ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is available now for $1,099 for the 32GB of RAM configuration.
It pairs a myriad 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, and I wish it had an OLED. $1,299 at Walmart $1,429.99 at Lenovo $1,299.99 at Best Buy more buying choices
At Best Buy, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition is on sale for $1,099, a $300 discount.
When Lenovo announced its Intel-powered Aura Edition laptops at IFA in Berlin last year, it led with the Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition, 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 we saw.
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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 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 last year (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, 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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