Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x Review: The Best Laptop Under $1,000

联想 IdeaPad Slim 5x 评测：千元以内最强笔记本电脑

WIRED 优点： 续航持久。机身做工非常扎实。屏幕显示效果出色，可选配触摸屏。扬声器音质清晰。接口选择丰富。性价比极高。 缺点： 触控板点击声令人烦躁。侧置电源键容易误触。

Laptops are supposed to be getting more expensive this year. Supply chain shortages and general inflation, which affects nearly everything we buy, have caused prices to rise. 今年笔记本电脑的价格本应上涨。供应链短缺和普遍的通货膨胀影响了我们购买的几乎所有商品，导致价格水涨船高。

Then comes along the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x, an unsuspecting laptop that masterfully balances its features, price, and quality. If this laptop were $400 more, I’d still say it’s a decent deal. At $850, it’s a straight-up MacBook Air killer and one of the best laptops you can buy. 然而，联想 IdeaPad Slim 5x 横空出世，这款看似不起眼的笔记本电脑在功能、价格和质量之间取得了完美的平衡。如果这款电脑贵上 400 美元，我依然认为它物有所值。而 850 美元的定价，让它成为了 MacBook Air 的直接竞争对手，也是你能买到的最优秀的笔记本电脑之一。

Everything You Need

你所需的一切

The look of this laptop isn’t necessarily unique. A basic silver chassis with some of the Lenovo-isms we’ve come to expect, including the reverse notch on the lid that houses the webcam. But the screen size is really interesting. It’s a 15.3-inch screen, which slots in between the typical 14- and 16-inch display options on Windows laptops. But it’s the perfect antidote to the 15-inch MacBook Air, a laptop that’s $400 more expensive. That’s despite coming with the same 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. 这款笔记本的外观并不算独特。基本的银色机身，带有我们熟悉的联想风格，包括屏幕盖上容纳摄像头的“反向刘海”设计。但屏幕尺寸非常有趣，15.3 英寸的屏幕介于 Windows 笔记本常见的 14 英寸和 16 英寸之间。它是 15 英寸 MacBook Air 的完美替代方案，且价格便宜了 400 美元，同时还配备了相同的 16GB 内存和 512GB 存储空间。

But one of the positive things with the 15.3-inch screen is that Lenovo didn’t try to squeeze in a number pad. No, no. Just a standard keyboard layout with a centered touchpad and an adequate amount of room for your wrists. And yet, this also doesn’t feel like an overly large laptop. The width and depth dimensions are nearly identical to the 15-inch MacBook Air, and it’s only about 0.16 inches thicker. It’s definitely a backpackable and travel-worthy device. 15.3 英寸屏幕的一个优点是，联想没有强行塞入数字小键盘。它采用了标准的键盘布局，配有居中的触控板，并为手腕留出了足够的空间。尽管如此，它并不显得过于笨重。其长宽尺寸与 15 英寸 MacBook Air 几乎相同，厚度仅增加了约 0.16 英寸。这绝对是一款适合放入背包、便于携带的设备。

And here’s where the remaining compromises are surprisingly few and far in-between. One of the first things I test with budget laptops is the touchpad. Cheap Windows laptops have notoriously awful touchpads, and it’s one of the important parts of a laptop that can’t be spelled out in the specs. I’m happy to report that the IdeaPad Slim 5x has a better tracking surface than most other laptops at this price. Performance is far better than on the HP OmniBook 3 or OmniBook 5. It’s certainly more responsive than the Asus Vivobook 14. I’d say it’s more or less on par with the Dell 14 Plus from last year, though that laptop has received a price increase in recent months. The sound of the click is my only real complaint about the IdeaPad Slim 5x’s touchpad. It’s too loud. I’ll take a responsive surface over a quiet click any day, but if you work in an office with coworkers, they might get annoyed by it. 在妥协方面，这款电脑做得出奇地好。我测试预算型笔记本时，首先检查的就是触控板。廉价 Windows 笔记本的触控板通常表现糟糕，而这是规格参数表无法体现的关键部分。很高兴地告诉大家，IdeaPad Slim 5x 的触控板表面表现优于同价位的大多数产品。其性能远超 HP OmniBook 3 或 5，响应速度也明显优于华硕 Vivobook 14。我认为它与去年的 Dell 14 Plus 不相上下（尽管后者近期涨价了）。我对这款触控板唯一的抱怨是点击声太响了。我宁愿要灵敏的触控表面也不要安静的点击声，但如果你在办公室工作，这可能会打扰到同事。

I was also surprised by how the speakers sounded. They didn’t blow me away, but compared to the average set of speakers on an average Windows laptop at this price, they’re impressive. Of course, even a 13-inch MacBook Air sounds undoubtedly fuller and bassier, but these are at least serviceable. The webcam doesn’t fare as well. It’s really only adequate in good lighting. 扬声器的表现也让我感到惊喜。虽然没有达到惊艳的程度，但与同价位普通 Windows 笔记本的扬声器相比，它们表现出色。当然，13 英寸 MacBook Air 的音质无疑更饱满、低音更足，但这款电脑的扬声器至少是够用的。摄像头表现则一般，只有在光线充足的情况下才表现尚可。

It Only Gets Better

表现更进一步

The Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus is no M5 killer—that’s for sure. Despite improvements to the GPU this time around, the Apple M5 is still in another league. But Qualcomm is closing the gap with CPU performance, even if the M5 remains the undisputed champion. I’d say that is a bigger deal in laptops designed with performance in mind, but here, that’s not as much an issue. You aren’t buying an $850 to be a full-time video producer, AI junkie, or esports gamer. For the things the IdeaPad Slim 5x is designed for, it excels. 高通骁龙 X2 Plus 肯定不是 M5 的对手。尽管这次 GPU 有所改进，但苹果 M5 依然处于另一个层级。不过，高通正在缩小 CPU 性能差距，尽管 M5 仍是无可争议的冠军。对于主打性能的笔记本来说，这可能很重要，但在这里，这并不是大问题。你不会花 850 美元去买一台电脑做全职视频剪辑、AI 开发或电竞游戏。对于 IdeaPad Slim 5x 的设计定位而言，它表现卓越。

My normal workflow consists of juggling a full load of work apps, dozens of browser tabs, and probably some music and video streaming simultaneously. The X2 Plus didn’t skip a beat. I came away convinced that there’s more performance than what most people will even need. That’s especially impressive since the X2 Plus is a step down from the more powerful X2 Elite (or X2 Elite Enhanced), which is partially how Qualcomm and Lenovo were able to get the price down. 我的日常工作流程包括同时运行大量办公软件、几十个浏览器标签页，以及后台播放音乐和视频。X2 Plus 处理起来毫无压力。我确信它的性能超出了大多数人的需求。考虑到 X2 Plus 定位低于更强大的 X2 Elite（或 X2 Elite Enhanced），这尤其令人印象深刻，这也是高通和联想能够降低价格的部分原因。

The display is also an aspect of this laptop that surprised me. It’s brighter and more colorful than most laptops at this price, and the addition of a touchscreen is handy. While I don’t typically like matte screens, the IdeaPad Slim 5x’s more subtle anti-glare coating made this display feel premium and clear–just without the heavy reflections. 屏幕也是这款笔记本让我惊喜的地方。它比同价位的大多数笔记本更亮、色彩更丰富，且增加了触摸屏功能，非常实用。虽然我通常不喜欢雾面屏，但 IdeaPad Slim 5x 采用了更细腻的防眩光涂层，使屏幕看起来既清晰又高级，且没有严重的反射。

While I was happy with the base display I was given to review, the upgrade on offer is actually really affordable, too. Currently, it’s only a $30 jump to get an even brighter OLED 2560 x 1600 screen that’s HDR-ready. That’ll get you better color accuracy, too, as it wasn’t a strong suit for the model I tested. Because it was just 1920 x 1200, it’s also not as sharp as the MacBook Neo, for example. The OLED model takes care of all that, though, and for the price of the upgrade, it’s a no-brainer. Regardless of which display you get, it comes with a fast 120-Hz refresh rate. Again, that’s a rare feature at this price. 虽然我对评测的基础款屏幕很满意，但升级选项也非常实惠。目前只需多花 30 美元，就能升级到更亮的 2560 x 1600 OLED HDR 屏幕。这还能带来更好的色彩准确度，因为我测试的型号在这方面表现一般。由于基础款分辨率仅为 1920 x 1200，清晰度不如 MacBook Neo。而 OLED 版本解决了所有这些问题，考虑到升级价格，这绝对值得入手。无论选择哪种屏幕，都支持 120Hz 高刷新率，这在同价位产品中非常罕见。

And finally, there’s battery life. The previous generation Snapdragon X devices already came with excellent battery life, and the current Snapdragon X2 laptops continue that trend. In a local video playback test, the system lasted over 22 hours in a single charge. That’s a very light workload, but it shows the upper range of battery life. My standard workflow cut that in half, but I still found myself able to easily make it through more than a full workday, with plenty of battery left to spare. 最后是续航。上一代骁龙 X 设备已经具备了出色的续航能力，现在的骁龙 X2 笔记本延续了这一趋势。在本地视频播放测试中，单次充电续航超过 22 小时。虽然这是非常轻度的负载，但它展示了续航的上限。在我的标准工作流程下，续航时间减半，但我依然能轻松应对一整天的工作，且剩余电量充足。

I have a few small gripes with the IdeaPad Slim 5x, though. I already mentioned the overly loud touchpad click. And for some reason, Lenovo also put the power button on the side of the device instead of on the keyboard. That always leads to accidental presses, which is frustrating. And as always, I have to bring up the lack of a charging port on the right side. 不过，我对 IdeaPad Slim 5x 还有一些小抱怨。我已经提到了触控板点击声过大的问题。出于某种原因，联想将电源键放在了机身侧面而不是键盘上，这总是导致误触，令人沮丧。此外，我不得不再次指出，机身右侧缺少充电接口。