A high-performance notebook with a discrete graphics card other than a gaming laptop is now more accurate to say that it is an all-in-one notebook. All-in-one has been more popular in recent years, positioned between thin and light office notebooks and professional gaming laptops, taking into account office productivity and gaming performance, and portability is also in between. If you want to bring a numeric keypad, just look at the Lenovo system, not to mention anything else, the keypad design of the Lenovo 16-inch large-screen notebook is at the first-class level in the industry, compared with the external keyboard, the keys of the Lenovo keypad have basically not shrunk, and it is also equipped with large-size arrow keys (thinkbook 16p 2023 in the picture below).
The first recommended is the ThinkBook 16P. It is the most comprehensive, most valuable, and least boarded designer book in 2023. The weight of the fuselage is about 216kg, the thickness of the fuselage is about 20mm.
The ThinkBook 16P's screen has ultra-narrow bezels on all four sides, with a screen-to-body ratio of 934%, 16 inches 16:10 of 32K high resolution, 165Hz refresh rate, 430 nits brightness, P3 wide color gamut, support for several color gamut switching, the quality of this screen is quite good. Whether it's playing games, doing design, or doing productivity office use, it's very suitable.
The ThinkBook 16P is equipped with an Intel H45 standard processor and is equipped with RTX4050 and RTX4060 graphics cards, which can achieve 150W performance release. The body has dual DDR5 memory slots and dual SSD slots, the only drawback is that the spare SSD slot is a 2242 specification, but it is much better than a notebook with only one SSD slot, and the standard configuration is 1TB solid state.
The keyboard design is also newly designed, which is very suitable for productivity, design, etc., with a physical numeric keypad, large-size arrow keys, mainly because its keyboard feels quite good, which is similar to the keyboard feel of Thinkpad.
Thinkbook 16P's official top version is i9 processor, 32G memory, RTX4060 independent display version, this top version is different from other versions, the top version of the fuselage A side has several metal contacts at the top, you can connect an external module, to achieve richer functions, of course, there are also modules as a gift.
Thinkbook 16+ independent display version is also a worthwhile all-round book, the positioning is lower than the previous Thinkbook 16P, so the screen is relatively weak, and the performance is also weak, but the body is thinner and lighter, only 165mm thick, 1Weighing 8kg, it's basically the thinnest and lightest 16-inch laptop with RTX40 series graphics cards.
The Ryzen version can be equipped with RTX4050 graphics cards, and the Core version is equipped with RTX3050 graphics cards. The screen is 16 inches 16:10 25K resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, high color gamut, 350 nits brightness.
Another reason why I recommend this is because although the screen is large, and the body is thin and light, the body interface is super rich, more than many game laptops, there are three A ports, two C ports, HDMI, card reader, RJ45 network port, enough for daily use. There are also dual SSD slots.
The Core version of the RTX3050 discrete graphics version has 70W of performance release. The performance of the Ryzen version is even stronger, which can achieve 100W performance release of the whole machine and support dual-display and three-mode technology.
It is necessary to have a numeric keypad, and a good numeric keypad, an all-in-one book other than an e-sports gaming laptop. The most recommended is the Lenovo Thinkbook 16P, which can be configured in different configurations according to your budget and performance requirements. If you want to be thinner and lighter, and the performance requirements are not too high, the ThinkBook 16+ is also a pretty good choice. If the budget is quite sufficient, you can consider the Lenovo Legion Y9000X, which is more similar to the ThinkBook 16P, but the overall is more perfect, and it is also a little stronger, but it is more expensive, and it also comes with a monochrome RGB backlit keyboard, and it is a white body.
There is also a YOGA Pro 16S Extreme Edition with a 16-inch touch screen, equipped with RTX4060 independent display, i9-13905H processor, the screen is similar to ThinkBook 16P and Legion Y9000X, but it supports touch screen, and the workmanship is naturally quite good.