Lenovo Yoga Slim 6i Gen 8 Laptop (i5-1340P, 16GB LPDDR5, 512GB SSD, 14" 2.2K IPS 300 Nits) $1229 Delivered @ Lenovo Education

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Excellent price for what seems like a well-rounded raptor lake device. Similar to this popular deal but with an updated cpu for $30 more.

$120 upgrade to a 2.8k 120hz 400nit IPS is a notable option.

Not many reviews around for this specific model, but there is this video from Lenovo themselves showing the device in a bit more detail.

Note on stock: "Ships in 10+ weeks"

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Specs from Lenovo:

Processor
13th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-1340P Processor (E-cores up to 3.40 GHz P-cores up to 4.60 GHz)

Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64

Graphic Card
Integrated Graphics

Memory
16 GB LPDDR5-5200MHz (Soldered)

Storage
512 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 TLC

Display
14.0" 2.2K (2240 x 1400), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, 100%sRGB, 300 nits, Narrow Bezel
14.0" 2.8K (2880 x 1800), IPS, Anti-Glare, Non-Touch, 100%sRGB, 400 nits, 120Hz, Narrow Bezel (+$120 upgrade)

Camera
1080P FHD RGB+IR

Battery
4 Cell Li-Polymer 65Wh

AC Adapter
65W Black USB-C Wall Mount Slim 90% PCC AC Adapter - ANZ

Fingerprint Reader
No Fingerprint Reader

Keyboard
Backlit, Storm Grey - English

WLAN
Wi-Fi 6E 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.1 or above

Warranty
1 Year Courier or Carry-in

Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4
1x HDMI 2.0
1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type A)
1x 3.5mm Combo

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  SmartM6 on 31/03/2023 - 16:48

  IPS 300 nits screen is terrible, and the pink color looks like purple.

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  Iluvfreebies-freeDel on 31/03/2023 - 16:49

  +1

  This is a good price.

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  Brrrrt on 31/03/2023 - 16:58

  +4

  A severe lack of AMD machine sales from lenovo, a bit sad to see but may not necessary be lenovos fault.

  At this form factor, with this kind of machine, with the use case you are going to see with these rigs, an amd cpu is simply better for the job, much better realistic battery life and no cuts to performance and with usb 4 implementation, lack of thunderbolt support is not a downside anymore.

  Really dont see point of intel in these low(er) powered machines, its not like gpus where some software is just terribly optimised for radeon cards.

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    AndrewMTG on 31/03/2023 - 17:02

    +1

    Yeah sadge no AMD devices

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    snep on 31/03/2023 - 17:05

    +2

    I tend to agree, AMD has a clear advantage in performance/watt.

    Unfortunately, as you say, it's hard to find them at reasonable prices. When they are available it tends to be devices like this with rebadged Zen 3 cores and Vega iGPU, losing a lot of that advantage. Still not bad, but not as impressive as Rembrandt/Phoenix. They often seem more budget in build quality as well compared to intel options — e.g. that Lenovo at a similar price has a partial plastic chassis, whereas I believe this Intel device is all aluminium.

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      comer on 31/03/2023 - 17:22

      +2

      agreed
      i'd get a Ryzen 7 6800U if i can't wait, or preferably, wait for Ryzen 7 7840U and avoid anything in between.

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      Mungulz on 31/03/2023 - 18:11

      -4

      The "clear advantage" as in them lying about their consumption? AMD separated TDP from actual power consumption quite a while ago.

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        shellshocked on 31/03/2023 - 19:06

        +1

        AMD has the clear performance per watt advantage compared to Intel. This is reflected in plenty of independent reviews of their CPUs, in multiple products, from hand helds such as the Steam Deck, PS5 and Xbox consoles, all the way through to Server. You just have to look at a recent review of the 7000 series by Notebookcheck to see how much better they perform per watt compared to Intel 12 and 13th gen.

        https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-strikes-back-Ryzen-9-7945H…

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          Mungulz on 01/04/2023 - 07:10

          @shellshocked: I'm not an AMD hater at all, I have a Steam Deck, and a Lenovo with a 5825u, I'm just getting tired of seeing the same old rhetoric about how efficient AMDs are when it simply isn't all that true. Intel has done a lot to catch up recently, and TDPs being so far separated from actual power consumption is just clear obfuscation for consumers to have to sift through.

          Btw read the comments on the notebook check link here: https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-7-6800U-Efficiency-R…

          There's a war.

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            shellshocked on 01/04/2023 - 13:11

            @Mungulz: Unfortunately Intel haven't,vwhich has resulted in a significant drop in their revenue.

            https://www.computerworld.com/article/3686475/intel-suffers-…

            Their executives had to take a paycut due to poor revenue

            https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2023/02/08/intel-institutes…

            They have also had to sell off a lot of their divisions because they weren't making a profit.

            https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-quits-laptop-modem-b…

            Also when Intel releases a presentation regarding server, there is a joke going around that it's just another paper launch because it's been so delayed.

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        snep on 31/03/2023 - 19:10

        +3

        TDP hasn't correlated with actual power use for some time, for either manufacturer. As an extreme example, the 9900k had a TDP of 95w but would happily draw over 200w under an AVX512 load. In fact, Intel doesn't even supply TDP values anymore — it's irrelevant. For laptops you need to look at boost behaviour (e.g. PL1/PL2 for Intel chips), but that can vary by manufacturer.

        Anyway, if you compare the numbers, the story is pretty clear. To draw one benchmark as an example: a 6800u takes 28W to score 10468 in Cinebench r23 multi, whereas a 1260p draws 44W to score 10735. That makes the 6800u 50% more efficient in that scenario.

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          Mungulz on 01/04/2023 - 07:16

          @snep: I just think there's more to it than meets the eye. Intel seems to be far better with their e cores and low power consumption under idle/light work loads. When worked through to Turbo clock speeds obviously power consumption will increase. I get roughly double the battery life on a work supplied HP Elitebook with a 1235u than my Thinkpad with a 5825u, and they have a battery capacity within 3Wh of eachother. Within 1Wh if you consider the HP has degraded from its original spec actually. It really doesn't feel any slower in normal workloads.

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            snep on 01/04/2023 - 13:22

            +2

            @Mungulz: It's true that power consumption values are a lot closer at idle/low loads, thought I'm not convinced that that is due to any advantages of Intel's architecture as opposed to other parts (primarily the display) starting to dominate the share of overall consumption relative to CPU draw. Notebookcheck has more data on this, and you can see a decent bit of variation device to device.

            The Thinkpad T14s comes in both AMD and Intel variants, which reduces device specific variables somewhat. The AMD 6800U version was measured at slightly lower idle power draw, while the Intel 1235U version had 20% lower battery life on their standardised web browsing test.

            There's a lot of variables that could be at play in your anecdote, so I'd prefer to rely on Notebookcheck and their standardised procedure.

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  Raj09 on 31/03/2023 - 17:26

  10 weeks? What if you got to have it on two days? Come on!

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    nekov on 03/04/2023 - 15:57

    Was going to get this till I saw 10 weeks as well.
    I need to look elsewhere

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      CyberMurning on 12/04/2023 - 20:25

      is that just indicator time (and we get them sooner) or pretty much spot on ?

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  Wrongguy on 31/03/2023 - 18:42

  +1

  Lenovo is selling off-plan laptops lol