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

Lunar Lake does well at idle or low load, when most processes run on the e-cores. Fire up the P-cores and things go downhill quickly. It's a decent chip when you're not doing much but the high price makes it less attractive for consumers and the low (nonexistent?) margin for Intel makes it bad for b

I like using notebook check reviews, as they provide a pretty consistent way of comparing laptop chassis temps between models https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T14s-Gen-6-laptop-review-The-AMD-version-returns-with-the-Ryzen-AI-7-Pro-360.923414.0.html#c12324992 https://www.notebookcheck.n

Sure. The OP said Ryzen 7, so how about... Lenovo ThinkPad T14S Gen 1 14"FHD Touch Privacy AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U / AMD Radeon Graphics / 32 GB RAM / 1000 GB SSD / Windows 11 Pro A used one could be bought for approx. 660 € (+tax) – which is about $770 – even here in faraway Finland, so I'm sure it'd

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

I'd say if gen3 Intel has "P" CPU (higher power but worse thermals and battery) like i7-1260P, I'd prioritise T14 gen2 AMD over T14s gen3 Intel (probably with worse thermals and battery life in expense with CPU power). For a reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/14e2yfd/t14s_gen_3_inte

225U is Arrow Lake U, not Meteor Lake, but Arrow Lake U is a refresh of that, so not entirely wrong The 225U is "fine", but it won't be much better than the 125U from last year's T14s Gen 5 - look at those reviews instead but I had heard that Intel overtook AMD in laptop chip power efficiency this g

It works on my T14s Snapdragon, LOL. I get something like 3% battery drain overnight in sleep mode. On AMD and Intel, YMMV. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-empire-strikes-back-with-21-hrs-of-battery-life-Lenovo-ThinkPad-T14s-Gen-6-laptop-review.1008078.0.html This is the only review out there th