Thinkpad C13 Yoga Chromebook

Chromebooks

With the Duet and the Flex 5, Lenovo has set new standards in the entry-level and mid-range Chromebook market. Will this also succeed in the business class?

They exist, these special moments, when you realize that Chromebooks have made a lasting impression. For example, when Samsung gave its new model the noble brand “Galaxy” last spring. Or when Lenovo (still itching to type “IBM”) gives a device its prestigious name “Thinkpad”.

Admittedly, the “Thinkpad C13 Yoga Chromebook” is not the first Chromebook that is allowed to carry this title. The 11e model — still listed on Lenovo’s website — also has this name, but the original model dates back to 2014. And after all, IT years are almost comparable to dog years.

So, a lot of time has passed until the new Chromebook Thinkpad. And this time, Lenovo is not targeting the educational market only, but has business users in mind in terms of features and price.

And there is something else that makes this Chromebook lineup stand out in the now overflowing market: the consistent use of AMD processors.

AMD introduced new “Accelerated Processing Units”, i.e. main processors with integrated coprocessors, for specialized use in Chromebooks in spring 2020. HP, among others, uses them, and Lenovo’s Thinkpad C13 Yoga is the latest addition.

The newcomer is available in three versions; starting with AMD’s “Athlon Gold 3150C” (two cores at 2.40 GHz), followed by the “Ryzen 3 3250C” (two cores at 2.60 GHz) up to the “Ryzen 5 3500C” (four cores at 2.10 GHz).

In fact, Lenovo has not been averse to ARM processors for quite some time: Three high-priced Windows Thinkpads also rely on this x86 offshoot. Thus, the adaptation into the Chromebook lineup was an obvious…

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