Lenovo’s best laptops have always had Intel or AMD inside, but in a first, there’s now a new ThinkPad powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 compute platform. More specifically, it is the ThinkPad X13s, an ARM-powered device that’s unlike a regular ThinkPad in more ways than one. With promising always-on, always-connected performance and a fantastic sustainable design, this Lenovo laptop feels different from past Windows on ARM devices, and after trying one ahead of Mobile World Congress, it dares to take on Apple’s M1 MacBooks in the business realm. On the outside, the ThinkPad X13s looks a lot like a standard Lenovo business laptop might at first glance. It sports a “Thunder Black” color, but things change once you run your hands at the side. There, you won’t find any ventilation fans, which is a signature feature of ARM-powered Windows devices just like this one. The devices’ corners are also rounded, making the laptop comfortable to grab and hold with one hand — important since...