Lenovo Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 8) review

Lenovo Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 8) (2023) — top-band office, low-band everything else

The Yoga 9i Gen 8 at $921 is a 2023 convertible with a Core i7 1360P. Battery capacity is the flagged strength at 75 Wh — 38.9% above the class median — while overall performance is the flagged weakness at 28.29, 24% under the class median. The composite score reads 35, 24% below the class line.

Where it holds up

Office productivity posts 88.21 (top) — the strongest absolute axis by a wide margin — with portability at 71.3 (high) and the 75 Wh battery carrying the endurance case on the premium hinge. Photo design reads 37 (mid). The P-series chip's single-thread pace shows up where the office work lives.

Where it falls short

Overall performance at 28.29 (low) is the flagged weakness, with gaming 23 (low), modeling 27 (low) and CAD 30 (low) at the integrated floor behind it. Value reads 17.85 (low) — the premium line's pricing against mid-tier compute. No depreciation anchor is recorded (base $0); the 2023 cohort rate is 12.87% per year, mid-curve.

Price and depreciation

No curve or projection applies without an anchor; the 12.87% class rate has absorbed the steepest part. At $921 the ask prices the hinge, the battery and the office ceiling — the compute is priced honestly as mid.

Alternatives to consider

The Yoga 9i Gen 7 at $783 in this list is the same line one platform back at $138 less; the Yoga Book 9i at the same $921 is the battery-first reading with an 80 Wh cell; and the Yoga Pro 7 at $1,084 is the discrete-GPU step the line never took here.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. An office-ceiling premium convertible: office 88.21 top, a 75 Wh battery and portability 71.3 high — against performance 28.29 low and value 17.85 low. The i7 badge buys the office pace, not the floors.