Hands-On: Lenovo's New Slim 7 Pro X and Slim 9i Lines Shine With Power, Eye Candy

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Lenovo's long litany of laptop families is familiar to frequent PC shoppers: ThinkPad, Flex, IdeaPad, Yoga, Legion. This time around, it's all about the Slim. Lenovo today announced a handful of new Slim models, ranging from trim content-creation to slick general-use systems.

As "Slim" suggests, thin designs are the theme of the day, and two of the more interesting models are the Slim 7 Pro X and the Slim 9i. We were able to go hands-on with samples of these two machines at a preview event in New York, getting the rundown from Lenovo and seeing the designs up close.

The two laptops aim to please different types of users, though both are on the premium side. Watch our initial impressions of each in the video above, and read on for the details.

Technically speaking, Lenovo will offer two versions of this product, differing according to the CPU platform used inside (a theme common to many of Lenovo's latest laptops). The Slim 7 Pro X is the AMD-based model, while the Slim 7i Pro X is the Intel flavor. More on the exact CPU offerings in a moment.

Some of the new laptops Lenovo introduced are geared toward general-purpose use, but the Pro X lives up to its name. This is a compact laptop that packs surprising power given its profile, meant for content creators working in video, still images, or demanding web work. The display is an unusual size (14.5 inches!) that we have not seen before. Even as laptops shrink down, most "14-inch laptops” have screens that measure exactly 14 inches, and above that, it's actually 15.6 inches for most "15-inch-class" laptops.

This joins a recent trend of unusual screen sizes emerging (see: the recent prevalence of 16-inch displays), particularly because this and many other recent laptops