Lenovo recently renamed its Yoga line, changing the Yoga C940 15-inch 2-in-1, for example, to the Yoga 9i. This is purely a marketing move — the Yoga 9i is the same as the C940 with updated components inside. Some other new Yogas are a bit more innovative, such as the Yoga 9i 14-inch with a leather cover, but Lenovo decided to play it safe with its largest and most powerful convertible laptop. I received a $2,000 Yoga 9i review unit equipped with a 10th-generation six-core Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB of RAM, a 1TB PCIe solid-state drive (SSD), a 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) display, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q GPU. The Yoga C940 was already a fast laptop with a mediocre display and poor battery life that held it back from a higher rating. Does the Yoga 9i fix what was ailing the laptop and elevate it to a more competitive offering? Since the upgraded CPU is the primary difference between the Yoga C940 and the Yoga 9i, we’ll start there. And it’s a suitable place to start ...
Excellent performance; Solid build quality; Very good keyboard and touchpad; Outstanding audio performance; Attractive aesthetic;
Battery life suffers from a small battery; Display has poor contrast;