The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 7 is a top-notch business convertible, but its $2,457 price tag might bankrupt a small company. Thankfully, Lenovo offers a second 14-inch 2-in-1 for workplaces south of the company: The ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 has an outdated full HD (1,920 by 1,080-pixel) display and starts at $1,007.40; it costs $1,197.99 when tested. Although its aspect ratio is the old 16:9 rather than the slightly taller, more recent 16:10, it is a competent performer with an easy-to-use onboard pen. Although the ThinkBook isn’t the best convertible laptop money can buy, saving $1,250 has its benefits.

Nothing you don’t need; everything you need In April 2021, we granted the ThinkBook 14s Yoga its Editors’ Choice award, but since then, the bar has been raised. The $1,007.40 base model of the Gen 2 model features a Core i5-1235U CPU from Intel’s 12th generation. With a Core i7-1255U CPU, our $1,197.99 Staples configuration upgrades to 512GB NVMe solid-state drive, 1080p touch screen, and 16GB of RAM (two Performance cores, eight Efficient cores, 12 threads).

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Tears of Steel (Opens in a new window) to evaluate the battery life of laptops by playing a locally stored 720p video file with the audio volume set to 100% and the display brightness set to 50%. Prior to the test, we make sure the battery is fully charged and turn off Wi-Fi and the keyboard’s illumination.

A laptop screen’s color saturation, the amount of the sRGB, Adobe RGB, and DCI-P3 color palettes it can display, as well as its 50% and peak brightness in nits are all measured using a Datacolor SpyderX Elite monitor calibration sensor and associated Windows software (candelas per square meter).

The ThinkBook’s battery life was outstanding, even though it could only finish in the middle of the field; it should let you to complete a full day of work or study together with an evening of enjoyment. Although it couldn’t compete with the AMOLED screen in the Samsung or the OLED screen in the Pavilion Plus, it did give quite nice color and clarity. However, its brightness was at best subpar.

A SAFE SMALL-BUSINESS SELECTION, in conclusion We aren’t overly enthusiastic by the Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga Gen 2 because there are so many more svelte convertibles with vivid, more vibrant displays, but we can’t deny that it is a good deal.

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