Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Legion Pro 7i sports a brand new design for 2025 which significantly evolves the look and performance of what has been one of the best gaming laptops of the last few years. So have these changes been for the better? To understand things better, we went back through Legion 7i laptops from the last 5 years to see where we now are with gaming framerates, battery life, build quality and more.

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Chapters
0:00 – Looking Back at the Legion Lineup
1:07 – Evolution: 2020 → 2025
2:46 – Are Laptops More Expensive Now?
3:44 – The Sweet Spot: LEGION Pro 5i
4:33 – Pro 7i Design Hits Differently
7:54 – Thicker But that's...Good?
9:35 – 1600p Gaming: RTX 2000 → RTX 5000
12:13 – GPU Power vs. System Noise
13:33 – Real-World Performance Tests
15:46 – Battery Life: Any Better?
17:06 – Is Gaming on Battery Even Possible?
18:06 – Keyboard Evolution
20:20 – Losing a LEGION Signature Feature
21:26 – RGB - Is More Really Necessary?
21:48 – Displays: Progression… or Downgrade?
23:45 – All the Right Upgrade Option
24:10 – Webcam Quality Check
24:34 – The Future of LEGION

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