Lenovo Legion Slim 7 Review: Does what it promises

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As more and more people take interest in gaming, it is up to laptop manufacturers to offer more interesting choices. Lenovo’s Legion lineup of gaming laptops is among the best we have seen in years, satisfying those who are in pursuit of uncompromised raw performance across any price range. Now though, Lenovo has one option for those who want that gaming power but minus all the bulk usually associated with a gaming laptop. Meet the Lenovo Legion Slim 7.

Costing Rs. 1,44,990, the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 goes on to show that you can have good enough performance for casual gaming while being able to carry it in your backpack. The Slim 7 has been around for a while in India and I decided to see whether it still makes good sense for someone looking to buy a portable and a reasonably affordable gaming laptop at the moment.

Unlike the vast majority of Legion branded devices, the Legion Slim 7 goes for a fresh new design theme. The whole body of the laptop is sleek and is decorated with chiseled lines and surfaces to make it seem that bulk is gone. But while it seems so, the aluminium chassis with all its vents and stuff is a lot thicker than a MacBook Air or a 13-inch MacBook Pro. But it is slim enough to easily slip into backpacks and that is where the Legion Slim 7 serves its purpose.

Other than the form factor, the Legion Slim 7 is a handsome looking laptop that aims to keep low-profile. Hence, if you are in the class or a coffee shop, this laptop won’t look out of place. There is no RGB lighting of any sort on the outside but the keyboard gets one, and it looks beautiful, especially at night. The power key also gets a LED ring light to act as the attention seeker for the fingerprint sensor. The vents and ducts are cleverly placed