Founded in Beijing in 1984, Lenovo acquired IBM's PC business in 2005, and first became the world's top PC maker in 2013. It entered the Android and Windows tablet market in 2011, began selling Android smartphones in 2012, and acquired Motorola Mobility from Google in 2014. The company has also launched an online-only sub-brand for smartphones called Zuk in China.
There are plenty of thin and light laptops available in the market these days, but most of them don't offer a dedicated GPU. Of course, you'll find some exceptions, such as the HP Omen Transcend 14 (Review) or the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, but the options aren't too many. Cue the all-new Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i, which has been updated with the Intel Core Ultra CPUs and Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. You get an ultrabook-like design but enough power to run games and other creative tasks.
Lenovo's Yoga line of 2-in-1, convertible laptops is popular, but its Yoga S or Slim series is equally interesting. These laptops are designed to be slim and powerful, offering a mix of multimedia capabilities and raw performance for those who don't need a convertible design. The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro X sits at the top of the stack and while the name is quite a mouthful, it's designed for content creators and professionals who need calibrated hardware for their workflows. Let's get into all the details so you can decide if this should be your next laptop.
Lenovo's Tab P11 Pro was best suited for entertainment, but not so much as a laptop replacement as it was only good for light productivity workloads. It was also stuck on Android 10 which was outdated even for 2021, and there doesn't seem to be any progress yet regarding this. However, Lenovo seems to have worked on all of the P11 Pro's shortcomings with what appears to be its replacement, the Tab P12 Pro. This isn't the Tab P11 Pro's direct successor but a more premium offering that sits in a higher-priced tier. With accessories such as the optional 2-in-1 keyboard cover and the bundled Lenovo Precision Pen 3 available for the Tab P12 Pro, can it be a laptop replacement or is it just another plus-sized entertainer like the Tab P11 Pro?