ThinkPad E14 G5

From Gen 5 forward, you get - 16:10 display, and noticeably improved build quality. AMD models are particularly powerful, but even G5 uses Intel 13th Gen chipsets, with capable Iris Xe Graphics when run with dual channel RAM. G5 8GB + 1 open RAM slot (40GB max), G6/G7 2 open RAM slots (64GB max). Al

E14 Gen 5 is a good value upgrade-able machine, however I'd hesitate with an i3-1315U, which isn't very powerful, and restricted to weaker UHD graphics. I don't know the pricing in your location, but far more capable chipsets used in the E14 G5 - i5-1335U, i7-1355U, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U, Ryzen 7 77730U

hi, sorry for wasting your time. I looked around a bit more. So, at first I was skeptical about the e series because I saw many posts saying that the e had significantly worse build quality than the t series. I also saw some posts saying that that wasn't true with the newer e models but I also some

E14 G5 > are well built, and a marked upgrade over previous models. That's a decent chipset, with Intel Iris Graphics, rather than older UHD, when dual channel RAM is installed. Supports two internal NVMe drives, just note they need to be the smaller M.2 2242 type. Depending on RAM installed, it upg

AMD chipset has a slight advantage, see benchmarks here. However they differ in more than chipset. The AMD Ryzen 5 7530U chipset is also refresh of an older 5000 series, so isn't as substantial an upgrade as it might have been. Intel - Main NVMe faster PCIe Gen 4x4, AMD PCIe Gen 3x4. Intel 8GB or 16