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00:00Lenovo's Legion laptops are some of the best performing devices in their class, and they're very popular for good reason.
00:07So they have a bunch of new ones. Lenovo and Intel want to sponsor this video, so you guys can get an early look at these two.
00:12This is the Legion 7i, this is the Legion Pro 7i, and they're marketed a little bit differently this year.
00:18So this product here, the Pro 7i, still we're going to get the most powerful hardware for the best performance for competitive gamers,
00:24but this product, the regular Legion 7, is a little bit different this year.
00:28This replaces the slim monocured product, it's just, it's kind of like a hybrid product,
00:34where it's built to be really good for enthusiast gamers, but also still has the styling and weight characteristics of like a more normal laptop.
00:44It's not like super gamery, it's thinner and lighter than the Pro product.
00:48But, let's dive in. So this device is where I'm going to start, the new regular Legion 7.
00:54This device is, well, first of all, it's color.
00:58They've had white laptops in the Legion product line before, but they were never available in North America.
01:04I think they were like region specific.
01:06This is the first time I've seen a white laptop from the Lenovo Legion line.
01:10It looks awesome, like this is, it's so clean.
01:14Like it's just pure white, the keys are white, the bottom panel is also white, like everything is just super white.
01:20Even the rubber strips on the bottom.
01:22These things might get slain if you're using it on like really dirty materials, but very white laptop.
01:28I love the look of it.
01:30It's an all new design, where they focus on keeping the device thin and light,
01:32but they also increase the system wattage and the overall performance, which is really difficult to do.
01:36The way you would do it though, is by tackling the thermal system.
01:40So this here is the predecessor of that product.
01:44This is last year's Legion Slim 7.
01:47And if you look at the thermal system here, cold air gets sucked in and then it gets exhausted at the sides and the back.
01:53This is a very kind of standard thermal design on a lot of laptops.
01:57But the thermal system on the Legion 7 is a little bit different.
02:00So if you look at the back panel here, you'll notice a bunch of vents.
02:03But when you open this up and you look at it, you'll realize that half of these vents are covered up.
02:07Maybe even more than half.
02:09So there's foam outline here and there's also foam elements here.
02:13And the purpose of this kind of covering and these foam pieces,
02:18is that they're creating a middle section here that they call the hyperchamber.
02:22It's a sealed off section, so that the airflow is driven in a very particular way.
02:27So the air will come in through the fans here, just being sucked in.
02:31And then there's obviously some that blows out the back here.
02:33But there's a huge chunk of air that's blown across the middle into the sealed section.
02:38And it goes out the back.
02:39So if you'll notice, this whole device has no side ventilation.
02:45But all of the ports or all of the exhausts are in the back.
02:48But basically the entire back segment is an exhaust.
02:52And the difference it makes is surprisingly significant.
02:55They've been able to increase wattage and performance,
02:58while having measurably lower temperatures and quieter fans.
03:01All in the same kind of form factor and weight class as before.
03:04It's really well done.
03:05Now granted, this is a early kind of pre-retail version of this.
03:10So I imagine there's like more tuning involved.
03:12But first impressions, pretty good.
03:15Now the Legion Pro 7i still has the same thermal design as the previous generation.
03:20That uses a vapor chamber, which is a little bit beefier, but very effective.
03:24Now both of these devices are running Intel's new 14th gen core processors.
03:28Which for my testing on these early samples,
03:30is only a slight bump up in performance compared to the 13th gen.
03:33But if you want the highest possible CPU performance,
03:36these are the chips to do it.
03:37And because they are overclockable in Lenovo's software,
03:40you can let them rip at full blast.
03:42There's a lot of control in that software.
03:44But there's also a new chip from Intel out right now,
03:46called the Meteor Lake Core Ultra chips.
03:48And those are very cool, they're very energy efficient.
03:51But they don't have the same kind of top end performance as these devices.
03:55If you want like just the best possible CPU performance,
03:58these are still the kings.
03:59And so if you're looking at these products and you're like,
04:01you're trying to decide between the two,
04:02if you're just playing like mid-tier gaming,
04:05or if you're kind of like medium content creation,
04:08you don't really need the fastest CPU, that stuff is great.
04:10But if you want like literally the best possible performance you can get in laptops,
04:14you do have to get one of these chips still.
04:16They're a little more power hungry, but they get the job done.
04:19The Pro models can be configured with up to an RTX 4090,
04:22the regular models can go up to an RTX 4070.
04:25Now when it comes to battery life,
04:26both of these devices are very good for their product class,
04:29because they both have very big batteries,
04:32but these are gaming laptops with performance focused chips.
04:35They're not going to have the longest battery life.
04:37They are, however, very good for achieving the highest possible performance in games.
04:40And also if you're a student or recent grad and you want a device that's,
04:43you know, reasonably portable,
04:45but has excellent performance for like 3D work,
04:47or engineering stuff, or math stuff,
04:49like something like this, it would fit the ticket.
04:52Portable, yet really high performance.
04:54Okay, these laptops also run Lenovo's new AI chips.
04:58The Slim model is running the newest version of it, the LA3.
05:01And these chips have scenario detection and other tools
05:04to boost the performance of the device when it's under load.
05:07Now a quick note about the keyboard,
05:08this is a Lenovo Legion keyboard,
05:10and as you would expect, it's awesome.
05:12And I think it's because Lenovo owns ThinkPad,
05:15and all the IP around the ThinkPad keyboard
05:17just trickled down to this device.
05:19So, very easy to type on, very fast and responsive.
05:23Now, the shortcut game is always,
05:26it always surprises me that these are the only guys that do this.
05:29When you press function, all the shortcutable keys light up, right?
05:33So, I can switch between the different keyboard profiles,
05:36I can get some flashy RGB,
05:38I can change the brightness of the RGB.
05:40But also, you can change between the fan profiles with just a shortcut.
05:44I've always loved that.
05:45Even the screen refresh rate,
05:47if you want to go from like 60 to 240 hertz,
05:49and then back is just a shortcut.
05:51You don't have to mess around in Windows settings and stuff.
05:53It's really nice.
05:54The screen, awesome screens.
05:56Both these devices use PureSight gaming displays
05:59that have options to go up to 240 hertz
06:01with great color gamut and brightness.
06:03They're awesome for playing games and watching shows.
06:05The port selection between the two devices is a little bit different.
06:08The Pro model has an Ethernet jack,
06:10the regular model doesn't, but it does have an SD card slot.
06:14And obviously, there's a few differences in the USB-A and USB-C configurations,
06:17but they're both kind of aimed at the appropriate audience, I would say.
06:22But there you have it.
06:23The new Legion 7i and the Legion Pro 7i.