[Video Review] Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3
Lenovo ThinkPad L14 Gen 3 (Intel) in-depth review
As you can imagine, Lenovo makes a lot of laptops. But the ThinkPad is arguably their most recognizable product lineup. What is even funnier, is that Lenovo isn't the creator of this brand - it was IBM, but Lenovo has purchased it 17 years ago. Interestingly, some of the original features, which are connected to the product are still here - the fantastic keyboard, the TrackPoint, and most importantly - the reliability.Today, we have a member of this wide family. It sits in the middle of the price range and is called the ThinkPad L14 Gen 3. From our experience with previous versions of thi[...]
Pros
- Great performance in short loads
- The display doesn't use PWM to adjust its brightness levels (Chi Mei (Innolux) N140HCA-E5B (LEN40A9))
- Pleasant spill-resistant keyboard with long travel, clicky feedback, and a backlight
- Great I/O selection with Thunderbolt 4, MicroSD, and LTE support
- Charges with USB Type-C
- Optional IR face recognition system and a fingerprint reader
Cons
- Processor frequency drops in long runs
- Its display covers only 51% of sRGB (Chi Mei (Innolux) N140HCA-E5B (LEN40A9))
- CPU
- Intel Pentium 8505 #198 in Top CPUs Intel Core i7-1265U #167 in Top CPUs Intel Core i7-1260P #128 in Top CPUs Intel Core i7-1255U #172 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1250P #177 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1245U #166 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1240P #136 in Top CPUs Intel Core i5-1235U #173 in Top CPUs Intel Core i3-1215U #203 in Top CPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 1000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2242 M.2 PCIe x4 Gen 4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home
- Battery
- 42Wh, 42Wh, 3-cell, 57Wh
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum, Carbon
- Dimensions
- 325.4 x 217 x 18.73 - 19.63 mm (12.81" x 8.54" x 0.74")
- Weight
- 1.39 kg (3.1 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- 1x USB Type-C
- 4.0, Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 2.1
- Card reader
- MicroSD
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD / FHD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual Array Microphone, far-field, Dolby Voice
- Speakers
- 2x 2W Stereo Speakers, Dolby Atmos
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
- Kensington Lock