Another budget-friendly ThinkPad option is the E14. It has some good mid-level specs like an AMD Ryzen 7 processor ... brand-new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 when you order through Lenovo.

Being a mainstream AMD-powered laptop, there's obviously no Thunderbolt. You'll also find an HDMI 1.4b port, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port ... that you'll get on a ThinkPad keyboard, quality that ...