Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 4 REVIEW - The Grab-n-Go Laptop for 2024

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Video Index:
00:00 Intro
01:48 Specs & Pricing
03:35 Unboxing
04:12 Design and Build
04:24 Size & Weight
04:40 Ports & Connections
05:29 Internals & User Upgradeability
07:21 Display
09:41 FHD IR Webcam, Mics & Magic Bay Light
11:12 Keyboard, Touchpad & Hinges
12:28 Performance, Benchmarks & Gaming
15:02 Thermals, Fan Noise & Surface Temps
16:23 Battery
17:37 Audio & Speaker Test
19:19 Pros & Cons
20:59 The Score
21:23 Outro

[@andrasbognar8932]

I'm wondering if there will be a Snapdragon X Elite version of this laptop - would be an absolute banger

[@torpedospurs]

Between this, the Surface Laptop 7, the Yoga Slim 7x, and the Matebook 14, Windows laptops are getting really exciting!

[@CPA003]

If the macbook air was a window's laptop, this would definetely be it. One correction I would like to make is that the apple macbook air 13 is now $1399 not $1499 for the 16gb RAM and 512GB RAM version.

[@CrankCyclingChannel]

Matebook X Pro 2024

[@RK-um9tu]

No Windows laptop would ever be made a poorly as a MBA. There is a reason why tech ignorant people buy Apple...

[@prshantmalodia]

@@RK-um9tuyeah sure 🤡

[@ericaguilar3951]

Is it not ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 (14″ Snapdragon) Laptop?

[@Jayguevara1982]

Andrew cooking breakfast for his family: "These are brand new blueberry pancakes with extra maple syrup. COMING UUUuuuuuppp!"

[@firstspar]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PlatinAviation]

True 😆👍

[@vecherinsky]

- Daddy, I don't wanna eat! - Me tooooo! - No one leaves the table hungry, you know the drill, kids!

[@PlatinAviation]

@@vecherinsky Look at all the homework our son has... Yada yada yada...

[@do8747]

As always concise, but really to the point & with all the needed information.

[@trujacyroslin]

Thank you for the review!

[@kanalegrande6175]

Love your reviews! Giving me a lot of value and time savings!

[@assistantdogconsult]

So glad you circled back to this laptop. Looks really good and thanks again for mentioning that there is no PWM flickering.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Glad to help!

[@BeaconofConsciousness-dr4mm]

Thanks for a the nice review! Got one of these on its way. However after seeing and reading so much about the Lenovo Magic Bay Studio, its nowhere to be found. What are your thoughts?

[@em4me-Dan]

🤍Love the content. Great review as always.👍Kudos from NYC.🗽

[@ojwh]

Looks amazing!

[@Burbanana]

Thanks Andrew! They should've remade this with the Qualcomm chip. Also, I have a request for you: in my search for a quality laptop for work and light play, I have tested many laptops and noticed a lot of them have minor but annoying issues. One thing I want to ask of you is do a thorough sleep and wake test, shutting the lid and coming back to it later, checking if the laptop wakes itself when its closed and sleeping (major issue on some), etc. Basically a user experience test.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Great suggestion!

[@Burbanana]

legend

[@brianclarke8503]

This is a nice laptop, light and portable with a great screen and price! The camera video and audio quality seems really good for an ultra portable. Good review as well, thanks!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Totally agree!

[@asan1050]

Sounds like a winner to me! Thanks for posting this video Andrew.

[@MrItwillbelegendary]

Love that new Lenovo product and the review!!!

[@dareemmanuel6079]

I have the ultra 9 of this laptop. It’s really amazing.

[@sanaritaamit]

This year Lenovo products are Elite.. so waiting eagerly for an in-depth review on Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x ... and Elite books with great battery life for the first time and OLED mania continues.. Huawei Matebook X pro is dope too.. This second half of the year is going to be delight for notebook lovers.. APPLE, dude you got serious competition now..

[@gabrielripw0lf293]

Really nice review as always Andrew. So many good choices this year to choose from but i'm waiting to see how the snapdragon laptops perform and to see if the hype was worth it or not.

[@Hid4ri]

this looks really nice, display looks gorgeous!

[@nolan..]

That thing looks amazing. Just got a m3 MacBook Air for school which I was hesitant due to macOS, but build quality, battery life, and performance won me over… if things don’t work out I’ll have my eyes on this

[@pedroantonio5031]

Look at asus rog flow x13

[@RK-um9tu]

This is a troll post, so just ignore it...

[@nolan..]

@@RK-um9tu ??

[@friendlysurveillancecamera6507]

Can you compare the speaker sound of this laptop to the Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 laptop? Thank you.

[@cheeesechilly]

Other than yoga 9i pro, which 16inch laptop you think is best for coders

[@VladdyDaddy369]

Btw, what happened to THE song? Did you retire it? I might have to start watching old reviews from now on 😁

[@MrDucatiV4]

Lenovo are getting better and better every year. They listen to customers and improve on their laptops. This thing is sexy and performs very good for a windows laptop!

[@VladdyDaddy369]

That looks awesome! A question Andrew... Spectre X360 14" is $630 off at $999 today. Which one would you go with?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Depends if you need pen support.

[@E.ONE-13]

Definitely choose the Spectre X360 if it fits your budget, or consider a laptop powered by Snapdragon processors.

[@colt5189]

I've found subwoofers are really needed on a laptop. As it helps keep it from sounding so tinny.

[@Yuriy.Winnig]

I've been rocking 1kg X1 Nano Gen 1 for 3.5 years now. Would really love to see a current gen 1kg alternative with the TrackPoint.

[@Po_goes_brrr]

I wonder if you would be able to get Lenovo to send the top end model for a direct comparison between the chips for battery and performance.

[@mountainclimbr]

It would be cool if you could compare all the time the battery life between the MacBook air as well with every laptop since that’s the gold standard of laptops right now

[@sumukhshetty709]

Ahh.. 3:2, I'm in love with my hp spectre 3000x2000

[@ryanrandle887]

If this gets a Snapdragon CPU, can you let us know asap? Thanks for the great content! Love your work

[@Espi68One]

Dang, in the market for new compact laptop, just purchased an HP ENVY 17in, just as simple EDD for home use, to replace 7 year AW 17 R4, this Lenovo, makes me reconsider my idea of the Surface 9, but Hell, I can buy both.

[@Kevin-xz4jq]

When this inevitably ships with ARM its going to be amazing

[@shaikhhar6911]

Or atleast with equivalent AMD chip which would be cooler and cheaper

[@norcalpacific]

I have this laptop with the "Force Pad" Haptic pad. It is a generic in house made haptic pad, its not great feeling & is noisy. It is not the Sensel Brand Haptic Pad used on XPS, Z13, Macbooks, etc.... Also they designed the RAM chips to use the top bar of the chasis (above the FN keys) as a heat sink. Direct contact. Thats why That area gets super hot as shown in the video.

[@runetek2]

Exactly, the haptic forcepad is not good at all - any idea how to deactivate it (if possible) and use it as clasicall pad? Couldn't find anything...

[@norcalpacific]

@@runetek2 Well you can just turn off the feedback, yes. type Touch pad settings in the windows search bar. There will be no click though either, you will just be pressing with your finger and create a click without feedback

[@yghhhhrffv]

Still using my thinkbook 13s Gen 1 from 2019

I agree, wifi7 and 5g would make this the ultimate windows laptop we've been waiting for years.

[@rafaelperez9652]

Very impressive ultra portable laptop that certainly will not disappoint! It's got an excellent IPS display, ultra fast soldered RAM, excellent 1080p webcam, excellent internal mics, excellent quad speakers for a Windows laptop, and decent battery life. It is a dream of a computer and I highly recommend it!! Brilliant review Andrew as always!!! 👏😁

[@handlemonium]

Can you please include the MacBook AND this track in All your reviews? Cuz I'm compiling a playlist of "best laptop speakers" and consistency in comparisons is kinda important.

[@csscott9803]

That laptop looks excellent.

[@i.am.rossalex]

It will be interesting to compare air 13 m3 with this laptop but major model with 185H and 32 Gb of ram that costs like air 13 m3

[@oyhp6967]

what would you recommend between this laptop and hp spectre x360 14 (2024)? I'm having a hard time choosing... ahahaha

[@PlatinAviation]

Depends if you want a 2-in-1

[@user-pg8tg6cx3y]

Great video in my opinion this magic thing is very useful especially for girls when doing their makeup videos

[@firstlast5938]

When are you going to do the reveiws on the new P1 Gen 7 and the T16 Gen 3??????? No one else has dropped them yet, get that first!

[@marcushammer2406]

Got this laptop as reviewed (I did have the haptic trackpad upgrade at no charge) for $870 bucks a couple weeks back with a beneplace discount. The best laptop I’ve had. Far exceeds the thinkpad z13 gen 1 I have and barely beating the MacBook Air m2 I traded in. I only wished windows was a smoother and more aesthetically pleasing OS like Mac OS.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Nice! How do you like the Haptic Touchpad?

[@marcushammer2406]

@@andrewmarcdavid it’s way better than the one in the z13 gen 1 and in the xps 13 9320. I’ll put it a very close 3rd behind the m1 and m2 MacBook Air.

[@morishakoori1940]

coming up i like that

[@Mksr2631]

Could you take a look at the ROG Flow X13 2023 edition (w/ only the iGPU)? It is sometimes on sale for $699 at Best Buy, and somewhat as a competitor machine with the ThinkBook 13x Gen 4. It gets a lower resolution display, and definitely worse speaker system, but seem to have better performance on multi core due to a much higher power and thermal budget.

[@Never-ending-guy]

Can u review lenovo 7i 2 in1

[@TheKarldav]

Sir should i wait for snap dragon or just pick this? I wanted a very long battery drive

[@alphabasic1759]

This is a spectacular laptop. I wish it was getting the snapdragon cpu as well. I’d buy it for sure

[@jeffreychongsathien]

It looks like the ThinkBook 13x Gen 5 Snapdragon is the one to get... and it could potentially be the benchmark for Lenovo to finally streamline the product line up and endless variants. Server, Workstation, Home/Business, Gaming.

[@aryanrajbhar957]

Looking for a legion 7i gen 9 review

[@colt5189]

I think the smallest laptop size I could go with is 14". Though I prefer 15.6" and no bigger.

[@FAT8893]

Would love to see Lenovo make a ThinkPad Detachable tablet with Snapdragon X Plus/Elite SoC. That would be wicked.

[@jeffreychongsathien]

Doesn't this have a new 'stainless' magnesium alloy material for the chassis? If so, does it improve on the 'feel' of recent magnesium alloy materials? e.g. ThinkPad 13x.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I think there is a special edition with that

[@jeffreychongsathien]

If it fixes the complaints about the feel of mag-alloy compared to aluminium, then Lenovo should go all in and ditch the endless variations of plastic, carbon fibre, etc.

[@blogasif]

thumbnail 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ritviknesargi7958]

Hey Andrew, it looks like the price for this laptop has increased? Clicking on your link shows me $1580 for the base model with no upgrades and $2220 for the Ultra 9/32 GB RAM/1 TB SSD config. I don't think this is worth it at that pricing :(

[@PlatinAviation]

Lenovo tends to have high prices but then have frequent huge discounts. Price may be lower in a few days :)

[@runetek2]

The haptic forcepad is quite hell to work with (if you didn't worked with that before) - please, does anybody know if the haptic forcepad can be disabled and use the pad more like classical touchpad/clickpad? Witrh a software or hardware interference, doesn't matter. Thank you very much!

[@mikke87]

You can deactivate vibration of the haptic forcepad in the windows touchpad settings. I was also very disappointed. The vibration sound is weird noisy (like rattle) and its different loud whereever you push it on the touchpad area. Therefore I sent it back.

[@milesmaluba]

Can you do the Lenovo LOQ 2024

[@misakianimated]

Would be a better performer with a Snapdragon X Elite, especially for battery life

[@ShawnLee-1995]

I hope Lenovo will launch the X Elite version based on this mold

[@KGB223]

This is a good laptop...but my love for x1 carbon isn't going to end !😂

[@SunsetNova]

Nice laptop ❤

[@ucheanwuanwu786]

Lenovo be releasing new laptop every week

[@VadimMarchenko]

Very good contender, but they had to make sceen glossy.... Removed from shortlist

[@dareemmanuel6079]

I have the ultra 9 and the screen definitely isn’t glossy

[@DiegoMarzorati]

No one is talking about the ThinkBook 16p Gen 5 (16” Intel) Laptop will you review it?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I just received it stay tuned

[@DiegoMarzorati]

@@andrewmarcdavid You're the GOAT!

[@fitotito9677]

​@@andrewmarcdavidniceeee :D please please review for playing games, while showing the CPU, GPU temps while also showing the wattage on MSI afterburning... thanks 😅

[@williammaverick]

Would have been perfect had it had the X Elite/Plus instead. x86 is done for.

[@ryanrandle887]

Is the keyboard backbiting?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Yes

[@sportsmaster8729]

It looks a bit tight (lack of better word) English not first language still learning, like the keys are too close to each other i can imagine that it would be difficult to type fast

[@taoooyz5044]

I brought this one, return because: 1. It feels heavy in hand. 2 design is worse than z13 and xps13, the groove at the back break the smooth feel when holding. 3. The keyboard feels way more cheap than z13. 4. I love haptic of my z13 but hate the haptic touch pad on this one. The Z13 feels much more premium.

[@johnk8091]

MacBook Air M3 kills this laptop

[@shrimpgordita]

Unless you're gaming, why would you buy any windows ultra portable that doesnt have the new Snapdragon chips?

[@owenlerry6339]

No one really knows how snapdragon is gonna perform, it looks good on paper so far, but everyone is just waiting for the proof

[@HDRPC]

Now imagine these laptops with Lunar Lake 17 watt chip using TSMC N3B node. 🎉🎉

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Amen!

[@HDRPC]

@@andrewmarcdavid for the first time Intel will have almost apple level of process node which is TSMC N3B. I want to see better BATTERY LIFE gains.

[@DEMinSoCAL]

OLED for the win! It'd be an instant buy with OLED instead of IPS.

[@Ibrahimhoodk-ni1pg]

you can't get it with core ultra 7?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

No

[@Ibrahimhoodk-ni1pg]

@@andrewmarcdavid ok thanks

[@thefearlessduck]

3:2 aspect Ratio on such a small screen ruins video watching for me, with those big black wasted bars in top and buttom

[@MrIgedebayu]

If it comes with snapdragon....

[@curiouspeople6441]

The reason I buy a MacBook Air M3 is because it doesn’t have a fan . I am allergic to dust 😢

[@arcturus6872]

Kind of a shame they skipped the Ultra 7, Ultra 9 is a bit too much tbh

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Yeah very interesting

[@amitd5134]

great laptop windows have to control heat otherwise eveeything is in vain

[@user-wq8cp3bi9k]

Still x86 but not arm :(

[@williamcohen3351]

Very nice pc. Camera and mics are good. Sound on this unit is very good. One thing to be aware is Microsoft is putting with their AI capability with the newer iterations of Windows 11 is this thing called "Recall" which appears to inject possible privacy issues using windows. From what I have read about it it takes snapshots of your keystrokes and what you are doing every 3 seconds. Supposedly data from this is stored locally but Microsoft has the ability to capture this data. Keep an eye out about this if there are potential privacy issues using this down the line then these Windows laptops might not be the best way to go in the future. Who knows? Anyway another great review. Thank you.

[@Ni1234ckA]

BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE AN LTE 4/5G SIM SLOT -IN 2024 THAT´S A NO -NO!

[@mysterychemical]

After launch of X-Elite and egoistic launch from Microsoft my respect for AMD and Intel 📈

[@skulling4893]

Designwise this cannot be compared to apple

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I disagree

[@skulling4893]

@@andrewmarcdavid so you prefer the notch outside the display than within?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

@@skulling4893 remind me what’s the purpose of the notch? Face ID?

[@skulling4893]

Haha nice one!

[@Skylinez999]

F Macbook, that's what I like to hear 😄

[@brentschmogbert]

But this still has fans! I hate my MacBook but I hate fans more

[@respectsquad5120]

At this every thing is shit until we get review of laptop with snapdragon x Elite.

[@shaikhhar6911]

If this thing had AMD processor instead of Intel, it would be as performant while being more efficient, cool and cheap. Intel powered laptop in 2024 is just overpriced heater-fan.

[@user-si7fj5rh5u]

Windows is going to be a deal breaker for me going forward - Since when do you have to pay for spyware...

[@joebobst8423]

no nipple

[@shaikhhar6911]

Overpriced, heater Intel powered laptop in 2024 ? No

[@MeTheDroidor]

I dont like chinese companys. Sorry.

[@OggVorbis69]

I wish there was a pen support