54 PCWorld JULY 2019REVIEWS
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It’s fast and fully equipped, but some features disappointed us. BY JARED NEWMANT
he Lenovo ThinkPad X390 gets
some things right. It’s thin and
light—especially for a business
laptop—and plenty powerful,
while maintaining the hefty keyboard for
which ThinkPads are known.
Before long, though, the ThinkPad
X390’s trade-offs become clear. The mattedisplay’s washed-out tones are tiresome
on the eyes, and the keyboard and
touchpad—both signature features on most
ThinkPads—feel too stiff. While the
ThinkPad X390 performs well in
benchmarks, fiddling with the power
settings causes speed to suffer. Given the
price, we expected fewer drawbacks.IMAGE: JARED NEWMAN