Lenovo somehow made the lightest laptop I've ever reviewed even lighter, more powerful, and longer lasting

Image of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Aura Edition (Gen 13) on a red and orange background.

What you need to know

• Windows laptops are continuing to become more competitive, now that Intel has rejoined the fray with its Series 2 lineup of Core Ultra chips.
• Lenovo has announced two "Aura Edition" laptops rocking these chips, which boast a series of smart features to help enhance productivity, battery life, and security.
• One is the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 13), which somehow manages to be even lighter than the last generation while also being more powerful and more efficient.
• The other is the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i (Gen 9), an upper mid-range Windows laptop aimed straight at the consumers who want to do it all.