Lenovo ThinkPad T14s AMD Gen 1

摘要

Lenovo's ThinkPad range are workhorse laptops, often found in the bags of office workers. However, they're just as useful in the home if you want a solid, reliable laptop without frills and frivolities. You won't find a ThinkPad with a shiny silver case but the practical black magnesium alloy of this model hides a competent computer with an attractive three-year warranty. You can equip a ThinkPad with a range of alternative components but our review unit came with an octa-core AMD Ryzen Pro 4750U processor, 16GB of memory and a 512GB SSD. This is an impressive configuration, but costly at £1,540. You can reduce the price to £1,260 with a cheaper six-core AMD 4650U chip and reduce the storage to 256GB, or start at £1,050 if you switch to Intel processors. All the models have plenty of physical connections. On the left edge is a pair of USB-C ports, one USB 3.0 port, a full-size HDMI connector and a 3.5mm headphone jack. On the right edge is another USB 3.0 port. It comes with 802.11ax Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5. If you're thinking of using it for video calls, you'll like the call-specific shortcut keys along the top of the keyboard, in place of the usual media control buttons. There's also a microphone-mute key and a physical privacy slider for the laptop's 720p webcam. We found the image from the camera disappointingly soft focus, but the built-in microphone worked well.