The 5 Best Lenovo Laptops of 2024: Reviews (2024)

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The best Lenovo laptop we've tested is the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 (2023), a 14-inch ultraportable.With a mix of aluminum, magnesium, carbon fiber, and plastic, this thin and light laptop feels sturdily built.It has Lenovo's much-beloved keyboard as well asa tactile and responsive touchpad. There's also a Trackpoint nub—situated in the intersection between H, G, and B keys—and dedicated buttons right below the space bar,which some may find more convenient to use when typing, as you can keep your hand closer to the keyboard.You get an excellent 1080p webcam (with a privacy cover), tons of ports, and Wi-Fi 6E. Biometrics includea fingerprint sensor and a facial recognition camera.

Configuration-wise, this laptop is available with Intel 13th Gen U- or P-series CPUs. These processors can easily handle general productivitytasks like text processing, web browsing, video playback,spreadsheets, and presentations. You can even do more intensive tasks like programming on models with the high-end Core i7-1370P. Graphically intensive workloads are a no-go, though, as you can only get thislaptop with integrated graphics. Multiple display options are available, including a 2.8k OLED panel with full DCI P3 coverage. The storage drive is user-upgradeable, but not the RAM.

If you need a device with a bit more processing power, the Lenovo Slim Pro 7 14 (2023) is a good option. You can configure it with an AMD Ryzen 5 7735HS or Ryzen 7 7840HS CPU paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 discrete GPU. We recommend getting theRyzen 7 7840HS, as it's noticeably faster than the Zen 3-based 7735HS. As for the GPU, the RTX 3050 is a few years old, but it can still handle relativelyheavy workloads like video editing and 3D graphics. The downside is that you can only get up to 16GB of soldered RAM. Also, this laptop has beendiscontinued, so it may be hard to find.