Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 (2022) Review
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- The 2022 Gen 7 edition of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 14” convertible slim and light business laptop sports an aluminum chassis in Storm Gray rather than the traditional matte black. It’s refreshed with Intel 12th gen Alder Lake CPUs with optional vPro, Windows 11, Thunderbolt 4 and a larger trackpad. The 4K OLED display option is back this year, and the Ultrabook is also available with full HD IPS display, all at 16:10 aspect ratio. As ever, a garaged rechargeable pen is included and the convertible’s screen supports touch. 4G and sub6 5G are optional.
I am a simple man, when I see Lisa and a Thinkpad I click.
Lisa, you are a rock star. Love your mobile tech reviews.
I've had several of these as business machines, and they've been great. Lovely keyboards.
Yep, I have the first gen of these, quite good!
Can't believe they are on their 7th gen! Doesn't feel like that long ago when I first saw the 1st gen.
Lenovo needs to add SD card reader in convertible laptops and tablets to upload photos and videos for editing.
I definitely have one on mine next to the sim card slot
gen 2 had one
I believe the last one with a microSD reader was Gen 3, which is why I'm dearly holding on to mine
If your use case is for that, getting gnarbox or other external SSD with SD card reader is just a better workflow
I must say, as a rather proud owner of a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 6 (which your review helped me decide to purchase :) ), this seems like an incremental, but overall good update. I opted for the 4K, top-end Intel i7-1186G7 CPU spec version of the Gen 6, so my battery life is not... the best. But, I knew that going into it, and overall it's a worthwhile trade off for me. I would be curious how the 4K OLED panel of the Gen 7 compares to the 4K LCD panel of the Gen 6 with regards to quality and battery life. Thanks for the awesome reviews! :)
Is the X1 Yoga good for coding
How's your battery life?
@@mikhailbabushkinum any thinkpad will be great for coding imo. very robust and i think one of them even has ubuntu preinstalled.
please review the x1 carbon gen 10!
I don't recommend anyone buying this cool device with a screen with a "privacy guard" feature if you are going to use pen a lot, e.g. for taking notes, since it becomes dim at certain angle even when that feature is off, which in particular means that it is very hard to find a comfortable position to be able to see the screen while drawing/taking notes.
Battery life is the most important thing for me
Sounds like you wouldn't want to go Intel
@@GregMirzaAvakyan you Mean by this that intel doesn't provide good battery life?? Because I was planning to buy this laptop
I love your reviews !
Great review as usual. Keep on keepin on. 🍻
You’re the best, Lisa!! Thank you for this wonderful review!
i wish the made the p14s with the full flip yoga design.... that would be then the next of all worlds!
Interesting to hear 8-9 hour battery life here, I feel like every other reviews of Alder Lake has cited horrible battery life. Include notebookcheck's own review of this laptop
I am wondering the same
I hope they ironed out all the OLED bugs from the GEN2. My Gen2 OLED screen was replaced 3 times under warranty. Each time was weeks waiting for new screens to come into stock. They offered a standard LED screen since the OLED's were not available and failing. I bought the GEN2 specifically for the OLED though. Eventually Lenovo replaced the whole computer under warranty but sadly this one is having the same exact problem. Just ordered the GEN 7 OLED as I am expecting a few months for my GEN 2 to be fixed again and seriously doubt the screen is available anymore. At least still under warranty. I notice Lenovo quickly dropped the OLED option from Gen3 to Gen6. I hope that was to figure out what was failing in the GEN2 OLED's. I did get the 5 year, on site warranty just in case though.
Yeah I've been on the Gen2 for about 5 years now, too. I had to order a replacement panel directly from China and install it myself. I've only had to do it once, though, and I have another backup just in case.
Lisa - what is the reason for soldered RAM nowadays? Space? Requirement of new purchase for upgrades? What are your thoughts on this?
Several reasons; Ultrabooks do not really need upgradeable RAM as they are mainly bought by people that know what they need, eg Enterprise and business. Also, 16GB is the most people need for these machines as they are not meant for hardcore workflows. Another reason is latency, soldered to the motherboard rather than using another connector. Then these Ultrabooks are thin and light and saving space where you can (and weight) all helps these packages.
Having removable RAM in gaming machines, prosumer laptops and desktops still exists for many as they may indeed need upgrades and weight and size not an issue. Obviously as we move to ARM then even then we will have less options for upgradeable RAM, due to the nature of the architecture.
There is no socketed LPDDR5 (or LPDDR4), and LPDDR is much faster than the regular DDR. It is also more power efficient.
Space for Intel and AMD Ultrabooks (so they can be thinner). For M1 Macs, it's because the RAM is in a unified architecture with the CPU for improved speed.
@@mobiletechreview Lisa I think that there is someone that is pretending to be you when they reply to comments. I received a response from someone that had your picture but a different handle telling me that I won a free Lenovo i5.
Eager to see your valuable review on the Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10 :) and on whether it is better choice compared to the Yoga X1 :) Thank you
Well, I own one. Pro's- just about everything. Cons..Lenovo does not offer any of the x1 gen7's with IR cam unless you custom build, meaning 3 plus months to receive. That means no Windows Hello, or many of the other smart features that make this PC so enticing. TO ALL!! Premium Care Support is worthless when you purchase anything but a ThinkPad series such as a yoga 9i. You will put a gun in your mouth before a problem is solved. For ThinkPad users...arguably the best CS experience you will ever have! No waiting time, techs are savvy and solution oriented.
Thank you for the review. Do you think the i7 1270p warrants an upgrade over last year's i7 1165g7 version, focusing strictly on performance? Daily usage consists of ms office tasks, light programming and running VMs.
For those tasks I don't see a great performance benefit in upgrading.
Awesome review as always
Would love to see a review of the Lenovo Legion slim 7
Good video. TY for taking the time to produce it. I needed to use captions to actually understand what you were saying mostly (you talk VERY fast with no breaks between sentences).
I come for tech but stay for the shirts thanks for your review
Loved your Top Gun reference there... 🙂
Thanks for the review. I got the Gen 6 loaded about a month ago, used via eBay. One of my favorite notebooks. It is super light, love the built in pen and all the ports, especially the "regular" USB. Coming from the Dell XPS that I spent over $3k, I like the yoga better. The Dell track pad went out on me after a year and the screws came out on their own. Like Apple's computers the screen on the Dell didn't unfold enough which is why I am such a big fan of the convertible or at least the 180 degree range. I never thought I would buy a thinkpad after Lenovo bought IBM's PC business however I am impressed. I am hoping for a Snapdragon Gen 7 for better battery life and a cooler running computer. It would be cool to have a dedicated graphics card with something like a Snapdragon but don't know how the performance would compare to Intel based? Is the fingerprint reader any better on Gen 7 than the Gen 6? Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the review. The pen actually looks good this time. Would you put it alittle above HP's MPP, but below the Slim Pen 2? Also, do you have a favorite Wacom AES pen for people that feel the included pen is too small?
Exactly, better than HP's, not quite as good as the latest Surface pen tech like the Slim Pen 2. I think it would be more than good enough for note taking, but artists might want for a little more (though it gets by for art).
Pen is the exact same AES tech they've been using for the past 7 years, if anything it's long overdue for an update. This was actually the only deal breaker for me for X1 Yoga.
The fact that Lenovo hasn't updated their flagships to MPP 3.0 (Surface tech) or EMR (Galaxy Book) is ridiculous.
@@blue4059 Well, they did upgrade from AES 1.0 to 2.0 along the way.
@@mobiletechreview yes they did in 2017!
I think the idea is to save battery power, their likely not going to upgrade to EMR.. Maybe?
Thanks for your review! Blessings on your day!
Awesome review very knowledgeable
Thank you for the review! I like how you show the at all angles, plus your shirt looks great- pftt! I was also wondering if there’s any laptops you would recommend for artists and that would be good for college as well? I’ve been thinking on getting two in 1 laptops with a Wacom or bamboo pen stylus. Which one would be the best to get that would also be a pretty good price?
As professional as usual Lisa, thank you
I have one and boy I love love it.
People is telling me this is the best option for the Lenovo X1 laptop family.
Cloud you make a video with the Linux OS for this laptop?
Thank Lisa
🙂👍
Great review! Any information abut the thermals?
How would this compare with the Lenovo Yoga 9i that just came out? It's really hard to find.
Could you please do a review on the lenovo yoga duet 7i ? Tough choice between it and the Surface Pro 8!
Miss me with that g** s*** intel laptops
glad that the hot air discharge is in the back, i hate my gen5 side grille
I just bought an 8th gen, and the trackpad is horrible. When my fingers get a bit sweaty, the friction is high, and the pointer is sometimes not moving, and I need to press my finger really hard against it to force it to react. It's really disappointing for a supposedly premium laptop. Lenovo just has too many product lines to keep each one of them reliable.
What brand and model would you recommend for laptop for productivity? 15" screen, not a gamer, use of Microsoft 365 suite, IT applications?
XPS 9520
Im getting about 4-5 hrs of real world use off this battery. 1250p i5 chip, 1920x1200 IPS screen. Top left gets warm and fans are on (but pretty quiet) half of the time with typical daily use.
Got a pretty good deal on it and I like everything else about it, but the above two issues are pretty disappointing, especially the battery life.
Do you prefer Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10 or surface pro 8? Which is more stable and less buggy?
Hello Lisa, great review, I have a question for you:
Do you if there's is a Limited version for this laptop?
Lisa, great review! Can you review the X1 Nano Gen 2, please? It looks great on paper (and I want to buy it) but I have the suspicion that it has thermal issues. The X1 Nano Gen 2 has been available since the beginning of May and there is not a single review on RUclips.
Awaiting Thinkpad Z.
WOW, you can now buy a new Lenovo Yoga X1 carbon gen 5 for under $1,000.00.
Yeah, Lenovo laptops are best bought second hand after at least 6 months.
I'm curious, as a business school student (who will be doing some movie editing for fun), how does the surface studio laptop compare? I like that comparison on the 2022 spectre video. Thanks!
it really is the dream laptop for my use. it is sublime and this perfect thinkpad keyboard. but the price is indecent compared to the competition.
what other options which has full suite of ports and 4G/5G wwan built in?
@@daft009 Samsung 360 pro may have 5g in some countries, HP x360 doesn't have 4g but it's much cheaper like samsung. in France the samsung is around 1600€ while the x1 yoga runs around 2500 or even 3000€ with equivalent configuration (except wwan). in addition with a Samsung phone the Samsung pc is very interesting with the fast copy options etc..
@@sylv06690 Lenovo not that expensive down under luckily
@@sylv06690 yep, but the lenovo still has IP53 ingress protection rating, and MIL810G STD durability rating. Those other two don't, whether its worth a big price increase for durability and build quality is debatable, but it still has its uses.
Thank you for the great review! I think that Thinkpad prioritizes fan noise over performance because I noticed in some benchmarks compared with the new Lenovo 9i that multicore performance is lower than the Yoga? Can the settings be changed to higher performance with opting for more fan noise? Thanks so much!
Viewers on RUclips, this looks like a scam?
All unsolicited prize comments on videos that have nothing to do with prizes are guaranteed a scam
Do the keys go inside the body when you convert it to tablet mode like it did with X380 Yoga Thinkpad? Because that feature is priceless. Otherwise you cannot keep the device on any surface apprehending damage to the keyboard and not to mention, it make holding the device in tablet mode easier!
I have an HP Spectre. The keyboard does not retract and I've never had an issue with it getting damaged. Ever. I never use it in tablet mode.
I have the X1 Yoga Gen 5 and I love it, I don't think I'll update to gen 7 just yet, I don't like the color. I'll wait to see the gen 8.
A little feedback for you : your explanation sometime do not conform with the shot you put on your video. Like you were highlighting the aesthetics of the laptop when explaining the processor. Why? And often, it gets really boring when two things just do not run in parallel.
Overall, it’s a good video but need more polishing. Regardless, I watch your video primarily for that T-shirt. Lol.
Great review. Thank you. I'm replacing my current Thinkpad (old generation) with a docking station. I'd like to try this Yoga version however, I want to keep my dual screens and external key board which are all connected via a docking station. Can this Yoga connect to that type of configuration? Most of my work is done in this type of setup but I'd like to try the portability of this version as well. Thanks for the feedback!
You can't "dock" like the old ones. The docking stations just connect with a cable to the usb-c port; it's basically one huge dongle that connects with a cable to the side of the laptop.
If Lisa hasn't reviewed it yet, then I'm not interested
Hi Lisa, really interested in the P5 Gen 5 and the T14s G3!
One of the things I don't like about the thinner lap tops is not having a cd/dvd player. Which means you have to get an external one. But the prices don't go down on the lap tops. Instead you are paying the same or more plus the added cost.
I like your reviews because you cover all the bases we want to know plus more. Thanks for that.
Even thicker gaming laptops don't have those
Wow. You really must’ve been born in 1955. Haven’t seen a laptop with a disk drive in 15 years or more.
You get a bigger battery instead, people don't want drives. Now even windows laptops get 6-12 hours of battery life, it's not a MacBook thing anymore, those get 20 hours or more thought but it's all cost on better cooling and no redundant cd drives.
How old are you?
Laptops don't come with DVD players anymore and they haven't for ages. You must still be racking an old Toshiba running windows 7.
What exactly does my age have to do with it? But just for you I'll tell you that I have Windows 10. I'm up to date on electronics. I'm allowed to say what I like. It should be an option. It's just another way for v computer companies to charge the same but give you less.
still loving my lenovo idealpad 6 14
Commenting to support
I remember using the old IBM Thinkpads they also had that annoying nipple in the keyboard ( though can’t remember if they actually had a touchpad)
when did it released?! is it good for 2023? can can it last for around 4 years from now?
When will you be able to review the P16, T16 and T15p gen II?
i have no complaint about design and peformance
When you flip the yoga, do any key presses trigger or is there something preventing presses?
this or the x1 carbon? I don't really need the yoga function. I've used my stylus from my current yoga only a handful of times - it was handy, but not necessary
Do you prefer the X1 Yoga 7 or the Microsoft Surface Studio Laptop for drawing?
I'd love you even more if you had chapter markers in the timeline.
Awesome review
This is my next unit. My 2nd gen is still chugging along but is not compatible with the new windows.
Are you able to boot from disk? Can run on nearly anything w 4gb ram. Checkout a modded ISO like tiny11 if you wanna try on a small partition before expanding it wiping current system.
ThinkPad
5:20 isn’t OLED display more power efficient? Seems to be the case on smartphones
OLED isnt more efficient on any device. if at lower brightness, it does use a little less than LCD, but at higher brightness it uses a lot more than LCD, balancing out to OLED using more power. its chose for picture quality and size of the packaging (oled is way smaller than LCD because of all of the layers to LCD)
OLED is probably not going to be a big seller in this lineup as this is mainly an Enterprise ultrabook and businesses are unlikely to stump up the extra for an OLED especially with the many cons. I suspect Lenovo did not sell many and ditched OLED for a hike but this year they will probably have a small line producing them for the few takers.
On white background OLED is less efficient than LCD. Also, as you increase brightness on an OLED it is not linear like LCD, so the higher brightness = increased higher wattage compared to LCD. Also, OLED tend to have higher resolution due to the pixel arrangement where the matrix has gaps in, meaning a 1080p OLED looks less sharp than an LCD. So a 2.5-2.8K or even preferably a 4K will mean a much higher draw on power. So generally OLED is not the best choice on business laptops used on the go. For a lucky student that can afford it and will never be far from a socket then the OLED is an option especially a it will be better for media when not studying.
OLED is very efficient when displaying blacks and dark colors. It is however much less power efficient when displaying whites and light colors-- like the average web page or office document. On PCs, we tend to look at white (ish) screens a lot, so power consumption is higher with OLED. Using a dark theme helps with this. Also the OLED is 4k, so the big resolution bump also uses more power.
Lisa, you reckon I can plug an external GPU to one of these thunderbolts and turn it into a gaming rig or rendering machine?
Pretty sure you can buy or build a desktop...
I'm glad to see this product mature. it seemed like such a gimmick when it started
Luckily I can assure that separate of all the aspects thought of as gimmicks, they're very solid machines
Could you do a comparison of this and spectre? I really don’t know which is the best. Convertible to buy now . I want a really really light one so I can work with it in my bed
Nice review
I would add that by calling Lenovo Thinkpad directly and speaking to one of their sales advisers, you can negotiate a good price discount on the RRP.
Please when are you going to do the new 12 gen hp spectre x360 13.5ich
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣lol
My old Yoga has socket upgradable wifi. Inexcusable they they don't allow user upgradable Wifi and RAM. I mean, how much could that possibly cost? I hate being stuck with 16GB when RAM is pretty cheap. I put 64GB into my NUC, cause why not..
Love your reviews - always considered Lenovo, but.... they will not make a screen brighter than 300 nits for under 2,000 in the business class - and good luck finding a 1080 / 5MP camera on anything but the 12th gen models. Buying massively overpriced DDR5 today for 12th gen, before chipsets and thermal controls have caught up is just money down the drain.
Thank you
I bought two thinkpads, t14s aluminum and carbon fiber, whichone is better and one with aluminum body is 100 dollars cheaper which one should I keep and which to return.
Can someone help me ?
Have the MacBook Air M1 second tier one with 512ssd 8GPU and I love it . It’s my first laptop of any kind. I think Apple spoiled me thinking every laptop runs so well like this.
Most Laptops at that price run like that, its just easier to go wrong with windows than with mac
How well it works with Linux?
Why is the fan on constantly and so loud? Has there been a fix to that?
Hi could you please do a review on iPhone 11 Pro now?
Very neat machine!
Some improvement on touch pad not being red colour, but keyboard remain the same disgusting red colour.
I understand that if I have the laptop at 4K full resolution, it will drain the battery faster. But if I have the 4K screen but set at 1080p, will that help the battery?
More pixels more power unfortunately
I wish you had given a link to buy this awesome laptop. Can you add a link please.
Lenovo's website has them.
Agreed with another commenter about falling quality: just after 2 years, my yoga x1 gen 5 has now failed battery (sometimes it suddenly drops from 100% to 0, sometimes it doesnt charge and doesnt boot;.my solution is to put it into refrigerator for 1min; whatever the reason it helps. No, it is not overheated though.) The mics stopped working too. The display has a different surface texture 2cm on the sides, as if the display cover layer got washed out. A small wine coil. Sad.
lenovo changed twice my keyboard in my gen5 x1.. i miss my stolen gen2
i got an xps instead because the screen is miles better.
Lack of microSD and minus 1 USB A type port is drastically upsetting to me. Idk if anybody else agrees.
Gotta save space somehow!
Might need a multi adapter or micro/SD to USB
Can you review the 9i?
🤔How well the stylus and the touchscreen work with Linux?
Find out? Which distribution did you use?
Is this touch resistant when using drawing pen?
Can you review the snapdragon ThinkPad X13s?
Could you please review the new framework laptop (12th Gen Intel) ?
Thanks!
Personally I prefer the old keyboard layout on the older versions. Got this and I hate the keyboard layout. Too far spread for me and not much space left for the wrists to rest on. Real estate space is wasted with this stretched out keyboard. I will be switching back. Awful keyboard.
I wish Lisa was my auntie...😭
Is this good for adobe apps?
Unfortunately, I had a terrible experience with my Lenovo Gen 6 X1 Yoga. My screen failed after only 1.5 years of use, along with the motherboard. I spent 2k on a laptop and trusted Lenovo to give a quality product, but I was wrong. This was also the 2nd laptop I got from them after another issue from the first one they sent. Quality control has gone down. Happily, I now own a M1 Macbook Air.
Gen 6 was not even available 1.5 years ago. It came on sale March 2021 worldwide.
@@ubermod5564 Yes it was, if not 1 yr is appropriate because I got it when it came out.
@@AliB19 That's unlucky, I guess there's always a percentage of duds that's can occur, although I do believe the ThinkPads quality control is reduced in recent years.
New introo!!?? Or am i just seeing it now
Been using this intro for a while (at least a year).
@@mobiletechreview ahh...ive been rewatching your old reviews too much. !!
Do the keys tuck in when transformed?
No
No wonder the 12th gen chip in there barelu beats 12th gen. The heatsink on it is a joke.