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How's the heat? Reviews say it gets hot and throttles immediately, with the fan being noisy. But Lenovo won't let you get a high res screen on the thicker mode

How's the heat? Reviews say it gets hot and throttles immediately, with the fan being noisy. But Lenovo won't let you get a high res screen on the thicker models. It's like they take pride in making their loyal customers being forced to decide which pointless compromises they're going to take this generation.

noir_lord 9y ago
My T470p has 2560x1440 at 14" that's high enough for me. The T570 is available with 4k display.
- MichaelGG 9y ago
  NotebookCheck says the T470p gets up to around 50 C on the keyboard? That just seems ridiculously hot. Much above room temperature get uncomfortable. (Plus no USB-C or Thunderbolt 3, just to make customers make more decisions.)
chrissnell 9y ago
I haven't had any heat problems. However, the default configuration under Linux will run hot and noisy and suck batteries. It's an easy fix, though. Under Arch, it's just a matter of installing powertop, thinkfan, and tp_smapi and enabling a few systemd units. Once you make those easy changes, the battery life becomes excellent like you would expect and is very quiet. I agree with you on the HiDPI screen availability. As best as I can tell, Lenovo (like everyone else) has trouble buying the panels at quantity due to yield issues and only makes them available in their most high-end laptops where people are most likely to buy them. That's probably business folks, who generally want a thin laptop. I had my employer buy me a P50 in an attempt to get a powerful laptop with lots of RAM and a good CPU and the big screen. That turned out to be a disaster, though. It's absurdly heavy and I never could get used to the offset keyboard. I use my personal T470s exclusively now.
- UncleSlacky 9y ago
  > installing powertop, thinkfan, and tp_smapi and enabling a few systemd units. Wouldn't TLP take care of all that? http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html
- rkangel 9y ago
  Interesting you feel that way about the P50. I've also had one from work for about a year and it's the best laptop I've ever had. Solidly performant, robust, decent battery life, good sized screen. It hits a nice sweet spot of power and portability for me.
shimon 9y ago
FWIW, you can buy a panel separately and retrofit it. I've done this a couple of times and gotten much nicer hi-res screens for around $100-150.

noir_lord 9y ago

My T470p has 2560x1440 at 14" that's high enough for me. The T570 is available with 4k display.

MichaelGG 9y ago
NotebookCheck says the T470p gets up to around 50 C on the keyboard? That just seems ridiculously hot. Much above room temperature get uncomfortable. (Plus no USB-C or Thunderbolt 3, just to make customers make more decisions.)

chrissnell 9y ago

I haven't had any heat problems. However, the default configuration under Linux will run hot and noisy and suck batteries. It's an easy fix, though. Under Arch, it's just a matter of installing powertop, thinkfan, and tp_smapi and enabling a few systemd units. Once you make those easy changes, the battery life becomes excellent like you would expect and is very quiet. I agree with you on the HiDPI screen availability. As best as I can tell, Lenovo (like everyone else) has trouble buying the panels at quantity due to yield issues and only makes them available in their most high-end laptops where people are most likely to buy them. That's probably business folks, who generally want a thin laptop. I had my employer buy me a P50 in an attempt to get a powerful laptop with lots of RAM and a good CPU and the big screen. That turned out to be a disaster, though. It's absurdly heavy and I never could get used to the offset keyboard. I use my personal T470s exclusively now.

UncleSlacky 9y ago
> installing powertop, thinkfan, and tp_smapi and enabling a few systemd units. Wouldn't TLP take care of all that? http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html
rkangel 9y ago
Interesting you feel that way about the P50. I've also had one from work for about a year and it's the best laptop I've ever had. Solidly performant, robust, decent battery life, good sized screen. It hits a nice sweet spot of power and portability for me.

shimon 9y ago

FWIW, you can buy a panel separately and retrofit it. I've done this a couple of times and gotten much nicer hi-res screens for around $100-150.