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Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 review

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Lenovo ThinkPad Z13: Two minute review In the Lenovo ThinkPad range, the Z13 is aimed both at business users and students, presumably with wealthy parents. Compared to other current ThinkPad designs, the X13 has made portability a priority, and it delivers a 13.3-inch screen in an aluminium chassis that is just 1.26kg or 2.78lbs. The mostly metal construction provides some extra protection and also radiates excess heat. Where it diverges from many of its ThinkPad brothers is that it is based on AMD silicon, specifically the AMD 6000 series mobile platform built around Zen3+ architecture. That imbues it with both excellent performance and prolonged battery life, aspects that are contradictory in many mobile computers. Even in the lowest specification model, the Ryzen 5 processor has the potential to run as fast, or better, than many desktop systems. And, it can do that for much longer than a typical working day. The trade-off in the Z13 is that a 13.3-inch screen is a small size...