66 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2021REVIEWS
IMAGE: BEN PATTERSONP
acked with features sure to make
productivity mavens happy, the
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 delivers
both performance and value in a
slim and trim shell, even if its battery life isn’t
quite what we’d hoped.
Powered by a Core i5 Ice Lake processor
(go.pcworld.com/i5il) and armed withdiscrete GeForce MX350 graphics, this
configuration of the IdeaPad Slim 7 ($880
from Lenovo; go.pcworld.com/880l) deftly
handles crushing CPU loads and Adobe
Premiere-level graphical chores. It also boasts
such niceties as a Thunderbolt 3 port, facial
and fingerprint biometrics, Dolby Atmos
sound, and Wi-Fi 6 support.Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7: Fast and
affordable, with discrete graphics
Content creators will get a kick out of the productivity features. BY BEN PATTERSON