Review: Lenovo ThinkBook 13s pairs solid business features with consumer-friendly touches

Lenovo's ThinkBook 13s is a deliberately intriguing combination of a business notebook with consumer flourishes, aimed at the vaguely-defined space...

Surprisingly good audio quality; 10 hours of battery life; Lenovo's excellent Vantage utility lets you fine-tune PC functions; Affordable price

Middling performance

Lenovo ThinkBook 13s review – competitive 13-inch ultrabook (Core i5, UHD 620)

There's great value in this ThinkBook 13s as a competitively-priced ultrabook for everyday use, for multitasking and school/office work. It looks nice and it's well built, gets a good matte screen and a decent keyboard, handles daily chores without chocking and lasts for quite a while on a charge.

nice looks and excellent build quality; good matte IPS screen; fast and quiet keyboard; but rather shallow feedback; configurable and allows for RAM/SSD user upgrades; good thermals; properly designed cooling sollution; longer battery life tahtn I expected from a 45W battery; competitively priced

larger and heavier than most 13-inch ultrabooks; no Thunderbolt 3; card-reader or USB-C charging; rather small and clunky clickpad; and an always-on light around the finger sensor / Power Button; audible hum with daily-use; fans a bit more aggressive than they should; tinny speakers

ThinkBook 13s review (2019)

The ThinkBook 13s is ultimately a notebook designed for small and medium-sized businesses. It doesn’t have the extra graphical grunt you’ll need if you plan on doing any serious video rendering or gaming.

The ThinkBook 13s is an adept workplace PC that’s not super-powerful but it is nice to look at and easy to rely on.

Clean design; Good display; Long battery life;

Limited performance; No SD card slot; Heavier than I'd like;