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The ThinkPad P14s

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Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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ThinkPad P14s = ThinkPad T14 with 64GB RAM and NVIDIA RTX A500 = 1mm thicker ThinkPad X1 Carbon which costs $1000 less

P14s doesn't have discrete graphics.

P14s has an optional discrete graphics - see the specs: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/th...

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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> For the past year, I have been searching for a replacement for my Lenovo Ideapad. Its 8 GB RAM couldn't keep up with the bloated software I run these days. I have the same laptop (using it right now). You can add another 8GB, even though the specs say you can't. (thanks, lenovo...) The big limitation seems to be CPU, despite having an i7-6500U in this one. Opening Google Maps makes the machine crawl, but most other…

You can buy used Lenovo USB-C docks very cheaply but I've had some issues with those. I also tried those big rectangular HP USB-C docks, but those things break so quickly they often arrive DOA. My point is: it's a _great_ idea but I haven't found a dock that works relaibly yet.

I have a Dell D6000 USB-C dock that works decently with my MacBook. Monitor isn't detected at first, but I unplug and re-plug and it detects it. There's supposed to be Linux support for the USB DisplayLink chipset but it doesn't work for me.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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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…

Last I checked, this was inevitable if you publish a SPA on GitHub Pages, like the author is doing (GitLab not GitHub, but probably similar): https://gitlab.com/utkarsh181/utkarsh181.gitlab.io/-/blob/ma... There's an open GitLab issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/-/issues/57 Workaround: Publish the artefacts from CI/CD to Netlify or similar, where you can configure URL rewrites.

Yes, you're on spot! Surely, I can try this workaround. Do you have any references for this workaround?

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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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?

Thanks! I just followed what GNOME Characters suggested.

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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The CPU power state issue is resolved in the latest BIOS update. It's not on LVFS until they resolve some certification issue, but you can burn the update ISO to a USB stick and boot from that. Also, mine is outfitted with 64GB of RAM; not sure if this is still available from the Lenovo store.

Thanks for the info! Can you provide reference to this certificate issue?

Re: The ThinkPad P14s

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 :)

Please do! I'm looking forward to hearing how it works out.

Got my Razer Core X (arch linux cuda was already installed as i have in my T14 a NVIDIA GeForce MX450) so far it works pretty well, thunderbold cable in set CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1 and have a lot more cuda cores ... yay. I use it with my spare 1070ti but will add my 3090 soon.
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