WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.840 If you guys have seen my laptop unboxings in the past, you know I compare it to my Lenovo ThinkBook. Well, 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:10.840 Lenovo must have seen that because they sponsored this video 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:17.360 for me to check out their Lenovo Legion 7 AMD, and maybe it's good enough that I 00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:20.120 can finally retire my daily driver. Well, we got to open it up first and 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:26.240 take a look. Out of the two chips that you can get in this laptop, this is the 00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:28.320 higher-end one, which is the AMD AI 9 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:35.680 at a stroke. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX470, 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:39.400 a 12-core, 24-thread processor that can 00:00:35.680 --> 00:00:41.000 boost up to 5.2 GHz, and I think the 00:00:39.400 --> 00:00:43.800 white version looks a lot better than my silver. [music] 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:48.000 But, is it going to get my fingerprints all over it? Actually, that's that's not 00:00:45.720 --> 00:00:49.960 bad. I got pretty greasy fingers, too. Well, okay. We'll look at the rest of 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:56.800 this in a second. Let's see what else is in the box. Some cardboard 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:59.160 and our power cable, which uses Lenovo's 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:03.760 rectangular plug here because this can actually deliver Where's the wattage? A 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:08.480 245-W charge to this bad boy, which is higher 00:01:06.080 --> 00:01:13.120 than USB-C can do. Saying that, this laptop can still charge over USB-C, 00:01:11.240 --> 00:01:16.440 which is nice, so you don't need to lug around the power brick, unless I guess 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.840 you're going to be doing some physically demanding tasks on it, but we'll we'll 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:25.040 see when we get there. Let's go through the IO here. On this side, we have a 00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:28.240 full-size SD card reader, our camera switch for our electronic shutter there. 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:32.800 It's not a physical one like you would see on the camera housing. This is Is 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:36.960 this Oh, that's USB. I thought that was the power cable for a second. Boop. 00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:41.440 Around back, we have a full-size HDMI, and there's the power cord, which I like 00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:44.560 rear IO in laptops, especially if you're going to be using this at your desk all 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:47.840 the time. You can have it plugged in, all the IO at the back that you would 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:52.040 need. I do wish they maybe moved one of these USB-C ports over to the side cuz 00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:57.480 on the left, we have two of our USB-C ports, another USB-A, and a headphone 00:01:54.720 --> 00:02:00.960 audio jack. It's not a the most IO I've seen on a laptop, but they definitely 00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:06.040 could have cut corners, so I appreciate having two USB-As and two USB-Cs. And 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:10.039 these USB ports are actually USB 4, which means you can get 40 GB a second 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:14.200 on them. And the rear one here is the 140 W charging. They both can do 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:19.280 charging, you just can't do them both at the same time. And the HDMI I actually 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:21.400 skipped over is a HDMI 2.1, which means 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:24.200 8K display. Cuz you're totally going to be doing 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:29.120 that on this laptop. Obviously not, but hey, it's an option for you. 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:31.959 The one person who has an 8K display. I want to open this up. 00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:41.880 I guess while it's booting up, I can go over the rest of the specs that are in this device. In our laptop here, we have 00:02:37.600 --> 00:02:43.480 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory at 8533 00:02:41.880 --> 00:02:47.440 megatransfers a second. It's able to hit that speed because it is soldered 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:52.760 memory. So, you will not be upgrading it yourself after, but if you want, you can 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:58.600 upgrade the kit when you purchase it to 64 GB. Which in the laptop, I always 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:02.680 think that 64 seems overkill. Unless maybe this is your primary station, and 00:03:00.880 --> 00:03:06.800 getting into that later, you will be able to do some productivity work 00:03:04.720 --> 00:03:10.959 because this display is really good. I mean, 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:14.840 I don't think it's very good on the glare side of things. You can see, but 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:18.320 I'm also shining it directly at a light, so that's probably not the best showing 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:22.440 for it. But at an initial glance, just when I power it on here and I see it, 00:03:20.880 --> 00:03:27.160 oh, I like it. Look at that pretty wallpaper. And continuing on the specs, 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:32.120 sorry, it's got a 1 TB Gen 4 SSD in here. That is something you can upgrade. 00:03:29.480 --> 00:03:36.640 There are two SSD slots in this device. They say it can go up to Gen 5, but they 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:39.760 only ship it with a Gen 4. So, maybe that's an upgrade after the fact for 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:45.280 you. And as for the GPU that's in here, it is the RTX 5060. It draws 115 W, 00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:49.959 which our Labs was able to verify. And right away, like I said, man, I like 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:54.560 the colors on this. It is an OLED display. It's not a touch display, which 00:03:52.239 --> 00:03:57.680 for me is a downer. I like to have a touchscreen on a laptop. I find it 00:03:56.160 --> 00:04:00.800 really nice when I'm on set or something I just need to quickly scroll or find 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:05.680 some information. Little bit of a downgrade, but it is 240 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:08.640 hertz, which maybe if I'm gaming at work, that could be pretty nice I guess. 00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:13.959 That's pretty good. It's also a 16 by 10 display instead of 00:04:11.440 --> 00:04:16.920 a 16 by 9 display, which gives a little bit more vertical room. Again, for 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:20.959 someone like me who has a lot of scripts on it, I think that that's great. I 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:24.520 think 16 by 10 is a better aspect ratio and we should all just adopt it even for 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:29.120 desktops personally. We're going to get right into a typing test here, which 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:32.440 what I do the most on my laptop. I don't really game that much, so 00:04:33.200 --> 00:04:40.440 got to do the side by side. Actually, it's on par with my current 00:04:38.200 --> 00:04:44.320 daily driver and I love this laptop's keyboard. So, I love this keyboard then. 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:47.680 Okay, it actually feels really, really good to type on. I think the only thing 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:50.680 is maybe it's a little quieter, but I can't tell if that's just because I've 00:04:49.520 --> 00:04:54.760 abused this keyboard [music] pretty aggressively. I like it though. Trackpad 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:59.320 on the other hand, when I first gave it a click, I don't think I'm as big of a 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:02.600 fan as my current one. It feels a little bit too mushy for me. Saying that 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:06.520 gliding over the trackpad feels really nice. It's just the click that feels a 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:09.480 little off to me. One thing that would worry me though is because this is an 00:05:07.919 --> 00:05:15.080 ultra-thin and ultra-light, how much does it flex? Oh, wow. 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:17.240 See if I can get it on camera here. 00:05:15.080 --> 00:05:21.000 I'm going pretty aggressive and 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:24.200 cuz I walk around with my laptop like this all the time. Uh, that would be the 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:29.080 only thing I scare is the screen falling. The actual chassis itself feels pretty 00:05:26.960 --> 00:05:32.200 good and even the screen, I mean, it's got flex because it's a 00:05:30.320 --> 00:05:35.120 screen obviously. It's so much thinner, but I feel like I just need to keep 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:40.919 making comparisons. I should stop putting this laptop on the floor. I mean, this laptop has more bend. I can 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:43.878 feel it for sure. Screen's about the same. 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:49.000 But, my screen is also thicker. >> [music] >> So, do with that information what you 00:05:45.919 --> 00:05:51.800 will, but let's watch a YouTube video. 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:56.040 70% volume and it's already like deafening, but we're going to we got to 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:58.720 crank it. 100% for the drop, baby. Here 00:05:56.040 --> 00:06:01.640 we go. Here's Crab Rave. Holy cow. 00:06:04.080 --> 00:06:11.520 Wow, you would be the annoying kid in college with this. That is a loud loud 00:06:08.520 --> 00:06:14.009 speaker. For how loud they are, I was 00:06:11.520 --> 00:06:17.800 expecting them to sound a lot worse. >> [music] >> And these are down-firing speakers as 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:21.320 you can see right here, and they're firing into this the soft mouse pad 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:25.480 here, so I'm not even getting probably the best reflections out of it, 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:28.440 but man. Now that I'm listening again, there's a 00:06:26.320 --> 00:06:33.480 tiny bit of crackling, but I guarantee you if I went down like 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:37.280 20%, much better immediately. 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:41.040 So, you could still annoy your college friends with this. That's good to know. 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:44.794 We removed the mouse pad now, and I want to see if it sounds even better. We're 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:46.814 still at 80%. >> [music] 00:06:47.640 --> 00:06:53.640 >> Pretty good speakers, man. Now that we're done our audio test, I want to look at the display here. This is our RE 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:57.600 footage that you can find on our ShortCircuit channel. It's a very pretty 00:06:55.680 --> 00:07:00.680 display. Am I at max brightness, too? Where am I? I am at max brightness. 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:04.400 Okay, let's crank this down. See how dim it gets. Wow, it gets quite dim. It you 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:08.200 can't even pick it up on our camera anymore. Why are there so many 00:07:05.919 --> 00:07:11.320 fingerprints on the screen? I got pretty greasy fingers, too. 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:20.360 When our Labs did the testing on the screen, they also were pretty impressed 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:21.840 with the results. In SDR, it's decent in 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:24.800 the color accuracy field, and it was able to hold its 500 nits claimed 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:31.960 brightness, [music] but in HDR is where this thing really does stand out. By their definition, an 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:35.919 amazing HDR experience or close to the artist's intent. [music] 00:07:33.400 --> 00:07:40.560 It's able to hit the 1,100 nits that they claim in a 50% window, which I 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:44.920 guess if you're using it for outdoor use is incredibly bright, or if you are in a 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:49.720 properly light controlled environment, you would probably be able to get some 00:07:47.640 --> 00:07:54.080 professional video editing done on this. Maybe not quite uh like a mastering 00:07:51.440 --> 00:07:58.320 display, but it is an unbelievably good display in HDR. [music] Should we get 00:07:55.520 --> 00:08:03.800 into some gaming? Hell yeah. 1% lows hitting about 47 or so, and it did take 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:06.800 a while for the fans to ramp up, which is nice. So, maybe if you're playing 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:10.000 like a lighter indie game, the fans wouldn't get as loud. >> [music] 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:14.360 >> But, now that I've been driving around a little bit, I can tell the fans needed 00:08:12.080 --> 00:08:18.160 to pick up. Saying that, it's still quieter than a lot of other gaming 00:08:16.320 --> 00:08:22.880 laptops I've used. I wouldn't necessarily define it as 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:26.120 quiet, though. Oh, got in a car crash. But, I think 00:08:24.520 --> 00:08:29.919 that the fans are quiet enough that if you had a pair of headphones on, they 00:08:27.880 --> 00:08:34.000 wouldn't bother you at all. And while I was just browsing and watching YouTube 00:08:31.760 --> 00:08:37.479 videos, it was dead silent, which, again, like I said, some other laptops 00:08:35.760 --> 00:08:42.360 I've looked at would ramp up when loading a YouTube video. So, in terms of 00:08:39.640 --> 00:08:45.320 the the noise, seems on par or better than what I would expect. A good thing 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:50.680 about having a big chunky power brick, like I mentioned earlier, the 245 W one, 00:08:47.920 --> 00:08:53.560 is that this laptop draws about 125 W, meaning if you're using that, you know 00:08:52.400 --> 00:08:58.200 you're going to stay fully charged the entire time. If you were plugged in with 00:08:55.400 --> 00:09:02.000 a USB-C to that 100 W charging port, you would slowly drain battery over time. 00:09:00.520 --> 00:09:05.320 One thing our Labs did note when they were testing was, depending on the turbo 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:10.160 frequency and everything, it was able to draw 160 W [music] total, which would 00:09:08.040 --> 00:09:14.839 even mean that that top USB-C port, which does 140, wouldn't be good enough, 00:09:12.760 --> 00:09:18.720 either. So, I prefer USB-C charging devices, so at least I can charge it 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:21.680 ideally, you know, when it's on my desk, but if I'm gaming, you need to bring the 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:26.880 power brick. Since I was just mentioning Labs, we might as well go over their gaming results, and across our three 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:32.476 games in a couple different resolutions, it did pretty well. I always consider 60 00:09:29.760 --> 00:09:35.000 FPS average or 1% lows kind of the >> [music] 00:09:32.760 --> 00:09:39.040 >> bare minimum for a portable device, and the only thing that really stress tested 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:44.960 was Total War: Warhammer III when we did our 1600p benchmark. Our 1% lows dropped 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:48.640 to 45 and the average dropped below 60. The last thing I want to take a look at 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:53.000 before I open the laptop [music] is the camera. I do a lot of video calls on my 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:56.400 laptop, so this is very important to me. We'll do a 00:09:54.680 --> 00:09:59.880 quick recording here so that we can hear how the audio sounds on this microphone, 00:09:58.760 --> 00:10:04.640 but this is how the camera looks as well. I'm going to try the electronic shutter here. 00:10:02.800 --> 00:10:07.560 I think it worked. It was immediate. There it is and I'm back, but [music] 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:12.040 now it's time to dissect this bad boy. All the screws 00:10:09.680 --> 00:10:13.960 are accessible, so that's nice. At least what I can see right now, it doesn't 00:10:13.040 --> 00:10:19.720 look [music] like I have to peel back any feet. Finally got the back off here 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:24.080 and man, this looks kind of like a picture-perfect teardown skin for dbrand 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:27.960 or something. [music] It's very pretty, but you can see here are two SSDs. Ours 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:30.840 came with two. Yours will come with one if you buy one. I don't know why they 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:34.400 shipped us two, but this is an engineering sample device, so you know, 00:10:32.680 --> 00:10:38.640 maybe something's going to be slightly different in yours. I hope not because 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:42.240 this looks fantastic. [music] I love the looks of this. I was Okay, 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:48.839 what is Is this Hold on. Oh, I think this is an adapter 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:52.280 so that you can either do a 2280 SSD or 00:10:48.839 --> 00:10:53.839 a 2242 and it comes with the 2242. 00:10:52.280 --> 00:10:56.800 That's why it looks so strange. I was like, "What the heck is this thing?" But 00:10:55.520 --> 00:11:01.320 hey, that's kind of a nice little adapter then. And then this one is only 00:10:59.040 --> 00:11:05.680 a 2242. You won't be putting a full-size SSD in this one. Right here is our Wi-Fi 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:10.480 7 and our Bluetooth card. Down here are our speakers. Our battery 00:11:08.280 --> 00:11:14.657 here is an 84-W hour battery, which they claim can get you up to 12 hours of 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:19.960 battery life. Our Labs testing only got [music] six and we're not 100% sure why. 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:24.080 We did kind of think it was maybe because this is an engineering sample 00:11:21.839 --> 00:11:28.960 and it could be because either they have perfected their test conditions to get 00:11:25.880 --> 00:11:30.520 12 hours or in our case, our BIOS maybe 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:34.640 didn't get the latest revision. We're not 100% sure. They claim 12 hours 00:11:32.920 --> 00:11:38.000 though. One thing you again might not have noticed which I mentioned earlier 00:11:36.280 --> 00:11:45.280 is no upgradeable RAM and that's again because it's kind of soldered [music] directly to the board with the CPU that 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:47.240 AI 9 HX470. And it has its NPU built in 00:11:45.280 --> 00:11:51.600 so that way if you do decide to do any local AI workloads, it'll kind of help 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:55.480 offload that to the NPU so that way hopefully it'll help your battery 00:11:53.400 --> 00:11:59.840 performance or you can save your CPU cores for any other demanding tasks that 00:11:57.320 --> 00:12:07.400 you may be working on. Which that NPU is the AMD XDNA 2 NPU and it delivers up to 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:09.520 55 trillion operations per second or as 00:12:07.400 --> 00:12:13.600 I've taken to call it ops per second. We've all got ops out there. AMD has 55 00:12:12.160 --> 00:12:18.960 trillion. [laughter] Uh hey, that joke's funny, okay? 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:22.778 So whether it's for multitasking, fast image generation, or any sort of other 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:27.640 local thing like voice translation, [music] it should be very efficient in that. 00:12:25.920 --> 00:12:31.640 Efficient, just like I'm efficient with the ShortCircuit. Done. Boom. It's 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:34.440 over. Thanks Lenovo. Thanks AMD for sponsoring it. If you guys are 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:39.200 interested in getting your own device or at least just checking them out, make sure you use our links in the video 00:12:36.880 --> 00:12:42.480 description. And you know what? I hope you have a good day. 00:12:40.920 --> 00:12:44.839 You know, everyone needs a good day now and then.