A little improvement makes the previous model more attractive
Ars Technica has advice for anyone buying a new laptop. Instead of fancy new Ryzen 7000 or 12th Gen Intel parts, they’re suggesting previous generation laptops. is limited. It also lacks interesting new features added by laptop makers this generation. It’s not just chips.
Their test compared the new 2023 Yoga 9i with the i7-1360P, while the 2022 model had the i7-1260P. From a pure performance standpoint, the new models offer a 2-8% boost, depending on the benchmark. They also looked at a number of other benchmarks that showed that battery life also remained the same, or even decreased, unless you fiddled with the brightness of the built-in display.
This year we have some interesting models with improved display tech and upgraded keyboards. However, in the absence of compelling new features, the difference in performance makes it difficult to justify the additional expense that comes with the 2023 model year, making it a better choice for a last-gen laptop.
