Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen 4 Intel® Core™ i7 i7-1355U Hybrid (2-in-1) 33.8 cm (13.3") Touchscreen WUXGA 16 GB LPDDR5-SDRAM 512 GB SSD Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) Windows 11 Pro UK English Black

Product Overview

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The ThinkPad X13 Yoga Gen 4 is a properly “serious” 2‑in‑1: the kind that feels made for work first, gimmicks last. Lenovo’s build quality, keyboard, and trackpad are the real draw here—this isn’t a flashy touchscreen laptop that falls apart after a couple of meetings. The hybrid design is genuinely useful if you take notes in tablet mode, present in cramped rooms, or want a flexible setup without carrying a separate device. For £1598 ex‑VAT, though, you’re paying for premium usability and durability, not just for the spec sheet.

Who should buy it: professionals who live in their laptop (sales engineering, consultants, managers, support teams) and will actually use the 2‑in‑1 aspect—annotating PDFs, whiteboarding on-screen, marking up documents, travelling light. It’s also a good fit for companies that want standardised ThinkPads with solid manageability and lower “divorce rate” from staff. Who should *not* buy it: if you’ll mostly use it on a desk with a mouse, never touch it, and want maximum value, you’ll likely get better performance per pound from a non-convertible ThinkPad or a cheaper business laptop.

One honest note: at this price, make sure you really need the Yoga features. If you don’t use pen/touch or tablet mode regularly, that extra cost can be hard to justify—especially when many users end up treating convertibles like normal clamshells 90% of the time.