Lenovo's IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro laptop packs big performance into a compact form

Lenovo Ideapad Slim 7 Pro
Lenovo Ideapad Slim 7 Pro (Image credit: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central)

What you need to know

  • Lenovo has shown off its IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro laptop.
  • The laptop releases in October 2021.
  • It will start at $1,449.

Lenovo has on-the-go creators on its mind. That's why it's developed the IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro laptop, which gives creators the hardware horsepower they need in a form factor that's designed to go wherever, whenever.

The IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro laptop will come packed with a 16-inch QHD IPS touch screen (16:10) that supports a max brightness of 500 nits, 120Hz refresh rate, and 100% sRGB color gamut.

But a good display isn't everything. That's why the maximum-power configurations of the IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro laptop come packed with AMD Ryzen 7 5800H mobile processors and an NVIDIA RTX 3050 laptop GPU. Tack on 1TB of SSD storage, and the machine offers just about everything needed for a wide variety of creative endeavors. Oh, and it comes with Windows 11, in case you're excited for Microsoft's latest OS.

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CategoryIdeaPad Slim 7 Pro
OSWindows 11
ProcessorUp to AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
RAMUp to 16GB DDR4Dual-channel
GraphicsUp to NVIDIA RTX 3050Integrated AMD Radeon
StorageUp to 1TB M.2 PCIe SSD
Display16 inches2.5K resolution16:10 aspect ratioTouch, 500 nits100% sRGBDolby Vision HDRUp to 120Hz
PortsTwo USB-A 3.2SD card readerHDMIUSB-C3.5mm audio
AudioDolby Atmos
ConnectivityWi-Fi 6Bluetooth 5.1
SecurityIR camera
Battery75Wh
DimensionsFrom 0.66 inches (17.4mm)
WeightFrom 4.6 pounds (2.1kg)
ColorCloud GreyStorm Grey
AvailabilityOctober 2021
Price$1,449

All the power of the IdeaPad Slim 7 Pro laptop is compressed into a tiny form factor, hence the "slim" in the name. But getting an RTX GPU and one of the best CPUs in a package that's under five pounds and less than an inch in thickness is going to cost you a pretty penny since pricing starts at $1,449. When the laptops release in October, you'll have a better idea of what a maxed-out configuration costs.

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