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Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14" AMD AI 350, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2.8K 120Hz OLED $1455.23 Delivered @ Lenovo AU Education

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Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 14" AMD AI 350, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2.8K 120Hz OLED $1455.23 Delivered @ Lenovo AU EducationAffiliate
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Education store price.

Select upgrades from base configuration: (1) 32 GB LPDDR5X-8000MT/s (Soldered), (2) Wi-Fi 7 2x2 BE 160MHz & Bluetooth® 5.4.

Coupons applied in cart: EDUAPR save $50 & APRIL save $600.

Solid all around laptop with a standout display: 2880 x 1800 120hz OLED, with 1100 nit peak brightness in HDR and 100% DCI-P3 coverage.

Detailed review here.

Specs:

Processor: AMD Ryzen™ AI 7 350 Processor (2.00 GHz up to 5.00 GHz)
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64
Memory: 32 GB LPDDR5X-8000MT/s (Soldered)- selected upgrade
Solid State Drive: 1 TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
Display: 14" 2.8K (2880 x 1800), OLED, Glare, Non-Touch, HDR 1000 True Black, 100%DCI-P3, 1100 nits (HDR Peak)/500 nits (SDR Typical), 120Hz
Graphic Card: Integrated Graphics
Camera: 1080P FHD IR Hybrid with Dual Microphone
Color: Luna Grey
Keyboard: Backlit, Luna Grey - English (US)
Wireless: Wi-Fi 7 2x2 BE 160MHz & Bluetooth® 5.4- selected upgrade
Battery: 4 Cell Li-Polymer 84Wh
Power Cord: 100W USB-C Slim 90% PCC 3pin AC Adapter - ANZ

Compared with this deal:

  • Faster CPU
  • Brighter, higher refresh display
  • Larger battery
  • Heavier: 1.4 vs 1kg
  • Slightly slower iGPU

Price shown in cart after adding upgrades for 32GB RAM and wifi 7 (this activates the $50 discount on purchases over $1500).

Base model with 24GB/wifi 6 starts at $1413.03 in cart.

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Comments

  • mrsquezzy on 13/04/2025 - 22:55
    +10

    This seems like a cracker… battery is decent at 84Wh + free M.2 2280 slot as well

  • magnitude on 13/04/2025 - 23:02
    +9

    if i got this and on paper it looks amazing, i'd just leave it unused because it's too high end and im just using google chrome to waste time which is not a good use case for this device. right now i'm enjoying getting refurbs i can just use in anger and not care much about it if they sit unused.

    • Embaloo on 14/04/2025 - 06:03

      Similarly… Any refurb recommends under $400 atm (AOE II HD DE capacity)? Would you usually go ebay?

    • padricko on 14/04/2025 - 11:42
      +1

      My 2021 MacBook finally crossed into the realm of "it's ok to eat near it" territory this week. There's some 10th gen Intel Thinkpads for around $300, which are much better buys, but the mini led screen and OLED TV have spoiled me. I see deals like this cheaper each time with an OLED and I'm happy.

      • shabaka on 14/04/2025 - 12:10
        +2

        couple weeks back picked up an MBP 16 M1 Max 32c GPU 64GB/2TB for $1400.

        today I opened it up and installed a new battery.

        I don't think I will need another laptop for a few years to come..

        yeah I eat next to it. even if I screw it up I can still trade it in for about the same money

        • padricko on 14/04/2025 - 14:47

          Very nice find.

          • shabaka on 14/04/2025 - 15:12
            +1

            @padricko: I couldn't believe it. traded in my base (16/512) M1 Pro MBP 16 for just couple hundred bucks less. solid upgrade..

            yeah M4 Max is like 50% faster, but is it really $5k worth of "faster"? I don't think so

  • Phoebus on 13/04/2025 - 23:14
    +1

    $95 cheaper than the Lenovo AU site.
    I'm waiting for > 10% cashback deal.

    • Mungulz on 13/04/2025 - 23:56
      +10

      I have 2.7TB on my desktop in use, and 1TB on my laptop in use with 500GB free.
      Your use case doesn't represent everyone else's.

      • PeeDee on 14/04/2025 - 00:19
        +1

        I know, that's why I'm curious what you guys do

        • Promistaker on 14/04/2025 - 00:27
          +3

          Some people like storing all their photos, videos, and other data in the local storage rather than in the cloud. It saves more money in the longer run than having cloud storage.

          • EBug on 14/04/2025 - 06:25
            +1

            @Promistaker: This is my case exactly. Loved working with a Lenovo laptop, now as a SAHM just looking for something with enough storage to store 10+ years of family photos.

          • ATangk on 14/04/2025 - 10:05
            +1

            @Promistaker: Only 1Tb? Have everything loaded onto multiple 5Tb portable hard drives 🤣

          • jmel on 14/04/2025 - 10:59
            +1

            @Promistaker: what happen if you loose your laptop? or drop it in the river?

            • Promistaker on 14/04/2025 - 11:23

              @jmel: What happens when someone loses the Email and password for a cloud login or the third party deactivates the account? Risk is everywhere; how you manage it makes the difference. The best practice is to create a few copies of the data on different drives and save them in various physical locations.

        • yoghurt on 14/04/2025 - 01:02

          Need a ton of storage for software and files for work + storing old photos and videos + downloading games

        • ggbhai on 14/04/2025 - 09:49

          @PeeDee - you do you, we do we! (rhymes?)

    • witheredcouch on 14/04/2025 - 09:43

      I have 1TB on my laptop for Travel. A couple hundred gig of stuff to watch on the plane, followed with photos. Over a few week holiday, 1TB can fill up very quickly with Raws from a couple of cameras (Mine and My Partner's).

    • Nillionaire on 14/04/2025 - 10:44

      I hate you desktop supremacists

  • snid on 14/04/2025 - 03:09

    Does this have a graphics card?

    • geekcohen on 14/04/2025 - 05:32
      +2

      Graphic Card: Integrated Graphics

      It is not a dedicated graphics card.

    • stinkychicken on 14/04/2025 - 09:31
      +2

      Integrated gfx is - AMD Radeon 860M

  • Freestyle on 14/04/2025 - 03:51

    If you want a 2-in-1 it seems like the Lunar Lake ones have finally arrived as well, IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1 in currently $1250

    https://www.lenovo.com/au/edu/education/en/p/laptops/ideapad…

    These Lunar Lake chips are highly efficient and perform quite well, I believe should be able to do light gaming as well given that they are using one of the higher powered variants of these chips in the new MSI Claw (which reviewed well but Price sucks)

    • shellshocked on 14/04/2025 - 08:20
      +1

      The only issue is that the Intel Lunar Lake laptops lack Hyper Threading so perform worse than these AMD CPUs. You really notice the performance difference when running them side by side. Passmark states that the AMD CPU in this laptop is up to 21% faster than the Intel 258V.

      https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/6397vs6281vs6393/AMD-Ry…

    • shuffle1 on 14/04/2025 - 11:54

      Is that lunar lake though? The link is for a 225H.

      Tempted to get an ARM laptop for the battery life myself but depends how close Intel can get to it.

      • Freestyle on 14/04/2025 - 14:49

        You know what, you are right, i missed the H at the end lol

        ARM Is good man but think carefully about your use case, personally some of the stuff I use wont work so I am not considering it

        Lunar Lake Laptops however is usually rated for 20+ hour battery life and it was also confirmed by reviewers so that will also definitely do the job for you, YOu need to look for CPUs that end in a V

        Check some reviews of Lunar Lake online first tho

        Edit: also this one is 100% Lunar Lake https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/901696#comment-16433467

        But still seems pricy, I will wait for end of the year to replace my surface probably

  • HolyFosh on 14/04/2025 - 06:55
    +1

    Do they have the 16 inch version for a similar % off as well?

    • Phoebus on 18/04/2025 - 18:31

      the 16" version has pretty much the same specs except 300g heavier, more screen, and a numpad. Obviously it's good to have a bigger screen and numpad but it's less portable.
      16" version with 32GB RAM is also about the same price on the regular Lenovo site. There was a 15% cashback deal a couple days ago which I hope you took advantage of.

      • HolyFosh on 18/04/2025 - 19:10

        Oh that's good to know! I forgot about cashback too which'll be good to keep in mind

        No, I didn't purchase one yet. I'm tossing up between an 16'' IdeaPad Pro or one of the Yoga models.

        Looking for a really premium feeling laptop (with a glossy screen) which is pretty tricky for a windows one unfortunately…

        Still kicking myself for not grabbing a Intel M15 before they stopped making them. I got one for a family member and it's literally the perfect laptop for what I want…

  • Raj09 on 14/04/2025 - 07:07

    Anyone used it and can say if the integrated graphics is capable?

    • Tacooo on 14/04/2025 - 08:16
      +9

      Capable of what? Making you a morning cup of tea? Probably not.

  • Che0063 on 14/04/2025 - 07:16
    -1

    Interestingly the the AI 350 is slower than the last generation (8845H) - I wonder why

    • shellshocked on 14/04/2025 - 08:24
      +4

      It depends on the laptop reviewed. The AI 350 in most reviews that have come out is running at a lower TDP than the 8845H. The trade off is that the 8845H uses more power than the AI 350.

      I think this laptop in a recent review had over 19hrs of video playback.

    • snep on 14/04/2025 - 11:28
      +2

      Really? Notebookcheck's average performance across CPU benchmarks put the AI 7 350 as 10% faster than the 8845HS when tested in the previous gen of the same machine.

      As others noted, factors like thermal/power constraints, plus memory speed etc. can make accurately comparing chips between different laptop models a bit more difficult.

  • kanu666 on 14/04/2025 - 08:10
    +4

    How can you survive a glare screen?
    Work MacBook pro has the same awful glare screen, cannot really use it outdoor or near the window :(

    • witheredcouch on 14/04/2025 - 11:45

      Depends on the circumstances. Glare is annoying, but despite always ending up with matte screen laptops I prefer glossy. One is a lot use glass as the covering which is just more likely to look good after a few years than plastic, less little marks and scratches etc. The second is just that it makes colours pop in a way that matte finishes do not.

    • newtsy on 14/04/2025 - 17:37

      I'm with you on this. We shopped one of the previous gens of this model and had to buy direct from Lenovo to spec it with a matte panel.

      Glossy panels are a mistake you only make once.

      • kanu666 on 14/04/2025 - 18:55

        I opted to matte as well, but the panel is IPS and not OLED in that case.
        I don't fully get why they don't make matte OLED panels

      • newtsy on 14/04/2025 - 19:08

        Agree it's not as elite a panel, OLED has its own issues though.

  • vash12 on 14/04/2025 - 09:20

    This or switch 2? Looking for something that can do emails and run Mario kart.

    • S2 on 14/04/2025 - 11:24
      +3

      Definitely this. It can do emails and will run your legally acquired emulation of Mario Kart for SNES well.

    • snep on 14/04/2025 - 12:54
      +2

      Definitely Switch 2. You can play Mario kart, then get your performance review call from your boss over GameChat.

    • maverickjohn on 14/04/2025 - 13:00

      I feel like there's a cue for definitely both. Since you had one of each option.
      Switch 2 for gaming and a cheap chrome laptop/android tablet for emails

  • maverickjohn on 14/04/2025 - 12:17
    -1

    I know this is 1 k more but if it goes on sale for under 2k is the spec bump better or is it better just to get the OP deal for $1500.
    https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lenovo-14-…
    Right now I'm playing the waiting game as I heard the 880m is a good improvement over the 860m

    • Phoebus on 14/04/2025 - 18:49

      I heard 860m, 880m and 140v are similar with swings and roundabouts depending on the game. What make a significant difference is the amount and speed of the RAM and the power limits

  • iTaco on 14/04/2025 - 18:45

    How does thia compare to a Yoga Slim 7/7i/7x? Thats what ive been looking at lately.

    • Phoebus on 14/04/2025 - 18:51

      Only thing that puts me off yoga is they tend not to have a 2280 m.2 ssd slot. Only 2242. Correct me if I'm wrong

  • viper8548 on 14/04/2025 - 19:22
    +1

    I don't need it, i don't need it, i don't need it. =(

  • evasive on 14/04/2025 - 20:10

    How much does this laptop normally sell for?

    • Phoebus on 15/04/2025 - 21:14
      +1

      It has never sold before

  • Phoebus on 15/04/2025 - 23:54

    Thanks op. I got it from the regular Lenovo store but with 15% top cashback. Should work out to about $1,340 after cashback

    • Rodo on 16/04/2025 - 15:21
      +1

      I did the same, although also ordered through the Education store before the cashback deal was available. Cancelled the first order yesterday and then re-ordered it through the main Lenovo store. Luckily I was able to cancel the first order (took 24 hours to notify me that cancellation was successful). I also did not get Wifi 7 so it will be $1317 after cashback.

  • ShadowSaver on 16/04/2025 - 09:23

    missed the 15% TopCashback.

    If I used partial MyLenovo Rewards for the purchase, would it still be eligible for ShopBack?

    • Rodo on 16/04/2025 - 15:11

      Yes you will still get cashback according to the TopCashback T&Cs.

      • ShadowSaver on 16/04/2025 - 18:04

        Purchase via shopback not topcash

  • Phoebus on 16/04/2025 - 20:34

    Cashrewards has 14% cashback now but not for ideapad range. Only ThinkPad Yoga and Legion. Might be an excuse to opt for the intel yoga 7i 2in1 with 228v and 32GB RAM for $1,679 before cashback, $1,444 after. For the extra money you get touch screen and genuine intel cpu

    • snep on 17/04/2025 - 10:47
      +2

      "Genuine Intel CPU" an upgrade? Is this 2016 haha

      I jest, but the 228V is a pretty major downgrade, around half the speed in multicore per notebookcheck (226V and 228V are same performance, just different memory config). Average of single and multicore is more like 33% worse. iGPU is around 10-15% worse.

      Battery is also 14whr smaller, although in fairness that's made up for by better idle/low load efficiency on lunar lake.

      If you really want the form factor or touch screen its not a bad option.

  • evasive on 20/04/2025 - 13:15

    Why wouldn’t the IdeaPad pro 5i be the better option. Pretty sure the 225H is a better chip?

    Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 225H Processor (E-cores up to 4.30 GHz P-cores up to 4.90 GHz)
    Memory
    32 GB LPDDR5X-8533MT/s (Soldered)
    Storage
    512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC

    $1479 on main store, probably similar price on edu or less.

    • Phoebus on 20/04/2025 - 21:25

      Maybe, if it had the 7 255H

      • evasive on 21/04/2025 - 02:12

        But isn’t the 225H still better than the AI 7 350 in this deal?

        • snep on 21/04/2025 - 17:58

          Potentially, it certainly has more cores. What do the benchmarks say?

          One thing I'd note is that the PL2 for the 225H is 115W, whereas the AI 7 350 tops out at a PL of 65W in performance mode. Those are arguably different classes of chip at that point.

          • evasive on 21/04/2025 - 18:35

            @snep: Yeah I did see that. I wonder if they’d have similar battery life for light and normal usage though. I assume the intel uses less power idling or low energy tasks so they should be similar

    • Hot Chocolate on 21/04/2025 - 09:08

      Not sure where you're seeing that price. This configuration comes up as $2259 on the main store

      https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-5/ide…

      • evasive on 21/04/2025 - 09:28

        The website has now changed, and it is

        Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H Processor (E-cores up to 4.40 GHz P-cores up to 5.10 GHz)
        24 GB LPDDR5X-8533MT/s (Soldered)
        512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC

        So even better processor again but less ram and storage

        The original deal in this post is now also gone too. Party’s over

  • evasive on 21/04/2025 - 09:30

    Deal is now over.

  • Phoebus on 21/04/2025 - 20:15

    Shipped from Lenovo today as promised

  • Lord Ra on 23/04/2025 - 13:26

    AH, snap, missed out on both, APRIL & the TopCashback deals. 😓😭😭😭

    • Phoebus on 26/04/2025 - 22:58
      +1

      There will be May and June end of financial year deals, of course. However you should probably order at least a week before EOFY because the invoice date is the shipping date.

      • Lord Ra on 27/04/2025 - 12:09

        AH, thanks mate, will keep an eye out.

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