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日本Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 6 (AMD) review – portable office device with good upgradability and long battery life
Design and construction
The design is executed in the typical Lenovo dual-tone Arctic grey color. The laptop looks fresh and stylish. It’s also MIL-STD 810H certified so it passed successfully the torture of numerous military-grade durability tests. The build is aluminum and the dimensions look good even for a 14-incher – 16.9 mm profile thickness and 1.38 kg of weight.
The lid is a bit flexible but it’s not too bad. It can’t be opened with a single hand but there is a protrusion on top of it that will ease the process. We spot some bends on the base as well – in the upper zones of the two palm rest areas and in the area between the touchpad and the Space key.
The bezels around the panel are thin which is nice to see in this price class.
The “hump” houses a Web camera with a privacy shutter that has a dual-microphone array with smart noise-cancelling. The default camera model has a 720p resolution, you can also get the optional 1080p or 1080p IR version.
The notebook can lay flat on your desk thanks to the 180-degree hinge mechanism. The lid lacks the modern lever function but it’s not a needed feature here since the cooling is good.
The Power button that has a built-in fingerprint reader is placed on the top right part of the chassis above the keyboard. The latter is spill-resistant but the backlight is optional. The board is pretty comfortable for work thanks to the big keycaps with a long travel and clicky feedback. The touchpad is surprisingly large (75 x 120 mm) considering the form factor of the machine. Its Mylar surface is smooth and this leads to effortless gliding and good accuracy.
On the bottom panel, we can see three rubber feet, a big ventilation grill, two speaker cutouts, and a Novo button hole. The hot air is pushed through a vent on the back so part of the heat during heavy CPU stress reaches the display.
Ports
On the left, we can see a USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 2) port, a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port with an Always On function, an HDMI 2.1 for up to 4K 60Hz external displays, another USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 2) port, and an Audio combo jack. Both Type C connectors support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0, and DisplayPort 1.4 extras. On the right, there is a Kensington Nano Security Slot, LAN, one more USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, and an SD card reader.
