Reddit · r/thinkpad · 3 days ago
Bought a used T14 Gen 3 with an i5 and 24GB RAM; in good condition, loves it and says it feels premium for normal use.
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Reddit · r/thinkpad · 3 days ago
Owns an X1 Carbon Gen 12 and calls it one of the best built laptops they have had.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 5 days ago
Owns a 15-month-old LOQ 15IRX9 with 13450HX, RTX 4050 and 48 GB RAM, but wants to move on because of VRAM bottlenecks in DaVinci Resolve.
Reddit · r/ASUSROG · 8 days ago
Has the 32GB model and finds RAM use high even after debloating Windows, so they are likely returning it for the 64GB version.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 15 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 15 days ago
Owns the 2025 15 inch M4 Air with 1TB and 32GB for travel; calls it a great machine but the screen causes eyestrain in dim places, fine on an external monitor.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 17 days ago
Their T14 Gen 3 has the same palmrest creaking problem.
Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 18 days ago
Just received the LOQ 15AHP10 as an upgrade from an 8-year-old laptop and plays new shooters on high and ultra at 60+ fps.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 20 days ago
Six months with a second-hand Snapdragon T14s Gen 6: great battery life and quiet fans, but the touchpad is very poor, webcam weak and fingerprint reader unreliable.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 20 days ago
Used the company-issued Intel T14 Gen 6 less extensively; it is heavier and bulkier than their T14s and occasionally freezes in Office apps.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 20 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro, four months old, uses about 75% of the battery in a 7 hour day, 95% capacity at 89 cycles, and they are disappointed compared with their 2020 M1 MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 21 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 21 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 23 days ago
Their 15-inch M5 Air (16GB/1TB) throttled too much during software development, so they traded it in toward a MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 23 days ago
The open-box 14-inch M5 Pro (48GB) they were sold was defective, so they got a brand new one at a lower price instead.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 27 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 27 days ago
Their second-hand T480 had a battery that deteriorated, weak integrated graphics for video editing, and growing reliability issues after about four years.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 27 days ago
Moving from a T480 to a T14 Gen 1 AMD was not a notable practical improvement, though they love the T14 line.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 27 days ago
Owns three T480 units and finds aftermarket batteries okay and inexpensive.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 27 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 32 days ago
Their M1 Pro MacBook Pro is nearly five years old and still at 97% battery health, mostly kept plugged in.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 33 days ago
Their new 16-inch M5 Max got 15-18 hours per charge during setup and is about 30% better than their previous M4 Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 33 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro (24GB/1TB), used for 3D modeling and Autocad, is at 95% battery health after four months despite mostly staying plugged in.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 34 days ago
Moving from a 13-inch M5 Air to the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro for work, they noticed somewhat worse battery life but still find it amazing overall.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 34 days ago
Charging between 30 and 80%, their old base M1 MacBook Pro kept 91% battery health over five years and 254 cycles, lasting longer than the M5 Pro that replaced it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their 16-inch M4 Max is still at 100% battery health with about 70 cycles after 10 months, used plugged in most of the time.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their base M5 MacBook Pro is at 91% battery health after 156 cycles, having dropped to 96% within three months.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro (64GB/2TB), bought in May, sits at 100% battery health after 28 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
16 inch M5 Pro 64GB, about 150 days old, mostly used plugged in, with 131 cycles and 99% battery health.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16 inch M1 Pro lasts around 8 hours from 80% to 20% on daily use with camera on for online classes and display at max settings.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Has had the 14 inch M5 for almost a year with optimized charging at 80%, mostly plugged in, and reports 100% maximum capacity after 147 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their base M5 14-inch MacBook Pro usually lasts a full day with coding, light local LLM work, browsing and media.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their MacBook Pro M4 shows 100% battery health at 90 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro is at 100% battery health after 26 cycles with near daily use, mostly plugged in at work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro with 48GB is used 10-12 hours a day plugged in, with 12 cycles and 100% battery capacity.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Four months into owning their 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro, the battery drains much faster than in the first month, with heavy video editing use.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro with 24GB, charge limit set to 80%, lasts all day on battery.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their work-issued M5 MacBook Pro, used for six months, keeps 100% capacity and lasts an 8 hour day unless the workload is very heavy.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro gets only about 4-6 hours unplugged with Claude, writing and Excel work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 40 days ago
Uses an M1 MacBook Air bought for under $800 in 2021 as a nights and weekends laptop; finds it indestructible, very fast and incredibly valuable.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 43 days ago
Loves their P14s with a Ryzen 8840HS; much better thermals and performance than their old T14s, and it does great in games.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 52 days ago
Owns a T16 Gen 4 AMD and says it has not crashed regularly while watching YouTube.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 60 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 60 days ago
Had to send four L14 Gen 5s from their workplace back to Lenovo in one week because they would not boot and the drive disappeared.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 66 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 66 days ago
Owns a T14s Gen 6 running a recent Ubuntu and kernel, saying it looks beautiful and works damn fine.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 66 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 66 days ago
Runs Fedora Kinoite on a T14 Gen 1, which works great, and calls the ThinkPad very Linux-friendly.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 66 days ago
Their Gen 13 X1 Carbon had its motherboard fail twice and they consider it just not a good computer.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 67 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 67 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 67 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 67 days ago
Had many problems with Debian on the AMD T14 Gen 5, including WiFi 7 and regdomain trouble, a slow touchpad after sleep and power drain in sleep. Fedora was fine and CachyOS resolved everything.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 67 days ago
Loves their Gen 13 Aura Edition and usually gets through a whole day without charging, keeping the battery limit at 80%. Elsewhere notes it gets pretty hot on the lap.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 67 days ago
Bought the Legion 5 last year with a 1TB drive and loves the system, saying it handles everything with decent efficiency.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 67 days ago
Owns the same Legion 5; the only limitation is the 16GB RAM, which most games now fill, so they are thinking about upgrading.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 68 days ago
Owns the Legion 5 with RTX 5060 and upgraded to 32GB RAM and an extra 1TB drive, recommending the RAM upgrade since 16GB is hit often.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago
Bought their Gen 9 Pro 7i second-hand and is really pleased; temps stay 68-75C with spikes to 85C without a cooling pad, and they consider it the best looking Legion.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago
Owns the RTX 5060 version of the Legion 5 and loves it.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago
Has the same Legion 5, says it works better than expected and has no regrets.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 69 days ago
Owns the same Legion 5 and calls it a great machine.
Reddit · r/laptops · 70 days ago
After two to three years of 10-13 hour days, their Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Gen 9 is still great but has had cooling and overheating issues that cause freezes and glitches.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 70 days ago
Owns a Gen 6 X1 Carbon and loves it.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 70 days ago
Got Lenovo warranty support last month for a new-to-me E14 Gen 6 without needing proof of purchase, confirming the support works for secondhand units.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 70 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 70 days ago
Owns a T14 Gen 6 and is disappointed by the battery runtime, getting only 4 to 4.5 hours of general web browsing.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 70 days ago
Used a Gen 11 at work, liked it enough to sell their MacBook Air M2 and buy another with the OLED display; finds the build and power impressive for the size and weight.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 72 days ago
Their T14 Gen 1 with charge capped at 90 percent gets about 5 hours in energy saver mode.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 72 days ago
Their M1 MacBook Air is crooked and worn but still going strong.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 74 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/LenovoLegion · 75 days ago
Gen 9 Pro 7i is 1.5 years old and still going strong on balanced mode without undervolting; CPU only occasionally spikes to 90C.
Reddit · r/GamingLaptops · 75 days ago
The RTX 5050 in their LOQ stays locked at 35 W and nothing they tried fixed it.