ThinkPad T14s

It's more expensive because that's what people want. The battery life is better and generally performance is better to. I got this t14s when it was on sale for 1200$ and I love it. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1861294-REG/lenovo_21m1001xus_14_thinkpad_t14s_gen.html

Step 1: Find a part time job. Step 2: Pick up a used Lenovo Thinkpad t14s Gen 1 or Dell Latitude 7420 on eBay for $150-200. They're cheap, well built, and reasonably quick for the price.

The thing is it doesn't have a better cooling system than the T14s (note the s). The T14s Gen 6 is like 90% of the X1C Gen 13 at 3/4 of the price, with a lot more CPU and screen options too. I appreciate the engineering behind the X1C idea but a lot of those innovations are trickling down to lesser

For anyone who wants to go down the rabbit hole a bit and see what led me to the Surface 7 laptop, here ya go. I needed a new laptop for home use. After some evaluation, I decided my main priorities were Windows 11 (no Apple), 14" or 13" display size, at least 500 nits brightness (for some outside u

Your dad is dumb, the gen 1 Thinkpad t14s I found in the side of the road in a snowstorm has out lasted and is more repairable than my much newer more expensive Lenovo that's now a paperwait because newer computers aren't serviceable.

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Business Laptop 14" Intel i5-1145G7 16GB 256GB Windows 11 Pro Renewed That was $400 Canadian dollars. I’m sure you can find something like that in America for that price Thinkpads have a big enough batteries that they should last due the whole day if not most of it. And an

Yeah it's not impossible to find ram. It was cheaper a couple weeks ago but even without that it's still a strength of such old hardware. If 16GB of RAM is fine for your use case the AMD T14S is also gonna be least likely to have a failed battery (but that machine is still like 6-7 years old). On th

If I was using the programs you mention, I'd look for X86 laptops (Intel / AMD processors). And what laptop size are you looking for? I seek 13" - 14", ymmv. I've been looking for a quality laptop since early November & my priority overlapped many of yours. Here's my experience of what consider & lo

How about refurbished HP EliteBook or Lenovo ThinkPad in excellent condition? You can get high-quality business laptop for a lower price, such as this ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 for ca. 475 usd.

It depends also on the balance between the portability/ battery life and the upgradability. I think used gen3 (released in 2022, AMD - Intel counterpart gen3 unfortunately had much worse battery life) either of T14s or of X13 is a sweet spot for your need - they are made of aluminium alloy and have