Lenovo Yoga 7 16 Gen 9

The Lenovo Yoga 7 16 Gen 9 continues a trend of midpriced, AMD-powered two-in-one laptops we’ve seen this year. I just reviewed the smaller Yoga 7 14 Gen 9 and, before that, the Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 7445 and the HP Envy x360 16. The least expensive of this group, the Lenovo Yoga 7 16 Gen 9, features a Ryzen 5 8640HS processor to the others’ higher-end Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU and half the RAM at only 8GB. However, between this Ryzen 5/8GB config and its Ryzen 7/16GB competitors, the difference in performance isn’t as great as you might think.

Plus, if you want to outfit the Yoga 7 16 Gen 9 with a Ryzen 7 8840HS and 16GB of RAM, you can for $100 more. What you can’t upgrade, unfortunately, is the system’s 1,920×1,200-pixel IPS display. The resolution is fine for general home use of browsing the web, playing casual tablet games and watching YouTube and Netflix, but text looks fuzzy, and images appear a bit pixelated when you are seated close.

A 16-inch two-in-one laptop needs a higher resolution if it’s your everyday workhorse. With its 2.8K OLED display, the HP Envy x360 16 is a better choice as your primary laptop, but it costs a few hundred more than the Yoga 7 16 Gen 9. At $800 — and I’ve seen it on sale at Best Buy for as low as $550 — the Yoga 7 16 Gen 9 is better suited as an inexpensive secondary system for the home or if you just don’t spend a lot of time in front of a computer and want a big screen when you do.

LENOVO YOGA 7I 16 2-IN-1 LAPTOP 16IN