Lenovo’s line of ThinkPad laptops remains popular for multiple reasons. When you see a laptop with the ThinkPad emblem, you know you’re getting a comfortable keyboard, good performance, the signature Nub, a nice port selection, and a business-oriented design. A lot of people (including myself) enjoy that combination of features. Those are the fundamentals of Lenovo’s budget-conscious L line which promise to bring down all the features you come to expect from a ThinkPad to a more affordable price point.

The Legion 5 Pro is one of the best gaming laptops Lenovo has ever released. The taller 16-inch display with 165Hz refresh rate and blazing but stable performance on AC power are a grand combination. Just don't expect to fully enjoy the system on battery power.

The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme is a nice laptop to grab going into 2022. Quirks aside, it’s an excellent, professional-looking laptop with a lot of horsepower and a portable format for its size. If you’re the type that has to do serious work in an office but you're also a closet gamer, this could be the laptop to keep up your reputation. It’s not all perfect though – no laptop is, and I'll get in-depth on all the pros and quirks of this series in the review down below.