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.
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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 · 125 days ago
Their P14s Gen 4 with an i7-1370P is poor on thermals and noise, described as absolutely terrible.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 146 days ago
Owns a P1 Gen 8 and finds it super nice and exactly what they wanted.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 147 days ago
Owns a P1 Gen 8 with RTX 2000, 64GB RAM and Core Ultra 9; local AI models larger than about 6 to 7GB become slow once they spill from the GPU into CPU and RAM.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 200 days ago
Uses a work P1 Gen 8 with an RTX 2000 alongside a personal T1g Gen 8; for gaming and non-AI tasks the two perform within 5 to 10 percent because TDP is the limit.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 200 days ago
Bought a T1g Gen 8 cheaply but running Linux with the Nvidia GPU took time to stop it switching on and draining the battery.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 200 days ago
Owns a personal T1g Gen 8 with the RTX 5070, which generates local AI images almost 50 percent faster than the RTX 2000 in their work P1 Gen 8.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 219 days ago
On their P14s Gen 5 AMD it is the first ThinkPad where they had to swap the Ctrl and Fn keys in BIOS, which they strongly dislike.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 219 days ago
Had to readjust to the Ctrl and Fn placement on their P14s G5 but finds it better since they type on many other computers.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 224 days ago
Owns a P1 Gen 7 and prefers Windows over a MacBook Air for work, but would not pay current prices for a P1.
Reddit · r/laptops · 234 days ago
Owns the Laptop Studio 2 with an i7 13th gen and RTX 4060 and notes it is not lightweight.
Reddit · r/laptops · 234 days ago
Owns a P1 Gen 6 and finds it fairly portable.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 235 days ago
Owned a P1 Gen 7 with the 135H and no dGPU and found the fans quieter than other reports claim, apart from a distinctive high-pitched tone at idle fan speeds.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 236 days ago
Bought the IPS version of the P1 Gen 8 and finds the screen looks really good for video, with no flickering on the 60Hz panel.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 244 days ago
Just got a T1g Gen 8 with an Ultra 9 after a P1 Gen 5, finds it quite a bit faster and has no issues with the consumer GPU.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 247 days ago
Has a P14s Gen 5 AMD with a matte OLED and sees no grain issues in normal use, only occasionally while watching movies at non-native resolutions.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 248 days ago
Owns a T1g Gen 8 with the tandem OLED and finds graininess most visible on white backgrounds at all brightness levels, though the display is otherwise gorgeous for content.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 264 days ago
Owner of the P1 Gen 8 who finds it runs much cooler and uses less power than their older P1 Gen 2, with core temps staying in the 50s to mid 60s.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 264 days ago
Long-time ThinkPad owner calls the P1 Gen 8 with tandem OLED the best Windows laptop they have used, praising the screen, sound, coolness and its role as a workstation replacement.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 264 days ago
Tried a P1 Gen 6 that sounded like a jet and overheated constantly, so it was returned.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 289 days ago
Describes the P1 Gen 8 as very solidly built with aluminum lid and deck, but notes graininess on the tandem OLED at low brightness, some image retention and clicking inner bezel points.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 292 days ago
Has the 64GB, OLED, RTX Pro 2000 Blackwell P1 Gen 8, reports no Nvidia driver blue screens and says it feels really well built with a magnesium alloy keyboard bezel.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 293 days ago
Their P1 Gen 8 (Ultra 7 255H) suffered random black screens caused by the Intel graphics driver; the problem was gone after updating to the newest driver.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 298 days ago
Bought a Gen 8 with an RTX 5070, Core Ultra 7 and tandem OLED at a big discount, but found the OLED quite grainy and would pick the 4K IPS instead.