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Now that virtualisation under AMD has matured, specifically with regards to Android emulation, this is something I'm seriously considering...great review as always Josh!
Every time I think about getting a laptop, I come to this channel. Hands down, the most straightforward, professional, and easy-to listen to videos on the subject. Hope you are doing well Josh!
Ordered this with the 400nit the day it was avaliable, after checking lenovos store multiple times a day for months. Recived it a few weeks ago, but have not gotten to use it yet unfortunatly. Its still in its box. Camt wait to unbox it and start up.
@ Well...I only got to use it for a day before I had to send it back to lenovo for repair. Some issue with windows that I could not seem to fix myself. It was not even possible to format the computer. Windows completely froze. Now its fixed, and on its way back to me again. But I really liked it the day I got to use it. Really wish it was a 16:10 display though. I got the UAE display, wich does have poor response times and a little ghotsing. But colors are good. Overall performane is amazing. REally fast and snappy computer. Very light weight too.
@@myleswolfe5139 The T14s has soldered RAM only. Didnt know there was a 8Gb option. I would just get the 16 or 32gb. You cannot upgrade ram later. If not you can get the T14 which has a ram slot.
Stumble upon this while considering a laptop for on-the-go work and wow! What a load of well communicated information geared towards a diverse group of consumers! I think you may have sold me on this BEAST of a computer. Thanks!
Hey Josh! Sir you are probably one of the best tech reviewers i have seen in this short life of mine till now..... Keep going.... Love the way u deliver the detailed information.
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Excellent review , as always Josh, and thank you for digging in to find cure to raise the brightness settings. You make all the difference in the world for your viewers by doing this, that's what makes you stand out and unique 👍👍👍👌
Just an FYI, 2K resolution is 1080p, if you want to refer to 1440p, then it is more close to 2.5K! Figured you should know before educating the masses incorrectly.
Wow! I'm sold! I'll be buying this for work purposes, which involves heavy use of spreadsheets and multiple cloud softwares. I believe this T14S is good enough. Thank you for the detailed and honest review. Subscribed! :)
@Desmond Arthur They changed 3 times the delivery date of the notebook. So, I canceled the order and bought a Dell XPS 9310, which was delivered in 4 days. As for the Dell, I am pretty satisfied.
I ordered the 14" Ideapad 5, with the 4500U cpu, based on your review(s) it's been great, and i really like it! build is nice, keyboard is nice etc. i got the better screen option and it'll do! anyways, keep it up! i enjoy your content
@@luisfernando55 I live in Denmark where everything is expensive. i paid 6100 or 970 dollars... :/ It's much cheaper in the US Bought mine directly from the lenovo site. otherwise i couldn't get one with more than 8gb memory
Thank you for this review, Josh! 👍🏻I like your detailed information about using this machine and the facts i get from you to find just the right machine for me. 👌🏻
@@popokatapetl6995 I would say pretty much every single person I know in covid times need a camera for their video calls. Do you carry around an external cam for work? :P
this laptop is perfectly ok for some photo editing and 3d design. the vega 7 gpu of the ryzen 7 4750u is faster than some entry level dedicated gpus. far from optimal, but definitely workable.
@@akshayshetye8718 I have tried Fedora 32 with kernel 5.7 on my T14 with 4750U, the only thing doesn't work is the microphone. Kernel 5.8 should fix the issue.
@@xia how is the battery life in your model? Keyboard and chasis feel premium? Does the laptop run hot sometimes? Please I need to know I ordered the same model and been waiting 1 month and these are only the points that I need to know to know if it’s a god-tier laptop, also if you want to relate any bad experience of the laptop feel free to share, thanks!
@Just Josh: Thanks, always, for the programmer perspective! Could you do a video on the P14s? It's hard to find regular reviews on it, let alone the thorough stress tests. I'm interested to see the Mozilla Compile times b/w it and other laptops with dedicated graphics. It'd also be nice to see it up against the Dell 9310; your review got me wondering.... lol
Just want to point out, the SSD in T14s (AMD) is slowed down by Lenovo. My T14s came with 1 TB Western Digital SSD which was meant to give me 3500/3100 (read/write respectively) after reading the specification. Performing several Crystal disk mark tests, I found out that the SSD only gave around 1660/1400 (read/write respectively). 2 other people have also reported the same problem on reddit. This could be the reason why the odd results on importing SQL database.
cant be worse than asus, with their 120 Hz medicore color display, with a response time of 40 ms, on a 2000 dollar GAMING laptop. (while also blocking the vents on the back) (both their A15 TUf and zephyrus G14 have these issues - at least the TUF is cheaper)
@@muhammadraihan9044 Nah dude, none of the vents are blocked. You may recheck if you wish to. Both fans have inlets on the bottom cover and outlets on each side on the rear side of the laptop
And it has trackpoint! Which is great when you're programmer, because you don't need to put your hand/fingers off the keyboard. Pity it's so rare in notebooks.
Another great review...Intel is getting their arse handed to them. Love the competition. I think next year is going to be very exciting as I believe almost all of the major laptop vendors will offer a AMD option for their premium laptops...also is the next gen version of USB going to be available soon-ish that will offer all the speed of Thunderbolt. Also will be interesting to see what Apple can pull off with their own ARM chips in Macbooks. It's getting interesting in 2021 (hopefully without Covid19). I'm jussayin.....
I've been using the predecessor (T495s) for 9 months now and I think it's a really good laptop.
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Same here. It's seems the only change is the processor and the screen (depending on what you choose). And, under normal situations, when you put the notebook in silent mode, you won't hear the fan.
What it needs is a 1920x1200 display more than a higher resolution one. Thinkpads always had taller screens, actually, 4:3 would be ideal, but with so many manufacturers now using 16:10, it would be more cost effective than 16:12.
1. Would have loved to see the demo of speakers and fan noise. I was curious about the high pitch noise you repeatedly mentioned. 2. I am not sure but I think you should put these laptops on max brightness while recording. 3. Overall nice review 10/11
Hey Josh, I am about do buy myself a laptop for working/casual porpuses (which makes this laptop also interesting). I came across LG's "Gram 15". Since you never mentioned it, I wondered what you would think about this laptop? Is there a possibillity for a review from youre side? Greetings from Germany.
Another very informative review. Thank you! I just priced out the Thinkpad X13 AMD with this T14s AMD with same specs (AMD Ryzen 7 4750U, 16GB DDR4, 128GB SSD (don't upgrade to the larger hard drive from Lenovo. Buy a Samsung 512GB NVme SSD from Amazon for under $100 and swap it out), 500nits FHD IPS with Privacy Screen, WiFi 6, Backlit Keyboard, Fingerprint Reader and IR/720fps Camera. The T14s priced at $1687 and the X13 came in at $1378. The only difference between the 2 laptops is that the T14s is a touch screen and X13 is not. Oddly the X13 Intel variant does come with a touchscreen option. Too bad the X13 Yoga (same specs as X13 but with touchscreen) only comes in the Intel variant - no AMD.
@@andriasdickson7129 I bought mine with a superior R 7 4800U, 1TB M.2 SSD, 2 Fans and other specs similar to this Thinkpad T14s For $1100. It's not overpriced, please do your research before you comment.
@@jesperjoki6682 its kinda like the more premium version of the ideapad 5. The screen is great 300 nits 100 srgb FHD. Though intel models have UHD models.
Hey Josh, thanks for the review. The reason why you are seeing a large performance difference in your MySQL test is most likely related to the different file systems as well as the operating system kernel's handing of file operation.
About G14 Josh, it is louder only when you use graphic card in it. Agree that keyboard brightness isnt that good comparing to T14s, but for that you get better screen with higher frequency with better color accuracy, high performance CPU( which is better for future) GTX/RTX card if you want to play a little or use CAD (but some people will need to do it in headphones :D ) and better build materials ( magnesium alloy vs smudgy plastic chassis in t14) for the same price
I was just sent this laptop for my work.I had never heard of this brand.i just knew Dell and HP was better than this brand.Boy was I wrong. Thinkpad had me to "think again"🤭🤣🤣I love this review.Now I await to hear from IT to set up this double monitor.
@@maylinfu789 Thermals are good, no throttling and the case is not hot. The CPU temperature is high when hamerring it but the fan noise is minimal. Running Cinebench over and over again gets similar results so no downgrade in performance.
Thanks Josh. After this watching this video, I ordered the E14 Gen 2 with the 4700u, 512 GB ssd and 16 GB ram. This will be my main laptop for programming. The ram is 8gb soldiered and 8gb sodimm. I am happy to get the full DDR4 low latency RAMs and not the high latency LPDDR4 ones. I heard that there is a potential performance issue with Ryzen 4000 series processors and high latency LPDDR4 rams as present in some notebooks. It would be great if you can test this on the 4500u and 4700u with both dual channel and soldiered configs and make a video.
I ordered me a thinkpad T14 Ryzen 7 with 16gb onboard plus a 16gb module (the education model with an upgrade to 32gb ram) because i really need the rj45 ethernet port. I expect it to have about the same power and can't wait for it to arrive, i'm so excited. (upgrading from a dell Latitude E4300 from 2010 and going to sell all my desktop computers)
For the hardware acceleration that I was talking to you Josh it was maybe a new version of Adobe that did increase just a bit the performace and optimized a tiny bit the render times because render times is only what I can see in the video of my friend ZKYLOS and not the GPU usage
Updated (my friend ZYKLOS tested this) and the hardware acceleration is only 20% faster so they need to do a couple of updates because the APU usage on ZYKLOS's Ideapad was only 20% on 3D so it's not worth it to pay Resolve for that
I'm trying to find a replacement for my t480. I have 3, I've been cannibalizing over the past 10 years. I love the t480, easily servicable, dual batteries... so many ports... I guess the days are over finding refurbished thinkpads under $300, transferring $250 worth of hardware and ending up with what would have been a new 1500 machine... I was wondering what the T series fanbase would recommend if I started down the path of a new laptop I can service and upgrade...?
This guys reviews are a perfect example of why people need to look for reviews outside the major tech reviewers circle, you never know who's persuaded by sponsors no matter how much they say they aren't. The small channels have alot less to gain, and come off alot more authentic and less bias in their voice.
What are the minimum specs for Autodesk CAD and Revit? I cannot find anything about graphics. Would a AMD Ryzen 7 with Radeon Graphics be enough (with 16gb ram)
I agree, Lenovo needs to go with modern screen ratios and I'd love them to use other keyboard arrangement for ctrl and function keys, it's so annoying to have those swapped
@@germaineliew2012 it's 16:9, which most laptops still are, but most consumers(me included) would prefer a 16:10 or 3:2 display on a laptop nowadays as it gives you a lot more vertical space and allows for a larger trackpad as well
@@CianMcsweeney agree with you. 3x2 is much more convenient. I think that Huawai matebook was one of first on the market having taller screen. Hope that this will become a common in a future
It's like Lenovo offers a race car processor with inadequate tyres.... For this model, in Lenovo's website, in 'customize' section, the max available memory is 16 GB. Once they added a 32 GB option, I will be interested. Even my mobile phone has more memory...
@@myleswolfe5139 yes I did that. If you go to customise today, you can set memory to 16 GB max. Even my mobile phone has more memory. Sometimes Lenovo surprise me by their out of touch specs.
I just got a T14 i7-1260p for $400 on FB marketplace. Spent another $140 putting in a 1TB NVME and 32GB more ram bringing it up to 40GB. I have a feeling I will be using this laptop for the next 10 years.
I am narrowing down my next laptop between an elitebook or a lenovo! Elitebooks are cheaper but dont have the classic thinkpad look. I need a 300 nit + screen so for lenovo that limits me to the T14 or the X1 Carbon. The T14 is not as nice as a carbon but you get much better CPU and GPU power.
@@kakashi99908 Honestly the screen on the T14 is gorgeous (1920x1200) and great for reading. My T14 is a secondary computer so I don't need a dedicated GPU. That being said it still plays Skyrim, GTA V type games just fine. The main reason I got the T14 was because a guy was selling it cheap. If I had the choice I would probably go with the X1 Carbon.
I've been anxiously waiting for this review, thank you for making it! The bezels and audio are a bit of a downside, but the combination of the Ryzen CPU, 14" 400 nit display and the great ThinkPad keyboard make this machine perfect for coding.
Why do you describe the audio is a downside on this laptop? Speakers are very important to me as I am using screen readers all the time, could you please let me know what’s the problem in the audio of that laptop?
@@nohafouad7916 it only has downfiring speakers (as compared to front firing speakers in the T14 or newer carbon X1 models), and apparently they also aren't all that great. It may be worth to wait for the next generation of X1 carbons hopefully equipped with the new intel 11th gen processors as I find those to be a more appealing product in general, but this is for nitpicking reasons more than anything else. But if audio quality is really important to you, I'd suggest you get an X1C.
Great review as always. A request: Could you add some information on Linux compatibility of the laptops you review? That would be very helpful for Linux users like me.
If it helps, switching to 5.8 kernel seems to fix all issues with graphics and sleep that some people had on lower kernels. Yoga Slim 7 runs great on Arch and I don't have any issues (my comments from another thread are related to that setup).
Did you test Premiere Pro with Mercury Playback Engine (GPU Accelerated) option enabled in project settings and Hardware Encoding in export settings (it works on AMD since v14.2)?
Great detailed review. Thank you! Intel will really be hurting as they have virtually nothing better to offer now both on the desktop and notebook side!
Thinkpad keyboard is the best keyboard i ever used.. every stroke feels satisfying.. other brands keyboard felt like typing on a piece of paper.. i hope the next iteration has smaller bezel, better colour accurate screen and upgradable ram.. another wishful thinking is to get mx450 gpu although the built in vega is more than enough for my casual gaming
BaRRmaley P1 Gen 2 - Please a BIG NO. Unbelievable quality control on this laptop from GPU coil whine, SSD coil whine, screen flickering, ridiculous battery life to apps freezing and trackpad lag. It went for a return in 2 days. I am now going back to either T14 or T14s and it will be Ryzen definitely.
BaRRmaley Nice. I returned my fully specced ThinkPad T14s (AMD) because it was my first laptop and found the fan having a bit whining sound to it. However after experiencing P1 Gen 2 for 2 days, ThinkPad T14s (AMD) feels like heaven.
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Correction: There is only 1 fan in the larger T14
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For those wondering. Another difference between the t14 and t14s is that the t14s only has solderd Memory while the t14 has an additoinal SoDimm slot.
wow
Now that virtualisation under AMD has matured, specifically with regards to Android emulation, this is something I'm seriously considering...great review as always Josh!
I use it on android studio and works ok
I was working as an intern at IBM in the 90s and I was pushing a cart full of these thinkpads. One of them almost fell on the floor and I almost died.
And then ?
"Most programmers I know code with music anyway" That's so accurate
but they use earphones or headsets so speakers are not really required
haha programmer coding with music played through laptop speakers 🤣
@@michaelxz1305 Through laptop speakers? Who said that?
I have a friend who is a programmer that left the speakers out when reassembling his ThinkPad lol. He only ever uses headphones.
That being said, that being said 🤨
Man I love your honest reviews.
Ditto but i have to wonder if he's moving house to get extra storage for all the laptops has has reviewed!
If only Lenovo would put a Ryzen 4000 series CPU in the X1 Carbon😍
It'll come, dont worry.
Based on my experience with the T14s it'd probably melt through your table and sink to the centre of the earth! :D
@@scollurio true 😂
and 32GB RAM
at the same time the X1 will have a worse screen
Seriously dude! I've been waiting for this!!!! Thanks!
Every time I think about getting a laptop, I come to this channel. Hands down, the most straightforward, professional, and easy-to listen to videos on the subject. Hope you are doing well Josh!
Ordered this with the 400nit the day it was avaliable, after checking lenovos store multiple times a day for months.
Recived it a few weeks ago, but have not gotten to use it yet unfortunatly. Its still in its box. Camt wait to unbox it and start up.
@ Well...I only got to use it for a day before I had to send it back to lenovo for repair. Some issue with windows that I could not seem to fix myself. It was not even possible to format the computer. Windows completely froze. Now its fixed, and on its way back to me again.
But I really liked it the day I got to use it. Really wish it was a 16:10 display though. I got the UAE display, wich does have poor response times and a little ghotsing. But colors are good.
Overall performane is amazing. REally fast and snappy computer. Very light weight too.
@@myleswolfe5139 The T14s has soldered RAM only. Didnt know there was a 8Gb option. I would just get the 16 or 32gb. You cannot upgrade ram later.
If not you can get the T14 which has a ram slot.
Stumble upon this while considering a laptop for on-the-go work and wow! What a load of well communicated information geared towards a diverse group of consumers! I think you may have sold me on this BEAST of a computer. Thanks!
Did you end up getting it? I'm on the look for a laptop too but hesitant on what to get. Appreciate some feedback
@@sarahhdeib1247 I actually with the T15, but it is a great laptop with tons of customization for your specific use.
Hey Josh! Sir you are probably one of the best tech reviewers i have seen in this short life of mine till now..... Keep going.... Love the way u deliver the detailed information.
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Excellent review , as always Josh, and thank you for digging in to find cure to raise the brightness settings. You make all the difference in the world for your viewers by doing this, that's what makes you stand out and unique 👍👍👍👌
This video was extremely well made. Great job!
Just an FYI, 2K resolution is 1080p, if you want to refer to 1440p, then it is more close to 2.5K! Figured you should know before educating the masses incorrectly.
I will refer to it as 1440p in future. Thanks
@@JustJoshTech Thanks for taking feedback so well, I found you couple of days ago and already binged a dozen-ish videos, keep up the good work ;)
Another great video and comprehensive review compared against the other popular laptops 😊😊
Wow! I'm sold! I'll be buying this for work purposes, which involves heavy use of spreadsheets and multiple cloud softwares. I believe this T14S is good enough. Thank you for the detailed and honest review. Subscribed! :)
Is still running good?
Amazing reviews as always.
Thank you for the review. Based on that I just ordered on t14s. Waiting to get it. Will write my impressions on it.
@Desmond Arthur They changed 3 times the delivery date of the notebook. So, I canceled the order and bought a Dell XPS 9310, which was delivered in 4 days. As for the Dell, I am pretty satisfied.
IMO 1080p is the best for 14" because it doesn't need any scaling
Thank you for such reviews ❤️
I been waiting for this review and laptop pre lockdown! But now I want a 15 inch version!
The actual performance of the chip is way above basic use only. Very good device.
I ordered the 14" Ideapad 5, with the 4500U cpu, based on your review(s)
it's been great, and i really like it! build is nice, keyboard is nice etc. i got the better screen option and it'll do!
anyways, keep it up! i enjoy your content
How much did you pay? Thanks
@@luisfernando55 I live in Denmark where everything is expensive. i paid 6100 or 970 dollars... :/ It's much cheaper in the US
Bought mine directly from the lenovo site. otherwise i couldn't get one with more than 8gb memory
Really appreciate the programming benchmarks!
Great video like always Josh!
Thank you for this review, Josh! 👍🏻I like your detailed information about using this machine and the facts i get from you to find just the right machine for me. 👌🏻
Filling out those bezels with a 3:2 screen would have been super cool! :D That said, great review!
Agreed
Or 16:10
And no camera at all, who the hell need camera on working laptop
@@popokatapetl6995 I would say pretty much every single person I know in covid times need a camera for their video calls. Do you carry around an external cam for work? :P
@@w2best no, I simply use the phone all the time ;)
9:42 Would I personally buy it
LMAO, you already bought it, Josh
That was an excellent and thoughtful review! Thanks!
this laptop is perfectly ok for some photo editing and 3d design. the vega 7 gpu of the ryzen 7 4750u is faster than some entry level dedicated gpus. far from optimal, but definitely workable.
Screen is trash.
400 nit 100% srgb screen is decent for a business laptop
A lot of software engineers would go for this or T14 with AMD 4750U running Linux.
Does ryzen 4000 cpu work well with linux? Any issue during Installation and optimization?
@@akshayshetye8718 I have tried Fedora 32 with kernel 5.7 on my T14 with 4750U, the only thing doesn't work is the microphone. Kernel 5.8 should fix the issue.
There have been plenty of amd improvements added to the 5.8 kernel indeed.
Linus Torvalds is running an AMD CPU.
I run T14 with I5-10210U on Xubuntu 20.04 without any issues. Everything works, even the docking station - Thunderbolt 3 Gen 1.
@@xia how is the battery life in your model? Keyboard and chasis feel premium? Does the laptop run hot sometimes? Please I need to know I ordered the same model and been waiting 1 month and these are only the points that I need to know to know if it’s a god-tier laptop, also if you want to relate any bad experience of the laptop feel free to share, thanks!
Great video Josh! Was waiting for this video to drop since you recommended it in your discord :)
Great review! Subscribed!
@Just Josh: Thanks, always, for the programmer perspective! Could you do a video on the P14s? It's hard to find regular reviews on it, let alone the thorough stress tests. I'm interested to see the Mozilla Compile times b/w it and other laptops with dedicated graphics. It'd also be nice to see it up against the Dell 9310; your review got me wondering.... lol
Just want to point out, the SSD in T14s (AMD) is slowed down by Lenovo. My T14s came with 1 TB Western Digital SSD which was meant to give me 3500/3100 (read/write respectively) after reading the specification. Performing several Crystal disk mark tests, I found out that the SSD only gave around 1660/1400 (read/write respectively). 2 other people have also reported the same problem on reddit. This could be the reason why the odd results on importing SQL database.
Lenovo love sticking low brightness, low gamut 16:9 screens on even their most expensive Thinkpads
cant be worse than asus, with their 120 Hz medicore color display, with a response time of 40 ms, on a 2000 dollar GAMING laptop. (while also blocking the vents on the back) (both their A15 TUf and zephyrus G14 have these issues - at least the TUF is cheaper)
@@nioxic77 yep g14 are facing a lot heating issues
@@nioxic77 The 120Hz on G14 has 90%+ srgb gamut albeit poor response times and no unnecessary blockage of vents like the Tuf A15.
@@zs2001 there is actually,they block the vent on the fan in the g14
@@muhammadraihan9044 Nah dude, none of the vents are blocked. You may recheck if you wish to. Both fans have inlets on the bottom cover and outlets on each side on the rear side of the laptop
And it has trackpoint! Which is great when you're programmer, because you don't need to put your hand/fingers off the keyboard. Pity it's so rare in notebooks.
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Another great review...Intel is getting their arse handed to them. Love the competition. I think next year is going to be very exciting as I believe almost all of the major laptop vendors will offer a AMD option for their premium laptops...also is the next gen version of USB going to be available soon-ish that will offer all the speed of Thunderbolt. Also will be interesting to see what Apple can pull off with their own ARM chips in Macbooks. It's getting interesting in 2021 (hopefully without Covid19). I'm jussayin.....
I've been using the predecessor (T495s) for 9 months now and I think it's a really good laptop.
Same here. It's seems the only change is the processor and the screen (depending on what you choose). And, under normal situations, when you put the notebook in silent mode, you won't hear the fan.
What it needs is a 1920x1200 display more than a higher resolution one. Thinkpads always had taller screens, actually, 4:3 would be ideal, but with so many manufacturers now using 16:10, it would be more cost effective than 16:12.
Atlast! ThinkPad
Exactly what I needed .
Thank you for the review
1. Would have loved to see the demo of speakers and fan noise. I was curious about the high pitch noise you repeatedly mentioned.
2. I am not sure but I think you should put these laptops on max brightness while recording.
3. Overall nice review 10/11
He is so honest , humble and accurate that if youtube allow i would like his video 100 times 👍🙏❤️
Shoot. The only problem I have with it is the fact that it doesn't have a graphics card. I render too much.
Hey Josh,
I am about do buy myself a laptop for working/casual porpuses (which makes this laptop also interesting). I came across LG's "Gram 15". Since you never mentioned it, I wondered what you would think about this laptop? Is there a possibillity for a review from youre side?
Greetings from Germany.
Another very informative review. Thank you! I just priced out the Thinkpad X13 AMD with this T14s AMD with same specs (AMD Ryzen 7 4750U, 16GB DDR4, 128GB SSD (don't upgrade to the larger hard drive from Lenovo. Buy a Samsung 512GB NVme SSD from Amazon for under $100 and swap it out), 500nits FHD IPS with Privacy Screen, WiFi 6, Backlit Keyboard, Fingerprint Reader and IR/720fps Camera. The T14s priced at $1687 and the X13 came in at $1378. The only difference between the 2 laptops is that the T14s is a touch screen and X13 is not. Oddly the X13 Intel variant does come with a touchscreen option. Too bad the X13 Yoga (same specs as X13 but with touchscreen) only comes in the Intel variant - no AMD.
great review as always
I have a Thinkpad E15 Gen 2 AMD. Bigger screen, cheaper price. It's another one worth looking at in this area.
Which ryzen processor?
Great review! I'd love to see your opinion on the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7
Slim 7 maybe next :) ?
Nah kind of overpriced
@@andriasdickson7129 I bought mine with a superior R 7 4800U, 1TB M.2 SSD, 2 Fans and other specs similar to this Thinkpad T14s For $1100. It's not overpriced, please do your research before you comment.
What would you recommend for video editing?
Enrico T is it good, quality wise? And screen Wise?
@@jesperjoki6682 its kinda like the more premium version of the ideapad 5. The screen is great 300 nits 100 srgb FHD. Though intel models have UHD models.
Im painting my walls black to prove you wrong. It will match my interior design 😂
That's the laptop my gf has. It's a decent machine,. I couldn't use that keyboard at all! So weird to me. I prefer my Lenovo 5
I prefer cheaper keyboards and I don't know why.
I love Josh reviews cos he is annoying very particular I like people who are very picky and he is very very picky I like the details of your review
I just got one from my employer. I love the perf on this laptop!
would love to see 2 in one review as thats what im looking for.
What you think about the Lenovo Thinkpad E14 with i7 10th gen, 16gb ram ddr4, 512ssd
Hey Josh, thanks for the review. The reason why you are seeing a large performance difference in your MySQL test is most likely related to the different file systems as well as the operating system kernel's handing of file operation.
SUPERB FACIAL EXPRESSIONS - A TRUE GEM YOU ARE JOSH. PLEASE REVIEW E14 I WANT TO SAVE SOME MONEY I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WORSE THE CASE IS. THANK YOU
Great review!
How about the Thinkpad X13 AMD? Waiting forward for your review on that and the comparison between the two. Thanks for awesome review anyhow!
IT'S THE T-SERIES
Man I hate that channel , I'm from India BTW
@@Banditxam4 You don't like your music? Or you just hate the company in general
@@AomiChron both
@@cj7073 I see
@@AomiChron no nationalism
woah! I like your approach, direct to the point and did not wasted my time. but I still watched the whole video. lol.
I would like you to review some Chromebook laptops.. they are just more affordable and a lot of people use basic stuff.
Amazing laptop I really like it thank you for review
5th, I want to but an Asus Vivobook S15 for programming, but now hell Nah!, prefer this, but I wished it was less expensive
Your videos are the best bar none
Does this AMD device work with the USB-C Thinkpad dock?
About G14 Josh, it is louder only when you use graphic card in it. Agree that keyboard brightness isnt that good comparing to T14s, but for that you get better screen with higher frequency with better color accuracy, high performance CPU( which is better for future) GTX/RTX card if you want to play a little or use CAD (but some people will need to do it in headphones :D ) and better build materials ( magnesium alloy vs smudgy plastic chassis in t14) for the same price
I was just sent this laptop for my work.I had never heard of this brand.i just knew Dell and HP was better than this brand.Boy was I wrong. Thinkpad had me to "think again"🤭🤣🤣I love this review.Now I await to hear from IT to set up this double monitor.
Thanks for this. I'm looking to buy one soon
I got a T14 with a Ryzen 4750u, 400 nits display, 500gb ssd and it's great. It also has front firing speakers. The display is more color accurate.
Thanks for the info man I needed it
How’s the thermal? I got a X1, it overheat crazy and had to return it. I am considering to get a T14 as it has two heat pipes.
@@maylinfu789 Thermals are good, no throttling and the case is not hot. The CPU temperature is high when hamerring it but the fan noise is minimal. Running Cinebench over and over again gets similar results so no downgrade in performance.
THANK YOU, finally a review for the AMD version!
Thanks Josh. After this watching this video, I ordered the E14 Gen 2 with the 4700u, 512 GB ssd and 16 GB ram. This will be my main laptop for programming. The ram is 8gb soldiered and 8gb sodimm. I am happy to get the full DDR4 low latency RAMs and not the high latency LPDDR4 ones. I heard that there is a potential performance issue with Ryzen 4000 series processors and high latency LPDDR4 rams as present in some notebooks. It would be great if you can test this on the 4500u and 4700u with both dual channel and soldiered configs and make a video.
Heard that too, this RAM is questionable at least
I ordered me a thinkpad T14 Ryzen 7 with 16gb onboard plus a 16gb module (the education model with an upgrade to 32gb ram) because i really need the rj45 ethernet port. I expect it to have about the same power and can't wait for it to arrive, i'm so excited. (upgrading from a dell Latitude E4300 from 2010 and going to sell all my desktop computers)
Watch my video dropping tomorrow morning. You will be happy with your purchase
For the hardware acceleration that I was talking to you Josh it was maybe a new version of Adobe that did increase just a bit the performace and optimized a tiny bit the render times because render times is only what I can see in the video of my friend ZKYLOS and not the GPU usage
But In Resolve I'm pretty sure that hardware incoding is here for Ryzen CPUs
Updated (my friend ZYKLOS tested this) and the hardware acceleration is only 20% faster so they need to do a couple of updates because the APU usage on ZYKLOS's Ideapad was only 20% on 3D so it's not worth it to pay Resolve for that
I'm trying to find a replacement for my t480. I have 3, I've been cannibalizing over the past 10 years. I love the t480, easily servicable, dual batteries... so many ports...
I guess the days are over finding refurbished thinkpads under $300, transferring $250 worth of hardware and ending up with what would have been a new 1500 machine...
I was wondering what the T series fanbase would recommend if I started down the path of a new laptop I can service and upgrade...?
This guys reviews are a perfect example of why people need to look for reviews outside the major tech reviewers circle, you never know who's persuaded by sponsors no matter how much they say they aren't. The small channels have alot less to gain, and come off alot more authentic and less bias in their voice.
Great review, as usual. It's nice to hear an opinion from someone who has similar laptop usage patterns as me.
What are the minimum specs for Autodesk CAD and Revit? I cannot find anything about graphics. Would a AMD Ryzen 7 with Radeon Graphics be enough (with 16gb ram)
They NEED to fix that screen ratio. Seriously.
I agree, Lenovo needs to go with modern screen ratios and I'd love them to use other keyboard arrangement for ctrl and function keys, it's so annoying to have those swapped
What's with the screen ratio?
He needs to talk about the soldered RAM.
@@germaineliew2012 it's 16:9, which most laptops still are, but most consumers(me included) would prefer a 16:10 or 3:2 display on a laptop nowadays as it gives you a lot more vertical space and allows for a larger trackpad as well
@@CianMcsweeney agree with you. 3x2 is much more convenient. I think that Huawai matebook was one of first on the market having taller screen.
Hope that this will become a common in a future
It's like Lenovo offers a race car processor with inadequate tyres....
For this model, in Lenovo's website, in 'customize' section, the max available memory is 16 GB. Once they added a 32 GB option, I will be interested. Even my mobile phone has more memory...
@@myleswolfe5139 yes I did that. If you go to customise today, you can set memory to 16 GB max. Even my mobile phone has more memory. Sometimes Lenovo surprise me by their out of touch specs.
Nice video mate
I just got a T14 i7-1260p for $400 on FB marketplace. Spent another $140 putting in a 1TB NVME and 32GB more ram bringing it up to 40GB. I have a feeling I will be using this laptop for the next 10 years.
I am narrowing down my next laptop between an elitebook or a lenovo! Elitebooks are cheaper but dont have the classic thinkpad look. I need a 300 nit + screen so for lenovo that limits me to the T14 or the X1 Carbon. The T14 is not as nice as a carbon but you get much better CPU and GPU power.
@@kakashi99908 Honestly the screen on the T14 is gorgeous (1920x1200) and great for reading. My T14 is a secondary computer so I don't need a dedicated GPU. That being said it still plays Skyrim, GTA V type games just fine. The main reason I got the T14 was because a guy was selling it cheap. If I had the choice I would probably go with the X1 Carbon.
What are you using it for?
Excellent Review!!
I've been anxiously waiting for this review, thank you for making it! The bezels and audio are a bit of a downside, but the combination of the Ryzen CPU, 14" 400 nit display and the great ThinkPad keyboard make this machine perfect for coding.
Why do you describe the audio is a downside on this laptop? Speakers are very important to me as I am using screen readers all the time, could you please let me know what’s the problem in the audio of that laptop?
@@nohafouad7916 it only has downfiring speakers (as compared to front firing speakers in the T14 or newer carbon X1 models), and apparently they also aren't all that great. It may be worth to wait for the next generation of X1 carbons hopefully equipped with the new intel 11th gen processors as I find those to be a more appealing product in general, but this is for nitpicking reasons more than anything else. But if audio quality is really important to you, I'd suggest you get an X1C.
Yoga Slim 7 with Ryzen 4800u and i´ll smash it!
Well you probably shouldn't lol
It's slim for a reason
Great review! How about looking at some Eluktronics laptops, such as an RP-15 or Mech-3?
Great review as always. A request: Could you add some information on Linux compatibility of the laptops you review? That would be very helpful for Linux users like me.
If it helps, switching to 5.8 kernel seems to fix all issues with graphics and sleep that some people had on lower kernels. Yoga Slim 7 runs great on Arch and I don't have any issues (my comments from another thread are related to that setup).
@@leob_v2 Thanks.
I justed ordered one, and will be using it with Pop!_OS.
Did you test Premiere Pro with Mercury Playback Engine (GPU Accelerated) option enabled in project settings and Hardware Encoding in export settings (it works on AMD since v14.2)?
Great detailed review. Thank you!
Intel will really be hurting as they have virtually nothing better to offer now both on the desktop and notebook side!
Thinkpad keyboard is the best keyboard i ever used.. every stroke feels satisfying.. other brands keyboard felt like typing on a piece of paper.. i hope the next iteration has smaller bezel, better colour accurate screen and upgradable ram.. another wishful thinking is to get mx450 gpu although the built in vega is more than enough for my casual gaming
Why is this not good for video editing? Thank you for sharing your knowledge - great videos.
Good video, unfortunately i bought the intel edition because I got a crazy deal on the i7.
Waited for this review to make a final decision :) 32GB and the brigthest screen is my choice. If it's bad - I'll order P1 gen2 :)
BaRRmaley P1 Gen 2 - Please a BIG NO. Unbelievable quality control on this laptop from GPU coil whine, SSD coil whine, screen flickering, ridiculous battery life to apps freezing and trackpad lag. It went for a return in 2 days. I am now going back to either T14 or T14s and it will be Ryzen definitely.
@@fedalwawrinka7549 I've already ordered T14s Ryzen 4750, but it's expected to be shipped October 22.
BaRRmaley Nice. I returned my fully specced ThinkPad T14s (AMD) because it was my first laptop and found the fan having a bit whining sound to it. However after experiencing P1 Gen 2 for 2 days, ThinkPad T14s (AMD) feels like heaven.
Definitely on the fence with this vs something like the new lemur pro for a mobile Linux workstation.
What did you end up getting?
Please do something about the audio / reverb. Otherwise thanks for the video!
Agreed. Moving to a different place in September and will install sound insulation. Expect an improvement around October