[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I purchased this after returning the ThinkBook 15, which had a painfully dull screen. The ThinkPad L13 Yoga has a much nicer screen than the aforementioned model, with great contrast and pretty decent brightness. Colors look nice too! The chin on the bottom of the screen is quite large, and the bezels are bigger than I expected. However, after I get to work on it, those features start to seem less and less important. Oh, it is also a touch screen, which I love.
I got the Intel 10th Generation i7 processor with 16GB RAM, and though it isn't as blazingly fast as I had hoped, the processor does a great job with handling everything I have thrown at it so far. For reference, I use a lot of the typical Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.), the Blackboard LMS, and Zoom for my job. Firefox runs just a little slower than I had hoped, but that may be the fault of my ad-blocking extension and have little to do with the hardware itself.
One feature that I was unfamiliar with, and pleasantly surprised by, was the inclusion of a Lenovo pen, which stores in the chassis of the laptop and charges itself. I've been unable to experiment with it a bit and it is quite precise, making sketching and note-taking a breeze.
This is also my first laptop with a Yoga hinge (allowing you to use it as a laptop, a tablet, or in tent mode), and I am suprised by how often I have been taking advantage of this feature. Pretty cool!
The unit does heat up a bit more than I had expected, especially under load. However, most of the time everything stays quite cool. The battery life is also decidedly average, but I'm usually working close to an outlet, and the battery charges super fast.
I really like the Lenovo Vantage software! Unlike other companies' bloatware, it isn't at all invasive and actually does a great job keeping your system up-to-date!
I've used the HDMI port to run the display to an external monitor (I love having two monitors, it makes productivity so much easier!!!), and the laptop connected seamlessly.
Overall, this computer does not blow me away...but it has been quite solid in the month and a half I have used it, and that is really all I ask of it, that it help me get my work done with a minimum of complications and technical problems.
I love the new set-up of registering for an associate, instead of searching for an employee! I was assisted by a very attentive associate who listened to my needs and provided me with the perfect solution.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Relatively happy with system. Good keyboard and happy to be back to using a system with trackpoint. Disappointed in battery lack and requirement for ethernet adapter rather than normal Ethernet port.