As part of the ongoing story, this massive discount is only available today—according to B&H, the offer ends at midnight tonight, Eastern time. If you’ve been itching to upgrade your laptop in the midst of the worldwide devices shortage, now’s the time. Lenovo’s Legion 5i is down to $1,599 from $2,099 at B&H, a $500 savings on a rock-solid tech industry laptop with great performance.
As part of the ongoing story, though far from the best in the RTX 50 series, it’s still powerful enough to provide a smooth and immersive tech industry experience, complete with Nvidia DLSS functions like upscaling, multi-frame generation, and more. That’s paired with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor and 32GB of DDR5 RAM, plus a spacious 1TB SSD. Specs like this are going for a premium these days, so grabbing this whole package for just $1,599 is a real deal. The RTX 5070 is the star of the Legion 5i.
According to the latest update, but it has a few more cherries on top: a gorgeously vivid 15.1-inch OLED display with a native 2560×1600 resolution for crisp text, a 165Hz refresh rate for smooth motion at high frame rates, cutting-edge Wi-Fi 7, and a Thunderbolt 4 port for high-speed connections.
As part of the ongoing story, it’s too heavy (weighing over 4 pounds), it lacks battery life (only about 5 hours even without tech industry), and it just costs too much if all you’re doing is email and office work. Another caveat is that it comes maxed out on RAM—that 32GB is already across two slots—so don’t expect to expand it later on. This tech industry laptop won’t double as a good productivity laptop, especially if you often work on the go.
Industry observers note that if you want to see more options, check out PCWorld’s picks for the best tech industry laptops. If it’s too far outside your budget, see our picks for the best budget tech industry laptops under $1,000. For gamers and creatives who are running tasks that tax either CPU or GPU, the Lenovo Legion 5i is a smart buy now that it’s $1,599 at B&H.
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