ThinkPad E14 Gen 7

T-series with only 1 year warranty? And for full price? Definitely not a good deal. You could get the same specs in E14 Gen7 guise (plus 2.8k IPS display) for a few hundred less. This is a configuration primarily aimed at top efficiency with its Lunar Lake CPU. It will do a very good job at general

E14 Gen7 and E16 Gen3 (14" and 16" editions of largely the same system) are both available with Ryzen7 250 / 780M iGPUs and have two NVME slots. I can wholeheartedly recommend those. Quality has improved dramatically over earlier generations, price point is good, this generation of AMD CPU/iGPU is p

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

I just ordered a new LunarLake (Intel) E14 Gen7 with education pricing that you may also have access to for 950€ directly from Lenovo (Austria). It doesn't have upgradeable RAM as it needs to be soldered for LunarLake, but it comes with 32GB for sub 1000€ which will last me some time. IMO it is curr

Difference is generational - about 20% more power. Especially the iGPU has improved (I only have the the Ryzen7). Efficiency (=battery runtime) in typical general-purpose use is better than with Gen3 as well except under sustained high loads where Gen3 has an advantage. In all fairness, I have a lar

Thanks for recommending these: E14 Gen7 E16 Gen3 Regarding the display... super information and appreciate the feedback! I am still leaning towards AMD due to cost, even though subpar panel (and maybe an opportunity to upgrade in the future). Any thoughts on the "webcam notch" for these two models -

Hot-swappable batteries are no longer offered on Thinkpads. Last model to have those was Tx80 from 2018. You will need to carry a USB-C power bank like the Lenovo 40ALLG2WWW instead if you absolutely require backup power. However, current Thinkpads offer batter runtimes in excess of eight hours when

E series is actually becoming quite good these last generations. Check the review of the previous gen to get a better idea maybe: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-E14-G6-laptop-review-Fixes-lots-of-problems-on-the-E14-G5.927075.0.html Indeed, it's the entry-lvl thinkpad so don't expect

E-series used to be really cheaply made, not anymore. Main difference these days is cheaper materials used for chassis (ABS plastic instead of CFK, but you can specify aluminum) which results in E-series weighing a bit more and being a little thicker than higher-priced models. But build quality, hin

Exactly. Same here (people require/want/demand higher resolutions than FHD/FHD+, and Lenovo (and others) resorting to OLEDs for those high-res displays in non-workstation models The keyboard on the E-series is not worse than on T. The days of Thinkpad keyboards being outstanding are gone on all line