Lenovo ThinkBook 16 G9 IRL Intel Core 7 240H Laptop 40.6 cm (16") WUXGA 16 GB DDR5-SDRAM 512 GB SSD Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) Windows 11 Pro UK English Grey

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For £933 ex-VAT, the ThinkBook 16 G9 looks like a pretty sensible buy for a UK business that wants a big, comfortable 16" workhorse without paying “ThinkPad premium” money. The Core 7 240H is solid for day-to-day office work, Teams/Zoom calls, plenty of browser tabs, light spreadsheet modelling, and general multitasking. Where this model really makes sense is if you value having some modern headroom (RAM/SSD) and want fast, reliable day-to-day performance with Wi‑Fi 7 for offices that are upgrading Wi‑Fi—useful if you’re in a busy building and your network can actually support it.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it blindly if your team is mostly “locked down, security-managed, and keyboard/trackpoint perfection” people. ThinkBook lines can be a better value, but they’re not usually the same tier of ruggedness/feel as ThinkPads, and the screen/audio experience varies more than you’d expect at this price point. If you’re buying for developers, power users, or anyone who routinely runs heavier workloads (bigger virtual machines, sustained media work), you should sanity-check cooling and thermals in your typical environment—some 16" thin-and-light designs can throttle under long loads. Overall: good value for standard business users, not an automatic choice for hardcore power users or people who need the most dependable “no excuses” build quality.