ThinkPad T14s Gen 6

As a T-series owner, I agree. T-series pricing is nuts right now; a $2000 T14s makes the X1C G14 look affordable. Lenovo does some weird shit by only having 2.8k IPS panels on the cheaper models like the E-series whereas the T14, T14s and X1C are stuck with 2.8k OLED if you need higher resolutions.

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 with Snapdragon has the craziest battery life of all ThinkPads. Over 20 hours.

Honest answer, I lean toward 5G-enabled devices, so the one I actually carry is the Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, which is an X Elite machine. Always-connected is the feature I did not know I needed until I had it full-time. No hunting for Wi-Fi, no tethering to my phone, just open the lid and I am on

Lunar Lake seems to have fixed the heat issue. In a comparison between the Snapdragon T14s Gen 6 and its Intel model the latter actually came out cooler. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-empire-strikes-back-with-21-hrs-of-battery-life-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T14s-Gen-6-laptop-review.1008078.0.html#c13277

I like using notebook check reviews, as they provide a pretty consistent way of comparing laptop chassis temps between models https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T14s-Gen-6-laptop-review-The-AMD-version-returns-with-the-Ryzen-AI-7-Pro-360.923414.0.html#c12324992 https://www.notebookcheck.n

Go for the Snapdragon. I've got the T14s Gen 6 model and battery life is phenomenal even with the electron-guzzling 2.8k OLED screen. 15 hours is doable on my config whereas the IPS LCD model gets over 20 hours on most battery benchmarks. Performance is close to MacBook Pro M3 levels. If you want Ma

Lunar Lake does well at idle or low load, when most processes run on the e-cores. Fire up the P-cores and things go downhill quickly. It's a decent chip when you're not doing much but the high price makes it less attractive for consumers and the low (nonexistent?) margin for Intel makes it bad for b

T480 with internal graphics and 'low power' FHD screen. Those were the last mainstream models to have removal batteries, and you could get them with 96Wh in total (24 Wh internal+72Wh removable) . Getting one of these for $200-250 plus plan on having to replace the battery - OEM , that's expensive.

CRD stands for Compute Reference Device. It's the vibrant red laptops Qualcomm uses at events, they are internal development machines yeah. It's my guess that the CRDs might run Linux better than any consumer laptop because if you look at the patches Qualcomm posts they nearly always mention the CRD

Debian 13 works great if you are willing to take some manual steps to intstall it. I followed a workflow similar to: Boot into Ubuntu Concept for Snapdragon. manually partition your disk. Install base Debian using debootstrap: https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap reboot & configure wifi with nmcl set