Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux

Re:Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux by augusto-moura on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:44AM (#31234414)

I think most of the praise on Thinkpads comes from older versions, from IBM and the first Lenovos. I have an X220, and even though it's quite outdated hardware for today's world, it is still a very capable machine.

The most recent laptops are very good, but their support of linux is lacking compared with the older ones. As a rule of thumb, I try to find the model page in arch wiki before any purchase, it should list most of the common problems and how to fix them (if they are fixable at all, your X1-Extreme page for example[1]).

[1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Extreme

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Re:Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux by debacle on Monday May 02, 2022 @09:29AM (#31234858)

The last ThinkPad I owned disintegrated in under a year. The chassis was so poorly made that it just crumbled with normal use.

I have been buying Asus ever since. Not the prettiest machines but durable and reliable.

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Re:Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen3 Review – with Linux by bitL on Monday May 02, 2022 @10:07AM (#31235294)

I have a Zephyrus G15 with 5800u/RTX3080/40GB/3TB and with the 5.15 kernel it works flawlessly on Linux Mint. I use it more often than MBP these days. The only drawback is no DisplayPort for VR.

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