Lenovo V-Series 15.6" V15 G4 Black

A monster CPU and absurd RAM/storage specs stuffed into a boring, mediocre-screened business laptop. Buy it for the compute, not the experience.

The i7-13620H absolutely rips through everyday tasks. Ten cores and sixteen threads mean you can have forty browser tabs, a couple of VMs, and a compile running without breaking a sweat. The 40GB of DDR4 is overkill in the best way, and the 2TB Gen 4 SSD is one of the fastest storage setups we've seen in this price bracket. But the integrated graphics are a letdown. Don't even think about gaming or GPU-accelerated workloads. The screen is also stuck at 60Hz with mediocre color, so even if the CPU is flying, everything looks a bit dull.

The MacBook Pro M4 Pro and Surface Laptop 7th Edition both crush this thing on screen quality, battery life, and build, but they cost two to three times as much. The MSI Prestige is a closer competitor, offering a better display and similar business focus, but you'll pay more for less RAM and storage. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 and HP OMEN Transcend are gaming machines that embarrass the V15's integrated graphics, but they're in a completely different price class. For pure spec-per-dollar, the Lenovo wins. For everything else, those competitors are better laptops.

At $925 USD, this is a screaming deal for the raw specs. You're getting a CPU that would normally live in a $1,500+ machine, plus more RAM and storage than most people will ever need. But you're also paying for a screen and GPU that feel like afterthoughts. If you need raw compute for coding, spreadsheets, or server work, this is a steal. If you want anything resembling a premium experience, keep looking.

The Lenovo V15 G4 is a weird one. On paper, it's a business laptop with a serious processor and an absurd amount of RAM and storage for the price. In practice, it's a desktop replacement that forgot to bring a decent screen or any graphics muscle. The i7-13620H is a 10-core beast that belongs in a much more expensive machine, and pairing it with 40GB of RAM and a 2TB NVMe drive makes this thing a multitasking monster for office work, coding, and data crunching. But the integrated Intel UHD Graphics and that 60Hz 1080p panel drag the whole experience down. This is a workhorse, not a show pony.

If you care about screen quality, portability, or any kind of graphics performance, skip this. Get a MacBook Air or Surface Laptop instead. This is a desk-bound workhorse for people who value raw specs over everything else.

Buy this if you need a cheap, fast workhorse and don't care about the screen or gaming. The i7-13620H, 40GB RAM, and 2TB SSD combo is unbeatable at this price. But if you want a laptop that's pleasant to look at or can handle any graphics workload, this isn't it. It's a tool, not a toy.