ThinkPad P1 Gen 8

The reason is the insufficient motherboard performance of the Framework 13 Pro (and the TP T14 G7). To fully utilize the speeds of LPDDR5X-9600/8533, a motherboard with HDI (high-density interconnect) technology is required, but the motherboards in the Framework 13 Pro and TP T14 G7 do not meet that

Panther Lake is a marked improvement over Arrow Lake. That being said, nothing wrong with Arrow Lake, and the P1 Gen 8 is a great choice for a productivity machine. The main reason to wait would be if you need 5G, as that is a feature Lenovo newly (re)introduced on the P1 Gen 9.

The top-end T1g/P1 models trade battery life for raw performance. I find the Ultrabook Plus model to be a good all-rounder, even for CAD with fewer part counts. All packages are decent deals considering the warranty. Personally, I would wait until the summer for the Lenovo P1 Gen 9 to become availab

ThinkPad P1 are nice, light, slim, and powerful. Go to Lenovo website and look there.

I personally want a T1G which is a P1 with consumer graphics. Just the idea of a gaming capable ThinkPad really does it for me. I have an X1E gen 2 with a 1650 which does the trick for now. But I do want something newer eventually. Possibly will look to buy at the end of next year when this year's m

There is case to for waiting a little bit longer. According to https://psref.lenovo.com/, first model of Gen 3 was introduced at beginning of August: Announcement of first model of Gen 7: 2024-05-28 Announcement of first model of Gen 6: 2023-06-06 Announcement of first model of Gen 5: 2022-04-26 Ann

Dell Pro Max as they call it these days. I would also add P1 Gen 8 or any of the older P1 ThinkPads

It’s incredible! But the Intel P14s with the 75Wh battery can win on battery life, P1 8th Gen/P16 for the performance, and X13 for portability. Then there’s stuff like the X220/210Ai, T25 FrankenPad and so on with custom builds/retaining the 7 row. So, everyone has their ultimate Linux Thinkpad in a

Look for A ThinkPad P53 or P15 G1, yeah they're 15inch, not 16inch and they're heavy, but they have GPUs and can game. If you'd rather have a lighter carry then look for X1 Extreme or P1, gen 2 and 3, they're the same chassis, just one has Quadro graphics instead of GeForce. If you must have a 16 in

Wifi is almost always a driver thing or a network thing. Wifi cards are pretty reliable from a hardware perspective. The last wifi driver for P1 Gen 8 was back in November. I would uninstall your wireless driver and reinstall the lenovo driver in case windows update has served you a crappy generic d