Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Gen 3 Review

Koj ua li cas yog tias koj yog tus tswv lag luam me uas xav tau ntau yam 2-hauv-1 lub laptop tab sis tsis xav tau lub tuam txhab ua lag luam zoo li Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga? Koj tshawb xyuas ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 (pib ntawm $ 1,420; $ 1,700 raws li kev sim), 14-nti 2-hauv-1 lub lag luam laptop uas hais txog kev ua haujlwm ntawm tus nqi zoo. Koj yuav tsis tau txais cov khoom kim heev xws li mobile broadband lossis lub vijtsam ci ntsa iab thiab ntse, tab sis koj yuav tau txais Lenovo tsim kom zoo hauv lub peev xwm hloov tau.

Oddly Old-School Aspect Ratio 

Qhov kev hloov pauv tseem ceeb rau tiam thib peb ThinkBook 14s Yoga yog ib qho kev txav mus rau Intel's 13th Generation processors, hauv peb qhov kev tshuaj xyuas qhov teeb meem ntawm Core i5-1335U (ob qhov kev ua tau zoo cores, yim Efficient cores, 12 threads). Raws li nrog Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 peb tau tshuaj xyuas thaum Lub Yim Hli 2022, IPS kov lub vijtsam sticks nrog classic 16: 9, tsis yog siab dua thiab trendier 16: 10 lossis 3: 2, nam piv thiab puv HD (1,920 los ntawm 1,080. ) pixel suav.

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Lenovo's $ 1,420 tus qauv tsim kho rau Windows 11 Lub Tsev, txo qis 8GB ntawm RAM, thiab 256GB NVMe lub xeev zoo. Peb chav tshuaj xyuas, $ 1,700 ntawm Lenovo.com's online configurator, swaps hauv Win 11 Pro, 16GB ntawm kev nco, thiab 512GB ntawm kev cia. Intel Core i7 thiab IT-phooj ywg vPro processors, nrog rau 1TB thiab 2TB SSDs, muaj, tab sis koj yuav pom tsis muaj kev xaiv zaub ntau dua. Lub webcam tsis muaj IR lub ntsej muag lees paub, tab sis Lenovo suav nrog Windows Hello-tshaj tus ntiv tes nyeem ntawv ua rau hauv lub zog khawm. 

Crafted ntawm txhuas nyob rau hauv ob-tone Abyss Blue los yog tsawg exciting Mineral Grey, lub ThinkBook 14s Yoga ntsuas 0.67 los ntawm 12.6 los ntawm 8.5 nti thiab nco lub ultraportable txiav ntawm 3.3 phaus. Lub lag luam-oriented Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1 yog me ntsis trimmer ntawm 0.54 los ntawm 12.2 los ntawm 8.5 ntiv tes thiab 3.2 phaus, thaum lub Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 Gen 7 cov neeg siv khoom hloov pauv yog 0.68 los ntawm 12.5 los ntawm 8.7 ntiv tes thiab 3.2 phaus. Koj yuav xav tias tsis muaj flex yog tias koj txhuam cov keyboard thiab tsuas yog me ntsis yog tias koj tuav lub npov ntawm lawv cov bezels slim. (Lenovo hais txog 86% kev tshuaj ntsuam-rau-lub cev piv.)

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Ob lub USB Hom-C chaw nres nkoj-ib USB 3.2 Gen 2, ib Thunderbolt 4-yog nyob ntawm lub laptop sab laug, nrog rau USB 3.2 Gen 1 chaw nres nkoj, lub suab jack, thiab HDMI chaw nres nkoj rau sab nraud saib. Sab xis tuav lub USB-A 3.2 thib ob chaw nres nkoj, microSD daim npav qhov, qhov chaw xauv kev nyab xeeb, lub zog khawm, thiab lub taub ntim cia rau 4.25-nti stylus cwj mem.

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Kev daws teeb meem duab qis hauv kev tsim kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo

Thaum Lenovo lub webcam muaj qhov zawv zawg tsis pub leej twg paub, nws tsuas yog txwv rau lowball 720p daws teeb meem, yog li nws cov duab zoo li me ntsis muag, tab sis lawv pom tseeb txawm tias nyob rau hauv qis qis nrog cov xim zoo nkauj thiab tsis muaj suab nrov lossis zoo li qub. (Txawm li cas los xij, lub koob yees duab ntse dua 1080p yog $ 15 ntxiv.) Lenovo Smart Appearance software tuaj yeem ua rau koj qhov keeb kwm yav dhau los lossis tweak koj lub ntsej muag, uas yuav pab tau. 

Cov keyboard backlit ua txhaum ob qho kev txhaum: Ua ntej, nws npaj tus cursor xub yuam sij nyob rau hauv kab txawv txawv es tsis txhob inverted T, nrog nyuaj-rau-ntaus, ib nrab-qhov siab nce thiab nqis xub stacked ntawm tag nrho-loj sab laug thiab sab xis, Tom qab ntawd, nws muab plaub tus xub nrog tus yuam sij Fn es tsis txhob muab cov yuam sij hauv Tsev, Xaus, Nplooj Up, thiab Nplooj Down.

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Txawm li cas los xij, cov keyboard tseem muaj qhov yooj yim snappy typing xav tias kuv tau los xav txog, txawm hais tias kuv cov lus tau khiav ua ke kom txog thaum kuv tau kawm muab peb chav ntsuas qhov chaw bar qhov ruaj khov. Qhov nruab nrab-loj khawm tsis muaj touchpad glides thiab kais kom du, txawm tias nws muaj qhov nyem me ntsis. 

Hauv qab-mounted hais lus tsim suab ncaj ncees-tsis yog txhua yam uas nrov, tab sis tsis tinny los yog hnyav. Cov ntses bass thaj tsam yuav tsum tsawg, zoo li ntawm txhua lub laptops pheej yig, tab sis koj tuaj yeem hnov ​​​​cov kab sib tshooj. Dolby Access software muab suab paj nruag, yeeb yaj duab, game, suab, thiab dynamic presets nrog rau qhov sib npaug. 

Rov qab mus rau qhov kev daws teeb meem, Lenvovo's 1080p npo yog txaus tab sis tsis ci ntsa iab, tab sis nws suav nrog kev pom dav dav thiab qhov sib txawv zoo. Cov xim tsuas yog muted me ntsis ntawm lub vijtsam kov, tej zaum yog vim qhov ci, tab sis nplua nuj, thiab cov ntsiab lus zoo yog qhov ntse ntse. Cov keeb kwm dawb huv tsis yog dingy lossis greyish. Kov-screen ua haujlwm yog qhov tseeb, thiab lub dinky stylus khaws nrog kuv cov ntawv nrawm tshaj plaws thiab cov duab kos, nrog cov xibtes tsis lees paub.

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Lenovo's Vantage utility thiab McAfee antivirus sim ua ke los qhia qhov cuam tshuam ntawm pop-ups. Thaum nws tsis thab koj, Vantage pab ua ke cov kev hloov kho tshiab, kev ruaj ntseg Wi-Fi, thiab ntau qhov chaw xws li cov zaub xiav-lub teeb txo thiab txias kiv cua suab nrov / kev ua haujlwm hom rau microphone suab nrov tshem tawm. Lub app kuj suav nrog kev txhim kho kev ua tau zoo txhua xyoo thiab Smart Lock kev ruaj ntseg subscriptions rau $ 29.99 thiab $ 49.99, feem. Yog tias koj lub lag luam koom nrog kev sib tham sab nraud, AI Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Lub Rooj Sib Tham tuaj yeem ua cov lus txhais thiab hais lus raws sijhawm nrog rau tsim cov ntawv sau rau cov yeeb yaj kiab.

Ntsuam xyuas Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Gen 3: Tsib-Txoj Kev (feem ntau) 2-hauv-1 Melee 

Rau peb cov qauv kev sib piv piv txwv, peb pitted ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 tawm tsam nws cov Editors 'Choice tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm cov neeg siv khoom zoo nkauj, Lenovo Yoga 7i 14 Gen 7, thiab cov khoom tshem tawm tsis yog hloov pauv Dell XPS 13 2-hauv-1. Peb ob qho kev sib tw yog cov neeg koom tes: HP EliteBook 840 G9, ib qho clamshell hauv ThinkBook tus nqi ballpark, thiab tus nqi ntau dua Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1.

Productivity Tests 

Lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm UL's PCMark 10 simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas kev ua haujlwm tag nrho rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, kev tshawb nrhiav hauv web, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia. 

Peb lwm cov qauv ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, los ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum HandBrake 1.4 yog qhov qhib video transcoder peb siv los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K mus rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). Geekbench los ntawm Primate Labs simulates nrov apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. 

Thaum kawg, peb sim txhua qhov kev tsim cov ntsiab lus nrog cov chaw ua haujlwm PugetBench rau Photoshop los ntawm Puget Systems, ib qho kev txuas ntxiv mus rau Adobe's Creative Cloud duab editor uas ua tiav ntau yam kev ua haujlwm dav dav thiab GPU-ua haujlwm nrawm xws li qhib, tig, thiab hloov pauv cov duab. siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient sau, thiab lim.

Lub ThinkBook tsis dazzle hauv peb cov kev sim CPU, qhov twg HP coj tus thawj coj, ua tsaug rau 28-watt (W) Intel P-series piv rau 15W U-series processor. Txawm li cas los xij, ThinkBook tsuas yog ua tau zoo hauv PCMark 10 cov khoom tsim tau thiab PugetBench cov qauv tsim muaj tswv yim, ua rau nws muaj kev nyab xeeb rau kev ua haujlwm niaj hnub. apps thiab teeb cov ntsiab lus tsim yog tias tsis xav tau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm. Qhov no yog lub laptop rau feem coob ntawm ib lub koom haum cov neeg ua haujlwm - tsis yog lub luag haujlwm tshwj xeeb xav kom xa cov khoom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo lossis cov khoom lag luam rau cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov neeg siv khoom.

Graphics Tests 

Peb sim Windows PC cov duab nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau tus qauv, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw) thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (xav tau ntau dua, haum rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Txhawm rau ntsuas GPUs ntxiv, peb khiav cov kev sim los ntawm tus ntoo khaub lig-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas cuam tshuam ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li duab rendering. Lub 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Koj yuav tsum tau paub mus rau hauv qhov kev sib koom ua ke cov duab kos hauv cov khoos phis tawj no tsis yog qhov sib tw rau cov GPUs tsis sib xws hauv cov ntawv sau ua si thiab cov chaw ua haujlwm txawb, yog li lawv cov lej tsis muaj qhov tsis xav tsis thoob. Thaum koj tsis ua haujlwm rau nws, ThinkBook yuav tuaj yeem tawm mus yam tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis feem ntau cov kev ua si sib xws thiab kev tshaj tawm xov xwm - tsis nrawm nrawm. Qhov tseeb, peb tsuas yog yuav tsis xav txog lub laptop no rau lwm yam tshaj li kev ua haujlwm.

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptop roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Tom qab ntawd, txhawm rau ntsuas kev ua tau zoo, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Elite saib ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas ntsuas thiab nws lub Windows software ntsuas lub khoos phis tawj lub vijtsam xim xim - pes tsawg feem pua ​​​​ntawm sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom - thiab nws 50% thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

Tag nrho cov txheej txheem saum toj no, txuag XPS 13 2-hauv-1, xa cov roj teeb txaus rau ib hnub ua haujlwm ntxiv rau qee qhov tom qab-teev tso rau ib puag ncig, thiab tag nrho lawv cov lus qhia pom muaj xim txaus thiab raug xim rau kev ua haujlwm tseem ceeb (tsuas yog tsis yog kev tshaj tawm xov xwm. kho kom raug). Lub ThinkBook 14s Yoga tau ntsib nws qhov ntsuas 300 nits ntawm qhov ci tab sis saib tsis tshua pom ntawm ob tus qauv Dell ntawm no.

Kev Txiav Txim Siab: Qee qhov tsis txaus siab, Tab sis tsis yog ib qho loj

Lub Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 3 yog qhov zoo me me-chaw ua haujlwm hloov pauv; qhov tseeb, peb hu ua qauv xyoo tas los qhov zoo tshaj plaws me me / nruab nrab lag luam laptop hauv peb lub lag luam phau ntawv sau. Txawm li cas los xij, peb chav ntsuas tsis yog Lenovo qhov kev yuav khoom zoo tshaj plaws ntawm $ 1,700, thaum koj tuaj yeem tau txais ib qho tshiab 16: 10 zaub thiab qhov zoo ntawm ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 8 (tam sim no hauv peb cov kav dej tshuaj xyuas) rau kwv yees li $ 100 ntau dua, lossis ib qho zoo. sharper screen thiab ceev CPU nyob rau hauv lub tuam txhab Yoga 7i 14 tus qauv siv rau $500 tsawg. ThinkBook yuav pab tau koj zoo, tab sis nws poob qis ntawm Editors 'Choice honors.