At this time Lenovo is saying a slew of updates throughout a big portion of their ThinkPad lineup, and updating their business-focused merchandise for 2021. A few of the huge adjustments for this yr are spectacular and welcome, with Lenovo committing to bringing feature-parity between their AMD and Intel choices, in addition to refreshing a few of their laptops with 5G, Wi-Fi 6E, and persevering with the development of bringing again 16:10 facet ratio shows for a greater productiveness expertise.
ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga
Though among the ThinkPad X lineup received refreshed again at CES, Lenovo is constant the 2021 updates right this moment on the X13 and X13 Yoga merchandise, and the adjustments make these already spectacular gadgets much more so.
On the processor facet, Lenovo is providing both 11th Gen Intel Core – aka Tiger Lake – processors with vPro elective, in addition to AMD Ryzen 5000 Professional choices. Lenovo says they’ve heard the suggestions from prospects and are working arduous to shut the characteristic and choice hole between the 2 platforms. For essentially the most half, prospects selecting AMD or Intel can have the identical specs and choices out there for the remainder of the product, similar to shows, reminiscence, and so forth, aside from the platform particular options similar to Intel supporting Thunderbolt Four and PCIe 4.0.
The X13 and X13 Yoga may also be getting Wi-Fi 6E that means 6 GHz help, and for those who need connectivity when out and about, sub-6 5G is an choice on the X13, or 4G is obtainable on each fashions.
Lenovo can also be persevering with to maneuver to 16:10 shows, with the taller shows filling out extra of the physique and offering extra vertical pixels for productiveness. This can be a nice development, and one that ought to not have taken this lengthy to return again to, as after all the unique widescreen ThinkPads have been all 16:10 earlier than your entire trade moved to 16:9. Lenovo can also be proud to supply low-blue mild {hardware} help on the shows, and in contrast to most low-blue mild applied sciences which trigger a red-shift on the show, the backlight bodily produces much less of the worrying blue lights, permitting the show to nonetheless preserve the right white stability.
As this can be a correct enterprise machine, there’s additionally addition safety similar to Match-On-Chip fingerprint readers constructed into the facility button, and the Intel fashions will help Human Presence Detection which permits the machine to lock when you find yourself away and unlock once you get again. This might be via the IR digicam, and so far as the visible digicam, Lenovo is together with an choice for each HD with IR, in addition to FHD with IR, the latter being a pleasant addition due to the rise in video conferencing over the past yr.
The up to date ThinkPad X13 might be out there in Could beginning at $1139 USD, and the X13 Yoga might be out there in April beginning at $1379.
ThinkPad T14, T14s, and T15
ThinkPad T14
When most individuals think about ThinkPad, they probably consider the venerable T Sequence. Lenovo stated they’re engaged on characteristic parity between Intel and AMD, and one of many adjustments just isn’t branding the merchandise in a different way primarily based on the CPU, however for the T sequence, it doesn’t appear to be they’ve fairly gotten there but. There might be ThinkPad T14 i, ThinkPad T14s i, and ThinkPad T15 powered by Intel, and for the 14-inch fashions, those branded with out the i might be AMD Ryzen primarily based.
Though the T sequence is, at the very least for this gen, sticking with 16:9 facet ratios, with a number of choices for the 14-inch and 15-inch vary together with UHD shows with Dolby Imaginative and prescient. Lenovo can also be providing its PrivacyGuard shows for additional safety, and a few low-power choices relying on the way you configure it.
ThinkPad T14s
So far as efficiency, the laptop computer will provide as much as Core i7 11th Gen with vPro choices, or AMD Ryzen 5000 Professional. Reminiscence might be as much as 32 GB on the S mannequin, and as much as 48 GB on the non-S. Storage is as much as 2 TB of PCIe storage, with the Intel platforms supporting PCIe 4.Zero speeds. The non-S mannequin T14 and the T15 additionally affords an elective NVIDIA GeForce MX450 with 2 GB of GDDR6, if additional graphics compute is required over the Intel Iris Xe or AMD Vega eight graphics.
As with a lot of the ThinkPad lineup, Lenovo is providing Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and mobile capabilities with 4G and 5G choices. As with the ThinkPad X13 vary, Lenovo may also offer FHD webcams with IR as elective upgrades.
Though the T14s is smaller and lighter than the T14, it features a bigger battery at 57 Wh, in comparison with simply 50 Wh within the bigger mannequin. The 15-inch T15 additionally has the 57 Wh battery.
The ThinkPad T14s is certainly one of my favourite laptops round, and it’s all the time good to see it get up to date. The brand new fashions might be out there beginning in March and going via Could relying on the mannequin, with costs beginning at $1149 for the ThinkPad T14 AMD mannequin.
ThinkPad P14s and P15s
Additionally getting an replace is a few the cell workstation fashions below the P-Sequence, and as with the opposite models there might be each 11th Gen Intel Core with vPro in addition to AMD Ryzen 5000 Professional CPU choices.
The P14s and P15s will each provide eight GB or 16 GB of soldered reminiscence, in addition to a SO-DIMM slot, which is able to enable for as much as 48 GB most reminiscence in these thinner and lighter variations of the P-series laptops. Lenovo can also be providing the NVIDIA T500 which is the workstation class graphics primarily based on the Turing MX450 and that includes Four GB of VRAM.
Each the P14s and P15s will provide FHD shows as commonplace, with a number of choices similar to ePrivacy or Low-Energy, and each will provide an elective UHD show with HDR 400 and Dolby Imaginative and prescient HDR. The UHD shows will include X-Ceremony issue coloration calibration.
For those who want a Linux model, Lenovo might be providing Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installs, in addition to Pink Had as manufacturing facility choices.
Wi-fi might be Intel Wi-Fi 6E for six GHz help due to the Intel AX210 on the Tiger Lake fashions, and the AMD choices will nonetheless help Wi-Fi 6, however with out the 6 GHz help.
Though among the different ThinkPads are being supplied with a FHD webcam, the P14s and P15s usually are not, at the very least for now. The newer webcam is bodily bigger, and would take a extra complete redesign of the chassis, however the HD webcam does provide IR if wanted.
The Intel powered P14s i, and the P15s might be out there in March, beginning at $1389 for both, with the AMD powered P14s coming in Could, and beginning at $1169.
ThinkPad L14 and L15
Rounding out the lineup is the least-expensive solution to get right into a ThinkPad, and that’s the L Sequence. Additionally being supplied in a L14/15 i Intel primarily based, or L14/15 AMD primarily based design, the least costly choices nonetheless provide some highly effective choices.
With 11th gen Intel Core with vPro, and AMD Ryzen 5000, there might be two SODIMM slots, due to the thicker and heavier design, which implies the least costly fashions right here may be outfitted with essentially the most RAM, at as much as 64 GB. There might be Intel Iris Xe, or AMD Vega graphics, and purchasers can go for NVIDIA GeForce MX 450 as properly.
One of many unhappy realities of a price range system is the show, and the bottom mannequin comes with a (Yuck) 1366×768 TN panel. Fortunately Lenovo affords FHD IPS choices on each.
Storage is as much as 1 TB PCIe SSD, or as much as 2 TB spinning arduous drive, however you do get Wi-Fi 6 throughout the vary, and elective mobile choices.
The L sequence is actually all about entry value, and the brand new L14 and L15 might be out there in Could beginning at $689.
Supply: Lenovo
