ThinkPad X395

I'm a little unclear about what you're looking for. As far as I'm aware, only the most recent few generations of ThinkPad (T14 gen 5 or newer, P14s gen 5 or newer, etc.) can come with an 8th gen or newer Ryzen processor. They are very likely not available within the price range you give. Then you me

I’d probably discount the T480 - it’s getting up there in age with many spares now unavailable. X395/T495 aren’t too bad on the lower end, depending on price they might be OK.. Option 13 depending on price might also work out (10nm core and Xe iGPU would be good to have). 17 would work well in lieu

tl;dr: 16 or more GB RAM model of X13 (13.3 inch) or T14s (14 inch) gen1 AMD would be the closest one that meet your criteria. Also are there any other Thinkpads similar to the x1, maybe ones that are a little cheaper X13 (Intel/ AMD) or T14s (Intel/ AMD) series were made of either aluminium or magn

Macbook Pro circa 2016-17 and install Linux (unless you need Mac OS then OpenCore Os works). Those machines have great screens, are solid and you can fix some of the internals yourself, as everything wasn't soldered on. And hardware back then was made to last much more than recent things. But honest

Yes, a nice machine. You don't mention the display, double check it's an IPS FHD display, and not the really poor 1366x768 TN display, that was an option. X395 review here. Its direct replacement, the X13 Gen 1 AMD, is a fair bit more powerful, as is the equally portable T14s G1 AMD, but I doubt you

A ThinkPad for € 200 with dual RAM slots, dual drive support, and T series build quality, does not exist, when you exclude a T480. You’ll need to compromise somewhere. Between T480 and T14 G5, there are no T series with dual open RAM slots. T14 Gen 1 AMD can support a second 2242 NVMe drive, via its

Main concerns: Both devices are good. Intel T14 g1 is about as good as a T480 (10th gen processors used in Thinkpads are just 8th gen for the most part). On Linux, both will certainly do fine for office work. Windows is getting kind of heavy for both tbh, but light tasks should be fine. Make sure th