Summary
TheLenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 4 2-in-1 Laptopis a hybrid laptop with a lot of attitude.
Lenovo may have overstepped with this one.
Plus, have you seen the price tag on it?
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The front-facing display is a 13.3-inch OLED, while a 12-inch color E-Ink panel hangs out underneath.
Why would you want to switch from OLED to E-Ink?
The ThinkBook manages to accommodate both displays while still looking classy, too.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 4 is fun to use, but beyond its arresting OLED display and buttery-smooth UI, this hybrid laptop falls short in several ways. Plus, have you seen the price tag on it?
The laptop comes with a USB-C dongle that gives you an HDMI output and a USB-A port.
Youll also find heat-venting grilles along the rear bezel of the keyboard housing, as well as underneath.
I always expect big things from an OLED display, and the ThinkBook didnt let me down.
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Better yet, its also a great display to watch videos from Netflix, Prime Video, and YouTube.
That being said, gamers may pine for 120Hz or 144Hz performance.
I also thought the Lenovo Base Pen worked naturally with both screens.
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Unfortunately, its a bit downhill from here, at least as far as screens go.
Audio: Satisfactory
The ThinkBook has two down-firing speakers that push a decent amount of sound.
I was impressed, to say the least.
There wasnt any distortion, even at the highest volume level.
Somewhere between a 40 and 50 percent volume is going to be comfortable for most folks.
As far as frequency representation though, the ThinkBooks speakers arent taking home any awards.
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Theres very little bass to be had, and most of the EQ gets lumped into the upper mid-range.
The laptop runsWindows 11 Pro, with 16GB of RAM soldered to the motherboard.
Both CPU versions also come with 512GB of internal storage.
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I had no issues with the ThinkBooks performance.
One of the tabs was looping a 4K HDR video, while another was running an interactive weather radar.
I thought this was surprising, especially for a Core i7 machine.
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A word of warning: The ThinkBook gotverywarm.
The temperature climbed even higher when I plugged in the ThinkBooks 65W charger.
Unfortunately, thats not really the case.
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Whether youre using the OLED screen or the E-Ink panel, the ThinkBook absolutelydevoursbattery.
In about half an hour, my test unit went from 42% battery life to 29%.
During one charging test, I plugged the ThinkBook in at 5:15PM with 24 percent battery remaining.
At 5:59PM, the battery was up to 77%.
Its also nice to have the 65W brick on hand for smartphones and other gear.
Should You Buy the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 4?
TheLenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 4is an odd combination of too much and too little.
The E-Ink screen is also pretty much impossible to operate in the first place.
There’s also too little going on in the performance department.
