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30 years of the ThinkPad. OLED is no longer new technology, but its introduction in laptops has been delayed. This is especially true of the more conservative notebooks for business customers, such as the ThinkPad series. The 30th Anniversary Edition of the X1 Carbon G10 is a special model that comes with OLED.
Intel Core i7-1260P | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | 14.00" | 1.2 kg

Core i5-1235U showcases its potential The latest ThinkPad T14s G3 has finally received a 16:10 display, a surprisingly powerful Intel Alder Lake-U CPU and faster LPDDR5 RAM as part of a redesign by Lenovo. Furthermore, the 14-inch business-oriented ThinkPad showed modest power consumption and very low emissions during our testing. In this review, we’ll discuss whether all these qualities are enough for the ThinkPad T14s G3 to prevail against AMD-based laptops or Lenovo’s own ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10.
Intel Core i5-1235U | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | 14.00" | 1.3 kg

Cheap or inexpensive? The ExpertBook has a Ryzen 3 APU on board, usually operates quietly, offers a backlit keyboard and scores with many connectivity options (including VGA). Windows 10 Pro serves as the operating system (an upgrade to Windows 11 is possible). The purchase price is around 330 Euros (~$350).
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | 14.00" | 1.5 kg

16-inch business laptop with AMD. HP's EliteBook 865 G9 is a high-quality business notebook with the newest AMD hardware and integrated LTE connectivity. The EliteBook has the potential to be one of the best business notebooks around - but the Sure View display in our test unit ruined our good impression despite its luminosity.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U | AMD Radeon 680M | 16.00" | 1.9 kg

Intel Core i7-1280P or AMD Ryzen 9? Unlike most other business subnotebooks, the EliteBook 840/845 G9 comes with Intel vPro and AMD PRO options to appeal to fans on both sides of the fence. After recently reviewing the upper-end Ryzen 9 PRO 6950HS AMD SKU, we can finally now compare it the upper-end Intel Core i7-1280P option.
Intel Core i7-1280P | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | 14.00" | 1.5 kg

Similar costs, dissimilar performance. The Core i7-1265U and Core i5-1250P SKUs cost about $1900 USD each and yet one option is significantly faster than the other. You might want to check out these benchmark comparisons if you're looking to maximize performance on your next ThinkPad X1 Carbon purchase.
Intel Core i7-1265U | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | 14.00" | 1.2 kg

Trading Qualcomm for Intel. The 2022 Dragonfly Folio G3 directly addresses some key limitations of the ARM-based Elitebook Folio G2 for a much improved user experience. It's still a bit big, however, and it doesn't have as many ports as we would like.
Intel Core i7-1265U | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | 13.50" | 1.4 kg

Focused collaboration. The Poly Voyager Focus 2 is built to enhance business collaboration in the new working normal of today. The headset comes with some nifty quality-of-life (QoL) smart features aimed at making meetings much less of a hassle. The Voyager Focus 2 is also capable of doubling up as a music headset with several connectivity options. We evaluate the headset's performance in these areas in our review.

OLé OLED. The manufacturer advertises the feather-light (650 g) secondary display primarily with high color accuracy (100% DCI-P3), the high brightness (400 nits peak), fast response time (1 ms), HDR10, and so on. We test what the Asus OLED is suitable for and whether the rates really turn out that good.
15.00" | 650 g