Our quick take

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga - 4.5 / 5

Design

  • 360-degree hinge design 333 x 229 x 17mm Starting at 1.4 kg

Keyboard and Trackpad

  • Textured glass trackpad with separate buttons Long-travel backlit keyboard Nipple mouse

Screen

  • 14-inch WQHD IPS panel (2560 x 1440 resolution) 500 nits brightness, HDR with Dolby Vision Touchscreen controls

Performance

  • Intel Core i7-8550U (1.8GHz, 4GHz Turbo) 16GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz 512GB SSD OPAL2 PCIe TLC

Connectivity

  • 2x Intel Thunderbolt 3, 2x USB 3.0, 1x HDMI port 4-in-1 microSD card reader

 

Battery Life

  • Integrated Li-ion 54 Whr battery with RapidCharge technology (12hrs from 1hr charge) 45W or 65W Type-C power adapter

To recap

The Lenovo X1 Yoga is the best laptop you can buy for typing. ThinkPad laptops’ reputations for quality isn’t like some folks’ obsession with vinyl. There’s no nostaglic retro ritual element here. The keyboard is just great.