Inside Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1 – disassembly and upgrade options

To access this notebook’s internals, you need to undo 5 captive Phillips-head screws. Then, pry the bottom panel with a plastic tool, starting from the top two corners.

2. Battery

The battery inside has a capacity of 72Wh. It lasts for 20 hours of Web browsing, or 18 hours and 30 minutes of video playback. To take it out, you should first unplug the connector from the motherboard. Then, undo all 9 Phillips-head screws, and lift it away from the chassis.

3. Memory and storage

As with the 13-inch model, the memory is soldered to the motherboard. You can either get the laptop with 16 or 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM, working in quad-channel mode and at 6400MHz. Storage-wise, you get one M.2 PCIe x4 slot, which works with Gen 4 SSDs.

4. Cooling system

In terms of cooling, you get two heat pipes, connected to two heat sinks, where two fans blow the heat away.

Check out all Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1 prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1 in-depth review

The ThinkPad name is usually connected to the boring business laptop your corporate cousin brings all the time to family gatherings. However, this is a stigma Lenovo aims to break at the 30th anniversary of the brand.This is how the ThinkPad Z13 and Z16 were born. They are a fine piece of craftsmanship, which comes at a premium. Of course, this puts it in the clutches of fierce competitors such as the XPS series of Dell, and the MacBooks from Apple. Although we feel that neither the 13-inch nor the 16-inch models are mature enough to take on one of the most experienced premium laptops on [...]

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Pros

Fantastic battery life
Super rigid chassis
Sleek design with a thought for the environment
98% sRGB coverage and accurate colors with our Gaming and Web design profile (BOE NE160WUM-N62 (LEN41B5)
No PWM (BOE NE160WUM-N62 (LEN41B5)
Charges via Type-C
2x USB4 + Gen 4 SSD support
IR face recognition + fingerprint reader