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For anyone looking for a Linux laptop without an Nvidia card, Lenovo allows you to customize P1 Gen2s so that they only have an Intel GPU. For day-to-day dev wo
by acabal 6y ago
For anyone looking for a Linux laptop without an Nvidia card, Lenovo allows you to customize P1 Gen2s so that they only have an Intel GPU. For day-to-day dev work it's more than enough even on a 4k screen.
I just bought one and it's a really good Linux laptop, by which I mean most of the hardware works at an acceptable level out of the box. (That's no small feat for a current-gen laptop of any brand.)
Complaints:
- The OLED screen option has some kind of visible honeycomb layer on top. Forums threads suggest this is the touch layer, but it's really distracting and shockingly low-quality. My unit also came with a pink tint across half the screen which is a common OLED defect. I swapped it for the IPS screen which is excellent and doesn't have touch, a bonus in my book.
- Current Intel GPU drivers on Ubuntu 20.04 suffer from visible lag and tearing when using the built-in 4k screen. I believe Canonical has fixed this for 20.10 but it doesn't seem to be backported yet.
- The GPU drivers suffer from a bug that disables the HDMI port if a cable is present at boot. There are bugs filed in the Intel tracker but this is an older GPU so I don't know if they'll ever get attention.
- The trackpad is coated in some kind of matte coating that makes your finger stick and skip when using it. Very uncomfortable. They claim it's glass but I've used really nice glass trackpads (in 5-year-old machines even) and this ain't it.
Besides these nits, two of which are fixable driver issues, it's a great machine and I'd recommend it with the IPS/Intel-only options.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoThe P series seems pretty overpriced compared to the competition today IMHO. And 9th gen Intel CPU in 2020?! My current laptop mantra is Ryzen 4000 or bust. But ok, ok, say they didn't have time to port their design to the new AMD chips since they're new. Fine, but I better see Ryzen based notebooks with more than 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD and 16:10 screens with res higher than FullHD in 2021 or I'm gonna lose my shit.
- acabal 6y agoI agree the sticker price is a bit high; I got mine on sale. Gen3 is coming out soon (or is already out) so I imagine there will be more sales on Gen2 soon. The real selling point for me is no Nvidia. That's hard/impossible to find on a current-gen laptop with similar specs.
- manishsharan 6y agoThe P series' draw for me is that it is almost bulletproof. The body is sturdy and the internals easily accessible. I on on a P50 that is still going strong without any issues.
- ako 6y agoI have a p1 gen core i9 32gb 4K oled with dgpu. Battery life is horrible, max 3 hrs on battery saving mode. The thing doesn’t really feel that fast on windows, dispute 16 threads, 8 cores. And the keyboard is horrible, constantly missing keys. (Yes, updated all the drivers). I had a t470s before, keyboard was really nice, but somehow the p1 is really bad, I only want to use it with an external keyboard.
- acabal 6y agoI believe there was a BIOS fix for the keyboard issues very recently. Check to make sure you have the latest BIOS version installed.
- kapilvt 6y agoI just ordered a few of the new amd think pads (T14s amd), 8core/16thread, 32gb ram, looking forward to it.. only real downer is the screen res (1980x), but oh well. just waiting for 5.8 kernels to hit mainstream distros.. Ryzen 4000 needs at least 5.7 for graphics, and 5.8 has some power mgmt/thermal goodness. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-series/ThinkPad-T14s-AMD-G1/p/20UHCTO1WWENUS0/customize https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-ser...?