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Got the new ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 AMD, AMA. (lemmy.ca)
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Just got it today so I haven't had much time to play with it yet. But feel free to ask me anything about it and I'll answer when I can. The model I got has the non-touch 100% sRGB 400 nits display.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago

every time i see a thinkpad i'm reminded of my first IT job cannibalizing hard drives, keyboard, screens, touchpads, and pointers from other broken thinkpads to save money and make the department's budget balance a little bit better while the company raked in billions of dollars every quarter.

i mean to sound nostalgic more than bitter because it was FANTASTIC company to work for at the time and things like the smell of a brand new thinkpad out of its plastic or the sounds of keyboard snapping into place and the black & red aesthetic always takes me back like some old man remembering better days. lol

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What CPU and what's the battery life? (that might take a bit)

Also what's your opinion on the notch?

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

CPU is AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. It's too early to form an opinion about battery life, but so far it seems promising. As we speak the battery life is 67% and it shows 7 hours remaining. This is on Linux mind you, and I'm not doing anything heavy. Will report back tomorrow.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How much do you love the new CoPilot™ key?

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

LOL. I use Linux so it's pretty useless to me. At least they didn't remove the right control key to make room for it like they did in the new X1 Carbon! I'll probably find a good use for it by mapping it to some shortcut or modifier.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Will you run Linux on it?

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. Will be running Fedora Silverblue 41.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you upgrade anything in it? Also is build quality good or is it floppy and bendy?

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only the WAN card and the NVME. RAM and Wifi are not upgradable.

Build quality seems to be very good. On par with my last X1 Carbon Gen 9.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't get why Lenovo hasn't adopted CAMM2 for the Thinkpads, upgradable ram should be considered a bare nessesity for a Thinkpad

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

P1 gen 7 uses CAMM2 if I'm not mistaken. T14 gen 5 (but not T14s) uses SODIMM so I suppose it's possible gen 6 will switch to CAMM2.

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Under Linux (Kernel 6.11.8), everything works flawlessly out of the box. The only issue I noticed is that the fan runs constantly. The CPU temp could be as low as 36 degrees and the fan would still be running at 2400 RPM. It's not loud or anything though. Not sure if this is related to the Platform Profile in the kernel, or it's a bios issue. Either way, I hope it gets fixed eventually.

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I ran some benchmarks to check the performance and the CPU wattage. In Cinebnech R23 10 mins run I got 10935. Temp at the end of the 10 mins run was 73. So I suspected it wasn't pushing as hard as it could then I found a "smart cooling" setting in the bios. After disabling that I got around 1200. Could still be better because the CPU temp was the same in the end.

CPU package power as reported by hwinfo64, settles at 22w after around 4 minutes. Before that it stays between 26-28 watt with CPU temp in the mid 80's. Then it settles at 22 watt (with CPU temp at 73 degrees). So it seems to be that the cooling system is capable of running this at at least 25w sustained. I'm hoping a bios update down the line will take advantage of the thermal headroom.

[–] Didros 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you a child of divorce?

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, you?

[–] Didros 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nope.

[–] zaidka@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sad.

[–] Didros 1 points 1 week ago

If you wanna know why I find that a funny response to an ama:

https://youtu.be/RIsJlAnhssw?si=1f6FN64yRbk4rVZJ

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

New thinkpad sounds like an oxymoron