Lenovo – ThinkPad L13 Yoga 2-in-1 13.3″ Touch-Screen Laptop – Intel Core i5-1021U – 8GB Memory – 256GB SSD – Black

Amazon.com Price: $999.00 (as of 29/03/2024 03:53 PST- Details)

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★★★★★
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Features

  • Standing screen display size: ‎13.3 Inches
  • Max Screen Resolution: ‎1920 x 1080 Lines Per Inch
  • Processor: ‎1.6 GHz core_i5_8400t
  • RAM: ‎8 GB
  • Hard Drive: ‎256 GB ssd
  • Graphics Coprocessor: ‎Intel® UHD Graphics
  • Chipset Brand: ‎Intel

Description

  • 13.3" Full HD 10-point multitouch screen
  • 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10210U mobile processor
  • 8GB system memory for advanced multitasking
  • 256GB solid state drive (SSD)
  • 360° flip-and-fold design Weighs 3.15 lbs. and measures 0.7" thin

User reviews

My first Lenovo ThinkPad, which I paid $630 for, lasted 7+ years and traveled the world a few times with me in extreme heat, cold, damp, et al conditions. I wrote 4 books and over 30 articles, taught online grad school and completed a 4 year PhD program on that workhorse - probably averaged 8-10 hours on it daily. Still works fine, I just wanted updated features (which this one has) - backlit keyboard, better screen resolution, brighter screen, improved touchscreen, fingerprint reader, pen, fast charging/longer lasting battery, et al. The yoga is nice since you can use it flat, tented and turned around so the screen shows to clients, tented and facing you for movie watching, or as a tablet.As expected, this ThinkPad worked perfectly right out of the box, very easy set up! Logged into my Microsoft account and immediately loaded Word, PowerPoint, et al products. Edge is the primary browser, but I downloaded Safari and Firefox, logged in and had all of my bookmarks and passwords. Logged into Norton, had protection in seconds and access to my password vault. Using Lenovo Vantage app, you can wirelessly transfers folders from the desktop of your old Lenovo to the new computer. I was completely set up in about 30 minutes. The speed of opening files, downloading and Internet browsing is probably twice that of my prior ThinkPad, so I feel more efficient bouncing back and forth between my projects, files and open tabs.For the price, this is a fantastic computer! I can't think of anything it lacks. ThinkPads are built to military specs - strong case, water resistant, etc. Hoping to get 7 years out of this one, as well!
This was the best price I could find for this laptop, and it was an excellent choice. It is quick, snappy, lightweight, and durable. The pen works wonderfully, and I'd highly recommend getting/repurposing a small strap for it.The battery life is incredible as well. For long-term health, I keep the charge between 20 and 80 percent, and even though that is technically only 40% of it's total capacity, it lasts for several hours of light work, and usually 2-2.5 hours of videos/streaming.I'll also comment on the charger for this laptop. The brick is very small and light, but it still does it's job very well.
QUICK, IMPORTANT NOTE: the 1-start rating is not much of a ding against the Lenovo Thinkpad L13 Yoga as a computer, and this is definitely no ding on Amazon itself. (In fact, how Amazon handled the immediate negative experiences I had with suppliers is rather reassuring as to how they handle their side of commitments.)But this is an ABSOLUTE DING against two suppliers to Amazon who sold me Thinkpad L13s in NEW condition: one supplier gave me an L13 that was out of the manufacturer's 1-year warranty eight months early -- and the other one sold me a computer that was out of the 1-year warranty two days before I even bought it!These are not a he-said, she-said situations. Lenovo, as it turned out, has something like an "internal odometer" in what they call their Vantage utility. (Among a lot of other things, the utility shows when a warranty begins and when it ends; screen shots showing the premature expirations of the warranty included with this review.)I bought the first Thinkpad L13 Yoga in December of 2020. When I began to have a problem in June of this year with one of the ports, I thought no big deal, it is still under warranty. But it wasn't: the 1 -year warranty on the L13 began in April 2020 (8 months before I bought it) and the warranty expired in May 2021. I then called Amazon, and an Amazon rep appraised the situation; he then asked me if I would like a replacement or a refund. I requested a replacement IF the supplier would actually give me an L13 in NEW condition the next time around. The Amazon rep got back to me later the same day and said the supplier declined to supply a replacement in NEW condition; but the rep was able to negotiate a refund that was 83% of the original December 2020 purchase price. I not only did not quibble with the Amazon rep on the resolution, I think it shows Amazon in good light. Still a bummer in that I lost a software license that was tied to the life of that computer.I really liked the Thinkpad L13 Yoga. My experience with Lenovo computers is overall very good: I still have an 11-inch Yoga that is working just fine 9 years later but whose operating system is no longer supported (Microsoft Windows-RT), and I also have one of their Think Centre mini PCs which has been flawless. And as the Lenovo Thinkpad line has very good industry ratings for reliability -- and as my overall experiences with Amazon have been very positive -- I had no real qualms about ordering another L13 in NEW condition from another Amazon supplier that had higher customer satisfaction ratings.But second time around was even worse: the 1-year warranty on that L13 had expired two days before I ordered it! There was a tell on the box I received: the original red, rectangular Lenovo seal tape was torn off, leaving a strip mark on the carton. A somewhat clumsily placed, round "Lenovo" clear seal with black lettering partially covered the strip mark. And sure enough, when I looked at the Vantage utility on the Lenovo, it confirmed that I had again been snookered again and sold another computer on Amazon that was not in NEW condition. So that L13 went back too.In both cases, a manufacturer's internal utility was the only way I discovered that suppliers to Amazon were selling me used-and-returned/refurbished computers that they had advertised as NEW. My experiences represent only two data points; but what do you think the odds would have been if I had tried buying an L13 on Amazon a third time? The even bigger question is: how would you as a customer know whether you were really getting a computer in NEW condition from Amazon if the manufacture of the computer you are thinking of buying does not have this kind of "internal odometer" to let you know what is really up?


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