The top-billed Asus Zenbook A14 is an ultraportable, but we can't ignore this standard-setter from Lenovo. Its ThinkPad X9 is also poised to combat Apple’s MacBook Air at both screen sizes but uses Intel Core Ultra 200V processing to achieve Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC certification. More to the point, however, is that Lenovo has developed a custom cooling system housed in a bar in the base to fan-cool the Intel chip while maintaining competitive thinness with Apple’s laptop. It’s quite an impressive arrangement to challenge the apple-shaped elephant in the room. Starting at $1,399 for a 14-inch screen and $1,549 for 15-inch, I just wish it were priced a bit more competitively. Regardless, the ThinkPad X9 is a remarkable feat of mobile engineering