Lenovo Thinkbook 13S G1

Overview

It doesn’t have all the ThinkPad trimmings, but Lenovo is offering small businesses a bargain.

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Based on 11 expert reviews

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Last revision on July 27, 2021

Reviewers Liked

Thin design
Excellent battery life
Good sound
Windows 10
Solid productivity performance
Attractively priced at the low end

Reviewers Didn't Like

No SD card support
Lacks Thunderbolt support
No USB Type-C charging

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Expert reviews and ratings

By Expert Reviews on January 31, 2020 100

What’s most impressive about the ThinkBook, though, is that Lenovo retains so much of the ThinkPad heritage while keeping the price down. For instance, it still feels rugged, with an aluminium chassis that’s reassuringly cool to the touch. There’s no...

By ultrabookreview.com on October 25, 2019 85

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...

By amanz.my on October 14, 2019 85

Secara peribadi kami tergolong di dalam kumpulan yang meletakkan ThinkPad sebagai komputer kerja profesional yang terbaik di pasaran kerana kombinasi pemproses yang baik, papan kekunci yang terbaik di dalam kelas dan tahap ketahanan yang melepasi gred...

By hardwarezone.com.sg on October 02, 2019 75

The ThinkBook is Lenovo's new line of notebooks that melds the features of traditional business notebooks with regular consumer notebooks. In doing so, it addresses two concerns. It offers businesses the ability to get an enterprise-class notebook...

By MobileSyrup on October 01, 2019 90

The ThinkBook 13s is one of the best laptops I've used this year and is worth considering if you can get it for the right...

By Good Gear Guide on September 19, 2019 75

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

By zdnet.com on August 28, 2019 80

There is something to be said for trying to combine good security features, solid productivity capability, neat design styling, decent audio and a strong display. That might appeal to business users who want great consumer features - and vice versa - so...

By techaeris.com on August 23, 2019 93

By far, this has probably been the best Lenovo laptop I have reviewed. The awesome, long-lasting battery life will get users through the day and more. On the performance side, it runs really good, even with 8GB of RAM. The sound quality is powered by...

By Neowin on August 03, 2019 85

The Lenovo ThinkBook 13s is a laptop that I thoroughly enjoyed, and it seems like it's a perfect laptop to hand out to a team in an SMB. My biggest issues with it are that there's no USB Type-C charging and that the audio is just OK. The good news about...

By NotebookCheck on July 28, 2019 88

The Lenovo ThinkBook 13s-IWL laptop review. Test device courtesy of CampusPoint.The ThinkBook series will not replace the established ThinkPad line, that much is clear after testing the ThinkBook 13s. Rather, the ThinkBook series is an addition to...

By HEXUS.net on February 11, 2020

The ThinkBook is a curious addition to Lenovo's catalogue. Designed to slot in between the well-established ThinkPad and IdeaPad product lines, its purpose is to offer small businesses a visually attractive package blending performance and reliability...

By Good Gear Guide on September 19, 2019

While Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon 6th-Gen remains the superior business notebook in Lenovo's stable, the MSRP is well over $1,000. (Prices on the base models have fallen to $999, as the 7th-Gen models have begun to ship.) It's probably worth considering...

By Ars Technica on September 07, 2019

Lenovo's ThinkPad family has a lot of fans, but not everyone can spend ThinkPad money on a laptop. Designed for small business customers (and regular consumers who want a more privacy-focused machine), Lenovo's new Thinkbooks seem like an experiment to...

By zdnet.com on September 04, 2019

You can argue about Apple's use of the term 'entry-level' for a laptop that has a starting price of £1299/$1299, but this new 13-inch model is certainly better value for money than its Touch Bar-less predecessor. It provides a major increase in...

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