ThinkPad X13 Gen 2

Still miss mine. One can only hope X13 gen 7 will have a 3:2 screen.

Not the OP you replied to, but I think it was discontinued because Lenovo's primary buyers are businesses, and businesses don't want 5+ pound laptops with huge batteries sticking out of them. As much as we here in our Reddit echo chamber don't want to believe it, people that would rather have a heav

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T14s-Gen-5-laptop-review-The-premium-T-ThinkPad-with-Intel-Core-Ultra.866472.0.html 165H should be better, but less battery life (comparable to Zen 3 IIRC?). Not sure how it cools the 165H. T14s positioning is horrible in recent gens, especially Intel, a

As a student, you might as well come back to MacBook - brand-new Neo is 850 CAD with education discount, or you should be able to find older M chip Air models under 1000 CAD second hand. You get Microsoft Office IIRC, good battery life, good bright screen (some ThinkPads model configs still somewhat

The 11th gen i5 of my X13 outperforms the 9th gen i9 of my X1 Xtreme (in single core performance).

Tl;dr: I'd personally prioritise gen3 AMD (R7 Pro 6850u+ at least 16GB) over other gen(2) models or gen3 Intel. R7 Pro 6850u has massively better iGPU (about +80-100%: so for light gaming, gen3 should be much better) and a bit better watt efficiency (battery life), but the performance jump from its

Oh wow that's a gorgeous one congratulations. I've got the X13 2-in-1 gen 5 which is all black, but this one with the oled must be a pleasure to use!

Mind that storage, RAM and battery are not included. Once you add these components, you can get a brand-new X13 Gen 6 with better specs for cheaper. If I would still be working at a company where I can just order whatever I want on the company bill, I would totally get one. But when money isn't free

Nano are rare and overpriced, at least here in europe.You can go for a "recent" X13 for the small form factor, or even X1 Carbon, it's pricey but if you're considering Framework 13 pro ...If you have budget and don't mind waiting T14 gen 7 intel looks very promising with everything replaceable, pant

You can run Asahi Linux on your M1. If you want something more flexible that will run whatever reasonable distro you want, look for a Thinkpad T, P, X1 or X13 (X9 is hit or miss on compatibility) that fits the budget. There are a lot on eBay because these are bought in large numbers by corporations