 If there was anything negative to point out about last year's Lenovo Yoga 9i, it's the touchpad, which wanted to take over the whole wrist rest. This time we have a more standard approach, which is sure to appease more people. Stick with us to see what else the new model brings and if it's the right one for you. Spoiler alert, it totally is if you are looking for a fancy and luxurious device with a decent chunk of performance. The Yoga 9i comes with a very sturdy chassis that's made entirely of aluminum. The design is one of the best that we've seen with round dashes and corners. The sides are very shiny, while the lead and base have a more matte and diced finish. There is a slight protrusion on the lead so you can grip it more comfortably. In terms of dimensions, it's neither the lightest nor the heaviest laptop out there, with a weight between 1.40 and 1.50 kilograms depending on the display choice. The notebook is very thin, just 15.25 mm. The protrusion on the lead helps with grip, so you can open the laptop with one hand. The bezels on the lead are narrow, while steel housing and AFHD webcom with an IR face recognition sensor. The keyboard has good key travel and clicky feedback, while there is a backlight as well. The touchpad has a decent size, however the glass surface is the real star. It's very smooth and responsive. The I.O. is split between the left and right sides. The left has a full-size 10 gigabit USB port and two Thunderbolt 4 ports. Then on the right there is an audio jack, one USB type-C 10 gigabit port and the power button. The glass protected display comes in three variants, an AFHD plus IPS panel, a 2.8K OLED panel and a 4K UHD plus OLED panel. We tested the 2.8K version, which has excellent viewing angles and a peak brightness of 400 nits. Also, the contrast ratio is infinite, so colors appear vibrant and deep. The panel fully covers the sRGB and DCI B3 gamut. The color accuracy reaches a delta E value of below 2 with our design and gaming profile in the DCI B3 space with the D65 white point. Get our profiles from the link in the description below. Only 2 per 100 people watching this video are subscribers. If you decide to just start following us, we'll be able to reinvest more in our laboratory, thus making even more helpful videos for you. Thank you, you're awesome! With the big 75Wh battery pack and the Core i7-1260p, the laptop lasts for 7 hours and 13 minutes of web browsing, or 6 hours and 56 minutes of video playback, which isn't exactly great. On the other hand, the Core i7-1260p scores really well, outclassing everything that Intel offered in 2021 while being competitive with the Ryzen 7 6800U from AMD in 3D rendering. Also, it's much faster than the AMD CPU in our Photoshop test. The laptop uses a decent setup for a p-serious CPU, with 2 heat pipes and 2 fans. The cooling does well, pushing the Core i7-1260p up to 62W and up to 3.12GHz on the performance scores, albeit only for 10 seconds. Afterward, the TDP drops to 50W for the next 20 seconds. In long runs, like video rendering, the processor maintains its base 28W TDP. The machine is comfortable most of the time, but the fans do get loud when using the performance preset. The base reaches 40°C, switches nowhere near disturbing levels, so we're quite happy. All of the RAM is soldered onto the motherboard, but at least you're getting very quick LPDDR5 memory that works at 5200MHz. For storage, there is one M.2 slot for fast gen 4 SSDs. We'll leave our teardown video in the upper right corner, which shows how to upgrade the Lenovo Yoga 9i. The 14-inch Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 7 is an excellent notebook that dials back on being a testing ground for whatever new technology Lenovo comes up with. After all, the company has the ThinkPad X1 lineup for that. The laptop offers a stylish and durable design and a great selection of displays, both IPS and OLED versions. Performance is great as well, at least for a 14-inch notebook, so you really have nothing major to worry about if you think to pick one up. If you want to see more tests and details about the device, you can check out our in-depth review. The link is in the video description below.