Lenovo releases new 17-inch laptop internationally with numberpad and Intel Wildcat Lake
Several laptop manufacturers have been adopting Intel's new Wildcat Lake platform in recent weeks. Currently, many of these are restricted to China like Asus' Vivobook 14SE and Vivobook 16SE. The same is true for the HP StarBook Plus 14, which is available with an OLED display.
However, Lenovo has now begun selling the IdeaPad Slim 3i 17IWC11 across East Asia and Southeast Asia. According to the company's websites, the same 17-inch laptop is coming soon to Europe and other markets, too. In the meantime, the IdeaPad Slim 3i 17IWC11 can be purchased in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore starting at HKD 10,259, MYR 3,740 and SGD 1,300 (~$1,015).
For those prices, Lenovo includes 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of PCIe 4.0 storage and Intel's Core 5 320 processor. According to our benchmarks, the 6-core processor trails the A18 Pro powering the MacBook Neo (curr. $589 on Amazon) in both CPU and GPU performance; we only have limited Core 5 320 benchmarks at this stage, though.
Alternatively, Lenovo offers the IdeaPad Slim 3i 17IWC11 with the slightly faster Core 7 350. Also, the laptop can be configured with 1 TB of M.2 2242 storage and 16 GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, although up to 32 GB can be included via its sole SODIMM slot. Moreover, 50 Wh or 60 Wh batteries are available that boast up to 18 hours of battery life. Unfortunately, Lenovo restricts the IdeaPad Slim 3i 17IWC11 to a 1080p and 16:9 IPS panel with a 60 Hz refresh rate, 300 nits peak brightness and 72% NTSC colour space coverage. Please see the company's website for more details.
Source(s)
Add as a preferred source on Google
