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The ThinkPad P14s

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Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by binkHN »

kla-s wrote: post #10

Same machine here as well, running the latest Ubuntu (23.10) power profiles do work but auto-cpufreq is way more effective in increasing battery runtime for me. I can get ~6h of runtime (~10W draw) if i mostly just code in VSCode + some browsing, with display at 1/3 brightness and the code being executed remote. Went with the OLED panel, so that definitively doesn't help battery runtime, but damn those colors are nic…

> ...~10W draw... OLED...

Also with an OLED, running at 20% brightness indoors, I'm able to get around a 7-8 watt power draw using the lowest AMD-pstate with a relatively modern Linux kernel.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by akho »

__loam wrote: post #15
lp4vn wrote: post #13

Last time I checked the Lenovo Yoga Pro line has an aluminium chassis and also passes the military testing that thinkpads go through. Honestly I didn't see much of point in paying more for a thinkpad loaded with enterprise specs(pro chip, for instance) and lacking amenities like a graphic card instead of just going right away to a high end consumer-oriented laptop like Yoga Pro. Am I missing something?

Do they still have the mouse nipple?

The yoga doesn't.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by nerdponx »

I really appreciate "hardware reports" like this.

Tangentially related, I've never seen this symbol before: ≍, apparently it means "equivalent to". Is this common notation in certain communities?

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by jasoneckert »

This P14s is very nicely spec'd with its Ryzen and 32GB of RAM.

Beyond their durability, stellar keyboard (with TrackPoint), OS compatibility, and overall value, ThinkPads have a certain additional charm I've never been able to explain.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by binkHN »

yewenjie wrote: post #12

Is there any laptop these days that comes close to MacBooks hardware-wise and run Linux?

Nothing from Intel or AMD will come close as it relates to battery life. While there are arm options that have great battery life, the performance doesn't come near to that of a Mac.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by Delk »

bluedino wrote: post #6

Love the P series I had a P50 that I stuck three disks and 64GB memory in, it was great for VMware demos or testing out a full stack with Vagrant or Docker or whatever.

The P14s is actually fairly close to the T14. I think the P series used to be intended as beefier compared to the T series, but at least in case of 14-inch models, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference nowadays. The P14s is thin and light similarly to modern T series. I think some of the larger P series models are available with discrete GPUs and possibly more powerful CPUs, though.

(I have a private T14 as well as a P14s from a couple of generations ago for work.)

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by soxocx »

ggreer wrote: post #9

I'm guessing the author's website is misconfigured. Every path except the root returns an HTTP 404, but the 404 page loads some JavaScript that fetches assets based on the URL. For example, the ThinkPad blog post loads https://utkarshsingh.xyz/assets/thinkpad-p14s/thinkpad-p14s.... This mostly works, but some browsers will display a warning or their own 404 page. Also it means his site won't be indexed in search engi…

If not done correctly, that is the default result with Cloudfront + S3. You set the index and error page to your index.html. That way you get SPA routing but a 404 for all non root routes. The author needs to add a Lambda to rewrite the HTTP response depending on the route, some 404s should be rewritten to be 200s.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by delijati »

Baeocystin wrote: post #18
delijati wrote: post #14

I'm also considering that P14s AMD Gen4. But to do some ML stuff i need the damn Nvidia cuda cores :/ It has a USB4 port and could in theory run a eGPU but i can't find any infos if it would work. Also it seams that the [1] intel 1360p is a bit faster? and i'm on the safer side because of real thunderbold support. [1] https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-compare/intel-core-i7-1360p-vs...

Every time a potential eGPU build has come up for me (~half a dozen times over the past few years) it's always made more sense in the end to simply build a generic ATX box, stuff the GPU in there, and just remote in. FWIW. The two times I tried anyway, because hey, fun new challenge, the primary lesson learned was that it was not worth it, most recently being ~6 months ago.

Currently i do exactly that. I have a ATX box (AMD 2700x + Nvidia 3090) and access it remote, but i hate that it is idle most of the day and to transfer the data that i'm working on to it. (My notebook is my daily driver with company access)

I just bought a eGPU case and will give it a shot, will report back :)

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by charles_f »

I had one of these (albeit with a much lesser config) and what made me not like it was the screen. It felt ancient somehow. Might have been my employer cheaping out though.

There was also something weird with the fn and alt or ctrl keys being switched, but from what I gather that's Lenovo's little kink

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Post by OnAYDIN »

For what it's worth I just bought a M1 Pro 14" Macbook Pro. At Amazon, some of these are being sold as Renewed-Excellent condition. It has 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD. I paid $1380 after tax. I have prime card so I'll receive 5% cashback. It has 90 days return policy. It appears Apple waranty hasn't expired yet either (6 months) which means it was first activated 6 months ago.

Its charge cycle count was 2 and the machine itself is in excellent condition. I think M1 Pro processor is way more capable processor than M3 (non-pro). I know it is 2 year old but Macs go a long way. I'll switch to a newer laptop way before its support will end. So far I'm happy with the purchase.

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