E14 Gen 3

The P14s G4 AMD is better built with a more powerful chipset, but RAM is soldered, and can't be upgraded. If graphic capability is important, 3D rendering etc., then I'd look for a machine either with, or upgradeable to 32GB or higher. Performance of the latest E14 G7 Ryzen 7 250, is comparable, wit

Lenovo Thinkpad E14 gen 6. you can upgrade the ssd and the ram if you want too (done both with my E14 gen 3).you have to look where you get the best deal for it.

T14s all-metal build, thin and light, fixed DDR4x-4266 16GB RAM, single NVMe drive, decent Intel chipset, but outmatched by equivalent AMD. 2 years older than L14 G4. L14, plastic/metal build, DDR4-3200 RAM will upgrade to 64GB, more powerful AMD chipset, stronger graphics than Intel 11th Gen, suppo

Is this your school's basic requirement or are you in a program with specialized requirements e.g. engineering? Generally speaking in higher ed your first year or two you can get by with literally anything. The only thing you will be doing on your personal computer is email, MS Office, and accessing

Many E and L series will take two SSDs, I'd say check psref for specific examples. Product Specifications Reference(PSREF) Withdrawn Products Latitude 5520 should be a good overall machine and it's probably what I would get of these two. If you can deal with only one ram slot, ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 (In

Oh the glass screen was the one thing that broke on one of my Surfaces too. I had this shoulder bag and a Surface 3 and TBH I'm extremely clumsy and would drop the bag and the screen eventually shattered. The machine still worked but I had to go in and turn off the touch sensor and I have no recolle

All E14 Gen7 have two SSD slots. Memory is upgradeable or not depending on CPU architecture, E14/16 is the only decently-priced Thinkpad offering two storage slots. All other models offering this feature are high-priced workstation-grade ones. Go for a model with the Intel Lunar Lake CPUs (258V for

G2 isn’t going to be worth it at that price - you could find one refurbished for less than half the price. If you don’t mind losing modularity for a stiffer chassis and less weight, the T14s G4 AMD would be a fairly decent on the go option. E14 G7 looks good if you don’t mind a few cheaper points (c

Excellent post. Thanks for your collaborative efforts u/Ok-Vast8183 and u/barely_conscious0. It was important to compare both the variants at the same time as windows/bios/driver updates can make a significant difference in performance. I feel that with a normal functioning gen 4 ssd (even the micro

honestly with that budget the lenovo thinkpad e14 gen 5 or the asus zenbook 14 are both super solid picks depending on if you need more portability or power, and right now you can find them right in that sweet spot around $700-900 which leaves room if you wanna upgrade ram or storage later. if you'r