Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 Reviews

After several months with the Intel 2.8K OLED model: beautiful display, silent fan and no bloatware, but only 5-6 hours of battery, a keyboard finish that wears quickly and so-so build feel.

Bought a used T14 Gen 6 with Ultra 7 258V; far faster than their previous i5 laptop and the battery lasts all day on engineering software and browsing.

Just received it; the keyboard has shorter but clicky strokes compared with their older ThinkPads, and the touchpad is much improved.

A week on Fedora with GNOME on their Core Ultra 5 228V T14 Gen 6: no issues, great battery life, working fingerprint reader and smooth dev tools.

Calls the T14 Gen 6 AMD amazing, with about 9 hours of battery, upgradeable dual SODIMM RAM and a snappy CPU; the iGPU is only decent and the flat keyboard lacks travel.

Bought the same T14 Gen 6 secondhand with two charge cycles and calls it the best laptop they have had. On Linux battery is decent but unimpressive at about 5-6 hours.

Bought a new unused T14 Gen 6 with a 268V and 32GB, added a 2TB SSD, and plans it as a docked Linux machine. Finds the 45% NTSC screen poor and intends to swap the panel.

Impressed by the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 T14 Gen 6 AMD: efficient, with iGPU good enough for older games; battery is about 5-5.5 hours, and the build feels solid.

Uses the H-series Arrow Lake T14 Gen 6 and finds battery life surprisingly good. Says the fingerprint reader is quick while the IR camera has a limited field of view.

Runs openSUSE Slowroll on a Lunar Lake T14 Gen 6 and is very happy with it. Says any reasonably up-to-date distro works on it.

Long-time Arch user now runs Ubuntu on the T14 Gen 6 and likes it, citing official Lenovo support and working drivers. Also used Arch and CachyOS on it before.

Bought a secondhand Lunar Lake T14 Gen 6 a month earlier and says everything is great. Gets about 6-7 hours of light coding on Linux Mint with battery thresholds set.

Owns a T14 Gen 6 and is disappointed by the battery runtime, getting only 4 to 4.5 hours of general web browsing.

Two months with the AMD Ryzen 7 350 PRO model; specs and overall laptop are nice, but the single-fan cooling is poor and the CPU throttles daily.

Upgraded from an old T480 to the Ryzen 7 AMD T14 Gen 6 with 32GB RAM and Manjaro, and is loving it so far. Hit some Linux issues like programs not opening and wrong WiFi status.

Their new T14 Gen 6 has an IPS LCD with a matte coating and no touch, which they find enough for work.

Used the company-issued Intel T14 Gen 6 less extensively; it is heavier and bulkier than their T14s and occasionally freezes in Office apps.

Loves their T14 Gen 6 AMD Ryzen 7 with 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD, used as a daily driver dual booting Windows 11 and CachyOS.

Their T14 Gen 6 runs fine but the fingerprint reader stopped working and a power LED stays lit while off; they plan to send it for warranty repair.

Bought the same T14 Gen 6 and runs Debian 13 on it, which works really well with everything needed supported out of the box and stable.

Bought the T14 Gen 6 after asking the community and is really happy with it so far, planning to move the 256 GB model from Windows to Linux.

Just got a T14 Gen 6 AMD second hand and loves how the keyboard and chassis feel.

Owns an AMD T14 Gen 6 and only reaches about 5 hours of battery, far short of the 9-10 hours others report.

Just bought a new Core Ultra 7 T14 Gen 6 as their first ThinkPad and is excited, but has already noticed the finish picks up fingerprints and hand marks easily.

Four months with a Core Ultra 5 225U T14 Gen 6 for college, coding, Blender and local Ollama; battery gives about 5-7 hours of light work.

Currently uses a T14 Gen 6 and has replaced the RAM on it many times, noting that the RAM and battery are replaceable.

Types on a T14 G6 and is still bewildered that it did not ship with the Fn key on the left.

Owns the Intel T14 Gen 6 and is disappointed there is no OLED option, finding the screen dull.

Uses their T14 Gen 6 for work and privately, never had an issue, and runs local AI models on the NPU at 15-60 tokens per second.

Owns the AMD version running CachyOS and really likes it.

Has run openSUSE Tumbleweed flawlessly on the AMD T14 Gen 6 since October, describing the experience as a bit boring.

Got the T14 Gen 6 with the non-touch IPS screen coming from OLED Carbons, finds the build decent but less premium, and gets 8-9 hours of real work.

Returned the AMD T14 Gen 6 after coil whine when plugged in and odd CPU spikes, worrying for music production. Now has the Lunar Lake version and calls its performance and battery life magnificent.

Recently bought the T14 Gen 6 and finds the palmrest creaks near the trackpad when typing, a letdown for the price.

Just bought the Core Ultra 5 225H model for 1175 dollars and calls it a workhorse; gets about 5-6 hours of battery on Windows and accepts the weakest screen option.

Has the same T14 Gen 6 with a Ryzen AI Pro 360 and cannot get battery life past about 6 hours.

Received the AMD T14 Gen 6 with the 2.8K OLED touch screen after five weeks and is enjoying it, praising the screen and calling the build quality superb.

Uses the IPS version on a cross-country work trip, reports 11-13 hours of battery life on mixed light use, and says it met their expectations.

Uses the T14 Gen 6 as a work daily driver running Arch Linux, likes the screen, and can even run small local LLMs; only regret is skipping the backlit keyboard.

Owns the AMD T14 Gen 6 with the low-energy 1920x1200 panel and says the battery is really good, covering a whole workday without trouble.

Gets about 10 hours on Windows and 8-9 hours on Fedora Linux from the AMD T14 Gen 6 with an IPS screen.

Just got a T14 Gen 6 that feels well built, only slightly lighter than their previous P16s, with an excellent OLED screen.

Owns the AMD T14 Gen 6 and tried to fit a 96GB Crucial DDR5 kit, but the BIOS appears to limit memory to 64 GB.

Has the same AMD T14 Gen 6 with the low-resolution panel and regrets not choosing the higher-resolution screen.