# Yoga Slim 7i Purchase 2026

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**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/yoga-slim-7i-purchase-2026/516 "2026-04-27T20:07:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/yoga-slim-7i-purchase-2026/516/1 "2026-04-27T20:07:31Z")

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I watched [Cierra](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/u/cierra)’s excellent review of the Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura edition. I thought the laptop looked great. I wasn’t sure whether to get the Ultra X9 or Ultra 7. I don’t plan to use it for video editing. I don’t code directly but do want to use Claude code/co-work extensively). Other than that, I mainly use my computer for typical Windows Office Applications (I work in finance) and opening far too many browser tabs.  
Battery life is pretty important to me which is why I won’t get the Yoga Pro 7i following Josh’s review, but I can accept the higher performing X9 might have a slightly less good battery life vs Ultra 7, if it’s noticeably better. Do you have a sense of the battery drain difference (i.e. if the X9 drains battery 10% , 20% 30% more battery)?

More broadly, which would you recommend between the two? The pricing difference isn’t that larger (about $215 USD for X9)

Also if you have any others you think I should consider please let me know (not Apple).

I’m upgrading from a top of the range Dell XPS 15 from 2017. So I don’t make the jump often and want to get this right.

To confirm, all other specs are the same:

Processor:Intel® CoreTM Ultra X9 388H Processor (E-cores up to 3.80 GHz P-cores up to 5.10 GHz)

Processor:Intel® CoreTM Ultra 7 355 Processor (LPE-cores up to 3.50 GHz P-cores up to 4.70 GHz)

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://community.bestlaptop.deals/t/yoga-slim-7i-purchase-2026/516/2 "2026-04-28T03:04:02Z")

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I think the Ultra 7 355 variant is good enough for what you are doing to be fair.