ik ik but my bed is so great for laptop usage in many ways: its a large area for me to do whatever, its comfortable, and my desk is completely occupied by my desktop. The fans getting clogged or the heat is an issue but I regularly change thermal paste and clean out my fans about once every few months so its not that big of an issue.
i keep recommending these to friends in need of a new laptop. You can get them here for around 250-300€ reliably with the ryzen 5 and reasonable stats throughout. I'm glad i'm not the only one who does that :)
I just bought an E14 thinkpad Ryzen 5 pro 4650u, 24g ram and 512 gb ssd and 97% battery health for $200. I know the T14 is better built in theory but I really haven't noticed the compromise with build quality. It seems much better value than what you paid!!
eh sure...the E14 is going to be cheaper and "better value" but the average person in average use is not going to notice the extra 8 gb of ram and the two extra cores. What they will notice is the extra heat from the two extra cores and the lower quality of the chassis, materials, keyboard, and screen. I'm not too sure about the E14 but the E15 and 16 has a ton of chassis flex, to the point of eventually destroying the whole motherboard over time. I mean sure people who understand and take care of tech can avoid that but your regular person is not going to do that and be left with a broken computer in 2-3 years. Lenovo is also very inconsistent with the quality of parts they put in their computers so even though in theory it should be the same specs, Lenovo is more likely to put the higher quality parts in the higher end models. Since the person that I was buying this computer for was willing to pay the premium for a solid computer that will last, I chose to avoid the cheaper E and L series. I will admit I didn't get the best deal on the T14. If you really searched, you could probably get one with the same specs for around that S200. But its going to be a lot more worn down and like I said, a non tech savvy person doing basic internet surfing and office work is not going to notice the slightly more performance but they will notice the worse condition and build quality.
This has to be one of thee most bizarre reviews i have ever yet seen yet it was captivating. " What can I say about this thinkpad?" LOLOL Kiddo write down all the specs. Talk about it works and rolls in your workflow to name a few
Yeah I'm still trying to get a format for when I review computers. I usually talk about what I feel about the laptop which is why this laptop was so hard to talk about since I only had it for like a day where I set everything up and tested it out before I had to send it out to the person that wanted this thing. I'm real lazy so I don't write scripts and just free hand it. But I am trying to look at more laptop reviews to see what people want to see in a laptop review.
Exactly why Im a Mac guy. My old ass unibody Macs running 2024 MacOS or baremetal linux like champs. I dont even know what deck flex is. I do want to get an old thinkpad just cause.
I do have to agree that macs are built very solid, even still. Its sad that cost cutting has brought the Thinkpad quality so low these days. If you are looking for a Thinkpad I would suggest starting from the T430 or T420. They have a good balance between modern and classic features and are still relatively cheap.
The trackpad and screen could be defective. The battery…not sure what you mean by faulty but if it drains fast then from what I’ve read it’s a windows standby mode issue. Also there are many different generations of Thinkpad T14 by now…which one are you talking about? Plus don’t these things have like a few years warranties?
to me the x1 carbon is flimsy. Sure it doesn’t flex or anything but it is very fragile to the point of not being able to take a single drop. edit: Great laptop though, My X1 carbon is great even though there is damage to the screen
@@dcfbf in my case I use it for windows laptop and due to travelling I find it very comfortable. Negative is the fan... which is so irritating especially when used to my main laptop m3 macbook pro. I agree it is for sure not like the old school IBM die hard thinkpads. Lastly, the keyboard was, is and will be always the GOAT :)
I agree that keyboard is great. The fact that they managed to fit a keyboard with this much travel in such a slim laptop while having almost zero flex is absolutely amazing
Blocking a laptop's air intake with a bed is a high level of intelligence. Great work.
Ofc If it can survive the hell that is bed usage it can survive anything
@ so just because you can survive a jump from a building, you should jump off a building? Great logic.
nah I'm just lazy and I'm trying to justify my laziness
@@dcfbf place the laptop on a desk or flat surface so it increases the lifespan. Placing a laptop on a bed is the best way to get the fans clogged.
ik ik but my bed is so great for laptop usage in many ways: its a large area for me to do whatever, its comfortable, and my desk is completely occupied by my desktop.
The fans getting clogged or the heat is an issue but I regularly change thermal paste and clean out my fans about once every few months so its not that big of an issue.
I recently got an L14 G1 for 300 usd, Ryzen 7 and 16gb ram. Best purchase ever made.
Nice! the great thing about the L series is that I don't think they ever had soldered ram so you can probably upgrade that ram even further
i keep recommending these to friends in need of a new laptop. You can get them here for around 250-300€ reliably with the ryzen 5 and reasonable stats throughout. I'm glad i'm not the only one who does that :)
yep especially since a new $300 laptop is completely unusable and or terrible in build quality in comparison
I just bought an E14 thinkpad Ryzen 5 pro 4650u, 24g ram and 512 gb ssd and 97% battery health for $200. I know the T14 is better built in theory but I really haven't noticed the compromise with build quality. It seems much better value than what you paid!!
eh sure...the E14 is going to be cheaper and "better value" but the average person in average use is not going to notice the extra 8 gb of ram and the two extra cores. What they will notice is the extra heat from the two extra cores and the lower quality of the chassis, materials, keyboard, and screen.
I'm not too sure about the E14 but the E15 and 16 has a ton of chassis flex, to the point of eventually destroying the whole motherboard over time. I mean sure people who understand and take care of tech can avoid that but your regular person is not going to do that and be left with a broken computer in 2-3 years.
Lenovo is also very inconsistent with the quality of parts they put in their computers so even though in theory it should be the same specs, Lenovo is more likely to put the higher quality parts in the higher end models.
Since the person that I was buying this computer for was willing to pay the premium for a solid computer that will last, I chose to avoid the cheaper E and L series.
I will admit I didn't get the best deal on the T14. If you really searched, you could probably get one with the same specs for around that S200. But its going to be a lot more worn down and like I said, a non tech savvy person doing basic internet surfing and office work is not going to notice the slightly more performance but they will notice the worse condition and build quality.
I like thinkpads
This has to be one of thee most bizarre reviews i have ever yet seen yet it was captivating. " What can I say about this thinkpad?" LOLOL Kiddo write down all the specs. Talk about it works and rolls in your workflow to name a few
Yeah I'm still trying to get a format for when I review computers. I usually talk about what I feel about the laptop which is why this laptop was so hard to talk about since I only had it for like a day where I set everything up and tested it out before I had to send it out to the person that wanted this thing. I'm real lazy so I don't write scripts and just free hand it. But I am trying to look at more laptop reviews to see what people want to see in a laptop review.
Exactly why Im a Mac guy. My old ass unibody Macs running 2024 MacOS or baremetal linux like champs. I dont even know what deck flex is. I do want to get an old thinkpad just cause.
I do have to agree that macs are built very solid, even still. Its sad that cost cutting has brought the Thinkpad quality so low these days. If you are looking for a Thinkpad I would suggest starting from the T430 or T420. They have a good balance between modern and classic features and are still relatively cheap.
Bro I can not find this for $300, could you drop a link?
just search up Thinkpad T14 gen 1 on Ebay or Amazon and the ones with 10th gen intel or 4th gen ryzen are T14 gen 1.
It's a laptop👍
Yes
Na uh its a ThinkPad
My T14 trackpad is buggy, battery is faulty, dead pixels
Didn't last more than 2 years
The trackpad and screen could be defective. The battery…not sure what you mean by faulty but if it drains fast then from what I’ve read it’s a windows standby mode issue. Also there are many different generations of Thinkpad T14 by now…which one are you talking about? Plus don’t these things have like a few years warranties?
x1 carbon , nothing else around 300 dollars or euros
to me the x1 carbon is flimsy. Sure it doesn’t flex or anything but it is very fragile to the point of not being able to take a single drop.
edit: Great laptop though, My X1 carbon is great even though there is damage to the screen
@@dcfbf in my case I use it for windows laptop and due to travelling I find it very comfortable. Negative is the fan... which is so irritating especially when used to my main laptop m3 macbook pro. I agree it is for sure not like the old school IBM die hard thinkpads. Lastly, the keyboard was, is and will be always the GOAT :)
I agree that keyboard is great. The fact that they managed to fit a keyboard with this much travel in such a slim laptop while having almost zero flex is absolutely amazing