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The ThinkPad T480 Successor: New ThinkPad T14 Gen 5
- wmlive 3y agoDiscussion already at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39506597 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39506597
- vwoolf 3y agoFeeling the heat from Framework! Now checking to see if it can ship w/ Linux by default. edit: The answer appears to be "no." Also, searching Lenovo.com for "T14 gen 5" yields: "2676 Result For ‘t14 gen 5.'" Lenovo should really work on their search functionality.
- snvzz 3y ago>Feeling the heat from Framework! It was bound to have an effect in the industry, as tech-savvy people select and recommend them simply because they're the least broken option. Others are too disposable; made to break rather than last.
- pjmlp 3y agoI never seen a Framework live, I see Thinkpads every single day.
- vaylian 3y agoI've seen plenty of Framework laptops at hacker conferences.
- pjmlp 3y agoHacker conferences hardly decide IT planning business decisions, and very few attend them. In any case, I would bet they are outnumbered by fruity laptops.
- justinclift 3y ago> Hacker conferences hardly decide IT planning business decisions ... Probably a case of "the thin edge of the wedge". So in a few years time if/when Framework is more established, they might be an option for IT departments.
- Unfrozen0688 3y agoIf they provide warranty and support like Dell/HP/Lenovo then sure.
- vaylian 3y agoIT planning business? I'm pretty sure that virtually all laptops at hacker conferences are privately owned and not provided by an employer. Hackers want a good laptop for personal use or freelancing. That's why most hackers choose among Frameworks, Thinkpads and MacBooks.
- Unfrozen0688 3y agoCompanies buy in bulk from Dell, HP and Lenovo. The ThinkPads are especially great. I've used mine from work for 3 years now. Coming up on renewal, and it looks good as new, just the old 8th gen i5 bringing it down. "Hacker conferences" dosent matter in the real world, sorry
- begueradj 3y ago"Others are too disposable, made to break" -> that's true for electronic appliances and everything else (shoes, clothes, cars, smartphones...). That's how greedy business makes itself more profitable nowadays. For laptops, try T430: it can last for decades.
- panick21_ 3y agoI don't really care if it is being sold with Linux as an option. They should just have a policy to make sure that all the relevant patches are upstream before they release the product. Then they can still decide later if they themselves want to cell it with Linux late on.
- tssva 3y agoA few years back they had several Thinkpad models available with either Ubuntu or Fedora. Firmware updates were distributed via LVFS. They were even key in getting synaptics to add Linux support for the fingerprint sensor in the models. I think currently they are down to just the Carbon X1 being orderable with Linux which likely speaks to the actual demand for Linux vs their cost to support it.
- saltcured 3y agoI think I probably have similar attitude to the GP post. I have been using Linux on laptops for over 25 years, and have zero interest in ordering one with Linux preinstalled. I will research that the new model has integrated devices with upstream, integrated support. I almost treat a vendor-supplied Linux as a bad smell. I don't want to risk "Linux support" that comes from the vendor tasking some interns to hack drivers into one specific distribution and/or kernel version. I want a machine where I know I can wipe or replace the SSD and boot my preferred standard Linux install media to get a fully functional system. I want zero vendor-supplied drivers or other add-ons. Luckily, Thinkpads have been popular enough that I can always read about someone else's experimental validation of new models before I bother to order one myself.
- coldtea 3y ago>Feeling the heat from Framework! Is it? Isn't it like 1/1000th their sales, one being a global brand and everything, the other a niche product?
- happymellon 3y agoI think more divisively > The new ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 has a redesigned keyboard with swapped FN/Ctrl keys
- Arainach 3y agoThinkpads have allowed swapping the behavior of those two keys in UEFI for more than a decade now, so this shouldn't be an issue.
- happymellon 3y agoI have always switched the behaviour, but you can't switch the caps. Having the Fn on the left appears to be quite an emotional subject for some people.
- goosedragons 3y agoIt's one of things that gave a little bit of Thinkpad identity and there from the beginning.
- leonheld 3y agoHaving the Fn makes sense and it's OBJECTIVELY* better because on low-light environments it lets you control the screen brightness. In the past you could easily switch the ThinkLight or whatever it was called from a pitch-black room. * I am joking.
- kristianp 3y agoThe ctrl key has been moved to the far left, which is a welcome change. The copilot key seems to replace the menu or prtscr key between the alt and ctrl on the right.
- camgunz 3y ago> The ctrl key has been moved to the far left, which is a welcome change. TBH it's weird to hear this so often. Macs also have the same "Fn on the far left" layout as ThinkPads and Macs/ThinkPads have basically won in the tech space. I got a Dell work laptop and I thought this wouldn't be a big deal, but having used a ThinkPad or a Mac for 20 years I couldn't adjust (which is wild, because I got over Neovim's D/dd abominable betrayal in a few days).
- CTDOCodebases 3y agoThis is good to see. The annoying thing about soldered RAM on Thinkpads is that it can't be disabled. So if the onboard RAM dies so does your laptop. Even if the laptop has a SODIMM slot.
- ein0p 3y agoHow are the speakers on these? I loved my X1, and used it for years, but the speakers are hilariously bad compared to eg the MBP I use at work.
- VK538FY 3y agoWhat about keyboard depth?