If you’re looking for a great all around laptop that’ll get you through the day, the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon may be the notebook for you.
For just $1,189, the IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon features powerful performance combined with a gorgeous 14-inch OLED display, Dolby Atmos speakers and a comfortable keyboard. The only real flaw this machine has is its below average battery life, but even that discrepancy is negligible. It still lasted close to 10 hours on a charge.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon is a stellar laptop for the price, and a worthy contender for our best laptops page.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon price and configurations
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon specs
Price: $1,189
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
GPU: AMD Radeon Graphics
RAM: 16GB
Storage: 512GB SSD
Display: 1800p OLED display
Battery: 9:56
Size: 12.3 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
Weight: 2.4 pounds
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon I tested costs $1,189 and is outfitted with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800U CPU, AMD Radeon Graphics, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and an 1800p OLED display.
The only other model comes with an Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU and a 1TB SSD, it is available on Lenovo’s website for $1,279 at the time of writing.
If you’re looking for something a little cheaper, check out our best laptops under $500 page.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon design
Even for an IdeaPad, the Slim 7 Carbon features a rather plain design: a silver hood accompanied by a Lenovo logo stamped in the corner. However, I was impressed by how light it felt in my hands when I went to open it.
(Image credit: Rami Tabari)
The interior shows off a clean design packed with a small keyboard flanked by two long speaker vents, and just below is the wide touchpad. The display almost looks like it’s floating, thanks to the slim bezels. There’s a lip on the top bezel where the webcam is located.
At 2.4 pounds and 12.3 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches, the IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon is not only thin but incredibly light. For comparison, the HP Envy 14 (2021) (3.3 pounds, 12.3 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches) and MSI Prestige 14 Evo