It's definitely expensive but I had a lot of fun using this tiny monster! In case you missed it I released my review on the MSI Summit E13 Flip which can be found here - th-cam.com/video/dy1aBJPf0xI/w-d-xo.html . Also, feel free to hit the like button if you enjoyed the video! thanks for watching guys.
Hey Matt 👋, Can you tell me which laptop is really good for students. I'm confused between "The M1s" or the Surface Laptops or Asus R.O.G. ZEPHYRUS G14 , etc. Thanking you in anticipation. 👋
I’ve been a Mac laptop user for 15 years. I bought one of these on sale and was ready to skip the M1 train because of how nice this whole package seemed, and a super lightweight Windows laptop would be a nice change of pace. Boy was I wrong. The first unit I received had a pretty sizable chip in the paint, but otherwise worked fine. The replacement unit I got (which took FOREVER by the way, I’d ended up speaking to 10+ Lenovo employees over the course of a couple days, receiving the laptop a week later even though I supposedly had “next business day” Premier Support) had bugs with Lenovo Vantage where it wouldn’t find driver and BIOS updates. This is important because early version of this laptop’s BIOS had some sleep issues if left for longer than few hours, where they simply wouldn’t wake back up. After manually installing the BIOS update and necessary drivers, the camera driver simply refused to update. even manually. After trying to uninstall and reinstall Vantage, forgetting and relearning devices in device manager, and a whole host of other troubleshooting efforts, I figured I got a bad install of Windows itself and wanted to start with a clean slate. So I created a USB Recovery drive using Lenovo’s website/app and did a complete clean install of Windows 10 on the replacement machine. After the 4+ hours that took, I went to update the drivers and... still had camera issues. So this was probably something hardware related. Not to mention the replacement unit ALSO had a smaller nick/chip in the finish, to add insult to injury I really wish Lenovo had better build quality/QC. The differences between my 2 machines was staggering; Noticeably different color temperature on the displays, paint finish imperfections as previously mentioned, and even different hinge tuning, with one of them not being one-finger openable. Maybe ThinkPad people will think I’m expecting too much, but with the money I put down, this is simply inexcusable. I realize now why Dave2D said he doesn’t review ThinkPads because of their inconsistencies, and he’s totally right. I’ll be returning both and picking up a 14 inch Macbook Pro when it’s released. I think I’ll stick to my gaming desktop for my dose of Windows. I wanted to love this laptop, but it just didn’t wanna work with me.
I got the i5, non-touch version for about $1k and couldn't be happier. The size, weight, and also the quality are unmatched. My partner has a Samsung Galaxy book and the 1/2 pound weight increase makes HUGE difference. It goes from disappearing in a bag to noticing there's a laptop.
I wish AMD chips added USB4 as a replacement for Thunderbolt. This is the only reason I still use Intel for my laptop. Imagine Ryzen on this tiny machine, it would be a powerhouse.
Finally a company makes a good device that's not just expensive but shows why it is worth the money I love that I hate buying a laptop that might have 1 good feature and then it's just like the rest but Costa too much cuz of brand or something like that
I love the thinkpad series, still rocking my t460s on the daily for school and its amazing! This is a really unique machine, I really hope that in the future Lenovo slaps some AMD chips in this... might be expensive but damn that would be good
My thinkpad keyboard always reliable after almost 8 year. Comfortably typing everytime. 3:2 aspect ratio display from x1 titanium yoga hope also followed by next x1 carbon lineup.
I got this laptop recently and I love it. He's right, you don't feel this in your bag. The power button located on the side is convenient especially when you have peripherals.
I request you to please make a follow up video telling us which laptop would you go for in lieu of this one. Considering how durable this machine is, please let us know. Thanks!!
I don't know why you don't think people watching these videos are business users. Many of us are. Thunderbolt 4 hubs give you all the ports you want in a laptop. I don't understand complaints when a laptop has only 2 thunderbolt ports. This computer is even lighter than you mention. You called out the weight for the touchscreen version. Business users don't tend to use touchscreens. The non-touch laptop is < 2 lbs. The only thing really lacking I find is the keys seem a bit crammed and it only has 16 GB of Ram (I'd prefer an option for 32 GB to run VMWare clients more easily). This is also a very quiet laptop. The CPUs are fast enough and the memory is fast. Also so far as size goes, most people working from their homes don't even use a laptop's built in monitor, keyboard or mouse. We go external and so the need is for a laptop that supports that functionally "well enough" or well, but not necessarily super well.
I totally agree. For this money you can buy a great Desktop + Laptop. 3,000 is a lot of money, for 2,000 a great PC and for 1,000 a Mac Book Air. It's not worth buying this. I never thought I'd say this, I've never had Apple products, but at the moment, in my opinion, Air and Pro are unbeatable (price-quality ratio) - seen as a whole package - Mac is currently the king. For $ 1,000, there is no Windows Laptop that can be measured in quality with a Mac. I personally have a beast from a computer and a ThinkPad T470 from a company. I love it ! In 2 years he has never caused me a problem. I replaced the battery and that's it. This Nano is not worth it.
Loved the video. I hit the bell. I have a question. Do you know whether modern laptops can be plugged in all day while connected to a monitor? I'm worried about their battery being overcharged all the time.
I am looking for a laptop which is light, with at least 10 hours battery life playing videos or watching streaming videos, with pen and anti glare. Can you please recommend? Thank you in advance.
Get T14 or T14s. Save yourself couple hundreds. Even better get an LG gram. Most people are not doing dev stuff, more like browsing, emails, ppt. Over price for the real use case
"Heat management is also great" then proceeds to show HWINFO64 displaying maximum temps of 100C and thermal throttling. All kidding aside, thank you for the review Matt. I'm looking for a new Windows laptop after I stopped using my Pro X from a couple of years ago.
After many years, I was thinking why not try a non-Mac laptop. Thanks for helping me chose a M1 Mac of some sort. In which garage do the make it? But your review gets a thumbs up. You did your best to make this look impressive.
You can switch them in the latest version of commercial vantage software. Of course, the labels will be wrong that way lol... but if it’s muscle memory you should be fine
The price tag is ridiculous! But thinkpads has great build quality, not as good as macs though. To compensate, they have milspec. If you spill a coffe on your mac it is a death sentrnce, not for thinkpads though! And they should have put amd ryzen on it smh.
Yeah... I don't buy all that BS claim about "durability" and "resistance". At least not until an objective 3rd party thoroughly tests it out. Seems like any other Premium laptops are equally durable and and resistant to me, some of them even more so than Thinkpads. In terms of Compactness and Lightness, I don't see how the X1 Nano is better than the 13" LG Gram, which has MORE ports, BETTER keyboard, and BIGGER battery, for HALF the money. Only benefit is that the X1 Nano gets a 1440p option, which is still not a huge advantage. Personally I'd choose the MacBook Air over either, despite being a little heavier.
It's not quite a pound and a half lighter than the MacBooks...more like .6 and .8 pounds lighter than the air and the pro; but I do get the point. Two pounds feels a hell of a lot lighter than three pounds in practice. I wish Apple would stick the M1 in a chassis of the old 12" MacBook, toss in the new magic keyboard (I forget what it's called if not that) and call it a day. That would be amazing.
It's definitely expensive but I had a lot of fun using this tiny monster! In case you missed it I released my review on the MSI Summit E13 Flip which can be found here - th-cam.com/video/dy1aBJPf0xI/w-d-xo.html . Also, feel free to hit the like button if you enjoyed the video! thanks for watching guys.
Hey Matt 👋,
Can you tell me which laptop is really good for students.
I'm confused between "The M1s" or the Surface Laptops or Asus R.O.G. ZEPHYRUS G14 , etc.
Thanking you in anticipation.
👋
Please do a review of the Asus Zephyrus G14 or the G15
I like how he says it's expensive right from the start
There are frequent discounts though. I got mine for 1.1k on lenovo website
From where i am i dunno if ill be able to get that much discount ahahaha
I got the i5 16gb ram 1tb memory for 1k usd cuz of a flash sale, just check the site regularly
“I matched my shirt with the nipple to show how much I love it” pure dedication for the nipple lmao. Great video Matt!
Its the only proper way to do the review
;-;
For 2000 bucks it better attend my zoom conferences by itself !
I’ve been a Mac laptop user for 15 years. I bought one of these on sale and was ready to skip the M1 train because of how nice this whole package seemed, and a super lightweight Windows laptop would be a nice change of pace. Boy was I wrong. The first unit I received had a pretty sizable chip in the paint, but otherwise worked fine. The replacement unit I got (which took FOREVER by the way, I’d ended up speaking to 10+ Lenovo employees over the course of a couple days, receiving the laptop a week later even though I supposedly had “next business day” Premier Support) had bugs with Lenovo Vantage where it wouldn’t find driver and BIOS updates. This is important because early version of this laptop’s BIOS had some sleep issues if left for longer than few hours, where they simply wouldn’t wake back up. After manually installing the BIOS update and necessary drivers, the camera driver simply refused to update. even manually. After trying to uninstall and reinstall Vantage, forgetting and relearning devices in device manager, and a whole host of other troubleshooting efforts, I figured I got a bad install of Windows itself and wanted to start with a clean slate.
So I created a USB Recovery drive using Lenovo’s website/app and did a complete clean install of Windows 10 on the replacement machine. After the 4+ hours that took, I went to update the drivers and... still had camera issues. So this was probably something hardware related. Not to mention the replacement unit ALSO had a smaller nick/chip in the finish, to add insult to injury
I really wish Lenovo had better build quality/QC. The differences between my 2 machines was staggering; Noticeably different color temperature on the displays, paint finish imperfections as previously mentioned, and even different hinge tuning, with one of them not being one-finger openable. Maybe ThinkPad people will think I’m expecting too much, but with the money I put down, this is simply inexcusable. I realize now why Dave2D said he doesn’t review ThinkPads because of their inconsistencies, and he’s totally right. I’ll be returning both and picking up a 14 inch Macbook Pro when it’s released. I think I’ll stick to my gaming desktop for my dose of Windows. I wanted to love this laptop, but it just didn’t wanna work with me.
Damn that sucks and sorry to hear you had to go through all that.
I had similar experience with my thinkpad t14 but but my Legion 5 was and still is flawless.
Not at all my experience. The 14in Macbook pro is a very different beast, weights almost twice as much
Lenovo is super strong, this year, loads of great laptops. Received a 5 Pro today, absolutely loving the experience.😍
Damn I’m guessing you’re talking about the ideapad, pro 5 still not available in the US
@@backup9911 maybe legion?
@@hi-vt2wt Yup, Legion 5 Pro...
This is awesome, this is fit to person who always busy and always on the go laptop. I wish I have one.
I got the i5, non-touch version for about $1k and couldn't be happier. The size, weight, and also the quality are unmatched. My partner has a Samsung Galaxy book and the 1/2 pound weight increase makes HUGE difference. It goes from disappearing in a bag to noticing there's a laptop.
The weight is huge imho. The feautures this has for the weight is awesome and a good screen.
"Only 11 hours of use" I would kill for 11 hours of use on my E490
great review as usual. much love.
Much appreciated
It is crazy that you have the sign in the background I have the same one but with Hiiipower. Great minds think alike. Great video!
I love it!
1:16 i know std means standard but still it gets me every time.
I wish AMD chips added USB4 as a replacement for Thunderbolt. This is the only reason I still use Intel for my laptop. Imagine Ryzen on this tiny machine, it would be a powerhouse.
I'm running a Carbon X1 Extreme for work and I wish I would have gotten something smaller like this.
If you are using the gpu the x1 extreme is powerful. I can’t wait for the x1 extreme 4 with thinner vessels
Love your reviews all the way from Ethiopia. Keep it up
Thank you so much
Still waiting for zur X1 Carbon 2021 14" 😎
Finally a company makes a good device that's not just expensive but shows why it is worth the money I love that I hate buying a laptop that might have 1 good feature and then it's just like the rest but Costa too much cuz of brand or something like that
I never thought I'd miss commas this much.
I sooo want a yoga version of the nano, with pen input
The X1 Titanium Yoga is very similar to the Nano in many ways.
I love the thinkpad series, still rocking my t460s on the daily for school and its amazing!
This is a really unique machine, I really hope that in the future Lenovo slaps some AMD chips in this... might be expensive but damn that would be good
My thinkpad keyboard always reliable after almost 8 year. Comfortably typing everytime. 3:2 aspect ratio display from x1 titanium yoga hope also followed by next x1 carbon lineup.
I got this laptop recently and I love it. He's right, you don't feel this in your bag. The power button located on the side is convenient especially when you have peripherals.
What spec did you go for
@@Vijaythalapathy28 i5 16GB RAM. It's more than enough for what I need it for.
@@eyes0nyu thank you very much
720 cam sucks at this point in time (2021). I wonder why many laptop manufacturer do not or perhap could hardly make at least 1080 camera.
I request you to please make a follow up video telling us which laptop would you go for in lieu of this one. Considering how durable this machine is, please let us know. Thanks!!
Great video, totally watched it all already.
Ok NOW I finished it
LOL thanks for watching
Despite being small machine it's screen seems big.
I'm very interested in x1 nano vs xps 13 vs msi summit comparison.
Looks fantastic 😁. Great video.
Its pretty sweet!
What are your thoughts on gen1 vs gen2?
Excellent review
I don't know why you don't think people watching these videos are business users. Many of us are. Thunderbolt 4 hubs give you all the ports you want in a laptop. I don't understand complaints when a laptop has only 2 thunderbolt ports. This computer is even lighter than you mention. You called out the weight for the touchscreen version. Business users don't tend to use touchscreens. The non-touch laptop is < 2 lbs. The only thing really lacking I find is the keys seem a bit crammed and it only has 16 GB of Ram (I'd prefer an option for 32 GB to run VMWare clients more easily). This is also a very quiet laptop. The CPUs are fast enough and the memory is fast. Also so far as size goes, most people working from their homes don't even use a laptop's built in monitor, keyboard or mouse. We go external and so the need is for a laptop that supports that functionally "well enough" or well, but not necessarily super well.
Excellent points. iirc Screen has 450 nits brightness and an anti-glare upgrade. Info: 13 inches
2160x1350 (2K)
16:10 aspect ratio
Low power
Touch, IPS, AR, 450 nits
Non-touch, IPS, AG, 450 nits
Graphics: Integrated
Intel Iris Xe
I totally agree. For this money you can buy a great Desktop + Laptop. 3,000 is a lot of money, for 2,000 a great PC and for 1,000 a Mac Book Air. It's not worth buying this. I never thought I'd say this, I've never had Apple products, but at the moment, in my opinion, Air and Pro are unbeatable (price-quality ratio) - seen as a whole package - Mac is currently the king. For $ 1,000, there is no Windows Laptop that can be measured in quality with a Mac.
I personally have a beast from a computer and a ThinkPad T470 from a company. I love it ! In 2 years he has never caused me a problem. I replaced the battery and that's it. This Nano is not worth it.
According to other reviews 1160 in this particullar laptop is capable to run at 28W
On sale for around 1100 right now!
Would be cool if they used CoreBoot instead of the regular UEFI Bios. The boot and resume times are insane with CoreBoot
That’s great for linux. But most casual consumers would just use the sleep feature.
@@TheRIZKYRAMA the resume feature I was talking about is sleep. It's not only for Linux. It's for every os
Only complaint is that the keyboard is more like the cheaper ideapads Cus of lesser key travel but an amazing buy nonetheless
Nah they still have more travel then the idea pads. The travel distance still feels good. I find the idea pads to be more mushy then this one
Matt's watch lights up immediately when on camera😂
Please do a review of the Asus Zephyrus G14 or the G15
Working on getting my hands on one
@@MatthewMoniz thanks. And good luck on getting one
Great review. Good deals on the base i5 model with 512SSD right now.
How does this compare to the Samsung Galaxy book Ion 13" ?
Both around 1kg, and sinilar specs, but this one is $1,000 more expensive.
Loved the video. I hit the bell. I have a question. Do you know whether modern laptops can be plugged in all day while connected to a monitor? I'm worried about their battery being overcharged all the time.
Thank you! They can be plugged in all day they're smart enough to not drain or run the battery while plugged in
@@MatthewMoniz thank you! I appreciate you!
What are your thoughts on LG Gram 2021? Any alternative with a similar price range and screen size. Thank you so much.
Got the x270 in the mail 2 days ago. Don't make me jealous man :PPPP
Im considering the x1 nano 2-3 years down the line once the prices drop >:)
yeah but the position of that 3.5mm jack is a bit awkward tho.
I am looking for a laptop which is light, with at least 10 hours battery life playing videos or watching streaming videos, with pen and anti glare. Can you please recommend? Thank you in advance.
I have T480 with 1tb ssd, fhd screen, 16gb ram. And I'm loving it.
Please Lenovo, bring a ThinkPad x1 nano Yoga and iam in.
Rog Flow 13 (w/o egpu) vs this?
I'm watching this video with one of Lenovo's tablets
What a coincidence!
Really looking forward to surface laptop 4 with zen 2 amd processor review
I'm looking for something like this, but for gaming. Any suggestions?
Asus G14?
Asus flow x13
Pls have a look on budget dell inspiron 14 5402
How is it more secure?
what is the name of the music/song in the video sound testing part ? any one please reply if you know.
thanks in Advance.
Where do we go by strlght
@@Abubakar.. thank you bro. i found it out. Thanks again
he didnt really say much about the display and if the 2K resolution was good or not
Mannn I need a review on the 2021 Legion 7😫 C'mon Lenovo!!
This looks like a great little machine. Great if you have the money to spend and want something mega portable. 😮
Thank you for showing the intel logo in the thumbnail
This will inform a lot of people in advance before they click on the video
Removing it now
@@MatthewMoniz XD
F
You should try out the idea pad slim 9i as well
Get T14 or T14s. Save yourself couple hundreds. Even better get an LG gram. Most people are not doing dev stuff, more like browsing, emails, ppt. Over price for the real use case
"Heat management is also great" then proceeds to show HWINFO64 displaying maximum temps of 100C and thermal throttling. All kidding aside, thank you for the review Matt. I'm looking for a new Windows laptop after I stopped using my Pro X from a couple of years ago.
LOL of course all laptops will hit high temps under load until it power throttles = ) Thanks for watching Frank!
Sticker placement?
Exceptional. There's only 1 and its not crooked
@@MatthewMoniz nice 👌
is it good for coding ? what you think..?
After many years, I was thinking why not try a non-Mac laptop. Thanks for helping me chose a M1 Mac of some sort.
In which garage do the make it?
But your review gets a thumbs up. You did your best to make this look impressive.
X1 nano 15 or 17, pleaaaaaaase lenovo . And switch the Ctrl and Fn button.
You can switch them in the latest version of commercial vantage software. Of course, the labels will be wrong that way lol... but if it’s muscle memory you should be fine
what does it even mean to "literally eyeballing"
does it support stylus ?
Lenovo is so underrated
The red eraser continues to be a deal breaker for me. I never used it and it just sticks out like a sore thumb
Then don't use it. Most of us appreciate Lenovo giving you the choice instead of getting rid of it.
Great content keep it up as always Sir
Where is the laptop setup video ? My setup is just waiting to be roasted
This weekend
Still I am watching at 1 am
Thanks Jones! Go get some sleep = )
@@JonesJames Lagy raho
@@JonesJames where are u from?
If this thing could handle Apex at 165Hz at 1080p highest settings.....
Ya it would just blow up in a chassis this small
you say because of the size, but we all know why you are really interested in it! it is red!
LOL
review the surface laptop 4 please
Best Windows Laptops in the Market. Period
When is the subscriber laptop setup review coming? Lol
Watching from Indonesia
so how is this amazing? paying twice as much as for MacBook M1 and having slower thing with poorer quality of build?
The price tag is ridiculous! But thinkpads has great build quality, not as good as macs though. To compensate, they have milspec. If you spill a coffe on your mac it is a death sentrnce, not for thinkpads though! And they should have put amd ryzen on it smh.
The texture on the top of Thinkpads is like chalk on a chalkboard to me. I can't stand even touching them.
Yeah... I don't buy all that BS claim about "durability" and "resistance". At least not until an objective 3rd party thoroughly tests it out.
Seems like any other Premium laptops are equally durable and and resistant to me, some of them even more so than Thinkpads.
In terms of Compactness and Lightness, I don't see how the X1 Nano is better than the 13" LG Gram, which has MORE ports, BETTER keyboard, and BIGGER battery, for HALF the money.
Only benefit is that the X1 Nano gets a 1440p option, which is still not a huge advantage. Personally I'd choose the MacBook Air over either, despite being a little heavier.
Great review!!!♥️
Can you do legion 5 2021 as well?
Waiting to get one. They haven't released units yet. Chip shortage
$800 on ebay in 7-2023 and dropping.
Poor QC is probably why. If you buy one get a long Squaretrade warranty.
Is this the right laptop to get if one needs to pop off to Mars for a conference on whether to invade Earth now or wait for the borders to reopen?
Should I buy this laptop in 2023
It's not quite a pound and a half lighter than the MacBooks...more like .6 and .8 pounds lighter than the air and the pro; but I do get the point. Two pounds feels a hell of a lot lighter than three pounds in practice. I wish Apple would stick the M1 in a chassis of the old 12" MacBook, toss in the new magic keyboard (I forget what it's called if not that) and call it a day. That would be amazing.
only 11 hours? - isnt that good?
I got the same one for $1040 today
"Only 11 hours use?" You GOTTA stop moving the goalpost. Now 11 hours of use is considered bad usage!? It used to be 6 hours
😂😂😂
Just what I'm looking for but can't afford it.
2:16 Yeah I hate it when my laptop gets turdy
🤢
The Red Button On Center,
Cost to Costly = Lenovo
Nice wall! Is your name "Matthew Moniz" Matthew Moniz?
For $3000 I can build an insane PC and buy a laptop lol
He says the word “shop” really weird 😂
Will you have a video about Zephyrus G15 2021? if you make a video about it I promise you that I will subscribe your channel 😁
I'm glad he started with the price right away so I don't have to watch the whole thing.
this is wierd but i want a 17 inch thinkpad
M1 air is a better value price/perf
In my opinion, don't buy any laptop till you see the new mac book.
Well that's if you're okay with Mac OS.
@@150belowzero There was a recent article about Windows 10 emulation almost perfected on the M1 MacBooks.
@@mini9503 Would you have a link by any chance?
@@Noodles.FreeUkraine oops never mind, it says virtualization. M1 Macs run Windows 10 "virtualization" better than Intel.
Article's on Notebookcheck
@@mini9503 Virtualization would do me just fine, thanks. Gonna check that site out for sure. :)
Somebody is working with a Linux distro on this computer?
Rog flow x13 would still be better at just
1499