Gaming laptops are getting more and more attractive, these devices have been transformed into products that have an attractive appearance, and can be considered visionary by design compared to portable computing devices in general.
At least that can be seen from the latest gaming laptop from Lenovo, the Legion 7i. The Cellular Team who had the opportunity to try out this device felt that if the Legion 7i, beyond its undeniably super reliable gaming capabilities, this laptop was in fact very comfortable to use for working all day.
For more details, how the appearance as well as the advantages of the Legion 7i, see the following review.
Charming Design
When the Legion 7i gaming laptop arrived in the hands of the author, of course the eyes immediately fell on the design. Indeed, the concept of this laptop is very charming, at the top left of the screen of this device is written Legion with a logo that lights up through RGB effects.
Even in appearance, this laptop is quite revolutionary, the entire body is covered with sturdy aluminum material so that the premium impression is no longer indisputable.
And actually if we observe, this Legion 7i Laptop can be used for work or support daily activities because the design is also calm and elegant. Like the jargon ‘stylish outside, savage inside’. The design does seem to leave a professional impression, perhaps the effect of the choice of aluminum material, and not many patterns like gaming laptops in general.
Then, no less important, as a work computing device, the Legion 7i is equipped with a 720p HD quality webcam which can be useful for virtual meetings, this is certainly an added value for the size of a gaming laptop.
It doesn’t stop there, this laptop is quite comfortable to carry, but indeed for the size of the author’s taste, this Legion 7i feels quite heavy and in a closed condition this laptop feels quite thick. But if you consider the abilities it brings, it’s certainly not a problem because it answers all needs.
Then what is also interesting from the left or right side is generally placed various connectivity ports. The Legion 7i seems to be minimized, leaving only the ports for the mouse and headset that are used very often. The rest is all placed on the back of the laptop, so that a neat impression of various cables that often interferes can be avoided.
For details, a number of ports located on the back include a charger hole, USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A and HDMI 2.0 ports and RJ45 Ethernet for LAN. On the left side is a combo audio jack hole, USB 3.1 Type-C and a Thunderbolt 3 port. And on the right side is a port for a mouse.
Screen And Keyboard
Then the Legion 7i has a screen size of 15.6 inches FHD, IPS 144Hz and supports 100% Adobe RGB. When used for watching, playing games, the colors displayed can be fairly accurate and spoil the eye. With this display panel, it is also suitable for those who need it for content creation, streaming, or other creative work that requires accurate color sharpness.
Plus, one of the advantages of almost all Lenovo laptops is the keyboard, and the Legion 7i keyboard is indeed very comfortable thanks to TrueStrike Keyboard technology. As a result, when playing games, doing the typing process can feel fast. The presence of soft-landing switches 1.3mm key travel also makes the Legion 7i keyboard comfortable to use.
Super ‘Speed’ Performance
The processor it uses is the 10th Generation Intel Core, to be precise the Intel Core i7-10875H which has 8 cores and 16 threads with a working frequency of up to 5.1 GHz.
For your information the 10th Generation Intel Core is a mobile processor that offers a higher TDP so that it offers more capable performance. Further accompanying the Intel Core i7-10875H, the Lenovo Legion 7i present in Cellular is one that uses an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 graphics card and supports 16GB of RAM.
Then to support this reliable performance, you can set it through Lenovo Vantage. In it there are many settings, the most interesting is the Thermal Mode setting.
In that setting you are presented with three options that can be adjusted to your needs, namely Performance Mode, Balance Mode, and Quiet Mode. Through these settings, you can maximize processor performance, for example, if you want fast performance to play heavy games, the choice is obviously in performance mode, because the performance of the device will be boosted to maximize your gaming satisfaction.
In the author’s experience, when playing PUBG games with maximum performance mode, this is clearly very satisfying. Moreover, Legion 7i has a Coldfront 2.0 cooling system that is integrated with a 2mm Vapor Chamber.
So when you’re gaming, for a long time, this laptop might be kept at a temperature. And as far as the author experienced, the Legion 7i only feels a little warm, the fan sound also tends to be smooth, not to disturb even though the performance mode is running.
Which is quite no less exciting, actually when this laptop is used for zoom meetings, work, doing assignments or watching movies or content on social media, this laptop is super comfortable to use.
The performance becomes even more maximal, when you select the Balance Mode and Quiet Mode mode, by changing the Legion 7i performance mode the resulting performance becomes more pronounced, battery life seems to last longer.
Battery
For durability, the Lenovo Legion 7i is equipped with an 80Whr battery which is claimed to last up to 8 hours. However, if used actively playing games, it feels like the battery runs out faster.
But when the battery runs out, charging feels very fast, because Legion 7i already supports the rapid charge feature so that it can make the laptop battery fully charged in approximately 75 minutes.
Conclusion
For the size of a gaming laptop, Lenovo Legion 7i is sure to answer all your needs to reach the maximum point when playing games. But what’s interesting is that this laptop also has a professional impression in terms of design, so that in formal use for work it looks elegant when used.
Currently, Lenovo Legion 7i is available in the Indonesian market, for those of you who are interested in this sophisticated computing device, it is sold at a price of around Rp. 29.9 million. At this price, you’ve got Microsoft Office Home & Student 2019 with lifetime validation worth 1.8 million. For the warranty, it includes 2 years of Premium Care and Accidental Damage Protection services. Not only that, every purchase also includes a Legion M500 gaming mouse, Legion H300 Gaming Headset and Legion Armored Backpack to complete your laptop.
In addition, there is currently a Legion 7i purchase promo in the official online and offline stores to get a Steam Wallet worth 2 million.