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/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/thinkpad · 17 days ago
Their T14 Gen 3 has the same palmrest creaking problem.
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/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/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/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/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/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/thinkpad · 75 days ago
Returned a T14 Gen 5 among several ThinkPads because of a rattling trackpad and low-temperature solder on the motherboard.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 77 days ago
Just got a T14 Gen 6 AMD second hand and loves how the keyboard and chassis feel.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 78 days ago
Their OLED 2.8k 258V Gen 13 drains about 10-12% per hour on office work with 15 Edge tabs at 50% brightness.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 81 days ago
Used a 2017 X1 Carbon Gen 5 as main laptop for years; it needed a fan replacement and has a dead TB3 port and 58 percent battery capacity but has been an excellent machine.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 82 days ago
Owns an AMD T14 Gen 6 and only reaches about 5 hours of battery, far short of the 9-10 hours others report.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 84 days ago
Runs Linux on their Intel L14 Gen 5 with no problems.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 84 days ago
On their ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 Ryzen the trackpad support under Linux was poor and needed many tweaks.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 88 days ago
Had the same browser freezing problem on this machine, their fourth X1 and by far the worst.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 93 days ago
Just received it; the keyboard has shorter but clicky strokes compared with their older ThinkPads, and the touchpad is much improved.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 94 days ago
Owns the AMD version running CachyOS and really likes it.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 95 days ago
Upgraded their T14 Gen 1 from 16GB to 40GB of RAM to handle heavy Chrome and AI-tool use, and says it now handles everything without hitting limits.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 96 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 104 days ago
Bought a barely used AMD Ryzen AI 5 Pro T14s Gen 6 for about 420 dollars and runs Fedora on it. Got a Windows-only trading program working through Lutris.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 111 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 111 days ago
Their old T480 i5 with 8GB handled Blender, After Effects and light games smoothly before they moved to a newer ThinkPad.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 111 days ago
Their T14 Gen 1 i5 performs much worse than their old T480 in Blender, After Effects and light games, with CPU spiking to 95-99 percent.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 111 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 113 days ago
Bought a factory refurbished Gen 13 and is returning it: lightweight with good battery, but browsers froze and loaded slowly and the fans made a high pitched noise.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 113 days ago
Their T14 Gen 5 AMD with a Ryzen 8840U handles browsers without issues even at 2880x1800.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 114 days ago
Had a 4-year-old X1 Carbon Gen 6 that was good, but the 300-nit screen, small trackpad and fan noise and heat made it miserable to use.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 114 days ago
Bought a Ryzen 5 Pro 7535U L14 Gen 5 in brand new condition for 400 euros and loves it, planning a RAM upgrade and Fedora dual boot.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 114 days ago
Bought a used E14 Gen 6 (Ryzen 5 7535U) for 250 pounds; feels as sturdy as their older T14, perfect battery health, very satisfied so far.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 121 days ago
Their 2019 Gen 5 X1 Carbon with 8GB has a finicky keyboard and freezes when many apps are open, prompting an upgrade.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 126 days ago
Bought a used Ryzen 7 7730U model with 40 GB RAM and 1 TB SSD for about 420 USD as an engineering student; runs Ubuntu with a few Linux hiccups and finds it much better than their old 2017 MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 127 days ago
On their 258V OLED 120Hz Gen 13 with light work at about 40% brightness they get 10-12 hours in Battery Saver, around 8 balanced and 6-7 in performance mode.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 130 days ago
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.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 130 days ago
Their OLED Gen 13 lasts about 4 hours at 100% brightness on browser work but could reach 8+ hours at 60%.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 133 days ago
Calls the refurbished Core Ultra 5 L14 Gen 5 a great and reliable laptop after a few days on CachyOS, with very good battery life.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 133 days ago
Owns the Core Ultra 7 155U L14 Gen 5 as a good mainstream work laptop, but finds the battery poor in Windows and has unfixable coil whine.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 147 days ago
Ryzen 5 7535U L14 Gen 5 with 16GB DDR5 feels fast and snappy, has a fantastic keyboard, a decent 1920x1200 screen and upgradeable RAM; a solid budget ThinkPad.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 147 days ago
Got the Intel L14 Gen 5 a few months ago and loves it.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 150 days ago
Has the same L14 Gen 5 with 32 GB of RAM and plays Hunt Showdown and other demanding games at over 60 fps.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 165 days ago
Bought new, the battery failed after 15 months with an error and a bogus cycle count; the laptop shuts off when unplugged and the warranty had expired.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 167 days ago
Used a T480 and hated carrying a special charger for its dedicated charging port, so mostly charged over USB-C instead.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 172 days ago
Battery capacity fell to 79% over two years, and the laptop lags on basic tasks unless it runs at full performance, which they describe as poor for a modern machine.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 178 days ago
Their unit bricked after a failed BIOS update, was fixed under warranty and then showed the same no-boot behavior again; disappointed after several earlier Carbons were trouble free.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 179 days ago
Loves their X1 Carbon 6th Gen, but its fingerprint reader does not work on Linux Mint and 8 GB of RAM now feels limiting.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 185 days ago
Their WiFi card failed after a BIOS update, which they suspect is an Embedded Controller firmware power issue; as a first ThinkPad it has been a terrible experience.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 186 days ago
Two months in with the Ryzen 5 L14 Gen 5, finding it more powerful than the old laptop but oddly hot with temperature spikes during light browsing despite repasting.