MacBook Air 15 (M4) vs Yoga 9i Gen 9 14"

Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 outperforms the Lenovo Yoga Slim 9 in CPU efficiency and sustained workloads, with its 10-core M4 (4.5 GHz P-cores) delivering 20.5 W burst power without a fan, while the Yoga’s Intel Ultra 7 258V runs at 35 W sustained with thermal throttling risk. The MacBook Air suits video editors needing 16GB unified memory and 1TB SSD for 4K timeline rendering with macOS-optimized apps like Final Cut Pro, plus 18-hour battery life from its 66.5 Wh pack. The Yoga Slim 9’s 32GB LPDDR5x-8533 RAM and Wi-Fi 7 make it ideal for coders running multiple VMs or data scientists using Python/R with heavy multitasking, despite its 14-hour battery. In UAE at AED 7399 vs AED 6299, the Lenovo wins on value because it offers 16GB more RAM for AED 1100 less; in India at ₹184900 vs ₹174990, the Lenovo wins on value because 32GB RAM justifies the ₹9910 price gap for heavy multitasking.