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IMO, Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen2 (Intel) and Gen3 (AMD) are hidden gems which are not much talked about. - 16:10 matte screen with no PWM - Very good port selec

IMO, Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen2 (Intel) and Gen3 (AMD) are hidden gems which are not much talked about. - 16:10 matte screen with no PWM - Very good port selection (1xUSB-C, HDMI, 2xUSB-A) - Good battery life (for a Windows laptop) - IMO, the best keyboard layout - Fingerprint reader - It is actually around 1100$ - A difference between Intel and AMD versions is that AMD version does not support full length M.2 SSDs, it only supports the short ones. - But it is probably not for computing usage since it is thin and light A new gen with Alder Lake is announced a few weeks ago. It is almost the same but the biggest difference is that there are 2xUSB-C + 1xUSB-A instead of 1xUSB-C + 2xUSB-A. And the touchpad will be glass I think. Surprisingly the battery life seems a bit shorter on the upcoming gen. I currently cannot decide whether to buy Gen2 or wait for Gen4.

schroeding 5y ago
Yeah, the ThinkBooks (both the 13" and the 16" models) are great! Linux Support is also good. The 16" models are also great if you need a laptop with a dedicated (consumer) GPU without any kind of "gamer aesthetic". :D They don't support classic sleep (S3 standby) anymore, though. But I'm not sure if any modern laptop still does. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
lhl 5y ago
The Gen4 is supposed to be out this month, although many people are having their Lenovo laptop orders delayed (by months, even). You can check out r/thinkpad for the scuttlebutt. I like the new 16:10 2560x1600 display, but I don't know if there's going to be a keyboard lottery like with late-gen Thinkpads (distinct quality differences between Liteon and Chicony parts) - my biggest disappointment with the new version is that the AMD versions are Ryzen 5000 not 6000. At <45W the Ryzen 6000s have a distinct performance and battery-life performance vs the equivalent Intel 12th gen parts (like 50-100% better battery life when testing similar laptops for light loads like basic web browsing). I'm vaguely on the market, but willing to wait for a few months to see some real-world comparisons since I'm a full-time Linux user, and stuff like suspend behavior rarely gets proper coverage until a fellow dev starts using them - I've already taken a couple for the team the past couple years, so figure I'll sit back this round.

schroeding 5y ago

Yeah, the ThinkBooks (both the 13" and the 16" models) are great! Linux Support is also good. The 16" models are also great if you need a laptop with a dedicated (consumer) GPU without any kind of "gamer aesthetic". :D They don't support classic sleep (S3 standby) anymore, though. But I'm not sure if any modern laptop still does. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

lhl 5y ago

The Gen4 is supposed to be out this month, although many people are having their Lenovo laptop orders delayed (by months, even). You can check out r/thinkpad for the scuttlebutt. I like the new 16:10 2560x1600 display, but I don't know if there's going to be a keyboard lottery like with late-gen Thinkpads (distinct quality differences between Liteon and Chicony parts) - my biggest disappointment with the new version is that the AMD versions are Ryzen 5000 not 6000. At <45W the Ryzen 6000s have a distinct performance and battery-life performance vs the equivalent Intel 12th gen parts (like 50-100% better battery life when testing similar laptops for light loads like basic web browsing). I'm vaguely on the market, but willing to wait for a few months to see some real-world comparisons since I'm a full-time Linux user, and stuff like suspend behavior rarely gets proper coverage until a fellow dev starts using them - I've already taken a couple for the team the past couple years, so figure I'll sit back this round.