Lenovo T14s Gen 4 Intel Review

From time to time Lenovo sends me devices for me to evaluate and review. These allow me to help out in the Forum and to run them through their paces.

Packaging: Lenovo is committed to sustainability and all the packaging that this machine came in is totally recyclable.

22% recycled carbon fiber hybrid or 55% recycled aluminium on top cover
55% recycled aluminum on bottom cover
98% PCC recycled plastic used in speaker enclosure
97% recycled plastic used in the 57Wh battery
90% PCC recycled plastic used in standard 45W and 65W adapter
Low-temperature solder
Retail or standard packaging: plastic free packaging with 100% bamboo sugarcane fiber
Bulk packaging: 90% recycled and FSC certified content

What came in the box.

A 65 watt AC adapter

A USB-C to Ethernet adapter

An HDMI to VGA adapter

These adapters might or might not come with a new ordered machine.

Specs:

Processor: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7=1370P 1.90 Ghz

Installed RAM: 32 GB 32GB LPDDR5 4800Mhz Soldered

Disk space: 1 TB SSD Gen 4 Performance

Operating system: Windows 11 Pro

Display: 14.0″ WUXGA (1920 x 1200) IPS, anti-glare, touchscreen with Privacy Guard, 500 nits

Ports on left side:

Thunderbolt 4 Power Port

Thunderbolt 4 port

HDMI port

USB 3.2

Mic, speaker jack

Ports on Right side:

USB 3.2

Kensington slot

If this is ordered with a WWAN card, there should be a SIM card slot on the back of the base.

This unit came with a 57 Wh battery. Integrated Li-Polymer battery, supports Rapid Charge (charge up to 80% in 1hr) with 65W AC adapter

Microphone

  • Dual-microphone array, 360° far-field, Dolby Voice

High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek® ALC3287 codec

FHD 1080p, with privacy shutter, fixed focus

6-row, spill-resistant, multimedia Fn keys with Unified Communications controls

TrackPoint® pointing device and glass-like Mylar® surface multi-touch touchpad, 61 x 115 mm (2.40 x 4.53 inches)

Storm grey models: aluminium (top), aluminium (bottom)

Touch style fingerprint reader integrated in power button, match-on-chip

Other Certifications
Mil-Spec Test
MIL-STD-810H military test passed

(Optional) Intel Evo™ Platform

  • (Optional) Eyesafe Certified 2.0
  • (Optional) TÜV Rheinland® Low Blue Light Method 2

Compared to the T14, this one is thinner and lighter and in my opinion, more mobile.

The display is crisp and vibrant and a perfect size. There will be further testing and benchmarking done with this machine, so stay tuned.

I have to tweak Windows 11 settings before I do any of that.

Here is the specs of the hardware running normally:

I didn’t expect any issues and there weren’t any. The hardware is running normally, no issues.

I expect to update this review with some benchmarking soon. Stay tuned.

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