Lenovo ThinkPad E14 AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 14″

5.0 out of 5 stars Thinkpad Gen 5
One of the best built windows laptop. Got a great deal during independence day sale.

Review after 1 month of use:

Processor:
-Ryzen 7530U is a best processor clubbed with 16GB RAM is very good for programming or running heavy applications.

Keyboard:
-I am not quite happy with the new keyboard in Gen 5 as compared to older gen. Lenovo says its more tactile but i feel it moved more towards chicket one which is not what a thinkpad user likes.

Webcam:
– Webcam could have been better. If there is a even a small light source opp. to the camera, images get very blur. In proper lighting it ok to use, but better to have a seperate webcam if your work requires frequent calls.

Battery:
– Battery backup is good for a window laptop. With Balanced setting it can easily last for 6-7 hours. Company claims 12 hrs which i feel is not possible and just a gimmick.

Display:
– Anti Glare screen is just amazing. you will love this if you are a developer and casual OTT consumer. However this is a IPS panel which i feel is the biggest upgrade from older gen thinkpads at this price range, but max brightness is slightly on the lower side of 250 nits. I may be feeling this slightly more i as i used Macbook Air M1 which has around 400 nits with retina display. Since this being built for professional use, i wouldn’t recommend this for graphic designing or photoshop due to low colour accuracy in the display

Ports:
Having 2 USB Type C port in Gen 5 is a great plus. You get 2 high speed type a as well. Having Lan and HDMI port is a great relief compared to my Mac

Win 11 & Office:
Both comes pre installed and best part pre activated, you just need to link you office got and done.

Overall a great laptop for developers and normal OTT consumer. Value for money product with military grade design.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Ideal Laptop for Writers!
I’m a writer, and I write novels. My previous choice of device for writing my books was an 11″ iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard. However, despite the immaculate hardware, the biggest shortcoming of that setup was iPadOS and limited professional writing apps like Scrivener. This is where the ThinkPad comes in. This is a reasonably light and portable laptop, but certainly not thin. Don’t let anybody fool you into thinking that this is a thin and light laptop because there are other offerings like the Asus ZenBook 14, Acer 14, Dell Inspiron and XPS, HP Aero, and MacBook Air, however, those offerings are significantly more pricey than this one. Technically, this sells at an MRP of 90-100k, but I bought this at 56k during a sale, and very often, the AMD variant is available for under 70k without sales.

So, what do you get for that price? You get a laptop that is reasonably portable and light without compromising battery life and performance. With my usage, which is long reading sessions on a few tabs of Google Chrome and at least two hours of writing on Scrivener, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on and screen brightness at 100%, I’m comfortably getting to the end of the day with 6-8 hours of usage and around 30-40% battery still left. There was this one day where I didn’t charge the laptop before leaving home and still managed to get in a full day’s work with just 30% battery and battery saver on. Your mileage may vary, but I’m very satisfied with the battery life of this product.

But, it’s not all roses here. The screen is a little dim and can be hard to view on bright days under direct light. The matte finish does help to keep reflections off, but it can collect dirt and grease over time and make the picture a little smudgy. Charging is great in that it does support PD USB C charging, however, it can be a little picky about which chargers work. For example, the 20W Apple iPad Charger does not charge it well, neither does a 33W Moto PD 3.0 charger work. A 45W Samsung PD charger does work just fine, however. The speakers are really bad on this; don’t expect any base or mids, like genuinely bad speakers. If you haven’t used a ThinkPad before, the typical trackpad orientation isn’t followed here because the click buttons are placed above the trackpad, which can take some time to get used to. While the Ryzen 7000 series chips are great in power management, they might not perform similarly to 13th-generation Intel processors but still have much better value than the Intel variants. Lastly, the keyboard backlight can be a little dim, not that experienced typists require one, so this works just fine for me. Lastly, sometimes an older stock can be shipped to you, and in my case, the laptop overcharged in the first charge cycle and didn’t switch on. I thought there was something wrong with the motherboard, but in fact it was just overcharging, which caused the sudden unresponsiveness, which I learnt of after a trip to the service centre. Though this isn’t specific to this model, you should know about it.

Otherwise, the laptop is a great performer with great portability and a great feature set. If you find yourself writing a lot, or you are a developer writing long code, very few lines of laptops rival the ThinkPad series of keyboards. This laptop is all about business as usual, and I think you can’t go wrong with any variant if you choose to buy one. Just skip the AMD 5000 series and Intel 11th gen variants if you can and avoid spending cash for the 16 GB RAM – an extra user upgradeable RAM slot is available for an extra 32 GB and an extra M2 slot for an SSD up to 2 TB.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good build quality, decent screen, not that great audio
The laptop was delivered in a day. It was very easy to unpack, kudos to Lenovo’s packaging.

Build quality feels nice, though it has been only a week. Screen is good, definitely a notch above other laptops in its class. 16:10 makes it good for working, less so for movies. Sound is okayish.

I added a 16 GB RAM and another 500 GB M.2 SSD to it. Removing the back cover was difficult, but with some patience and perseverance, I managed to do it. Putting the RAM and SSD were a piece of cake after that. The RAM does run in dual channel, but only the 16 GB part, remaining 8 GB runs in single channel.

The laptop runs very cool under normal use and has decent battery life, though, I did not test it properly.

I installed Ubuntu Linux on it, it was a bit of a hassle as it needs changes in the BIOS to boot through USB and this info was hard to find. But once installed, everything except the fingerprint sensor works perfectly.

Overall, this laptop is a great buy at the price of 48k, even if it is a slight premium over Asus.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Business Class Performance Laptop
I am writing this review after couple of days actual usage on this Lenovo Thinkpad E14 laptop

To early to comment on the longevity but I would still like to mention the following

LIKES
Build Quality is as Expected, the top lid is of Metal remaining body is Polycarbonate (I am not sure to call it plastic)
Screen is 300 NITS which is good for any ambience (Antiglare)
Performance from Ryzen 5 (7000) Series is more than enough for me, I have 8GB Variant still do not feel any system Lag on this laptop
Very good for MultiTasking usage , internet, etc
Also you get a chance to avail MC Afee at Rs 199 only for one year which I opted and it doesnt lag or makes Laptop Slower
TYPE C Charger which is super convenient and fast charging too.
Latest model with Camera Privacy
Power on Button with Fingerprint reader which is also welcoming.

CONS
Battery life could have been slightly better, Lenovo could have done something in this department but no complains.
I don’t know why this laptop has some negative review on amazon this is a laptop if you are looking for performance and work on the go.

3.0 out of 5 stars Over all good but not come with microsoft subscription
Overall good quality and performance, but laptop doesn’t come with microsoft subscription so unable to use Word. Excel, ppt and office application, for use office application need to purchase office subscription and it cost more than 6000 rs., so please don’t buy it without confirmation of MS office

5.0 out of 5 stars An Ideal Laptop for Writers!
I’m a writer, and I write novels. My previous choice of device for writing my books was an 11″ iPad Pro with the Magic Keyboard. However, despite the immaculate hardware, the biggest shortcoming of that setup was iPadOS and limited professional writing apps like Scrivener. This is where the ThinkPad comes in. This is a reasonably light and portable laptop, but certainly not thin. Don’t let anybody fool you into thinking that this is a thin and light laptop because there are other offerings like the Asus ZenBook 14, Acer 14, Dell Inspiron and XPS, HP Aero, and MacBook Air, however, those offerings are significantly more pricey than this one. Technically, this sells at an MRP of 90-100k, but I bought this at 56k during a sale, and very often, the AMD variant is available for under 70k without sales.

So, what do you get for that price? You get a laptop that is reasonably portable and light without compromising battery life and performance. With my usage, which is long reading sessions on a few tabs of Google Chrome and at least two hours of writing on Scrivener, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on and screen brightness at 100%, I’m comfortably getting to the end of the day with 6-8 hours of usage and around 30-40% battery still left. There was this one day where I didn’t charge the laptop before leaving home and still managed to get in a full day’s work with just 30% battery and battery saver on. Your mileage may vary, but I’m very satisfied with the battery life of this product.

But, it’s not all roses here. The screen is a little dim and can be hard to view on bright days under direct light. The matte finish does help to keep reflections off, but it can collect dirt and grease over time and make the picture a little smudgy. Charging is great in that it does support PD USB C charging, however, it can be a little picky about which chargers work. For example, the 20W Apple iPad Charger does not charge it well, neither does a 33W Moto PD 3.0 charger work. A 45W Samsung PD charger does work just fine, however. The speakers are really bad on this; don’t expect any base or mids, like genuinely bad speakers. If you haven’t used a ThinkPad before, the typical trackpad orientation isn’t followed here because the click buttons are placed above the trackpad, which can take some time to get used to. While the Ryzen 7000 series chips are great in power management, they might not perform similarly to 13th-generation Intel processors but still have much better value than the Intel variants. Lastly, the keyboard backlight can be a little dim, not that experienced typists require one, so this works just fine for me. Lastly, sometimes an older stock can be shipped to you, and in my case, the laptop overcharged in the first charge cycle and didn’t switch on. I thought there was something wrong with the motherboard, but in fact it was just overcharging, which caused the sudden unresponsiveness, which I learnt of after a trip to the service centre. Though this isn’t specific to this model, you should know about it.

Otherwise, the laptop is a great performer with great portability and a great feature set. If you find yourself writing a lot, or you are a developer writing long code, very few lines of laptops rival the ThinkPad series of keyboards. This laptop is all about business as usual, and I think you can’t go wrong with any variant if you choose to buy one. Just skip the AMD 5000 series and Intel 11th gen variants if you can and avoid spending cash for the 16 GB RAM – an extra user upgradeable RAM slot is available for an extra 32 GB and an extra M2 slot for an SSD up to 2 TB.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thinkpad Gen 5
One of the best built windows laptop. Got a great deal during independence day sale.

Review after 1 month of use:

Processor:
-Ryzen 7530U is a best processor clubbed with 16GB RAM is very good for programming or running heavy applications.

Keyboard:
-I am not quite happy with the new keyboard in Gen 5 as compared to older gen. Lenovo says its more tactile but i feel it moved more towards chicket one which is not what a thinkpad user likes.

Webcam:
– Webcam could have been better. If there is a even a small light source opp. to the camera, images get very blur. In proper lighting it ok to use, but better to have a seperate webcam if your work requires frequent calls.

Battery:
– Battery backup is good for a window laptop. With Balanced setting it can easily last for 6-7 hours. Company claims 12 hrs which i feel is not possible and just a gimmick.

Display:
– Anti Glare screen is just amazing. you will love this if you are a developer and casual OTT consumer. However this is a IPS panel which i feel is the biggest upgrade from older gen thinkpads at this price range, but max brightness is slightly on the lower side of 250 nits. I may be feeling this slightly more i as i used Macbook Air M1 which has around 400 nits with retina display. Since this being built for professional use, i wouldn’t recommend this for graphic designing or photoshop due to low colour accuracy in the display

Ports:
Having 2 USB Type C port in Gen 5 is a great plus. You get 2 high speed type a as well. Having Lan and HDMI port is a great relief compared to my Mac

Win 11 & Office:
Both comes pre installed and best part pre activated, you just need to link you office got and done.

Overall a great laptop for developers and normal OTT consumer. Value for money product with military grade design.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good build quality, decent screen, not that great audio
The laptop was delivered in a day. It was very easy to unpack, kudos to Lenovo’s packaging.

Build quality feels nice, though it has been only a week. Screen is good, definitely a notch above other laptops in its class. 16:10 makes it good for working, less so for movies. Sound is okayish.

I added a 16 GB RAM and another 500 GB M.2 SSD to it. Removing the back cover was difficult, but with some patience and perseverance, I managed to do it. Putting the RAM and SSD were a piece of cake after that. The RAM does run in dual channel, but only the 16 GB part, remaining 8 GB runs in single channel.

The laptop runs very cool under normal use and has decent battery life, though, I did not test it properly.

I installed Ubuntu Linux on it, it was a bit of a hassle as it needs changes in the BIOS to boot through USB and this info was hard to find. But once installed, everything except the fingerprint sensor works perfectly.

Overall, this laptop is a great buy at the price of 48k, even if it is a slight premium over Asus.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Laptop at this price range
After 10 days of use, I am quite satisfied with he performance of the laptop.
Pros:
1) Doesn’t get too much hot
2) battery backup is quite decent
3) Moderately fast, no lag has been obsereved.

Cons:
1) Sound is too low

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, bought at ₹50k
The only problem was that you had to explicitly send it to sleep mode by pressing fn + F4 when you put the lid down. Also most drivers were not pre installed so it took some time to manually install them from their website.

Display doesn’t wobble, good aluminium build for screen

Sound is also good

Only thing I didn’t like is the keyboard, but still it is a backlit keyboard,
takes some to get used to it.

Charger is light weight and type C