Just as an FYI for anyone looking to purchase one of these. I placed my order for a Lenovo X13 AMD with Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U on September 3rd, 2020. My current estimated ship date is December 15th, 2020. The wait is over 100 days long. If you order one of these, don't listen to the 4 - 6 week ship times. Expect an over 3 month wait.
IMO best laptop look/design ever made. I've always loved the nub regardless if whether I used it or not. But that Black color with just a hint of red has always looked good. Lenovo found something that worked and just stuck with it and they haven't really changed much with the business line of laptops besides just making them thinner and lighter etc.
Great review as always Lon. Probably my next laptop. Not a fan of the soldered ram but even Dell is soldering down stuff nowadays.. so, what to do?! 🤷♂️
I want to study architecture and I need a good laptop for that. Which laptop or what type of laptop would you recommend me? I need a laptop with good graphics and a lot of storage
Oh god, 8gb of soldered RAM in 2021? Are f#ing serious Lenovo? 16GB should be the minimum and 32 available at an affordable cost. You can upgrade the old X270 to 32GB and machines from more than a decade ago support 16GB. The screens also disappoint at only 300 nits. For working on the go, 450 should be the minimum. While I do like the power and keyboard feel, a lot of the other specs are not up to the standard Lenovo used to provide.
Does the screen show any reduced clarity of image quality on the sides of the screen you are not looking directly at due to the anti-glare? My X13 Yoga does show reduced clarity, especially on white backgrounds. None of my past Thinkpads have ever had this issue.
I prefer older thicker designs coupled with high build quality compared to the modern fad of thin especially when modern machines often only have a single sodimm slot and barely a single slot for an ssd. Another thing is people having to pay more for less and getting less in features like said above then paying again later once that 8 or 16gb of ram gets to be long in the tooth having to buy a new machine.
I had an Ultrabook from Samsung that I bought in 2011, which came with 8 gigs and was upgradable to 16. That's a decade old ultrabook. You're not the only one that things the specs of the recent machines leave a lot to be desired. I'd also rather sacrifce a bit of thinnes for better cooling, a larger battery and more upgradability, that's what the standard X series was about. The screen is also disappointing. I've now been looking at used machines because so many of their new ones aren't all that great and they overly focus on Thin Ultrabooks.
@@tomonabudget If you want to find something just to tinker with and have fun with while having something of a marvel then consider collecting an Alienware m17x particularly the R2. It is something else especially when equipped with an RGB screen and some upgrades. For daily use the Precision m6700 is a Lot better than most and one guy on notebook managed to install an mxm rtx 3000 and got it working.
@@MrKillswitch88 The power of those Alienware Machine's is truly great. My partner has and a colleague of mine have Alienware laptops, to be honest they are too bulky for me. My colleagues comes with 2 giant power bricks, which is frankly impractical enough that he might as well carry a tablet for notes and a Desktop. I work in a company where we do a lot of development and the Dell's there have been a bit disappointing in their reliability. Many have charging issues or are buggy when it comes to connecting multiple monitors where either the Main screen just goes blank (while still registered by Windows) and exhibiting other problems. My partners Alienware also plays up occasionally. I got a Thinkpad P53 for my work which is a lovely workstation. While even that series lost a few items that made them better (hybrid battery system), it’s the best compromise I could find and it’s been great. That has also been kitted out with 64GB (I already exceeded 50% of that RAM on a busy workday) and could use more on other days. However, that machine can still be upgraded to 128GB of RAM if that need arises in the next couple years. For my personal travel use I’d want something that I can toss around (professional Thinkpads are mil-std-810g rated), has good enough specs for a bit of coding, photo editing (maybe one day also video) and a screen that lets me see my photos properly. - the X series used to shine in that application. I particularly want something that’s not too wide or long as I want to travel around the world on a motorcycle. In that case a bit thickness won’t be too bad, however if it gets too wide the laptop physically won’t fit into my top box (secure storage) or under my seat. A dell XPS or Surface simply wouldn’t survive the torture of travel for long. Lenovo have a good recipe, but they keep removing the things that made their laptops so beloved.
@@tomonabudget The xps line hasn't been solid since the m1730 and is with the faulty gpu issue. As for the Thinkpad I do feel that the W520 and to some extent the W530 were really the end of the line as far as being reliable as later models either deleted important features and had hardware issues including the infamous thunderbolt port. I still remember the manufacturing defect with the P70 with the bad heatsinks that didn't make proper contact.
lenovo so slow. you need to wait 3 month for delivery after place an order. then they plus 2 month when deadline is coming. dont buy unless you not urgent. new laptop with better spec is coming out but your order still pending. Bullshit lenovo
Will they ever update those ugly bezels... They've been reusing this design for ages now. I'd buy a thinkpad immediately if they made them more presentable.
Just as an FYI for anyone looking to purchase one of these. I placed my order for a Lenovo X13 AMD with Ryzen 7 Pro 4750U on September 3rd, 2020. My current estimated ship date is December 15th, 2020. The wait is over 100 days long. If you order one of these, don't listen to the 4 - 6 week ship times. Expect an over 3 month wait.
This was the first review i saw that explains the usb 3 port capabilities for humans. Thank you very much. Really!
THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING Linux!!!! This machine has very little information online. Glad to see my Linux compat will be okay :)
Subscribed after seeing that you cover Linux compatibility as well. Great videos man!
IMO best laptop look/design ever made. I've always loved the nub regardless if whether I used it or not. But that Black color with just a hint of red has always looked good. Lenovo found something that worked and just stuck with it and they haven't really changed much with the business line of laptops besides just making them thinner and lighter etc.
True, Thinkpad series is one of the best laptop ever made.
Originally designed by IBM. Lenovo still doing a great job though.
Can u do a comparison between T14s and X13 AMD version especially the dimension in real life? Thanks,
I have one with a ryzen 7. Powerful compact laptop. I wish the screen was 16:10 ratio too.
i think that custom ethernet port also makes it so you dont have a different mac adress when docked
Oh that makes sense
Awesome review as usual, thanks Lon!
Once you put Fedora Linux on such thing it's a stellar piece of hardware.
How so?
Great review as always Lon. Probably my next laptop.
Not a fan of the soldered ram but even Dell is soldering down stuff nowadays.. so, what to do?! 🤷♂️
I want to study architecture and I need a good laptop for that. Which laptop or what type of laptop would you recommend me? I need a laptop with good graphics and a lot of storage
The best laptop reviewer 👌🏾
Subjective and solely your opinion. Almost every tech reviewer has someone in their comment section saying the same thing.
you are a good man. thanks for this review ! may i ask what ratio aspect it has ?
The bezels tho!
Does the X13 differ much from its predecessor X395? Should I get the X13 or X395?
Oh god, 8gb of soldered RAM in 2021? Are f#ing serious Lenovo?
16GB should be the minimum and 32 available at an affordable cost. You can upgrade the old X270 to 32GB and machines from more than a decade ago support 16GB.
The screens also disappoint at only 300 nits. For working on the go, 450 should be the minimum.
While I do like the power and keyboard feel, a lot of the other specs are not up to the standard Lenovo used to provide.
I think you should switch to X1C gen 8 with nearly double cost.
@@vietnguyentri1643 😂
If you can you should look at the asus zephyrus g14
@ageofbogyo what lol 😆 you are joking right
I have both this one and M1 air. But I love this one alot
Does the screen show any reduced clarity of image quality on the sides of the screen you are not looking directly at due to the anti-glare?
My X13 Yoga does show reduced clarity, especially on white backgrounds. None of my past Thinkpads have ever had this issue.
I wonder what laptops reviewers use themselves...
No card reader. Need to use ethernet dongle.
but whats the battery size in Wh?
48, according to lenovo's website
@@seowyy yuk
Thanks for including Linux in the review - that's the info I was looking for :)
17 inch AMD Linux compatible, please
Lenovo's have had an issue with BSoD's since a Windows update in late summer. Anyone know if these AMD units are having that issue?
what game can play in lenovo x13 thinkpad ryzen 5 pro?
Can this screen be use with a pen 🖊?
for gaming we have Nvidia Play today so there is no need anymore to purchase expensive Laptops for gaming (((:
I prefer older thicker designs coupled with high build quality compared to the modern fad of thin especially when modern machines often only have a single sodimm slot and barely a single slot for an ssd. Another thing is people having to pay more for less and getting less in features like said above then paying again later once that 8 or 16gb of ram gets to be long in the tooth having to buy a new machine.
I had an Ultrabook from Samsung that I bought in 2011, which came with 8 gigs and was upgradable to 16. That's a decade old ultrabook. You're not the only one that things the specs of the recent machines leave a lot to be desired. I'd also rather sacrifce a bit of thinnes for better cooling, a larger battery and more upgradability, that's what the standard X series was about.
The screen is also disappointing. I've now been looking at used machines because so many of their new ones aren't all that great and they overly focus on Thin Ultrabooks.
@@tomonabudget If you want to find something just to tinker with and have fun with while having something of a marvel then consider collecting an Alienware m17x particularly the R2. It is something else especially when equipped with an RGB screen and some upgrades. For daily use the Precision m6700 is a Lot better than most and one guy on notebook managed to install an mxm rtx 3000 and got it working.
@@MrKillswitch88 The power of those Alienware Machine's is truly great.
My partner has and a colleague of mine have Alienware laptops, to be honest they are too bulky for me. My colleagues comes with 2 giant power bricks, which is frankly impractical enough that he might as well carry a tablet for notes and a Desktop.
I work in a company where we do a lot of development and the Dell's there have been a bit disappointing in their reliability. Many have charging issues or are buggy when it comes to connecting multiple monitors where either the Main screen just goes blank (while still registered by Windows) and exhibiting other problems. My partners Alienware also plays up occasionally.
I got a Thinkpad P53 for my work which is a lovely workstation. While even that series lost a few items that made them better (hybrid battery system), it’s the best compromise I could find and it’s been great. That has also been kitted out with 64GB (I already exceeded 50% of that RAM on a busy workday) and could use more on other days. However, that machine can still be upgraded to 128GB of RAM if that need arises in the next couple years.
For my personal travel use I’d want something that I can toss around (professional Thinkpads are mil-std-810g rated), has good enough specs for a bit of coding, photo editing (maybe one day also video) and a screen that lets me see my photos properly.
- the X series used to shine in that application.
I particularly want something that’s not too wide or long as I want to travel around the world on a motorcycle. In that case a bit thickness won’t be too bad, however if it gets too wide the laptop physically won’t fit into my top box (secure storage) or under my seat.
A dell XPS or Surface simply wouldn’t survive the torture of travel for long. Lenovo have a good recipe, but they keep removing the things that made their laptops so beloved.
@@tomonabudget The xps line hasn't been solid since the m1730 and is with the faulty gpu issue. As for the Thinkpad I do feel that the W520 and to some extent the W530 were really the end of the line as far as being reliable as later models either deleted important features and had hardware issues including the infamous thunderbolt port. I still remember the manufacturing defect with the P70 with the bad heatsinks that didn't make proper contact.
Those bezels yuk!
lenovo so slow. you need to wait 3 month for delivery after place an order. then they plus 2 month when deadline is coming. dont buy unless you not urgent. new laptop with better spec is coming out but your order still pending. Bullshit lenovo
I like this a lot!!
I’m gonna cop for 250 is that good or no
pls review TP X13 Gen 2 (AMD)
special thanks for ubuntu checks
Will they ever update those ugly bezels... They've been reusing this design for ages now. I'd buy a thinkpad immediately if they made them more presentable.
Get a yoga if you don't want bezels. Thinkpad laptop are supposed to be easily serviceable. Easier for people to replace the screen if they have to.
Why don't you try their Ideapad series its portable and slim and without any bezels
@@kanishkathakhur5155 thinkpads have better keyboards. I obviously know about their consumer lines (ideapad & yoga).
Very ugly looking machine,but: you know it’s the best
I have decided to buy you World War Z game so you can demo in all your ThinkPad laptops review....
Nice one
Looks like a laptop from 10 years ago, These screen borders. Facepalm...
Va pannel is not good
wasn't 2020 I was thinking about when I saw that... looks so 2016
I’m having this as my work laptop and it’s the worst one ever!
why is that? i actually am about to buy one and i stumbled upon your comment.