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Deal | Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x with excellent 3K OLED display discounted to lowest-ever price at Best Buy

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x rocks a praiseworthy 14.5-inch 3K, 90 Hz OLED display. (Image source: Bets Buy)
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x rocks a praiseworthy 14.5-inch 3K, 90 Hz OLED display. (Image source: Bets Buy)
The 14.5-inch Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x packs a visually delightful 3K OLED display, making it an excellent choice for content consumption. Although its ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite SoC will make non-native apps troublesome to run; the laptop, at its current sale price, offers great value for casual users who wish to run a select few apps only.

Laptop enthusiasts who are on the hunt for a well-equipped but affordable laptop that will last them their entire workday will be pleased to note that the 14-inch Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x has received a major discount at Best Buy, and is now available to purchase for an all-time-low price of just $749.99 once again.

The Yoga Slim 7x is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite SoC paired with 16 GB of memory, which brings commendable performance and efficiency to the table. Of course, for those who use applications that do not have ARM versions, the experience can be best described as a cumbersome ordeal. However, for the vast majority of casual users who mostly confine themselves to web browsers and other popular apps with native-ARM variants, the experience is perfectly pleasing. To check whether your application of choice runs natively on ARM hardware, kindly follow this link.

At the front, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x boasts a truly delightful 14.5-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2944 x 1840 and a refresh rate of 90 Hz. While not quite as smooth as the plenty of 120 Hz laptop displays available on the market, the 90 Hz panel is undoubtedly a massive improvement for those accustomed to 60 Hz panels. According to our detailed review, the display covers 97% of the DCI-P3 color gamut and boasts all the hallmark benefits of OLED panels, such as a near-infinite contrast ratio, excellent response times, and superb color accuracy.

Great CPU performance let down by lackluster graphics prowess

That said, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x is certainly not without its fair share of drawbacks. First and foremost, the Adreno X1-85 iGPU is quite disappointing in terms of performance, falling far behind its competitors, such as the AMD Radeon 780M and the Intel Arc 130V. Gaming performance is an equally troubling story, compounded by the added emulation layers for x86 titles. In simpler terms, folks who wish to game on their laptops, and/or have workloads that are graphics-intensive, should steer clear of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x. Moreover, we were particularly displeased with the lack of a 3.5 mm audio jack and an SD card slot. The ports selection consists of three USB-C ports only, which may annoy those who wish to use USB-A peripherals without having to resort to dongles.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x lacks a 3.5 mm audio port. (Image source: Notebookcheck)
The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x lacks a 3.5 mm audio port. (Image source: Notebookcheck)

At its current all-time-low sale price, however, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x undoubtedly offers decent value for its target demographic: casual users with moderate performance expectations, who appreciate an excellent display and solid battery life and are willing to deal with the compatibility woes of x86-only apps. For folks who rely on x86-based workflows, the similarly priced Core Ultra 9 185H-powered Asus Vivobook S 14 might be a much better choice.

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Sambit Saha, 2025-01-21 (Update: 2025-01-21)