Almost Perfect: ThinkPad Z13

Yeah, in 2024 I found it brand new for 750$, should I get it?

I got one for about $700 and absolutely loving it! The touchpad needs some time to get used too but after that it feels way better than anything I used before (mostly other Thinkpads)

WALLPAPER PLEASE

so the price and the trackpad.....got it

Great Review mate. The crappy touchpad is a deal breaker. I don't know why they don't just remove the red nipple, I literally have had a few ThinkPads and have never ever used it, when I've tried to use it it's just annoying and useless compared to using the trackpad. They should have an option where you can add this nipple as an option if you really really have to have it, for those diehard users. I guarantee you that 95% of people with a thingpad never ever use this nipple

Thinkpad are great but the price are not so....great.

FN key last is better. You dont need to stretch pinky to reach it.

Should i go for this laptop or MacBook air m2? I'm a fan of MacBook's trackpad. Good trackpad is really important for me. Currently this laptop oled 16gb 500gb is £1000 which is cheaper.

Right now, this is selling at 1.75k, quite the bargain, and with max specs.

The MacBook also can run Linux although it is a bit unstable right now.

Nowadays it can be found for under 1400US with the cooler r5. How does that change things you think?

I am always surprised to see reviews never mention the Wi-Fi issues on the new AMD ThinkPad lineup with the Qualcomm Atheros QCNFA725A Wi-Fi chip. I had to return my AMD ThinkPad mainly because the wi-fi connectivity was unusable.

Hello! Great video! I’m stuck between two options. Based solely only on the best display. Which display is better xps13 3.5k oled or the Z13 2.8k oled display? Im a content creator. Please help on your advice

Dont forget to pay accidental damage insurance. The replacement screen cost $1000+ and sold as assembly. RX 6500M has no h265 encoding, useless for rendering and streaming. Good as a fashion business laptop to impress office visitors. As a content creator, good alternative x1 extreme with 3050 ti

Just create a 15 inch version of this already, would be perfect

I do not agree on the advice buying the lower core 6650U instead of 6850U or 6860Z. In Notebookchekcs testing the latter were 50% faster! Noise level was aximum 41 dBA and temperatures were mostly below 50 °C. This are allright values even though with the 6650 the values were lower.

Hey! the screen is 120hz?

Great video!! Admirer of this channel

I disagree about the trackpad thing ... in my opinion they should BRING BACK the physical buttons to supplement the track point ... The ONLY reason to buy a Think branded laptop is the iconic keyboard / Trackpoint. Most users would disable the touchpad entirely. I couldn't use that track point without the physical buttons, it would drive me nuts. Shame because otherwise this laptop looks good.

OH THATS THE REASON WHY I WAS USED TO COPYING AND PASTING WITH MY THUMB AND MY INDEX FINGER IN THE OLD THINKPADS! I never noticed! When i switched to an hp, i wondered why its so much harder to ctrl + v, but after 5 years, i finally found out! Thank you josh!

please do the z16

To your point about chasse and cooling - A comparison between T14s G3 and Z13 would be useful - Apparently the T14s runs the Ryzen 7 faster and cooler. Even the top spec'd screen on T14s is still several hundred cheaper than the Z13 - so I reckon it's all 'millennial' hype and vegan leather...

I'm on the market for a new laptop. I really want to try AMD go the first time. I currently own a Dell XPS 9380. I was tempted yo buy this one but lacks of ports make me wondering if T14S would be a better choice. Alternatives? TIA in advance

I think another big thing to discuss is ARM vs x86. I had an M1 MBP and sold it to get a fully loaded Z13 (1tb ssd, 2,8k OLED touch screen, 32GB RAM) since it could properly run x86 VMs. If I could move my entire workflow to ARM with no issues, I would have kept the M1 MBP, but that just isn't possible right now

Got mine for $1700 shipped through a deal for work, so that was a big plus

Seen to be a good laptop but the price is insane...

Why are u series amd processors more expensive now? Less performance, more money?

hi..iam thinking of getting the asus zenbook space edition.. any suggestions or recommendations of other device in the same price range

Josh, can I ask if the chip (the pro chip) here is locked so that it can only install windows, and cannot install any Linux?

Any link for his wallpaper?

LOL, IM CURRENTLY HAVE A COURT CASE WITH LENOVO, I BOUGHT THERE LENOVO LEGION LAPTOP AFTER 3YEARS A LOT OF PROBLEMS APPEAR. I TRIED TO GET IT FIX HOWEVER THEY TRIED TO RIP ME OFF IGNORING THE EXTRA WARRANTY I ALREADY PUT, THEY INVENTED STORIES IN ORDER TO CANCEL MY WARRANTY. AVOID THIS COMPANY THERE CROOKS.

Hey. Nice to see Above and Beyond in that video :-)

Thanks for the review Josh! Quick question, when testing battery life is it accurate to assume all batteries discharge the same? That is, isn’t it true that batteries can “speed up” discharge as they get closer to 0% and this can vary by battery type and manufacturer? So a battery that discharges more at first might end up lasting longer as it holds charge better at low percentages? Just curious on your thoughts and thanks again for the great reviews!

Another Great Review-- YAY!!! 🙏👌

ASUS ROG Flow X13 review perhaps, if possible?

Dear Josh I really appreciate your efforts and you are my favorite laptop reviewer. However your suggestion for Lenono 'leaving the track poin't' for a ThinkPad aficionado is an absolute 'No Go'. ThinkPad sales still thrive partly due to the following oddities: Track point and Fn & Ctrl button's position. Btw why don't you propose Apple to change the Command key and Fn key layout? They are as i'inproper' as the one of ThinkPads

How about memory, ssd, wifi chip, and battery repairability?

Hmm, those prices don’t seem right—I’m guessing that this was in between those constant sales they have. It would be good if they had more clarity in pricing generally though, instead of relying on these gimmicks all the time

Thank you for great on point review😊

M1 Max MBP14/MBP16 trounces both Intel and AMD.
Less price, more performance in Apple.

Those half-sized arrow keys are an aberration I didn't want to see even on a Lenovo. Shame.

The MacBook Air looks sexier? Surely not. larger bezels, fugly as hell notch.

Looks beautiful, but wow at the price. Will you recommend this over the HP Dragonfly?

Did you have hardware acceleration enabled in Chrome on the ThinkPad?

Now I can buy a x200

brilliant as always, can I ask, what is your daily driver ? or do you have a few depending on what you are doing, love to know, if you don't mind, thank you.