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日本Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 3 – Top 5 Pros and Cons
For its third generation, the ThinkPad L13 gets some upgrades, becoming lighter, as well as introducing a 16:10 display, which is important for work, as the slightly more vertical space can be useful. The L13 is offered with both Intel and AMD hardware.
If you pick team Blue, you get the Alder Lake U-series. Today we have the AMD-powered variant, which employs the help of the refreshed Ryzen 5000U-series. There are some positives to that, as the Ryzen CPUs come for generally less money, while still being pretty good, in terms of performance.
Today we’re presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 3.
Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 3: Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 3
1. Design and build quality
Starting off with the looks, the L13 still honors and respects its ThinkPad roots. We get a simple, more industrial look, with a boxier appearance. The laptop uses aluminum for the lid, while the base is constructed using glass fiber-reinforced plastic. There is some flex resistance from the lid, but the base is a bit bendier. More importantly, the laptop is now significantly lighter, down to 1.25 kg, 140 grams lighter. The L13 is thinner as well, with a reduction of 0.3 mm.
2. Input devices
The lid opens easily with one hand, showing off some decently-sized bezels. The top one has a webcam as well as an optional IR sensor for face recognition. For even more security, the power button has a fingerprint reader. The keyboard has a bit shorter key travel, due to the thinner profile, but the feedback is still very clicky. Add to that the spill resistance and backlight, and you get a pleasant unit for typing all day and all night. The touchpad has a familiar Mylar cover, which is smooth and responsive.
3. I/O
For a 13-inch notebook, the port selection is nothing to scoff at. There are two USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen. 2) ports, which offer Power Delivery and DisplayPort functions, two USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, an audio jack, a SIMcard slot, and a SmartCard reader placed on the front, which can be used for as an additional layer of security, so with the paired with the IR scanner and the fingerprint reader, it should be a tough task to compromise the laptop.
4. Battery life
While you can’t exactly pack a large battery inside such a portable chassis, Lenovo makes it work, supplying a 46Wh unit. It lasts for 8 hours and 20 minutes of Web browsing, or 8 hours of video playback. Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
1 reason NOT to buy the Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 3
1. Upgradeability
Upgradeability is often the first thing to go in smaller laptops, so we see no RAM slots. Instead, there’s up to 32GB of soldered DDR4 memory, which will be more than enough for now and the future. You can access the storage through one 42mm M.2 slot, which supports Gen 4 SSDs.
Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to open and upgrade the Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 3.
