thin and light notebooks have been popular for several years. Nowadays, people are no longer simply satisfied with thinness, but are more segmented and personalized. The most representative situation is that a large number of users are increasingly eager for large screens. After all, the screen size is one inch larger and one inch stronger, and the visual experience is more pleasant and shocking. A typical case is that 16-inch screen models are in high demand - many people even think that the 15.6-inch gaming laptops/high-performance laptops are smaller, and they need 16-inch to be comfortable.
But large screen and thin and portable are contradictions. In the past, there was only one 16-inch notebook on the market that could be talked about as light and thin - LG Gram 16. However, the price of this phone is more than 10,000 yuan, and LG has no voice in the global and Chinese markets, and there are not even a few after-sales outlets, which is obviously not a good choice.
Now, the real mainstream consumer 16-inch thin and thin is already here, and it can even be called ultra-light and thin - because the 16-inch body has an actual measured weight of only an astonishing 1.19kg (1.186kg to be exact), 13mm thick, and it almost doesn't feel like it is carrying it. Even if you use a large (women's) shoulder bag to commute, it is not a big burden. It is the legendary Edge of Acer , the price is only
configuration and specifications
■ screen: 16 inches 3840×2400 resolution (16:10) 100%DCI-P3 color gamut low blue light OELD
■ processor: R7 6800U (8/16, 2.7GHz/4.7GHz)
■ memory: 16GB dual channel LPDDR5 6400
■ graphics card: Radeon 680M integrated graphics (12 cores)
■ hard disk: (Microphone 3400) 512GB PCIe SSD
■ network: RZ616 (MediaTek MT7922) WiFi6E wireless + Bluetooth
■ body left side: 2×USB4 interface (40Gbps, power port), 5Gbps USB large port, HDMI port
■ body right side: 3.5mm composite audio port, 5Gbps USB large-mouth
■ Weight: 1.19kg (including 53.9Wh battery) + 0.18kg (65W Type-C adapter)
JD price:
Pinduoduo:
Color: Yunxibai (similar to light blue green), Osinian black
body + adapter is only 1.37kg, no weight load feeling for commuting
Frankly speaking, if such a machine is replaced by Apple , the promotional words are mostly "unparalleled large, unparalleled light". Then, starting from 18,999 yuan, it is still 8GB memory and 256GB capacity...
is light and compromised, with double USB large mouth and two M.2 slots, which are super
In order to reduce the weight to the extreme, Legend Edge uses magnesium aluminum alloy in large quantities, but it has to make some compromises in design, such as a digital keyboard; in addition, the lower edge of the large mouth of USB is close to the lower edge of the body. If it weren't for the sunken shaft that can raise the body (butt design), it would be unlikely to be plugged in with a slightly thicker USB device (such as USB disks, USB terminals of keyboards and mouses, etc.).
▲Of course, the most obvious compromise is to sacrifice a certain battery capacity - visible to the naked eye, and the inside of the body can be plugged into a larger size (capacity) battery. But the cost of doing this is that the body will become heavier and the cost will be higher. Overall, this compromise, I personally think, is worth it, and controls the cost and weight well.
In addition, I would like to praise the two designs of the machine:
●It not only has dual USB4.0 (40Gbps bandwidth, you can understand that Thunderbolt4 has changed its name) interface, but also retains two USB3.0 large ports (5Gbps), making the machine super light and thin without compromise on ease of use.
●Other point is that in the environment where most thin and light notebooks have canceled the second M.2 slot this year (2022), the second M.2 slot is still retained for SSD expansion▼. This can effectively continue the life cycle of the machine .
▲Disconnect the white cable next to the fan and you can see the second M.2 slot. The capacity expansion SSD is very convenient.
Of course, it is still necessary to say: in order to control costs, the price is mainstream (there is currently a demand for large-screen thin and light notebooks, but the real market has not yet been formed, so the first step is to cultivate this market first with the mainstream price). Legend Edge did not spend much money on shell technology and appearance design, and it is considered a "mainstream level" and not the appearance of a "high-end thin and light notebook".
4K OLED experience is great, the keyboard is a "lightweight" type, the speaker experience rules
Legend Edge equipped with Samsung 4K OLED screen is the second significant selling point besides "ultra-thin" , with a resolution of 3840×2400 (16:10 ratio), full colors, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, giving people a pleasant visual experience. Especially watching movies and enjoying photos, it is quite amazing. In addition, it has also passed the low blue light certification. The wallpapers that come with them are also quite beautiful (see the picture in front of the article, you can click to see the larger picture). Overall, it is very likable!
The keyboard of this machine is a "lightweight" type. What does it mean? It means that the key stroke is short and the pressure is very small, so you can "typify quickly". Since the buttons are relatively large in size and have clear space intervals, the error strike rate is very low. For me personally, it is a "fast keyboard" and there is no problem with it. However, users who may be used to using this keyboard for commercial use or using the desktop mechanical keyboard may need a certain amount of time to adapt. The trackpad is ordinary, nothing special to say.
speaker performance is not amazing or bad. Moreover, the volume adjustment is relatively linear, such as indoor movie viewing, 56% of the volume is enough. Some notebooks have a large maximum volume, but the volume adjustment is nonlinear, and it needs to be adjusted to more than 65% to meet the needs of ordinary indoor movie viewing. In comparison, this linear adjustment is more preferred - of course this is a small detail.
Performance and heat dissipation: 25W → 21W power release, the left hand position is hot under continuous high load
First of all, let me clarify it: the legendary Edge is not a "high-performance positioning model", but is aimed at the most "ordinary consumer groups", office, web browsing, instant messaging, multimedia entertainment, occasionally playing " League of Legends ".
▲processor test, room temperature is 26℃, the R7 6800U processor package power stabilized at 25W in the first 8 minutes, and the full core frequency is 3.3GHz; as the internal temperature of the processor continues to increase, it touches the temperature wall of 80℃, and finally slows down to about 21W and remains stable. The internal temperature of the processor is about 76℃, and the full core frequency fluctuates by 2.98GHz~3.04GHz.
Under such power release, the performance of R7 6800U is obviously not fully utilized, including the integrated graphics card Radeon 680M it is equipped with. Although it uses the same 12-core version of Radeon 680M as R7 6800H, it will also be affected by the power release ▼:
▲3DMark TS's graphics card score is 2118, and the power consumption of the entire meter during the test is 45W; if the full power Radeon 680M, the maximum score can be 2570 points, and the power of the entire meter can reach 90W.
▲Unigine Valley, with a score of 54.4fps, which is consistent with the full-power 96EU Iris Xe (core graphics of Intel's 11th-generation Core U and 12th-generation Core U/H/P's i7/i9 processors), so the game application can be summarized as follows:
·FHD@The highest picture quality, there is no problem with "League of Legends";
·FHD@medium picture quality, " Genshin Impact " is basically smooth.
Of course, there is no problem with Ps and Lr image editing. and Pr video editing are not good at this kind of "daily application thin and light notebook".
In terms of heat dissipation, if the load is continuously high, the left area of the C side will be hotter, The top area of the keyboard can be as high as 46℃ (because it is a metal shell and is very thin, the heat feel is very obvious); and the temperature of the WASD key area is 43℃~45℃ - what I said, its game application must also be "once it is done", and the main focus is daily applications. Of course, there is no obvious heat on the right side of the C side and the wrist rest area.
battery life performance: local video playback for 11 hours +
AMD platform has a relatively low power consumption, but since it is a 16-inch 4K OLED screen, the entire machine with a screen brightness of is off the Internet, and the background has no update applications, and the idle power consumption is about 6.7W. We use a combination of 40% screen brightness + 56% volume, and use the "Movie and TV" APP to play the 720P MKV format movie "LUCY" in full screen. The main film lasts for 672 minutes, that is, 11 hours and 12 minutes. The result of is not very good for the AMD Ryzen 6000U platform, but it is also a good result for the ultra-light notebook with a 16-inch 4K OLED screen and only a 53.9Wh battery. It shouldn't be a big problem to satisfy a day's lightweight office. In fact, after all, the 65W adapter of the machine is only 180g, so it is not a burden to bring it on to commute.
Other concerns QA
●Is the RZ616 wireless network card stable?
Legend Edge is equipped with an RZ616 wireless network card, which is the MT7922 series of MediaTek . The reason why it is called RZ616 is because the "cooperation product" between MediaTek and AMD, which is a WiFi6E specification model.
▲Enlarge the picture and you can see the words MT7922 on the wireless network card module. In addition, we can see from the figure that the interfaces of the machine are protected by metal plate pressing, and I believe that its reliability is guaranteed.
. Some users on the Internet reported that MediaTek's wireless network card is not very stable and occasionally disconnected (indeed, many users have confirmed this, and online games have an impact). However, since we did not test for a long time, we did not observe the online game disconnection. During the test, a 360 router in the unit was connected, and no problems were observed that it could not connect or that the connection took too long.
In fact, for users with hands-on ability, it is easier to solve even if they really encounter WiFi instability. The Intel AX210 WiFi6E wireless module on Taobao is only 72 yuan, and it is also easy to change it.
●Is the camera FHD or 720P specification?
camera is the mainstream FHD specification in 2022, and it comes with the popular TNR time domain noise reduction technology. The same goes for picture quality: as long as you are willing to give light, you can create a miracle of picture quality!
●What is the speed of SSD?
currently has a commercial model called Micron 3400, which is a relatively regular product. The speed is as follows ▼:
●Is there any other problem? After the new machine is activated, we found that text cannot be entered in the search box of the Win11 system, and the "search box is stuck" will appear. Cancel the search and run normally. This problem was later solved through registry modification. We cannot yet determine whether this is a notebook problem or a system problem, but we found that the solution online is very mature, which shows that the probability of Win11 system problem is higher.
Summarize in one sentence
From the perspective of high requirements, Acer Legend Edge is not very perfect, but as a mainstream price model, its 16-inch 4K OLED screen + 1.19kg weight has enough lethality and attractiveness, and it does not save money on core accessories such as memory specifications, SSDs, and cameras. It has sufficient selling points and real prices. We believe it has the ability to open a new chapter in the large-screen thin and light notebook market!
Edited by: Uncle Niu
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