Windows 10: Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5i Laptop, Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 14" WUXGA...

Here in UK, after returning a £400 Windows 11 laptop to a vendor and deciding that I shall have to spend a bit more, "to see me out", as my wife charmingly puts it, I am looking at the:Lenovo Ideapad Slim 5i Laptop, Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 14" WUXGA OLED, Cloud Grey.It's around £629 in UK. It seems that this new-ish "Core Ultra 5" is a bit more capable than the i5 that we have loved?Notebookcheck gave it a good review, but their main caveat is that the OLED screen is reflective and this can be annoying. Is there anything broadly similar but with a fairly matte s

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O.K. If that link didn't work,, how about...

Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 15 15.6" Laptop Computer - Blue; Intel Core i5-1135G7 Processor 2.4GHz; 8GB DDR4-3200 RAM; 512GB - Micro Center


Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 14 14" 2-in-1 Laptop Computer - Grey; AMD Ryzen 3 4300U Processor 2.7GHz; 8GB DDR4-3200 Onboard - Micro Center

 

Windows Studio Effects not available on Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Laptop with dedicated NPU

Windows Studio Effects not available on Intel Core Ultra 7 Laptop with dedicated NPU

Lenovo Ideapad Pro 5, Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, 32 GB RAM, Full HD webcam with Windows Hello Support

NPU Specifications (from intel's website):

NPU Name: Intel® AI Boost

Max Frequency: 1.4 GHz

Sparsity Support: Yes

Windows Studio Effects Support : Yes

AI Software Frameworks Supported by NPU: OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT

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Windows fully updated, all drivers fully updated

 

Looking for new laptop

Good CPU; 4 cores, 8 threads, introduced recently.

Passmark score 9905; single thread score 2742. Those scores are noticeably higher than my Intel i5-6600k desktop.

I'd try to find online reviews of that specific Lenovo, particularly re build quality, durability, customer support, screen issues.

Can't tell much just by looking at that Microcenter page.

Scores for the AMD in your link; 7697; single thread 2337; very close to my 6600k.

Either of them is plenty strong enough to do your stated tasks well...........both have SSDs and 8 gb of RAM. But I have NO idea of other characteristics/peculiarities/shortcomings.