I’ve been worried about the next generation of Windows laptops, to the point where I begrudingly bought a MacBook Air earlier this year because I figured my next Windows upgrade would be a costly one. After spending some time with Lenovo’s latest batch of Snapdragon X2-powered Windows laptops, though, I wish I’d waited – despite RAMageddon, Lenovo is putting out some solid machines here at prices that make sense.
In 2024, Qualcomm changed the game on Windows laptops with its Snapdragon X chipsets, and I have been using a Microsoft Surface Laptop with the Elite in the time since. But that first-generation attempt has been feeling its age, just in time for Snapdragon X2 laptops to launch.
Lenovo is one of the first brands out of the gate with new hardware, and I’ve had some time with the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x as of late to see how Qualcomm’s offering has improved.
And it’s that chip that matters most to me here.
Lenovo sent me a fully loaded Yoga Slim 7x – that’s Snapdragon X2 Elite at 4.70GHz, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It’s a beastly configuration, and you can feel that right away. This laptop is noticeably quicker than my Surface ever was, with Windows menus flying, and Google Chrome has been speedy too. On its battery-focused power mode, the fans rarely kick on, but they roar to life when you plug in or switch to a performance mode. Not a big deal by any means, but it shows how much horsepower is held back by the power-saving modes. This machine has a lot more to give when you let it fully unleash.
