ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is available now for $1,299 for the 16GB of RAM, 1TB SSD configuration.
It pairs a ton of customizable features with a nice display, surprisingly beefy speakers, and a marathon battery.
A few physical design choices might be of concern for some users, and I wish it had an OLED. View now at Best Buy View now at Lenovo more buying choices
At Best Buy, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is on sale for $1,100, a $300 discount.
Lenovo announced its new Intel-powered Aura Edition laptops at IFA in Berlin earlier this year, debuting with the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition and wowing attendees with demos of its tap-to-share feature. You activate the feature by physically tapping (gently, Lenovo pleads) the side of the laptop's display with your phone, allowing you to drag-and-drop photos directly to the laptop, one of the most attention-grabbing features demoed at the event.
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I was there in person, and you better believe I was among the first in line to test it out, but fast-forward a month, and I was just as excited to go hands-on with the other unique features in Lenovo's Aura Edition Yoga 7i.
The Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is a new Copilot+ PC powered by Intel's "Lunar Lake" Series 2 line of processors. These chips take aim at the other AI-powered PCs that exploded onto the consumer market this year (usually powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chip) with unique features that attempt to set the device apart in an increasingly crowded market of AI PCs.
I went hands-on with another laptop with Intel's Series 2 chip earlier this year, the Asus Zenbook S 14, and was impressed with its performance, ultra-thin build, and marathon battery life, so I was curious to see how Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7i would compare.
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