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Our entire coverage of Lenovo laptops, from their portable IdeaPad and Yoga lineups, to their ThinkPad and ThinkBook business products, and their powerful series of Legion gaming laptops.
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Lenovo makes some of the most competitive gaming laptops of the moment as part of their Legion line, with devices like the high-tier Legion Y740 and the mid-range Legion Y540. What they don’t make is a gaming ultrabook, a thin-and-light performance laptop that can...
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Lenovo plans to update their lineups of ThinkPad X1 Carbon (8th-gen) and Thinkpad X1 Yoga (5th-gen) premium ultraportables in the first part of 2020. However, these 2020 models are only minor revamps of the 2019 variants, keeping most features and specs unchanged, but adding...
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The ThinkPad X13 and X13 Yoga are the updated 2020 models in the Lenovo ThinkPad X lineup, and direct follow-ups of the ThinkPad X390 and X390 Yoga from 2019. Much like all the other ThinkPad updates scheduled for the first part of this year,...
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Lenovo are aiming for a slight rebranding of their thin-and-light series of consumer laptops in the first part of 2020, starting with a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 lineup. They’re still not making it easy for us to tell between their different lines, consumers, though,...
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ThinkBooks are a newer series in Lenovo’s notebook lineup, a crossbreed of IdeaPads with some ThinkPad DNA, in a modern design and with an affordable price. We’ve reviewed the 13-inch ThinkBook a few months ago, and while not without quirks, we still consider it...
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Dual-screen and foldable notebooks are expected to blossom in the next years, and Lenovo is among the first to announce a foldable ultrabook with the ThinkPad X1 Fold, a follow-up of the folding X1 prototype they briefly presented in 2019. Update: As of 2022,...
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Lenovo has thrown their hat into the eGPU arena this CES 2020 with the debut of their aluminum-constructed Legion BoostStation external GPU enclosure. With a design reminiscent of the Razer Core but with more features and a lower price, the BoostStation looks like it...
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For the last year, NEC and Lenovo have been working together on a handful of interesting ultraportable notebooks mostly available in Japan, as part of the LAVIE lineup. As of 2020, several of the latest LAVIE notebooks will also be available in the US,...
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In this article we’re taking a look at the 14-inch variant of the Lenovo IdeaPad S540, in it’s competitively priced AMD Ryzen variant. We’ll go over all its features and traits, to help you figure out if this is the portable laptop for you...
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Update: 10/10/2019 — added more bugs/instability notes As an ultraportable 15-inch notebook with Intel’s 9th generation Coffee Lake hexa-core CPUs and Nvidia’s GTX 1650 graphics, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 1 review here, P1 Review here) is one of the most in-demand premium...
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It’s been a long time since I had a Lenovo product and even longer since I’ve owned a ThinkPad. But when Lenovo offered to lend me their 2019 ThinkPad Carbon X1, I couldn’t help but be excited. Truth is, I always loved my old...
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The Legion series is Lenovo’s lineup of gaming notebooks, and the Y740 is their highest-tier offer as of the first part of 2019. Unlike other manufacturers, Lenovo doesn’t focus on making the best gaming ultraportable on the market, but rather at making the best...
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Microsoft’s Surface Laptops have been some of the more popular ultrabooks of the last few years. With the 3rd generation, Microsoft added a full-size 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 alongside the traditional 13.5-inch variant, and I wanted to discuss its overall value in today’s market,...
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Workstations – powerful, sturdy, reliable computers you buy to get work done. Serious work, the kind that requires massive processing power and latest-generation technologies. For the last decades, the Lenovo ThinkPads have been one of the norms in this class of computers, next to...
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Ever since I Jury-rigged my XPS 15 9550 to the first Razer Core back in 2016, I’ve made use a few different of Thunderbolt 3 eGPU setups over the years. I’ve done quite a bit of mixing and matching of various eGPUs (Razer Core,...
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Ever wondered whether your laptop’s vanilla 60 Hz display could be replaced with a faster 144 Hz screen? The answer seems to be a confirmed “yes” — for the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 1 and 2) and P1, at least. Intrepid redditor and...
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Update: September 9, 12:48PM HKT — original pricing from SnazzyLabs’ video was misleading ($279 was for Hackintosh-incompatible AMD version. $339 seems to be the cheapest price for Intel I3 model). Additional buying links for the Core i3 330s are here. Apple & Tech YouTuber...
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I previously wrote in my long-term review for the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (essentially the same laptop as the X1 Extreme except with Nvidia Quadro GPUs instead of GeForce) that it was my favourite laptop of 2019, and one of the best all-around laptops I’ve...
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Lenovo is fairly new at making gaming laptops, but their Legion lines have been some of the best-buy products in their categories in the last two years, with the Y720/Y520 and then the Y530/Y730 models. Despite that, Lenovo is not resting on their laurels...
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As more and more reviewers rely on loaner devices and being first with a review to stay afloat, long-term reviews of laptops are becoming rarer. However, the overall user experience, manufacturer support, and engineering are aspects that are difficult to speak of without an...
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This article is about the Lenovo Yoga C930, Lenovo’s top-of-the-line consumer convertible laptop and a follow-up of the popular Yoga 920 and 910 from previous years. It’s been available on the market for a few months now, so we were able to test if...
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Updates of Lenovo’s top-tier ThinkPads are expected for later this year, and they’re not just the standard hardware updates, but actually address a few of their quirks and improve on certain aspects. Both the ThinkPad X1 Carbon clamshell and the ThinkPad X1 Yoga convertible...
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This review gathers out thoughts on one of the better-value gaming laptops of the moment, the Lenovo Legion Y540. Lenovo offers the Y540 in a couple of different variants, with Core i5/i7 CPUs, GTX 1660Ti/2060 graphics chips, several screen options and in either a...
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While we’re mostly covering thin-and-light laptops here on UltrabookReview.com, this post is going to be a little different, as it documents our experience with the full-size Lenovo ThinkPad P72 17-inch workstation notebook. This is still a big and heavy laptop designed to offer the...
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The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a premium thin-and-light 15-inch notebook with a compact form-factor, modern and powerful hardware, as well as little to no compromises, at least on paper. It’s a niche product that should cater to those of you who need performance...
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While Lenovo are fairly new at making gaming laptops, their Legion lines include some of the best-value products in the segment. In this article we’re talking about their entry-level gaming notebook for 2018 and first part of 2019, the Legion Y530, a significant update...
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The 15-inch Lenovo Yoga 730 is not like most other laptops in today’s market: a 15-inch computer with a 360-degrees convertible touchscreen and Intel Core U hardware with dedicated Nvidia GTX 1050 graphics (the full-power version, not the Max-Q variant), all tucked inside a...
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The ThinkPad X1 Extreme is the consumer version of the ThinkPad P1 workstation announced several weeks ago, and a serious contender for the Dell XPS 15, Asus Zenbook Pro and HP EliteBook 1050 lines. Just like those three, the X1 Extreme is a 15-inch...
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This article is about one of the better ultraportable laptops available in stores in Mid 2018, the Lenovo ThinkPad T480s. If you’ve read our article about the Dell XPS 13 and the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, think of this one as an X1 Carbon...
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Following last year’s popular Legion Y520/Y720, Lenovo offers completely updated iterations for 2018, with the Legion Y530 and Y730 gaming laptops. These impress with a sleek redesigned exterior to complement the hardware upgrades made inside. The Legion brand became the home of the Y-series...
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Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 vs. Razer Blade 16, Asus ProArt P16 comparison
I’ve used and reviewed the 2025 Razer Blade 16, the 2025 Asus ROG Zephyrus G16, and the 2025 Asus ProArt P16 over the last weeks, and I’ve gathered my...
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