u/Dull-Departure-2557

Hey everyone,

I'm starting my second degree in data since and ai

I’m looking for a new laptop primarily for university/studies, and after a ton of research, I’m stuck between two options.

I’m currently coming from an Asus VivoBook S15 (Snapdragon X Elite). I originally bought it for the promised battery life, but real-world endurance fell well short of the hype. Because of that, all-day real-world battery life is my top priority.

Here are the two exact configurations I’m deciding between:

Option 1: Lenovo Yoga 9 2-in-1 (Aura Edition / Lunar Lake)

Display: 14" 4K WQUXGA (3840x2400) OLED Touchscreen

Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

RAM: 32GB

Storage: 1TB SSD

OS: Windows 11

Option 2: Apple MacBook Pro 14"

Processor: Apple M5 (10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU)

RAM: 16GB Unified Memory

Storage: 1TB SSD

OS: macOS

My Main Dilemmas:

Software & Study Needs: I won’t be doing intense rendering or coding, but I rely on tools like Power BI Desktop (which has no native macOS version) and advanced Excel add-ins/plugins that often run poorly or lack full support on macOS.

Ecosystem: I currently daily-drive Android devices. While I previously owned a Mac and liked macOS, being on Windows makes file transfer and cross-device synergy a bit more seamless.

Real-World Battery Life: How does the Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 7 258V) with a 4K OLED panel actually compare to the base MacBook Pro in everyday academic use (browsing, docs, multitasking)?

Would love to hear from anyone using either of these platforms

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a new laptop primarily for university/studies, and after a ton of research, I’m stuck between two options.

I’m currently coming from an Asus VivoBook S15 (Snapdragon X Elite). I originally bought it for the promised battery life, but real-world endurance fell well short of the hype. Because of that, all-day real-world battery life is my top priority.

Here are the two exact configurations I’m deciding between:

Option 1: Lenovo Yoga 9 2-in-1 (Aura Edition / Lunar Lake)

Display: 14" 4K WQUXGA (3840x2400) OLED Touchscreen

Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

RAM: 32GB

Storage: 1TB SSD

OS: Windows 11

Option 2: Apple MacBook Pro 14"

Processor: Apple M5 (10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU)

RAM: 16GB Unified Memory

Storage: 1TB SSD

OS: macOS

My Main Dilemmas:

Software & Study Needs: I won’t be doing intense rendering or coding, but I rely on tools like Power BI Desktop (which has no native macOS version) and advanced Excel add-ins/plugins that often run poorly or lack full support on macOS.

Ecosystem: I currently daily-drive Android devices. While I previously owned a Mac and liked macOS, being on Windows makes file transfer and cross-device synergy a bit more seamless.

Real-World Battery Life: How does the Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 7 258V) with a 4K OLED panel actually compare to the base MacBook Pro in everyday academic use (browsing, docs, multitasking)?

Would love to hear from anyone using either of these platforms

Hello people, wanted to share my experience with the fold 7 (also owend the 6 before), for those who are looking to get into the fold world

and why it's the last fold that I'll own for now (already made the switch).

When I set my eyes on the 6 I was super interested in this form factor, in short I'm a tech geek like the definition of it.

so I was like yeah I'm gonna buy one

In short I owned it for around a year, constant anxiety over battery and not convenient form factor (the outer display was hard to get used to) so when the fold 7 lunched I was hell yeah I'm getting this bad boy

Form factor wise ? AMAZING ! battery wise ? Even worse then the fold 6 at times, same battery but bigger displays...

Owend it for 9 months and got my self thinking

I'm not even using the inner screen that much and always fighting for battery life, why do I need the fold any more ?

To sum things up, it's not a bad phone by any means, not at all

But I figured out that apparently it's not for me

In my opinion it's unacceptable that Samsung keeps using the same capacity battery from fold 3

While the screens are getting bigger

For me to come back to the fold will happen under one single condition, a major improvement in battery life

hello fellow amd users im looking to hear your experience with this card
i have a 7900xtx witch is failing on me with a vram issue
started rma process and the company found the issue as well witch means i can go for a replacement, the issue is that there are no new 7900xtxs here so i need to chose between the rtx 5070ti and the rx 9070xt witch they count as same performance league
the concern im facing is that i own an 480hz qhd oled monitor
i had a bad issue with the xtx when thae card couldn't down clock it memory clock witch leaded to high termals and around 150w at IDLE
im scared that the 9070xt will do the same
if there are any users with similar setup like mine (7800x3d, 9070xt and 480hz monitor)
ill be more then happy to hear your expirience