Duh, I didn't notice you can configure ThinkPads, might have gone that route if I knew. I ordered Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro that is sadly limited to 16GB, but otherwise seems to be a huge success. High-res 90Hz 16:10 display, 5800H, good Linux support out of the box. I just hope the memory won't become a constraint. At least it was considerably cheaper than ThinkPads at 960€.
New Laptop: Thinkpad P14s
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#42Are the trackpads anywhere close to macbooks yet? My XPS 13 is still awful and my previous thinkpad is worse than the XPS.
Trackpoint works well!
(it's the "fingertip joystick" in the middle of the keyboard)
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#43No key replacement service, but lenovo will actually sell a replacement keyboard for you[0]. And they have videos on their website on how to replace the parts.
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#44Are the trackpads anywhere close to macbooks yet? My XPS 13 is still awful and my previous thinkpad is worse than the XPS.
My XPS 13's trackpad works quite well Fedora 34 Gnome. Firefox supports smooth scrolling and pinch-to-zoom like in Windows or Mac OS, and Gnome Shell has built-in trackpad gestures for switching workspaces and showing all open windows.
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#45I bought a T14s at the beginning of the year after 5 year of XPS 13 9350. I'm happy with the T14s but from a design perspective (eg bezel wise), it's a step back- especially considering the 5 years in between.
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#46I've bought numerous Thinkpads and I still can't find myself using them daily because of the awful trackpads. It's not even the tracking, it's the amount of force you need to put on the trackpad to get it to register a click. Also the lack of media keys on Thinkpads is outdated and annoying. If Lenovo fixes these two things I'd gladly use a Thinkpad as my daily laptop.
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#47If you read this blog post and think "Nice! I will buy the same Thinkpad and use Linux", then be aware that the previous generation P14s has serious issues with power drain in standby[0]. These issues have been not been resolved since September 2020.
In large parts of Europe, the second generation P14s is not yet available. So buyer beware!
[0] https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Other-Linux-Discussions/T14-AMD...
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#48I want to love thinkpads, but the fact that in 2021 you still have a display lottery frustrates me to no end. You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. Thinkpad? You might get one with the good display, you might not.
Yes, Thinkpad's FHD is horrible. So I put a QHD display on my T480s, and my eyes love 'em. The last Mac I used was Mac Air Retina 2012, switched just because of the matte screen.
How's the glossiness on that machine? And how are they compared to the Macbooks?
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#49I bought this exact model the other day, two days later it was cancelled and a refund was issued as they no longer had the 4K panel in stock. Looks like I'm going to miss out on these AMD CPUs this generation and have to go with an XPS 13 instead.
I am trying to order one. If I unselect Windows, I loose the 4K panel. If I go from 24G to 16G, I loose the 4K panel. If I go from 24G to 32G, I lose the 4K panel. And of course, delays are always 6+ weeks (which is Lenovo lingo to say "forever").
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#50I've bought numerous Thinkpads and I still can't find myself using them daily because of the awful trackpads. It's not even the tracking, it's the amount of force you need to put on the trackpad to get it to register a click. Also the lack of media keys on Thinkpads is outdated and annoying. If Lenovo fixes these two things I'd gladly use a Thinkpad as my daily laptop.
Meanwhile Dell just removed the media keys and replaced them with more calc related keys on the most recent precision lineup. Also moved end and home into the F row. I mean WTF.