The Legion 9i makes all Laptops look Pathetic

I really love what these manufacturers are doing with the tech.... just wish it didn't cost as much as a used car...

Just bought one with 64GB RAM, 4090, and 2TB. BTW, don't forget to speak to a sales rep (you can chat on the website) and inquire about a discount. I asked and said "I'd be dumb not to ask" and they replied, asking if I'm a teacher, military, student, or medical person. I said that, unfortuantely, I'm just a retired bedridden engineer -- and they still gave me almost a $300 discount on a $5,000 USD bill. I mean, it was still like a 6% discount or something and you can't complain about that just for two minutes of time!

The Lenovo 9i is one of the most unique looking computer's I've seen in a while, Kudos to the Design Team!

Dang. Those temps at that power level, boost freq and noise level is amazing. Incredible accomplishment.

It make my wallet look pathetic

I like the gestures of including 2 power bricks, with one being more compact. My main laptop has been a legion i7 y740 for years but i have been reluctant to bring it to classes or anywhere in fact that i dont absolutely need it for because of the power brick. And i could never bring myself to pay out nearly $200 for the slimmer charger.

I bought a Legion Pro 5i 16IRX8 in May 2023 for 1699USD. 13900HX, 32GB, 4070, 240HZ 16" IPS for $1699. Currently on sale for 1599USD. Pretty good laptop for work and games.

As impressive as this is, I see how Lenovo is not allowing any comparisons benchmark wise to the Legion 7i Pro with the same GPU. I imagine it's probably within a couple of percentage points and this laptop is $1000+ more.

My last laptop was Lenovo and I remember the speakers were very good, loud and clear with pretty decent bass.

I was able to get the Legion 9i Gen 8 priced out with Windows 11 Pro, the 4090, and 64GB of DDR5 at $3345 with multiple discounts. Damn! And the display is insane and the reason why I chose the 9i over the 7i. The 7i doesn't have an option for the miniLED display. So tempted to pull the trigger on this beast! I already have the Asus Scar 16 with 4080 and only 32GB DDR5, but it has the 2560 x 1600 miniLED HDR1000 display @ 240Hz. It's a great gaming laptop and I only paid $2800 for it, so may give it to my son if I get the 9i. Decisions decisions!

Great showcase for this laptop! and thank you for including real numbers on different games and applications, does help a lot. A beast! cheers!

Subbed because THAT was a Master Class in how to review a laptop.

i like how lenovo started this design with y530 model and keeps this design alive and just tweaks it. looks premium

As a long time legion user, these are excitingggg. I just hope they're easier to open LMAOO

Awesome review. Thanks for adding the detail on the palm rest. I wish the palm rest was bit bigger to place my palm.

I ended up ordering one September 3rd before reviews were live and am not disappointed. Anyone looking to get this I would recommend the 64GB option for more future proofing as the memory is underneath the motherboard, also double sided SSD will fit in both slots. I am using two Western Digital SN850X 4TB without issue. My machine came with the WiFi 7 card from MediaTek the website says it will be an Intel WiFi 6E when you buy it.

I have the Legion Pro 7i and I love the ceramic keys on mine! They look nice, stay cooler to the touch and just feel nice.

How's that liquid cooling system helping? It's just a small loop and when the water will get hot, that hot water will just run through the loop again and again. No radiator + fan to cool the water.

I like your videos. The way you explain is brief and informative.

This laptop costs almost 6000$ in Norway. I could build an RTX 4090 desktop with a good X670E motherboard with a top of the line Ryzen cpu and buy a Odyssey Neo G8 4k 240hz mini led monitor. And I would still have 1000 bucks left to spend on other things. It is a very impressive laptop that's for sure but it is extremely overpriced here.