46 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2019REVIEWS LENOVO THINKBOOK 13S
updating the BIOS software and other system
apps, and fine-tuning other system functions.
Business and consumer users alike will
appreciate its detailed explanations and
controls. Some of the functionality is
reproduced elsewhere in the Windows 10
Settings menu, but it’s still a good startingpoint to explore the nooks and crannies of the
ThinkBook 13s.
It’s worth noting that while the ThinkBook
13s shipped with the Windows 10 October
2018 Update installed, Microsoft almost
immediately pushed the April 2019 Update
(version 1903) to the laptop as part of its daily
updates. We accepted it, and
tested the laptop using the
April Update.MIDDLING
PERFORMANCE
Notebook buyers will have
to step a bit gingerly though
the logjam of not one but
three competing Core
processors, all shipping this
holiday season and all
competing for your dollars:
Intel’s two 10th-gen Core
chips, code-named Ice Lake
and Comet Lake, will be
selling alongside the more
established (and still worthy)
Whiskey Lake 8th-gen chips.
(At press time, we didn’t
have any to test.)
Though the 10th-gen
chips offer some performance
and graphics advantages,
they’re really more well-
rounded platforms. Nice if
you can afford them, butThe ThinkBook’s downward-facing speakers deliver audio that you’ll
actually want to listen to. Also note the user-serviceable screws.Sizable vents underneath the ThinkBook 13s suck in air, then vent it
through the hinge. Unfortunately, expect the rubber bumper that
supports the laptop to scuff.