issue on performance. As long as you have the charger plugged-in, the performance seems very stable - although I’m hours into projects. The performance without the charger plugged-in is a big difference however, but for my use at least, I usually have it plugged-in during more performance heavy tasks
I would've bought a 4800U laptop months ago but I'm SO disappointed AMD couldn't supply it anywhere... Now there's a good chance I'll go with the new Intel Xe graphics.
I think it's interesting how they are making alot of different Lenovo Yoga Slim 7. For example the 4700u model I have has like 4 different skues. Matt screen and 2280 m.2 SSD Matt screen and 2242 m.2 SSD (The one I have so I could put in a 1TB 2280 m.2 SSD also) Glossy screen and 2280 m.2 SSD Glossy screen and 2242 m.2 SSD With the 300 nits and low availability of 2242 m.2 SSDs, I think the one I bought is the best of them all, but only one store sold them while the other skues are available in lots of stores.
I own the ryzen 5 sku and i think the 4500u needs some love as well with this laptop. Truly bang for the buck. For the lid magnet, it is actually that strong in the beginning but overtime it will be easier to open the lid
@@Makta972 hi sorry for the late reply, I am not a content creator but have tried running davinci resolve and test it a bit for light editing and exporting light video. Definitely able to do it.
It seems you're used to work on a desk. Working from home, I've found myself more comfortable and effective in my couch so far... Thus why the 180° screen IS useful for us couchers 😋
As you mentioned in this video, Lenovo actually doesn't have a lineup of laptops. It's seems, they just use components they can grab (cheap enough) on market and put a laptop together. At my local store two comparable version of Lenovo IdeaPad3 are available: one has AMD 4500U built-in, and another one has Intel i5-10210U inside. Main difference: Intel version is 730€ and AMD is 630€ -at the end I bough AMD version. I just needed something to work on in case there are troubles when I make hardware changes on my PC. Even Lenovo manual doesn't contain any specifications in regard of CPU -same manual covers about 25 different models. And if you're curious what's inside laptop, you need to Google for "machine type" number that match your laptop -and hopefully find what you need on Lenovo web pages (btw. I could find all necessary drivers & BIOS update). Ok, my Lenovo laptop isn't something special to write about. However it has good performance for the money (prices in EU are higher than in US).
I have the also no longer available Lenovo ideapad 15 ARE with the same specs (4800U, 16GB, 512GB, 100% srgb matte display). It absolutely rocks! Price was 800€ including tax.
Wow the hinge is mounted differently on left and right side. Build quality my ***. That looks rank. And it flexes just by handling it despite being that light.
Honestly I am very impressed with your review. I didn’t think you’d do a rant at the beginning. You’ve earned my respect Ebert. I agree with you about the switch to Intel. WTF is Lenovo doing? Is Intel giving them a 50% increase in kick backs? That AMD chip did very well and I am glad to see such competition in the notebook space. Enough of me ranting now. Thank you for an honest review Ebert. (:
Hello HC We are lucky here in Australia they sell this laptop and its priced well compared to other name brand laptops. I personally purchased a Xiaomi Redibook 16 with a Ryzen 4700U with the rest of the spec's matching the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 including the metal body etc. The rest of the features matched the Lenovo in this video and was WELL UNDER HALF the Lenovo's price here in Australia. I did have to wait about 1.5-2 weeks for the laptop to arrive from China but it was worth it. Another great review by HC. BTW, your voice sounds soooo cooool and lay back. Pleasure to listen to, maybe you should get into Audiobooks (thumbs up). Cheers from Australia
AMD: Gives Harware Canucks review unit of a Lenovo laptop Lenovo: Never seels the laptop and pretends it doesn't exist It's a sad day when companies don't even want to sell or offer a superior product simply because it doesn't have an Intel sticker on it that they can sell for double the price
Here in the Netherlands they call it the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 and the base version has an Ryzen 5 4500U with 8 GB of ram and a 256 GB ssd at the price of 749 euro's.. They where for a month ago available at many webshops but now they aren't anymore. I did get a bit higher version with a Ryzen 5 4600U ( with SMT ), 16 GB of ram and a 512 GB Hynix ssd for 899 euro's, but also only at one webshop. Great laptop, fast, good build and also nice to have that infrared camera for Windows Hello, works very well.
AMD should stop delivering crappy laptops to their customers that never reach the advertised CPU clocks. My 3500U Ryzen 5 CPU never goes above 2.10 GHz, when it advertises 3.20 GHz or more. For heavy games this causes stuttering and lag. Temperatures are hard locked into the bios, when laptops clearly can handle 90 C degrees. My 10 year old laptop didn't had a problem with this, it had Intel on it, and Intel WORKED.
@@HardwareCanucks Thanks for the response! Sorry, I'm just spitballing after seeing previous complaints/articles about Vari-Bright limiting the max brightness.
@@HardwareCanucks Hey, about that thing you said how the colors go off when you are running the laptop on Battery - I faced the same thing with my last gen all AMD gaming laptop. *JUST SWITCH OFF VARI-BRIGHT.* That corrected my colors when on battery. Dunno why that happens, but it happened to me. Worth a try.
I got this laptop in the Netherlands, the model with 4800u, 16gb ram and 500gb ssd. When i bought it, there was only one in stock in a single store in the netherlands, maybe it sells out really fast here but i did notice a lot of stores have different dates for when it will be available again. Edit: I just checked and it seems to be in stock in several stores right now. (The same model as i have)
Perhaps your channel and other UA-cam reviewers can ask Lenovo and AMD why is this exceptionally capable and highly reviewed product "no longer available". It seems strange, with notebook sales being so competitive, for Lenovo to initially offer the Yoga Slim 7 with the new 4800U processor send out samples to reviewers and then inexplicably stop selling it.
@Nj Rh he is right, AMD doesn't have enough production volume. Even if AMD sold out they wouldn't be able to get 50% market share for neither desktop, server, nor laptop.
TSMC just can not allocate enough production capasity to fullfill the demand amd is fasing! Also apus for destop Are hard to get. The pity part is that best thing amd could do is reduce gpu production and instead make more of these!
I get your frustration. Same thing happened with the Lenovo Ideapad 5 15" Ryzen. These laptops are going under the radar but offer the best performance and build quality for under 1000
The ability to open the laptop 180 degrees is useful for durability. For example, when I was in college, people would walk by me on the end of a row of seats and their backpacks would snag my laptop screen as they went by. Thankfully, since my laptops can fold out 180 degrees, my screen just folded out. If it wasn't able to do so, it would stop at a certain point, and stress the hinge.
more likely AMD simply can't keep up with the demand of the market I think, it's the main reason why many laptop maker still don't want to put them in their system despite the popularity
I'm waiting for this AMD hardware configuration in a Lenovo Yoga C-series like package, with touchscreen - now I'm living with it, I can't do without it.
There are Ideapad S540-13ARE (1KSB) with Ryzen 7 4800U at neighborhood retail malls in Singapore. You can walk in and grab one off the shelf at Challenger. Price is SGD$1499.
This is not just an NA issue. Here in India, not a single laptop manufacturer ships a thin and light Ryzen notebook with more than 8GB of RAM, and that too, soldered.
Got my Yoga slim 7, 4700U, 16GB ram and matte display for 800$ in Norway. So happy we got the the one with matte display, can't stand glossy in bright environments.
I was wondering about that. I see this version slim7 with matte display or you can get the Slim7 pro version with a higher 90hz 16:10 glossy display. Looks really slick, but you think matte is superior?
Hihi I managed to get this one on sale for €980 in the Netherlands. Was out of stock that same day and hasnt been in stock since. Recommended it to a friend of mine, he got one as well. It's awesome! 4800u 1TB version btw
@@rowandierich9823 ah I'd personally spend the little bit of extra money for the 1TB, but I use a ton of space (5TB on my desktop). Normal price was like €1200, but there was a nice discount :)
I managed to get the 4700u version with 8GB of ram off of Amazon for $900 back in early August. It was the only one they had in stock. Definitely happy with the performance.
I got the 4700U version. A few remarks after watching your video: I can open the lid with one hand. I don't see a change in image quality when I unplug the PC. Left and right click the same, and the trackpad is very responsive, no latency. The speakers are not 'bassy' but you can definitely hear some bass. In other reviews the screen was well above 300 nits (I don't know about mine, but it seems adequate). I think your unit has some quality issues
Thanks for doing this video. I was going to buy my wife an Ideapad 3 17" and this video made me dig deeper. Come to find out there was a 4500U version last fall that they've discontinued that is 60% faster on the CPU passmark test then the Core i5. I found one and it's on it's way. I don't know why Lenovo discontinued the Ryzen 4000 series laptops but I'm happy I got one.
I have an intel version of this laptop, and I fixed the color issue when unplugged by using intel graphics command center and changing power efficiency from 6 to 1. Intel lowers the color accuracy to save power and amd probably has similar settings. It's really not lenovo's fault
Not sure what is going on with Ryzen 4000 Laptop CPU as we are forced to believe that this unavailability is due to Ryzen CPU supply shortage. But in other regions, Lenovo is releasing multiple Laptops with Ryzen 4000U series. The new S540-13ARR was released and reviewed with R7-4800U, which is a premium 13.3" Ultrabook with 2560x1500 HD+ 16:10 Display and Ryzen 7 4800U. Recently Lenovo France site even listed the new S540-13API model which can come with a Ryzen 7 4800H 45W TDP CPU, packed into a 13.3" chassis, weighting around 2.7 lbs. This S540-13 AMD models never even made it to North America and only Intel Whiskey Lake and Comet Lake versions are available. So, not sure if this is a Ryzen CPU supply shortage or something else.
I loved this laptop when I visited a retailer in France but it's not listed in Lenovo. Anyway am gonna buy. It's a shame people don't realise the power of Ryzen
I was looking to buy this in France. Where it's sold as Yoga. Everywhere I looked it was marked as unavailable. I thought it had something to do with the local market. Nope. Thanks for this video. As you say it has been discontinued and replaced with Intel CPU at less performance, higher price and temperature and less battery life. I am so annoyed by this that I ll just scrap Lenovo altogether. If they had issues with availability of parts they should have said so. This thing where they remove it like it was never a thing, after all this marketing, is treating customers as idiots.
Yes there was a slip up at the beginning. The 4700U is an 8 core, 8 thread CPU. Sorry about that guys!
Would not touch Lenovo and huawei with a barge pole
I think the change in contrast is due to AMD's vari-bright that adjusts brightness and gamma to save power
@@pauljames4510 I have this laptop. Actually I've had it for 3 months. It's great. Ihave the 4700u and 16GB of RAM. Damn fast.
@@pauljames4510 that really depends, all of the budget Lenovo laptops are pretty much crap but I am actually a fan of the new hinge design they adopted from their IBM team. It's hit or miss, but this one is actually one of the better built laptops.
I have this laptop and I didn't have an issue with the laptop lid or a quality issue with the trackpad, although the trackpad was somehow less close to the metal on one side(like I could see that it didn't touch the corner of the trackpad space).
I had an issue with build quality below the screen at the lid connector thing. It's not straight, and has noticeable bumps on it, but it didn't interfere with anything so I didn't send it to be fixed. Also the lid was about 0,5mm more on one side than the other. Also I have an issue with the ' key and it doesn't register until I bottom out. It's really annoying and I might go and ask the laptop to be repaired during my holiday, but I can't do it in middle of a schoolyear so I kind of regret not noticing it during the summer. The asterisk is with the key that has the issue and multiplication in Nspire is hard to use. Otherwise it's great.
Let's just say that Intel is really unhealthy for the market and it shows.
Really? You want AMD to have a monopoly?
for real, i don't understand why people still buy intel. I bought intel in 2011 when their chips were genuinely better than AMDs. still more expensive, but not nearly as over priced compared to AMD as they are today. Ryzen 7 the same price as their NEWEST 10 gen i5 10600k? it's a joke. I've since moved onto ryzen, on an Ryzen 5 2000 series chip and soon upgrading to Zen 3. I always hear the excuse "oh but intel still better for gaming" yeah, enjoy your extra 3 fps and less multi core performance for workstation tasks for an extra 80% of the cost. If people would smarten up and stop buying intel products, companies like lenovo and whoever else wouldn't care about what intel gave them and bribed them with. because no matter the bribe, no ones buying their product.
@@cm01 Noone talked about a monopoly. But if Intel has to offer subpar products then manufacturers shouldn't include only their chips in their devices.
@@cm01 so you want intel to continue their monopoly?
@@glorious240fps6 Seriously. The tone-deafness of Caleb M's comment is off the charts. What is he, new to the PC world? Intel's practices for literally decades has been terrible for the PC market.
8:42 WiFi card is hidden under the black tape near the left fan 🙂 I had to open it a 2nd time to check
Look who I found
Yo Jarrod!❤️
looks like you are not a part of the notification squad :)
YOOOO JARROD BIG FAN BROOO
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4800U, think I heard about this a couple of times in that Intel announcement not long ago.
ah, yes, that one ;)
yea me too
Intel announcing AMD chips 🤣
Yes, Intel recently announced the AMD Ryzen 4800U. Go intel EVO🔥
Yup
They sign Intel deal? Corruption everywhere.
could be the only explanation... INTEL bribed LENOVO
@UC8CWlyrh35Ka2Jllx2S_Ijg They've only recently started getting out of the hell Intel put them into. I love AMD and everything they do for consumers, even during their short comings. But, after intel engaging in anti competitive behavior to stunt AMD I'm surprised AMD has lasted as long as they did, seriously. kuddos to them. (which btw the lawsuit is going on to this day, EU fining them 1.4 billion dollars for anti competitive behavior against AMD) Intel paid off nearly every large computer manufacturer back in the 90s and early 2000's to only use their chips. hence why a lot of the big boys like dell have only used intels chips for decades. Glad that's changing, even a ginormous company like Apple is using radeon graphics in their imac and as much as i don't prefer apple products i'm glad to see it in there over Nvidia.
Intel owns AMD ...dunn dunn dunn
The plot thickens
@@europeanlegend9347 and along came ARM!
LOL YA ITS IN THE WORLD A DEMOCRAT ARE THE WORSE EVER
I never understood why reviewers get frustrated and give thumbs down when they cannot open a laptop with 1 hand. Seriously, who decides to buy a laptop or not based on that?
same here. It's getting annoying these days. And some reviewers make it look like a bad choice just because it doesn't have a one-hand-open feature.
lazy people
suggests good build quality since the manufacturers put some thought into it
@@manaspradhan8041 Not always tho. It could also mean a different take on design, which can be subjective sometimes (I say sometimes cause a good ventilation design is a must, for example)
@@hojosconsal9913 that would make sense for more perfomance oriented laptops, where i think it would be justifiable at the cost of great cooling, whereas in thin and light's, cooling is much less important compared to other usability advantages such as portability and ease of use. for example, i think people would appreciate being able to open their surface laptops with one hand more than it sustaining 3.0 ghz all core
Simple, intel is paying Lenovo to use their CPU’s instead of AMD’s
They pay all of those tens OEMs or only Lenovo? :)))
AMD doesn't have enough production volume.
@@mirax777 In this case AMD doesn't have enough production volume since they use TSMC for both their GPUs and CPUs and TSMC has many other clients too.
PROOF OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN . TRUTH IS LENOVO HAS TIGER LAKE AND THEY JUMPED ALL IN ON SUPERIOR ARCH. MORE CORES MEAN JACK SHIT WHEN PROGRAMS ARE COMING OUT THAT ACTUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INTELS ARCH. YOU WILL SEE IT IN REAL WORLD BENCHMARKS.
@@badass6300 Yes, everybody wants a Ryzen laptop.
"AMD model has been replaced by intel in North America" Time to dust off those antitrust lawsuits again.
I have gotten the Yoga 7 with the ryzen cpu and I am loving it
I got the Lenovo s540-13are with the 4800u. Damn beast of a laptop.
Where u located
@@CalvinCai_Frisbee The Netherlands, it was removed from the website of lenovo for me aswell but a store still had one left in stock.
Is the Ryzen 5 4500u good enough for light CAD
One of The best decision you took to buy a laptop
Correction @1:00: Ryzen 7 4700u is a 8 core 8 thread CPU, not 6 core 12 thread.
WHOOPS. Good catch.
Yah what he said. Not sure if I’ve checked out the HP Envy X360...it has a Ryzen 4700U...solid performance...and it’s available. Definitely worth a look
All good, love the vids. My biggest problem with AMD laptops right now is that they mostly come with soldered ram. Idk if its only with the ones available in my country or more widespread but hope you guys find some laptops with upgradeable ram. :)
@@slobodancvetkovic56 The main reason they come with soldered ram is to decrease price. But hey, mostly all of them has a 16GB version so it shouldn't be a problem. And most of them come in dual channel.
@@slobodancvetkovic56 no its only laptops lower than 14 inch that has it like that
Imagine laughing at the 4800u in your presentation and then immediately bribing OEMs away from it lol. Intel can't go any lower.
They never played fair.
"immediately bribing OEMs"
Source for this?
If Lenovo doesn't want my money, it's only their problem.
SO SHOW ME ALL THE 4800u laptops available you know you can't because vary few exist its all about binning./
Not really, i got the 2 in 1 version with 4500u and its a beast of a laptop. I even got price reducation beacuse the box was busted up.
Dont buy the intel versions they charge you almost twice for less, at least where am from.
They already got compensated for it from Intel.
Blame the consumers still looking for the Intel sticker.
AMD CAN'T NOT GET GOOD BINS ON THE 4800U . YOU CAN'T SELL A CPU THAT YOU CAN'T PRODUCE IN QT. AMD SELLS EVERY 4800U IT CAN BIN . PROBLEM BEING THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING GOOD YIELDS ON THAT BIN.
This is easily the best looking AMD laptop, other manufacturers really did no justice to AMD interms of looks...
AGREE! I'm so frustrated due to that, all of the cool looking models are shitty Intel smh
HP Omen 15 looks better IMO.
Asus zenbook 14 looks better :)
Envy 13?
Dell is missing out by not putting Ryzen in their XPS lineup.
Yoga Slim 7 owner here: regarding the display, I almost returned this laptop because of it. It just felt too dim, both on battery and when plugged in. But this was an issue only on Windows 10, when I booted up Ubuntu, brightness was excellent and colors very vivid. So what I found out after quite a bit of searching is that AMD Radeon drivers come with a setting called Vari-Bright, under the Display section. This is on by default. It made my display dimmer than it actually is and disabling it solved my brightness issue. Honestly, AMD should just disable this option by default. I actually just submitted a bug report with them and hopefully they fix this. It's very misleading as this option is completely independent of Windows brightness settings.
This is basically Intel bribing OEMs.
I'm glad to see this video talking about the extremely frustrating availability of this laptop. I first heard about this thing in like March or April and I tried to find one for like 5 or 6 months but never found anything in the US. Ended up getting the zephyrus g14 and love it
Even when Eber is ranting and getting frustrated, he still has the nicest voice in all of YT :D
Try and watch mrwhosetheboss
They need more AMD gaming laptops.
Not thin ones. Only super fat 17-inch ones.
Asus is the only OEM allowed to sell laptops with the 4900HS, and I think the HS series in general for now, so we will have to wait
I bought a 4700U ultrabook, and I have been playing games that are three years old and older on medium to high settings with no issues. I haven’t tested it with many games, but I have been very pleased. Tiger Lake will bring even more iGPU performance.
I know what you mean by a gaming laptop, but I am just saying that APUs are quickly becoming capable enough to meet the needs of casual gamers.
@@Austin1990 have you been able to test the compiling speed? I'm considering a 4800U vs a 4800H, I don't game but I'll be making that processor work hard
akkesm
U-series chips perform surprisingly closely to the H-series counterparts if adequately cooled. So, I would suggest that you buy based upon the form factor that you want and other factors. However, I don’t know that you can buy a laptop with a 4800U, at least not in the US.
From reviews, I believe that compiling generally benefits from extra threads. So, a 4800H will crush a 4700U. It would still beat a 4800U, but likely by no more than 20%, probably closer to 15%.
I used to sell AMD machines almost exclusively because of the cost savings to the customer... A friend who had a different build shop sold mostly Intel... He always said "Why educate customers on the benefits of AMD when customers are already happy to pay more for less performance with Intel." And that quote goes back to the 486 days.
And if his customers balked at the price... He would say, "AMD is fine, but if your work is mission critical you want Intel." Note... if your work is mission critical performance doesn't matter... and I watched him sell almost 100% Intel, with that line mostly to consumers who thought their CD drive was a cup holder. And yes, that is also a true story. He actually had a service call for a broken cup holder on one of his PC builds.
Where do you live that he can pull that off? 😂
@@TheUltimateHacker007 Actually in the NYC metro area. For those of us who are familiar with technology, we often forget just how little people know about their hardware. You would be surprised how many PCs I've seen that barely had enough ram to boot up, much less do anything productive coming from less affluent neighborhoods. Dad wanted to get a computer for his kid and bought the cheapest one on the shelf. In as much as he didn't know what the PC was supposed to do, he bought one that pretty much couldn't do anything and of course the kid never "played" with it... So it's laying in my parts bin with a few dozen hours on it and no parts even worth salvaging.
Likewise, I've taken in PCs from more affluent areas that were very capable and used for nothing more than shopping at Amazon. These forks picked something from the high end of the lineup because they wanted to spend $2500.00 on a laptop, but had no actual need for it. Or maybe they ran into a salesman that was going for a bigger commission.
It's kind of like people who buy cars without knowing what VVT, dual clutch or CVT means. People walk into a dealership, tell the salesman how much they can spend and get lead like a hog to slaughter to their shiny new car. They may ask about Apple car play or heated seats, but they never ask what the head gaskets are made of or if the engine is an open or closed deck design.
The salesman says Intel is better, and they have heard the word Intel and there's a sticker on the box that says Intel and they are happy. Half the people buying PCs couldn't tell the difference between a CPU and a SSD if they swallowed one or the other. And if you ever start talking abut bus speed, cash size or DDR memory, just watch all of the eyes in any group of average people glaze over.
Over the 30+ years, I've been building and fixing PCs, I'm never surprised at how little people know about computers.
I once asked a friend who sold stereos back in the 1970's what his most popular stereo was, "It's the Electrophonic with the blinky lights." Now it's likely the PC with the most RGB leds.
@@RJ-vb7gh always wondered why people wouldn't want to learn about what they use everyday. Easy money for the grabs too 😅
@@TheUltimateHacker007 Some people either don't have the time or interest, but for the most part they don't have a background to build off of. Over 20% of the American public can't read at an adult level and another maybe 30% of the American public don't understand what 20% means. Half of the American population couldn't identify 20 parts under the hood of their own car so is there any surprise folks don't have a clue about what's inside their toaster, microwave or PC?
In america, I found this laptop with ryzen 7 and 16gb ram. For 750 US dollars. Guess where?
Not Best buy
Not amazon
not microcenter
not lenovo
but costco!
I'm only seeing the Flex being at Costco - removed already?
They have pretty good electronics
I don’t see it either, I hope they’ll bring it back
Costco is the beat place to buy laptops
is it sold out?
I love the videos you guys put up. The content, production and aesthetics are always so on point. I hope you guys continue to grow and put up more of such content over the coming years
Funny that you made a video about this, as I bought this just two months ago. Very thin, very light, good battery life and a good display. Very happy with it.
The new marketing slogan. Intel inside, paying more and getting less! :)
It's probably because of the ryzen 4000 shortage
That 180 deg hinge is very very helpful, you can take a stand and stand the laptop vertically, so that screen is at eye level (thus no neck pain). And since it goes vertical, the laptop keyboard is not between you and the screen so screen does not go far from eye.
7:58 Turn off the Vari-bright feature from the Radeon Software, this is a dynamic contrast feature which trades image quality for battery life by reducing brightness.
for the change in display contrast when not plugged in, go turn off the vari brightness from amd's setting
Surprisingly, it is happening on the intel i5 1035-G4 version as well. Both share the same display panel. Any idea on how to fix it on the intel version?
History repeats, I see. Wonder how much Intel payed to Lenovo this time.
If I remember correctly, back in the day they were paying Dell $600M a quarter not to sell AMD, I suspect that is still the going rate.
This wasn't about that. AMD didn't have chips to give to Lenovo, so they were unable to make the product. They dropped it instead I guess. They offer many other laptops with AMD chips. Intel isn't paying anybody.
@@faranocks bro your everywhere lol even Linus said intel is losing it especially now after the amd laptops dominating the mid range scene
A trip to Epstein island for the management.
@@faranocks hush
im currently typing this on the ideapad flex 5
amd 4500u
Ayy I got the 4700u version of that cos the 4500u sold out
The weak point of these Lenovo laptops are the HORRID touchpads in these things. I recently bought one of these as much needed replacement for my 10-year laptop, the touchpad on that thing was AMAZING. This Elan crappy touchpad doesn't come close. Lenovo fucking up big time. Anyone else has bad experience with these touchpads? They have too much friction, feels like rubber. Any tips or hacks to alleviate some of the problem?
@@xuyukun123 I'm having a problem with my 3500U laptop that CPU clocks don't go above 2.00 GHz, when they advertise 3.20 GHz or more. Multi-threaded heavy games like Cities Skylines suffer with this. Any tips on how can I unlock the CPU on these Lenovos? Is there a way?
@@redbanlovesasians2236 you can try getting ryzen controller to up the tdp of the chip
@@redbanlovesasians2236 Feels fine for me, my fingers are pretty roughed up from playing the cello and working on tanks when I served national service
I just purchased this laptop however for my engineering course, I needed a dedicated graphics card. Sadly, the only version with dedicated graphics at the time of purchase was the i7. I am a bit gutted that I couldn’t get the AMD model but I have to say, the i7 isn’t all that bad for now
Guys, these are some very beautiful shots. Loved the video production.
Now the site says "currently unavailable" instead of it not existing
I heard that it will come back at the beginning of 2021.
I managed to snag one of the AMD 4700U version slim 7, after much much effort, and was so impressed by the quality and price/performance ratio. Was extremely hard to find tho!
Still waiting for the 4700U + 16GB to release in Malaysia...
I managed to snag a flex 5 4700u with 8gb when it finally got in stock, just check lenovo website more often you might catch one
It's still sold out a of today. But actually I heard that AMD has not enough production capacity to keep up with demand. If that is the case, they should have it on sale when the stock of processors come in.
I was searching for IdeaPad Slim 5 (4500U) and it was out of stock, then out of a sudden they restocked only one unit. But I have to wait for more than 8 weeks for it to come
@@ZEM502 oh, mine came in 2 business days, must be because of where you live
@@fakhruddinsamad ada bro. Online store ada Tapi habis stok. Kat kedai jual lain spec
I'm spending a whole day searching to buy this notebook a few weeks ago and I regret nothing
Maybe a video on the new Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro would be nice if you can even get your hands on it?
The wallpaper you guys use are always so nicceee. I wish you linked it
Yeah I was about to ask it, it looks like macbook wallpaper though
Found it, it is oneplus 6 wallpaper flipped 90° :D you are welcome
I got the 4500U version (weirdly with just 256GB not 512), and I must say this is absolutely amazing. Performance is great and battery life is really good. I just dont get why Lenovo offers so many different configurations. For example my screen is matte and the lid can be opened easily with one hand.
Yeah I hate that Im from the UK and we always get the and models with the worst screens available. How's your slim 7is it good? I was interest as i could get it for 629 brand new for university.
@@yashmann it's amazing. Battery gets me through whole day (10 hours easily). Charging is also fast. The thing I love the most is Windows Hello. Unlocking it with just face is so addictive. I can't measure colour accuracy of the screen, but colours look great.
@@matyotahal5451 ok thanks for the info. That's great to hear.
Since you have this machine, is it better to get matte version over glossy?
Ive the Version with the 4700U for testing on my table... I love this piece
180° screen opening is good for lying in bed with angled legs and with laptop on them ;)
180 degree angel for use in schools that may lack projectors but have old fashioned light projectors to boards
Unavailable in Australia :( The Intel equivalent that's not even an equivalent is there though ugh
TIGER WILL BE OUT BEGINNING OCT. AND THE ARE SUPERIOR
10nm 4 cores vs 7nm 8 cores? Smaller transistors are faster and power efficient in square, it's just a pure physics. :)
@@mirax777 1ONM INTEL IS AS DENSE AS TSMC 7NM IDIOT
@@Nemesis1ism as dense yes, not as power efficent though because of the arcitecture. Tiger lake is better for gaming if you only have an igpu, ryzen is better for battary life, heat, noise, multithreaded performance and they are equal in single thread. Depends on what you need
@@tandlose NO THATS NOT TRUE CORE FOR CORE TIGER LAKE IS WAY SUPERIOR. YOU CAN'T COMPARE THE 2 INTELS CPU IS MUCH FASTER IF YOU CAN UTILIZE EVERTHING ELSE INTEL HAS THAT AMD JUST DOES,T HAVE . YOU WILL SEE THAT WHEN REAL BENCHMARKS . SHOW UP IN OCT. ANANDTECH WON'T GIVE A FAIR REVIEW BUT MOST OTHERS WILL . THE EDITOR IS GAY AND HE HATED BEING EXPOSED ABOUT IT SO HE PISSED OFF AT THE WORLD
I just wish the 16GB RAM model was available here in India. Currently the 4800U + 8/512GB is available for $1000, but there's no 16GB SKU in sight, it's a crime!!
The AMD mobile chips are in high demand and short supply right now, I know that HP had to cut a large majority of their amd laptops due to this. Lenovo probably has a similar issue going on. Got myself an HP Envy x360 15 inch with a 4500u and gotta say the performance with these AMD chips is superb. For $600 you get 6 cores as well as extremely decent onboard graphics. As a broke college student playing indie games in class on my old intel laptop was a laggy mess, but not anymore!
Damn, I've been trying to find an HP Envy x360 15 with Ryzen 5 but they are all out of stock in Canada. I've only seen models in the US and H US, Amazon US, Best Buy US or Costco US doesn't ship to Canada, especially with Covid going on. I'm really hoping it comes back in stock by November, if not I'm gonna have to get an Intel Tiger Lake laptop and even though the performance of the new intel chips look compelling, the Ryzen chips have more cores, are more efficient and are less expensive.
Bruh the Envy X360 15 inch costs like 900$ in my country... Cheaper than the 13 inch version too like Huh?? How?
@HardwareCanucks The actual issue is the lack of stock for 4800U chips. This being an awesome laptop emphasizes this issue even further.
As soon as this laptop appeared in local stores and online retailers in my country, it was gone in matter of 1 or 2 days.
Lenovo hasn't been able to replenish their AMD stock, so that is probably the reason they removed it.
I think once the stock builds up a bit, they will add it again.
Seems like one of two things with availability: A) AMD isn't able to ensure enough availability of the needed chips, or B) Intel made a threat/promise that 11th gen mobile parts will be truly great *and* if Lenovo doesn't stop pushing out AMD variants now they won't guarantee availability for next year's Lenovo laptops.
I got this laptop for school and music production. Hands down the best laptop I've ever had! It can handle intense production projects with no problem whats so ever. The CPU is insane, and that RAM speed, wow
Hi there, can you let me know what is your experience with its cooling performance during high demanding tasks? Any issues? Anything unusual there? Thanks mate
@@kawczykwid It gets warm, but I haven’t found this a real issue on performance. As long as you have the charger plugged-in, the performance seems very stable - although I’m hours into projects. The performance without the charger plugged-in is a big difference however, but for my use at least, I usually have it plugged-in during more performance heavy tasks
Many thanx Majoo
"Spend responsibly my friends"
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I would've bought a 4800U laptop months ago but I'm SO disappointed AMD couldn't supply it anywhere... Now there's a good chance I'll go with the new Intel Xe graphics.
I think it's interesting how they are making alot of different Lenovo Yoga Slim 7.
For example the 4700u model I have has like 4 different skues.
Matt screen and 2280 m.2 SSD
Matt screen and 2242 m.2 SSD (The one I have so I could put in a 1TB 2280 m.2 SSD also)
Glossy screen and 2280 m.2 SSD
Glossy screen and 2242 m.2 SSD
With the 300 nits and low availability of 2242 m.2 SSDs, I think the one I bought is the best of them all, but only one store sold them while the other skues are available in lots of stores.
I own the ryzen 5 sku and i think the 4500u needs some love as well with this laptop. Truly bang for the buck.
For the lid magnet, it is actually that strong in the beginning but overtime it will be easier to open the lid
Can you do video editing ( davinci resolve) on it ? No ryzen 7 4800u whete I live...
@@Makta972 hi sorry for the late reply, I am not a content creator but have tried running davinci resolve and test it a bit for light editing and exporting light video. Definitely able to do it.
It seems you're used to work on a desk. Working from home, I've found myself more comfortable and effective in my couch so far... Thus why the 180° screen IS useful for us couchers 😋
Hi @Hardware Canucks thanks for the review. Which do you think is a better overall laptop - Lenovo slim 7 or the Asus UM425? Thanks.
U sound like dave2d but with a slightly deeper voice.
As you mentioned in this video, Lenovo actually doesn't have a lineup of laptops. It's seems, they just use components they can grab (cheap enough) on market and put a laptop together.
At my local store two comparable version of Lenovo IdeaPad3 are available: one has AMD 4500U built-in, and another one has Intel i5-10210U inside. Main difference: Intel version is 730€ and AMD is 630€ -at the end I bough AMD version. I just needed something to work on in case there are troubles when I make hardware changes on my PC.
Even Lenovo manual doesn't contain any specifications in regard of CPU -same manual covers about 25 different models. And if you're curious what's inside laptop, you need to Google for "machine type" number that match your laptop -and hopefully find what you need on Lenovo web pages (btw. I could find all necessary drivers & BIOS update).
Ok, my Lenovo laptop isn't something special to write about. However it has good performance for the money (prices in EU are higher than in US).
I have the also no longer available Lenovo ideapad 15 ARE with the same specs (4800U, 16GB, 512GB, 100% srgb matte display). It absolutely rocks! Price was 800€ including tax.
Wow the hinge is mounted differently on left and right side. Build quality my ***. That looks rank. And it flexes just by handling it despite being that light.
Honestly I am very impressed with your review. I didn’t think you’d do a rant at the beginning. You’ve earned my respect Ebert.
I agree with you about the switch to Intel. WTF is Lenovo doing? Is Intel giving them a 50% increase in kick backs? That AMD chip did very well and I am glad to see such competition in the notebook space. Enough of me ranting now.
Thank you for an honest review Ebert. (:
Hello HC We are lucky here in Australia they sell this laptop and its priced well compared to other name brand laptops. I personally purchased a Xiaomi Redibook 16 with a Ryzen 4700U with the rest of the spec's matching the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 including the metal body etc. The rest of the features matched the Lenovo in this video and was WELL UNDER HALF the Lenovo's price here in Australia. I did have to wait about 1.5-2 weeks for the laptop to arrive from China but it was worth it. Another great review by HC. BTW, your voice sounds soooo cooool and lay back. Pleasure to listen to, maybe you should get into Audiobooks (thumbs up). Cheers from Australia
AMD: Gives Harware Canucks review unit of a Lenovo laptop
Lenovo: Never seels the laptop and pretends it doesn't exist
It's a sad day when companies don't even want to sell or offer a superior product simply because it doesn't have an Intel sticker on it that they can sell for double the price
Here in the Netherlands they call it the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 and the base version has an Ryzen 5 4500U with 8 GB of ram and a 256 GB ssd at the price of 749 euro's.. They where for a month ago available at many webshops but now they aren't anymore. I did get a bit higher version with a Ryzen 5 4600U ( with SMT ), 16 GB of ram and a 512 GB Hynix ssd for 899 euro's, but also only at one webshop. Great laptop, fast, good build and also nice to have that infrared camera for Windows Hello, works very well.
AMD should sell their own laptops from their website. That is the best way to stop the Intel + OEMs bullshit.
AMD should stop delivering crappy laptops to their customers that never reach the advertised CPU clocks. My 3500U Ryzen 5 CPU never goes above 2.10 GHz, when it advertises 3.20 GHz or more. For heavy games this causes stuttering and lag. Temperatures are hard locked into the bios, when laptops clearly can handle 90 C degrees. My 10 year old laptop didn't had a problem with this, it had Intel on it, and Intel WORKED.
I have the yoga slim 7 4800U model with a matt display. It's amazing
lol where did u get it ?
Wow, I like this Laptop
More than 11th Gen Tigerlake Intel Core CPU
Well, I need to Move away from Intel
@John Philip Tan same.. I think I heard in the same video too
HC, your videos are so good, I'm not even particularly interested in laptops but I ended up watching the whole video.
8:20 is this the Display a Vari-Bright bug by any chance?
Vari-Bright was to Maximum Brightness in the Radeon Settings.
@@HardwareCanucks Thanks for the response! Sorry, I'm just spitballing after seeing previous complaints/articles about Vari-Bright limiting the max brightness.
@@HardwareCanucks Hey, about that thing you said how the colors go off when you are running the laptop on Battery - I faced the same thing with my last gen all AMD gaming laptop. *JUST SWITCH OFF VARI-BRIGHT.* That corrected my colors when on battery. Dunno why that happens, but it happened to me. Worth a try.
I got this laptop in the Netherlands, the model with 4800u, 16gb ram and 500gb ssd. When i bought it, there was only one in stock in a single store in the netherlands, maybe it sells out really fast here but i did notice a lot of stores have different dates for when it will be available again.
Edit: I just checked and it seems to be in stock in several stores right now. (The same model as i have)
Nice specs. How is it?
@@deadstar962 it's very good, no problems so far
I'm slim seven yes I'm the real seven all you other slim sevens are just imiteven
this
Will the real Slim Seven Please stand up, Please stand up
😂👏🏽
Perhaps your channel and other UA-cam reviewers can ask Lenovo and AMD why is this exceptionally capable and highly reviewed product "no longer available". It seems strange, with notebook sales being so competitive, for Lenovo to initially offer the Yoga Slim 7 with the new 4800U processor send out samples to reviewers and then inexplicably stop selling it.
Too bad AMD can't come up with enough processors to feed the market. I don't think it is the Intel conspiracy some believe.
@Nj Rh right. Intel corrupts nearly everyone. For sure.
@Nj Rh What is Intel going to do when AMD can't supply the chip?
@Nj Rh he is right, AMD doesn't have enough production volume. Even if AMD sold out they wouldn't be able to get 50% market share for neither desktop, server, nor laptop.
TSMC just can not allocate enough production capasity to fullfill the demand amd is fasing! Also apus for destop Are hard to get. The pity part is that best thing amd could do is reduce gpu production and instead make more of these!
@@haukionkannel AMD is already nearly selling out their GPUs, I doubt they'd want to reduce production on their GPUs.
I get your frustration. Same thing happened with the Lenovo Ideapad 5 15" Ryzen. These laptops are going under the radar but offer the best performance and build quality for under 1000
Lenovo has been sold to Intel. This is Mafia 4
no they haven't.
The ability to open the laptop 180 degrees is useful for durability. For example, when I was in college, people would walk by me on the end of a row of seats and their backpacks would snag my laptop screen as they went by. Thankfully, since my laptops can fold out 180 degrees, my screen just folded out. If it wasn't able to do so, it would stop at a certain point, and stress the hinge.
more likely AMD simply can't keep up with the demand of the market I think, it's the main reason why many laptop maker still don't want to put them in their system despite the popularity
Definitely can see that being the reason.
AMD: Suffering from success
LOL ITS CLEARLY BINNING . NOT MANY CHIPS FIT THE MOLD LOL
I'm waiting for this AMD hardware configuration in a Lenovo Yoga C-series like package, with touchscreen - now I'm living with it, I can't do without it.
Intel marketing fund strikes again🤑
Can’t beat your compilation? Bury them
It's because of the ryzen 4000 shortage
Cant keep up with production? Bury yourself.
UltraDXSASC PS5 discontinued due to shortages?
No
@@pete2097 is it in production?
No
These are just conspiracy theories backed up by no evidence.
Vijey is PS5 in production lol what a dumb question :D
Ok same logic, RTX 3080
Is that discontinued?
I opted for the new Asus Zenbook 14 Ryzen 5 4500U instead, still waiting for it, can’t waittt
ah, yes, the processor that Intel advertised
There are Ideapad S540-13ARE (1KSB) with Ryzen 7 4800U at neighborhood retail malls in Singapore. You can walk in and grab one off the shelf at Challenger. Price is SGD$1499.
It's unavailable because AMD mobile cpu's are in shortage, no conspiracy theory.
This is not just an NA issue. Here in India, not a single laptop manufacturer ships a thin and light Ryzen notebook with more than 8GB of RAM, and that too, soldered.
They're going back to Intel cause AMD can't handle the demand right now
I just checked it’s available everywhere now
Intel says, "for the security of the states, we need to ban AMD hi-end CPUs from north america", Trump nods.
TDP related information is A+.
no erors or no lag and basically its very solid laptop...and it had no known big graphics card. Amd and lenovo is a perfect team
Lenovo has always hit home runs in keyboards.
I have the Ideapad 330 and the Thinkpad T440.
I love typing on both of them.
Got my Yoga slim 7, 4700U, 16GB ram and matte display for 800$ in Norway. So happy we got the the one with matte display, can't stand glossy in bright environments.
U are Lucky dude
I was wondering about that. I see this version slim7 with matte display or you can get the Slim7 pro version with a higher 90hz 16:10 glossy display. Looks really slick, but you think matte is superior?
Hihi I managed to get this one on sale for €980 in the Netherlands. Was out of stock that same day and hasnt been in stock since. Recommended it to a friend of mine, he got one as well. It's awesome!
4800u 1TB version btw
This is the model I have. I would have gone with a 512GB SSD to save some money. I paid more than you did, but that's Australia for you
@@rowandierich9823 ah I'd personally spend the little bit of extra money for the 1TB, but I use a ton of space (5TB on my desktop). Normal price was like €1200, but there was a nice discount :)
same thing happens with HP site in Canada, you can't find all the AMD 4700U or 4800U laptop models that are actually available for sale
I managed to get the 4700u version with 8GB of ram off of Amazon for $900 back in early August. It was the only one they had in stock. Definitely happy with the performance.
I got the 4700U version. A few remarks after watching your video: I can open the lid with one hand. I don't see a change in image quality when I unplug the PC. Left and right click the same, and the trackpad is very responsive, no latency. The speakers are not 'bassy' but you can definitely hear some bass. In other reviews the screen was well above 300 nits (I don't know about mine, but it seems adequate). I think your unit has some quality issues
Thanks for doing this video. I was going to buy my wife an Ideapad 3 17" and this video made me dig deeper. Come to find out there was a 4500U version last fall that they've discontinued that is 60% faster on the CPU passmark test then the Core i5. I found one and it's on it's way. I don't know why Lenovo discontinued the Ryzen 4000 series laptops but I'm happy I got one.
where the hell did you manage to get one?
In China, Lenovo has so many Ultrabooks with 4800u and 2k screen in different inches, they dominate the laptop market under $700.
I have an intel version of this laptop, and I fixed the color issue when unplugged by using intel graphics command center and changing power efficiency from 6 to 1. Intel lowers the color accuracy to save power and amd probably has similar settings. It's really not lenovo's fault
Loved the thumbnail 😍
I have this exact laptop and I have all the issues you mentioned. Still great laptop and great review
Not sure what is going on with Ryzen 4000 Laptop CPU as we are forced to believe that this unavailability is due to Ryzen CPU supply shortage. But in other regions, Lenovo is releasing multiple Laptops with Ryzen 4000U series. The new S540-13ARR was released and reviewed with R7-4800U, which is a premium 13.3" Ultrabook with 2560x1500 HD+ 16:10 Display and Ryzen 7 4800U. Recently Lenovo France site even listed the new S540-13API model which can come with a Ryzen 7 4800H 45W TDP CPU, packed into a 13.3" chassis, weighting around 2.7 lbs. This S540-13 AMD models never even made it to North America and only Intel Whiskey Lake and Comet Lake versions are available. So, not sure if this is a Ryzen CPU supply shortage or something else.
I loved this laptop when I visited a retailer in France but it's not listed in Lenovo. Anyway am gonna buy. It's a shame people don't realise the power of Ryzen
Hey, in what retailer's did you see it?
Keep seeing these great reviews and no product available so frustrating.
I was looking to buy this in France. Where it's sold as Yoga. Everywhere I looked it was marked as unavailable. I thought it had something to do with the local market. Nope. Thanks for this video. As you say it has been discontinued and replaced with Intel CPU at less performance, higher price and temperature and less battery life. I am so annoyed by this that I ll just scrap Lenovo altogether. If they had issues with availability of parts they should have said so. This thing where they remove it like it was never a thing, after all this marketing, is treating customers as idiots.