Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Gen 3 Review

Me za ku yi idan kun kasance ƙaramin mai kasuwanci wanda ke son kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka 2-in-1 iri-iri amma ba sa son alamar kamfani kamar Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga? Kuna duba ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 (farawa daga $1,420; $1,700 kamar yadda aka gwada), kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta 14-inch 2-in-1 wacce ke jaddada haɓakar ofis a farashi mai hankali. Ba za ku sami kayan alatu kamar faɗaɗa ta wayar hannu ko babban allo mai haske da kaifi ba, amma za ku sami Lenovo gina inganci a cikin mai iya canzawa.

Matsayin Yanayin Tsohuwar Makaranta 

Babban canjin zuwa ƙarni na uku na ThinkBook 14s Yoga shine ƙaura zuwa na'urori na Intel's Generation na 13th, a cikin yanayin sashin nazarin mu Core i5-1335U (Cores Performance guda biyu, Ingantattun muryoyi guda takwas, zaren 12). Kamar yadda yake tare da Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 da muka sake dubawa a cikin Agusta 2022, allon taɓawa IPS yana manne tare da al'ada 16: 9, maimakon tsayi da tsayi 16:10 ko 3: 2, rabon al'amari da cikakken HD (1,920 ta 1,080). ) ƙidaya pixel.

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Samfurin tushe na $1,420 na Lenovo ya daidaita don Windows 11 Gida, 8GB na RAM mai ƙasƙantar da kai, da ingantacciyar 256GB NVMe mai ƙarfi mai ƙarfi. Rukunin bitar mu, $1,700 akan saitin kan layi na Lenovo.com, musanyawa cikin Win 11 Pro, 16GB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, da 512GB na ajiya. Intel Core i7 da na'urori masu sarrafa vPro na IT-friendly, tare da 1TB da 2TB SSDs, suna nan, amma ba za ku sami zaɓi mafi girman nuni ba. Kyamarar gidan yanar gizon ba ta da sanin fuskar IR, amma Lenovo ya haɗa da mai karanta yatsa mai jituwa na Windows Hello wanda aka gina a cikin maɓallin wuta. 

Ƙirƙirar aluminium a cikin sautin Abyss Blue ko ƙasa da ma'adinai mai ban sha'awa, ThinkBook 14s Yoga yana auna 0.67 ta 12.6 ta inci 8.5 kuma ya rasa abin da za a iya ɗauka a 3.3 fam. Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1 da ke da tsarin kasuwanci shine ɗan ragewa a 0.54 ta 12.2 ta inci 8.5 da fam 3.2, yayin da Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 Gen 7 mai canzawa shine 0.68 ta 12.5 ta 8.7 inci da 3.2 fam. Ba za ku ji motsi ba idan kun murɗa madannai kuma kaɗan kaɗan idan kun kama sasanninta ta slim bezels. (Lenovo ya faɗi kashi 86% na allo-da-jiki.)

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Tashoshin USB Type-C guda biyu - USB 3.2 Gen 2 guda ɗaya, ɗayan Thunderbolt 4 - suna gefen hagu na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, tare da tashar USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, jaket mai jiwuwa, da tashar tashar HDMI don duba waje. Gefen dama yana riƙe da tashar USB-A 3.2 ta biyu, ramin katin microSD, ramin kulle tsaro, maɓallin wuta, da ganga mai ajiya don alƙalami mai inci 4.25 na fata.

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Ƙananan Ƙa'idodin Hoto a cikin Ƙarfin Ƙarfafa Ƙarfafa

Yayin da kyamarar gidan yanar gizon Lenovo tana da madaidaicin sirrin zamewa, yana iyakance ga ƙudurin lowball 720p, don haka hotunan sa suna da ɗan laushi kaɗan, amma a bayyane suke ko da a cikin ƙananan haske tare da launi mai kyau kuma babu hayaniya ko a tsaye. (Duk da haka, kyamarar 1080p mai kaifi ita ce ƙarin $15.) Software na Lenovo Smart Appearance na iya ɓata bayananku ko daidaita fasalin fuskar ku, waɗanda ke da taimako. 

Maɓallin baya mai haske yana aikata zunubai guda biyu: Na farko, yana shirya maɓallan kibiya a cikin jeri mara kyau maimakon jujjuyawar T, tare da wuyar bugawa, rabin tsayi sama da ƙasa kibiyoyi jere a tsakanin cikakken girman hagu da dama, Sannan, yana haɗa kibau huɗu tare da maɓallin Fn maimakon samar da maɓallan Gida, Ƙarshe, Shafi Up, da Maɓallin Down.

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Ko da kuwa, madannin madannai har yanzu yana da jin daɗin bugawa mai daɗi da na zo tsammani, kodayake kalmomina sun gudana tare har sai da na koyi baiwa rukunin sararin gwajin mu ingantaccen rap. Maɓallin maɓalli mara girman girman yana zazzagewa kuma yana matsawa a hankali, kodayake yana da ɗan tauri. 

Masu lasifikan da aka saka a ƙasa suna samar da ingantaccen sauti - ba duka mai ƙarfi ba, amma ba ƙarami ko tsauri ba. Ana tsammanin Bass kadan ne, kamar akan duk kwamfutoci masu araha, amma kuna iya jin waƙoƙin da suka mamaye. Dolby Access software tana ba da kiɗa, fina-finai, wasa, murya, da saitattun saitattun saiti gami da mai daidaitawa. 

Komawa ga ƙuduri, allon 1080p na Lenvovo isasshe amma ba mai haske ba, amma ya haɗa da faɗuwar kusurwar kallo da ingantaccen bambanci. Launuka sun ɗan yi shiru akan wannan allon taɓawa, mai yiwuwa saboda haske, amma suna da wadatuwa, da cikakkun bayanai suna da kaifi. Farin bangon bango suna da tsabta maimakon ɗigon ruwa ko launin toka. Ayyukan-allon taɓawa daidai suke, kuma stylus dinky stylus yana ci gaba da yin rubuce-rubuce na mafi sauri da zane-zane, tare da kyamar dabino.

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Utility Vantage na Lenovo da gwajin riga-kafi na McAfee sun haɗu don nuna adadin fafutuka masu ban haushi. Lokacin da ba ya damun ku, Vantage yana da taimako yana haɗa sabuntawar tsarin, tsaro Wi-Fi, da saitunan daban-daban kama daga nunin ragi mai shuɗi da sanyaya hayaniyar fan / yanayin aiki zuwa soke hayaniyar makirufo. Hakanan app ɗin ya haɗa da haɓaka Ayyukan Smart na shekara-shekara da rajistan tsaro na Smart Lock akan $29.99 da $49.99, bi da bi. Idan kasuwancin ku ya ƙunshi kiran taro na ƙasashen waje, Manajan Taro na AI na iya yin fassarar lokaci-lokaci da ƙamus tare da samar da juzu'i na bidiyo.

Gwajin Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Gen 3: Hanya Biyar (Mafi yawa) 2-in-1 Melee 

Don kwatancen kwatancen kwatancenmu, mun haɗu da ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 a kan zaɓin zaɓin Editan ɗan uwan ​​​​mabukaci, da Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 Gen 7, da kuma wanda ake iya cirewa maimakon Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 mai canzawa. Sauran ƴan takararmu guda biyu tsarin haɗin gwiwa ne: HP EliteBook 840 G9, mai ɗaukar hoto a cikin filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na ThinkBook, da mafi tsadar Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1.

Gwaje-gwajen Yawan Sami 

Babban ma'auni na UL's PCMark 10 yana kwaikwaya nau'ikan samarwa na duniya iri-iri da ayyukan samar da abun ciki don auna aikin gabaɗaya don ɗawainiyar ɗaiɗaikun ofis kamar sarrafa kalmomi, maɓalli, binciken yanar gizo, da taron bidiyo. Har ila yau, muna gudanar da gwajin PCMark 10's Full System Drive don tantance lokacin lodi da kayan aiki na ma'ajiyar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. 

Wasu ma'auni guda uku suna mayar da hankali kan CPU, ta yin amfani da duk abin da ke akwai da kuma zaren, don ƙididdige cancantar PC don yawan aikin sarrafawa. Maxon's Cinebench R23 yana amfani da injin ɗin Cinema 4D na kamfanin don yin fage mai rikitarwa, yayin da HandBrake 1.4 shine buɗaɗɗen tushen rikodin bidiyo da muke amfani da shi don sauya shirin bidiyo na mintuna 12 daga ƙudurin 4K zuwa 1080p (ƙananan lokutan sun fi kyau). Geekbench ta Primate Labs yana kwaikwaya shahararru apps kama daga fassarar PDF da fahimtar magana zuwa koyon injin. 

A ƙarshe, muna gwada ƙwanƙolin ƙirƙirar kowane tsarin tare da mai yin aikin PugetBench don Photoshop ta hanyar Puget Systems, haɓakawa ta atomatik zuwa editan hoto na Adobe Creative Cloud wanda ke aiwatar da ayyuka iri-iri na gabaɗaya da haɓakar GPU daga buɗewa, juyawa, da sake fasalin hoto. don yin amfani da abin rufe fuska, cika gradient, da tacewa.

ThinkBook bai yi mamaki ba a cikin gwaje-gwajen CPU namu, inda HP ta jagoranci jagora, godiya ga 28-watt (W) Intel P-jerin a kan na'ura mai sarrafa 15W U-jerin. Koyaya, ThinkBook yayi kyau sosai a cikin yawan amfanin PCMark 10 da maƙasudin ƙirƙira na PugetBench, yana mai da shi zaɓi mai aminci ga ofishin yau da kullun. apps da ƙirƙirar abun ciki mai haske idan ba buƙatar ayyukan wurin aiki ba. Wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ce ga mafi yawan ma'aikatan kungiya-ba ayyuka na musamman da ake tsammanin za su isar da kadarori ko samfura masu inganci ga abokan ciniki da abokan ciniki ba.

Gwajin Zane 

Muna gwada zane-zanen Windows PC tare da simintin wasan kwaikwayo na DirectX 12 guda biyu daga UL's 3DMark: Night Raid (mafi girman kai, dacewa da kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci tare da haɗe-haɗen zane) da Time Spy (mafi buƙata, dacewa da rigs na caca tare da GPUs masu hankali). 

Don ci gaba da kimanta GPUs, muna gudanar da gwaje-gwaje daga ma'aunin GPU na giciye GFXBench 5, wanda ke jaddada ƙananan ayyukan yau da kullun kamar rubutu da babban matakin, ɗaukar hoto kamar wasa. Gwajin 1440p Aztec Ruins da 1080p Car Chase gwaje-gwaje, wanda aka yi a waje don ɗaukar ƙudurin nuni daban-daban, zane-zanen motsa jiki da ƙididdige inuwa ta amfani da ƙirar shirye-shiryen OpenGL da tessellation na hardware bi da bi. Yawancin firam ɗin a sakan daya (fps), mafi kyau.

Ya kamata ku sani shiga cikin cewa haɗaɗɗen kwakwalwan kwamfuta masu hoto a cikin waɗannan kwamfyutocin ba wasa ba ne ga GPUs masu hankali a cikin littattafan rubutu na caca da wuraren aikin wayar hannu, don haka ƙarancin ƙarancin su ba abin mamaki bane. Lokacin da ba ku aiki da shi, ThinkBook na iya samun damar tserewa ba tare da komai ba sai mafi yawan wasannin yau da kullun da watsa shirye-shiryen watsa labarai - ba aikin da sauri ba. A zahiri, ba za mu ɗauki wannan kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ba don wani abu banda aiki.

Gwajin Baturi da Nuni 

Muna gwada rayuwar batirin kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ta hanyar kunna fayil ɗin bidiyo na 720p da aka adana a cikin gida (fim ɗin Blender mai buɗewa Hawayen Karfe(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga)) tare da hasken nuni a 50% da ƙarar sauti a 100%. Muna tabbatar da cikakken cajin baturi kafin gwajin, tare da kashe Wi-Fi da hasken baya na madannai. 

Bayan haka, don auna aikin nuni, muna amfani da na'urar firikwensin daidaitawa na Datacolor SpyderX Elite da software na Windows don auna jikewar launi na kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka - nawa kashi na sRGB, Adobe RGB, da gamuts launi na DCI-P3 ko palettes nunin zai iya nunawa - da 50% kuma mafi girman haske a cikin nits (candelas kowace murabba'in mita).

Duk tsarin da ke sama, yana adana XPS 13 2-in-1, yana ba da isasshen batir don aikin cikakken rana tare da wasu sa'o'i bayan sa'o'i, kuma duk nunin nunin su ya nuna isasshen haske da ingantaccen launi don aikin yau da kullun (kawai ba ƙwararrun kafofin watsa labarai ba. editing). ThinkBook 14s Yoga ya sadu da ƙimar nits 300 na haske amma yayi kama da mara nauyi kusa da samfuran Dell guda biyu anan.

Hukunci: 'Yan Korafe-korafe, Amma Ba Manyan Ba

Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 kyakkyawan ƙaramin ofis ne mai iya canzawa; hakika, mun kira samfurin shekarar da ta gabata mafi kyawun kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka kanana/matsakaici a cikin jerin littattafan kasuwancin mu. Koyaya, rukunin gwajin mu ba shine mafi kyawun siyan Lenovo akan $ 1,700 ba, lokacin da zaku iya samun ƙarin nunin 16:10 na zamani da fa'idodin ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8 (yanzu a cikin bututun bita) akan kusan $ 100, ko kuma mafi kyawun allo da sauri CPU a cikin samfurin mabukaci na Yoga 7i 14 na kamfanin akan $500 ƙasa. ThinkBook zai yi muku hidima da kyau, amma ya gaza karramawar zaɓin Editoci.