Lenovo ThinkPad X13 (Gen 6) ZDNET's key takeaways The sixth-gen ThinkPad X13 is available now for $1,569.
At 2.0 pounds, it's one of the lightest laptops I've tested all year, with a fantastic battery that charges in the blink of an eye.
It's pricey, the display is just average, and the keyboard/trackpad might feel too cramped for some. View now at Lenovo
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We're big fans of the ThinkPad here at ZDNET, reviewing several models across the different series each year. It's quite an extensive catalog at this point, from the powerful P series to the affordable E series to the thin and light X series. So if you forget how to tell them apart, I don't blame you.
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The X1 Carbon is arguably the ThinkPad's flagship model, and most premium in terms of design. But it's expensive, relegating itself to the upper tier of the market as an "executive-tier" device.
Enter: the ThinkPad X13 (Gen 6), Lenovo's answer to a more accessible ultraportable ThinkPad, with some of the best features of the X1 Carbon but at half the price in a battery-efficient, high-performing package.
Armed with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255 U-series processor (Intel's most power-efficient chips), the sixth-gen X13 is designed for users who need extreme portability without a whole lot of performance trade-offs. Weighing just 2.05 pounds, it's certainly one of the lightest laptops I've tested over the last year, with a solid build that passes the one-finger test, and just enough ports for the average professional.
The ThinkPad X13 Generation 6 is a quintessential ThinkPad with a black-and-red body, TrackPoint, and physical right and left buttons above the trackpad, but... in miniature. Its 13.3-inch IPS display isn't anything groundbreaking, but the 400-nit, WUXGA (1920x1200) resolution is crisp, glare-resistant, and easy to work on. The integrated Intel graphics round out its business-forward mission.
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