The touchscreen is a barely oddball measurement at 14.5 inches diagonally, providing a 16:10 side ratio at a decision of three,072 x 1,090 pixels. The show is backlit by the newish mini LED know-how (identical as on the 12.9-inch iPad Professional), which makes use of 1000’s of tiny LED mild sources to create individually controllable dimming zones. The influence is highly effective: Not solely are photographs extremely lifelike, with spectacular distinction, the machine is so vivid it’s painful to take a look at at full power. I’ve been frequently cataloging laptops with “report” brightness ranges all yr, one after one other, however the Lenovo Slim put all of them to disgrace, beating the next-highest brightness benchmark I’ve measured by 38 p.c. I’m assured that this new report goes to face for a while.
The Slim Professional 9i places up the efficiency numbers to again that up, too. With an overclockable CPU and devoted graphics, there’s loads of juice to drive stable benchmarks on each enterprise and graphics checks. Unsurprisingly, the laptop computer didn’t fare in addition to HP’s Envy 16, which has a extra highly effective Core i9 CPU and a higher-end graphics card, however much less RAM. On common, the Slim Professional 9i was 20 to 30 p.c slower than the Envy 16 throughout the board—however I’ll shortly be aware that it nonetheless provides spectacular, wholly workable efficiency. If it has a efficiency flaw, it’s that storage operations—putting in apps and getting them to load—are an obvious bottleneck.
The Slim Professional 9i isn’t all about what’s beneath the hood. The keyboard, with its 1.5-mm journey (referred to as out particularly on a sticker on the chassis), is certainly among the finest I’ve encountered in years, and the touchpad is roomy and fairly quiet when clicked. 4 Dolby Atmos audio system present loads of audio energy, with a thumping bass that noticeably causes the chassis to vibrate while you escape the bangers. Enlargement is ample, with two USB-A ports, HDMI, an SD card reader, and two USB-C ports, considered one of which helps Thunderbolt 4.
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