This review was basically the only one on the T14 Gen 3 when it came out. Thanks to your review, I made the purchase! This is a great video, will be subscribed for more to come.
One suggestion i can make is, open the bottom of the laptop and show people the insides. I do it in my videos and people seem to really like it. You dont need to mess around inside, but its nice to let some people have a look inside. Great video all around my dude
Thanks for the detailed thoughts and review, seems like a great machine. Just ordered a T14s precisely for the reasons you mentioned in the video - USB4 and larger battery. Hoping the sleep issue you mentioned gets resolved quickly.
Good review you did here. Covered a lot of real usage scenarios. I ordered a T14 G3 yesterday. It's configured a little different than the one you reviewed, with the Ryzen 7Pro processor and 16g ram. Won't get it till middle of December though.. I went for the 2.2k screen which should be a little nicer screen I would think, and the larger battery. Lenovo site has some good deals up right now.. Was originally looking at the X1 Carbon but decided against it. I like the Ryzen powered unit a little better.. Your reviews are very good.. thanks.
Thank you for the kind words! I hope it helped others find a good laptop. Lenovo deals vary a lot and I would never pay full price haha. And the custom builds do take a while…
Nice review! I got this exact device (same CPU even) for work just this week, but have only used it to power external monitors/periphery in home office. Same thing with the sleep mode. Particularly, it lost the external monitors, so everytime it goes on sleep, the windows are not on the displays where I left them, not good. Re: AMD vs. Intel. Power efficiency is important for battery life, yes, but even more important is fan speed and heat. It can be a very subtle nuisance, but then it can distract you when you want to focus. So this is why right now (!) AMD is the better choice. Let's see how that changes over time. Anyhow, nice review.
Thank you! The sleep issue is really annoying but I think it has been fixed by a recent windows update. I think it even updated part of the BIOS. The fans do not get loud at all and it’s great. This thing can pump out a lot of heat at full load though. It reminds me of the Xbox series X being whisper quiet but extremely hot exhaust.
Thanks for this review, a great machine indeed. I agree that AMD's approach of having better power efficiency this generation is better, I like not charging my laptop for a long time. Can you keep us informed whether Lenovo/AMD solves that sleep issue?
suggestion for the sleep issue: check if there is an option to change between windows and linux sleep modes in the bios settings, and if there is switch to the linux sleep mode (which is basically s3 sleep)
Linus Tech Tips (or one of their channels) spoke about this. It has to do with Windows Modern Standby. It had something to do with plugging the power cable off after the computer has entered sleep. It doesn't recognize the change and keeps checking for network stuff or something
I’m not sure if I missed it, but what screen exactly do you have , resolution, nits , ntsc and anti glare wise ? Do you like it now and would you choose differently today? Nice review
Great review. I was a little worried about the soldered RAM, but I think I'm still gonna pull the trigger on one of these, although I love the 16 inch Z series. I love that there's an option to purchase with Linux pre-installed. The 16 inch Z series comes with the AMD H-series CPU, so might fork out extra for that. So confused....
I don’t think the soldered RAM is a real issue. But choosing between the T series and Z series is a matter of what you like. The Z series does have USB 4
@@AbesReviews67 I was also looking at the P15v AMD version. Unfortunately, that has the old 16:9 panel, and it's not possible to buy the AMD version without a dedicated GPU 😢I could live with a 16:9 display, but I really don't want a dedicated GPU (I use Linux, I don't need a dedicated GPU, especially with the performance of AMD's RDNA2 iGPUs!!)
I have a P15 Gen 2 and an Ideapad Gaming 3 Gen 7 but they're both really heavy and a pain to travel with. This review helped but it would have been a little more helpful if you could talk more about this laptops portability - perhaps compare it to other 15" laptops (workstations or not) so we can get a better idea if we could purchase this as an alternative. It really sucks that ThinkPad's are not typically sold in stores so its not easy to walk in to a store and handle the laptop to see if it suits our needs.
That’s a fair point. In my first impressions I compared the portability to a Thinkpad W530 I used to have. It’s 15.6” to a 14 inch. 5.5 pounds to 2.7 pounds. It’s really portable and it really close to the X1 carbon for portability. Even the new Thinkpad T16 is very light for that size.
Hello - great review ! Few questions (would be grateful if you could make some time to answer): 1) Would this be good for programming (Python etc.), 2) Could it do video editing on Camtasia (need to edit some lectures in 1080p, none of that 2K or 4K stuff and 3) Would it run dota2 ? All my questions pertain to the Intel build rather than the AMD one. So please respond accordingly if you can. Thank you in advance.
Hey! Great video! How is your laptop today? I had a T14s but had to return it because of some issues my unit had. I went through multiple consumer grade laptops and returned all of them. Nothing compares unfortunately. So I'm considering T14 now (as T14s is no longer available where I live). Could you tell me: how is it overall after all the time? RAM still enough? I'm considering it with 1260p + MX550 (similar performance but TB4 + expandable RAM) - have you had such unit in your hands perhaps? Also SSD - did you try replacing SSD, did you get better results (i installed 980 pro in my T14s but it worked at 50% speed that time - not sure what was the problem). Thanks!
What issues did you have with the T14s? It’s still great after all this time. There is still a random battery drain issue where it sometimes doesn’t fall asleep. 16gb of RAM is still enough for the tasks I do.I have not been able to test an Intel based T14 sadly.I left the stock ssd in the laptop for now since it’s good enough for what I do
@@AbesReviews67 The issues I had: SSD capable of 7000/5000 read/write runing at 3000/2000; lid misplacement (1mm shifted to the right when lid closed); RAM benchmarks were extremely low (off with what notebookcheck provided for this model). Then I tested Zephyrus G14 with 6900HS, which was a disaster that randomly restarted, was warm with no battery life; Firefly G10 with 1355U + A500 is beautiful device, but HOT af and has not great daily tasks performance (W11 UI seems choppy) and battery life is rather mediocre. The T14 G3 is very well priced right now, and I am considering it but I'm tempted by Asus X13 with 7940HS but I sense it will be as all the other consumer laptops... I know... First world problems😅
Random question about the keyboard: do you find the spacebar is noisier than the rest of the keyboard? While the rest of the keyboard has a nice muffled sound, the spacebar seems to be clanky and noisy. Not sure if it's just mine T14s.
Receiving it tomorrow, also not sure if I understood correctly, can you upgrade the battery yourself? I've gotten the 3 cell 39 whr battery and I'm slightly worried. Thanks again for the review.
This is the best review for this laptop on RUclips. I just got the t14s i5 model but I’m stuck on the windows setup screen, it’s asking for an organisation’s email, any idea how I can fix this?
I wonder if it came preloaded with a corporate copy of windows set up by an IT department. You might have to reinstall windows with a formatted usb drive.
@@AbesReviews67 thanks for the reply, the company that sold it to me actually asked me to return it as they’ve realised all their stock for this model have the same issue. I’m considering buying the yoga slim 7 pro, t14 gen 2, or the e14 gen 5 as possible replacements (all AMD r7). Which one do you think would be best for developer (data engineering) tasks? Edit: the yoga slim is a 5800h, t14 is a pro 5850u, and the e14 is a 7730u
@@AbesReviews67 I went with the yoga slim but had to return it because it wouldn’t charge or turn on out of the box. I’ve just ordered the thinkbook 14 gen 6 amd r7 7730U from a different company, hopefully no issues when it arrives 😅
I just bought a T14 gen 3 with Intel Core i5. It has facial recognition login with is convenient. I haven’t found a single YT video on a docking station for it yet. Do you have any recommendations?
Any USB type C docking station will work. I have a precursor the Lenovo one, but it’s not cheap. www.cdwg.com/product/lenovo-thinkpad-usb-c-dock-gen-2-docking-station-hdmi-2-x-dp/5522904?ReplType=Edc&RetPrd=4413251&RetImageEdc=
Nice video! Your explanation and introduction is amazing! I have a question about the screen. As I am trying to get a screen has 400 nit, but I do not need 4k which chew battery a lot. Is there another option that I can achieve this? I found that P14s gen3 amd which can build up a 400 unit screen share the same model and hardware as T14 gen3 amd. Do you suggest me to go for it?
@@AbesReviews67 two usb 4.0 are the shining points, but I do not know if OLED screen (2.8k screen? ) drain the battery faster or not. If it drains battery, then, it won't be my decision.
I’m looking to get the T14 Intel I7-1260P. As alternative, I’m checking out Dell XPS 15. The T14 is still much more costly from my research; even with the fact that the XPS 15 has larger screen, dedicated graphics card, and I7-12700H) Does anyone have any input whether I should go with? Does the thinkpad really worth the extra price?
Ironically my new job uses the XPS 15 with i7-12700H. It’s a nice machine, but has so many driver issues I’ve come across. It keeps losing audio on MS Teams and the docking station doesn’t want to work at times. The Thinkpad is more reliable in my view, but it does cost more relative to more consumer grade products.
This looks good, but I'm worried that 8gbs of memory won't be enough for an engineering student to use for years. Is there a more powerful version of this model available?
My laptop has 16gb of memory. Full specs on my first impressions video. I would say 8gb isn’t enough for years of use as an engineering student. Lenovo offers up to 32 tv, but 16gb is the sweet spot for most people.
Look for 16GB of RAM. That is the new norm for software engineering students and excel gurus. 8GB will barely get things done and is tolerable for college, but 16GB is the comfort zone for the next 5 years.
How is it going with the sleep issue? I just ordered this laptop after having another Lenovo laptop with the same issue! I can’t stand having it on another one. Didn’t know this laptop also had it when I ordered it.
Actually, the AMD chipset does not support TB4/USB4, you will need the Intel for it. The Intel does also have the ability to upgrade the memory. The SSD is replaceable, which I did, as I got the base model as it was on a fantastic sale. There are plenty of ports in my humble opinion. The laptop has great support for large 32" monitors, which will bring the graphical needs for photo editing. Remember that you can charge, and hook up the monitor (with PD) to the one USB-c port. Upgrades I did: battery, power button with fingerprint, 1Tb SSD. It is a fine laptop, especially for programming. But the screen is a bit of a let-down. I will be scouring the net for a higher nit version. Inside the office it is fine, outside it is not. The wake-up issue can be resolved by changing the LAN driver, there are two drivers. I ran into the same issue and replacing the driver worked just excellent.
@@faldanhendraabiyanka3240 There is indeed a version of that battery that is available via Lenovo, or Amazon. Through Lenovo, it is quite expensive, but there is room inside for that, and I really don't know why they did not put the bigger battery in from the factory.
It's not the DDR5 that's hot that made this T14 have a dual heatpipe. T14s just has a simple heatpipe. On first geekbench score it doesn't matter. I am more into the scrore after 3/4/5 times.
Most people don’t need the T14s unless you need USB 4. The T14 doesn’t thermal throttle much at all. But most people will never run those CPU cores maxed out less they’re doing some sort of rendering.
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@@AbesReviews67 wait so t14 have dual heatpipe while t14s only has 1?
@@AbesReviews67 I have external monitor with 90W power delivery, so it is very convenient to charge and use display without dock and with just 1 cable.
Does really the 2nd Type-C doesn't have a power delivery? I've been checking the soft copy detailed spec pdf file and it says it has both power delivery.
When does the fan kick in? How much CPU load and / usage time is getting the fan to run? How loud? When you do a Zoom meeting with blurry background I guess the fan will start. Will it run full speed or very gentle or in between then?
It kicks in under medium load. Most of the time under light load, the fan doesn’t even run. Under full load it makes a small amount of noise but not much. A zoom meeting would be a light workload for this laptop
@@AbesReviews67 Great, thanks for the detailed answer. That helps me a lot. That'll hopefully become my next business laptop. I have a HP Zbook right now which I am very unsatisfied with. Unfortunately HP is the default notebook in our company, but I might be granted to choose a different one possibly.
I have this laptop, weird issue with battery life for me. I have the 52.5wh battery, but only lasts 6hrs on idle. Not even running anything. So im trying to figure out whats wrong
The Ryzen Pro 6650u is slightly weaker in benchmarks compared to the 5600x desktop CPU. I would think the desktop processor is better for sustained 4.4Ghz performance in games and editing.
@@AbesReviews67 Yes I needed SD card reader after I bought it. It is a bit of a pain without it. The thinkpad T14 seems to become a midrange laptop where as years ago it was top of range just without graphics card.
It’s pretty rubbish for colors, but this isn’t a movie watching device for me. There are better display panels available to upgrade to. I just didn’t care that much but I do agree that base displays could be much better than 45% these days
@@AbesReviews67 this being $920 in my country and some consumer-grade similarly speced device being $500 makes decisions though. I've had Latitude and Thinkpad over the years
@@AbesReviews67 Ok...thanks for the info!... Just wondering if I should give one of these a try....or just stick with my Lenovo "Workstation" laptop from back in the day..
It’s amazing for a 1.5mm key travel. I use a Ducky mechanical keyboard on a daily basis for work. They are two very different beasts. I was disappointed with the key travel at first, but once I adapted it got much better. I would kill for the previous 2mm key travel of my old W530. But Lenovo has degraded their keyboard quality over the years.
This review was basically the only one on the T14 Gen 3 when it came out. Thanks to your review, I made the purchase! This is a great video, will be subscribed for more to come.
That’s why I made the videos. Glad I could help make your purchase.
@AM-tu1rc Can you share an update, please?
I can work on one soon
Great to see Gen 3 getting some love as it deserves, being one of the highest end ones for win11 based workloads .
I totally agree. Gen 3 desperately needed some love
One suggestion i can make is, open the bottom of the laptop and show people the insides. I do it in my videos and people seem to really like it. You dont need to mess around inside, but its nice to let some people have a look inside.
Great video all around my dude
Thanks for the idea!
Thanks for the detailed thoughts and review, seems like a great machine. Just ordered a T14s precisely for the reasons you mentioned in the video - USB4 and larger battery. Hoping the sleep issue you mentioned gets resolved quickly.
No problem Igor. I hope you enjoy your Thinkpad! Yeah the sleep issue is pretty annoying, but hibernate mode works fine for now.
I just got a big software update from Lenovo. I think they fixed the wake from sleep issue.
A great ”real world” review! :) Subscribed. Also greetings from Finland :)
Thank you brother! I just saw an opportunity to share some information about this device. I love this T14
Good review you did here. Covered a lot of real usage scenarios. I ordered a T14 G3 yesterday. It's configured a little different than the one you reviewed, with the Ryzen 7Pro processor and 16g ram. Won't get it till middle of December though.. I went for the 2.2k screen which should be a little nicer screen I would think, and the larger battery. Lenovo site has some good deals up right now.. Was originally looking at the X1 Carbon but decided against it. I like the Ryzen powered unit a little better..
Your reviews are very good.. thanks.
Thank you for the kind words! I hope it helped others find a good laptop. Lenovo deals vary a lot and I would never pay full price haha. And the custom builds do take a while…
How is your T14 doing? How good is the display?
It’s doing great! I still I’ve this machine, and it’s very reliable. Currently running Linux Pop OS for the type of work I’m doing on the side.
Nice review!
I got this exact device (same CPU even) for work just this week, but have only used it to power external monitors/periphery in home office.
Same thing with the sleep mode. Particularly, it lost the external monitors, so everytime it goes on sleep, the windows are not on the displays where I left them, not good.
Re: AMD vs. Intel. Power efficiency is important for battery life, yes, but even more important is fan speed and heat. It can be a very subtle nuisance, but then it can distract you when you want to focus. So this is why right now (!) AMD is the better choice. Let's see how that changes over time.
Anyhow, nice review.
Thank you!
The sleep issue is really annoying but I think it has been fixed by a recent windows update. I think it even updated part of the BIOS.
The fans do not get loud at all and it’s great. This thing can pump out a lot of heat at full load though. It reminds me of the Xbox series X being whisper quiet but extremely hot exhaust.
Thanks for this review, a great machine indeed. I agree that AMD's approach of having better power efficiency this generation is better, I like not charging my laptop for a long time. Can you keep us informed whether Lenovo/AMD solves that sleep issue?
You’re welcome! AMD is definitely bringing the fight to Intel now. I’ll keep everyone informed about the wake from sleep issue
suggestion for the sleep issue: check if there is an option to change between windows and linux sleep modes in the bios settings, and if there is switch to the linux sleep mode (which is basically s3 sleep)
Interesting. I’ll give it a shot!
@@AbesReviews67 Im considering this laptop and the sleep issue is a bit concerning, were you able to get it to switch it to s3 sleep?
@checkbit2199 Yes I was able to resolve that issue. But then I installed Linux lol (Pop OS)
Linus Tech Tips (or one of their channels) spoke about this. It has to do with Windows Modern Standby. It had something to do with plugging the power cable off after the computer has entered sleep. It doesn't recognize the change and keeps checking for network stuff or something
Great review1 You've mentioned that you appreciate international audience, so hi from Czech Republic!
Hello my Czech brother!
I’m not sure if I missed it, but what screen exactly do you have , resolution, nits , ntsc and anti glare wise ? Do you like it now and would you choose differently today? Nice review
cool man can't wait for more reviews from you
I appreciate it!
You say the quality of the webcam "is very solid" ... but would be nice if you showed us some video from the webcam.
Great review. I was a little worried about the soldered RAM, but I think I'm still gonna pull the trigger on one of these, although I love the 16 inch Z series. I love that there's an option to purchase with Linux pre-installed. The 16 inch Z series comes with the AMD H-series CPU, so might fork out extra for that. So confused....
I don’t think the soldered RAM is a real issue. But choosing between the T series and Z series is a matter of what you like. The Z series does have USB 4
@@AbesReviews67 I was also looking at the P15v AMD version. Unfortunately, that has the old 16:9 panel, and it's not possible to buy the AMD version without a dedicated GPU 😢I could live with a 16:9 display, but I really don't want a dedicated GPU (I use Linux, I don't need a dedicated GPU, especially with the performance of AMD's RDNA2 iGPUs!!)
A really good review, looks like amd version is the better choice, perfect laptop for me, except it has only one port for SSD.
Thank you! There is one more ssd port, but it’s for the shorter m.2 style SSD.
I really can't accept the X1 Gen 10 due to battery issues, I think the T14 AMD is the only option.
What kind of battery issues?
@@AbesReviews67 The battery just won't last it's like always on the charger because of drain problems with intel CPUs.
I have heard of a battery issue on the T14 Gen 3 as well with some users. I think Lenovo needs to work on their power management drivers.
@@AbesReviews67 even the T14 Gen 3 has battery issues?
Yeah a guy named PJ commented on this video 8 hours ago with a better drain issue. 6 hours on idle with the larger 52 Wh battery
I have a P15 Gen 2 and an Ideapad Gaming 3 Gen 7 but they're both really heavy and a pain to travel with. This review helped but it would have been a little more helpful if you could talk more about this laptops portability - perhaps compare it to other 15" laptops (workstations or not) so we can get a better idea if we could purchase this as an alternative.
It really sucks that ThinkPad's are not typically sold in stores so its not easy to walk in to a store and handle the laptop to see if it suits our needs.
That’s a fair point. In my first impressions I compared the portability to a Thinkpad W530 I used to have. It’s 15.6” to a 14 inch. 5.5 pounds to 2.7 pounds. It’s really portable and it really close to the X1 carbon for portability. Even the new Thinkpad T16 is very light for that size.
For laptops to have thunderbolt port, it has to be with Intel processor. Because thunderbolt is Intel technology
Correct but USB 4 is almost as good.
Hello - great review !
Few questions (would be grateful if you could make some time to answer): 1) Would this be good for programming (Python etc.), 2) Could it do video editing on Camtasia (need to edit some lectures in 1080p, none of that 2K or 4K stuff and 3) Would it run dota2 ?
All my questions pertain to the Intel build rather than the AMD one. So please respond accordingly if you can.
Thank you in advance.
One more to mention is that gen 3 has a eyesafe certification
Please also add the spec to the screen while you explain it. That would be helpful. But overall great review. Really enjoy it
That’s a good point. I have all the specs in my first impressions video. I could have also referenced that.
@@AbesReviews67 Ah ok. Haven't watch the first video😁
Thanks for the review. Were your Geekbench scores on battery or plugged in?
A mix of both. My first impressions video shows which scores are plugged in and on battery. Being plugged in does boost performance
Thank you for sharing this review.
No problem!
Hey! Great video! How is your laptop today? I had a T14s but had to return it because of some issues my unit had. I went through multiple consumer grade laptops and returned all of them. Nothing compares unfortunately. So I'm considering T14 now (as T14s is no longer available where I live). Could you tell me: how is it overall after all the time? RAM still enough? I'm considering it with 1260p + MX550 (similar performance but TB4 + expandable RAM) - have you had such unit in your hands perhaps? Also SSD - did you try replacing SSD, did you get better results (i installed 980 pro in my T14s but it worked at 50% speed that time - not sure what was the problem). Thanks!
What issues did you have with the T14s? It’s still great after all this time. There is still a random battery drain issue where it sometimes doesn’t fall asleep. 16gb of RAM is still enough for the tasks I do.I have not been able to test an Intel based T14 sadly.I left the stock ssd in the laptop for now since it’s good enough for what I do
@@AbesReviews67 The issues I had: SSD capable of 7000/5000 read/write runing at 3000/2000; lid misplacement (1mm shifted to the right when lid closed); RAM benchmarks were extremely low (off with what notebookcheck provided for this model). Then I tested Zephyrus G14 with 6900HS, which was a disaster that randomly restarted, was warm with no battery life; Firefly G10 with 1355U + A500 is beautiful device, but HOT af and has not great daily tasks performance (W11 UI seems choppy) and battery life is rather mediocre.
The T14 G3 is very well priced right now, and I am considering it but I'm tempted by Asus X13 with 7940HS but I sense it will be as all the other consumer laptops... I know... First world problems😅
Just got a T14s with AMD R7. Guessing the feedback would be similar to yours
It should be very similar. Share some geekbench scores if you get a chance.
Random question about the keyboard: do you find the spacebar is noisier than the rest of the keyboard? While the rest of the keyboard has a nice muffled sound, the spacebar seems to be clanky and noisy. Not sure if it's just mine T14s.
It is a bit more clunky sounding now that you mention it. It’s probably due to the spacebar stabilizer.
@@AbesReviews67 makes sense, thanks. Thought as much but wasn't sure if it should really be that much of a difference.
Even on my Ducky mechanical keyboard there’s a huge noise difference for the spacebar.
Receiving it tomorrow, also not sure if I understood correctly, can you upgrade the battery yourself? I've gotten the 3 cell 39 whr battery and I'm slightly worried. Thanks again for the review.
It can be upgraded yourself. The only problem is finding the compatible battery on eBay or through Lenovo
@@AbesReviews67 Thanks. I'm curious, will you be upgrading it or it's good enough?
I think it’s good enough until the battery degrades
great video brother thank you for it 👍
I appreciate it brother!
This is the best review for this laptop on RUclips. I just got the t14s i5 model but I’m stuck on the windows setup screen, it’s asking for an organisation’s email, any idea how I can fix this?
I wonder if it came preloaded with a corporate copy of windows set up by an IT department. You might have to reinstall windows with a formatted usb drive.
@@AbesReviews67 thanks for the reply, the company that sold it to me actually asked me to return it as they’ve realised all their stock for this model have the same issue. I’m considering buying the yoga slim 7 pro, t14 gen 2, or the e14 gen 5 as possible replacements (all AMD r7). Which one do you think would be best for developer (data engineering) tasks?
Edit: the yoga slim is a 5800h, t14 is a pro 5850u, and the e14 is a 7730u
@KingHenrySB I would get the E14 first, T14 second
@@AbesReviews67 I went with the yoga slim but had to return it because it wouldn’t charge or turn on out of the box. I’ve just ordered the thinkbook 14 gen 6 amd r7 7730U from a different company, hopefully no issues when it arrives 😅
@KingHenrySB Best of luck, brother!
nice review
Thanks!
I just bought a T14 gen 3 with Intel Core i5. It has facial recognition login with is convenient. I haven’t found a single YT video on a docking station for it yet. Do you have any recommendations?
Any USB type C docking station will work. I have a precursor the Lenovo one, but it’s not cheap.
www.cdwg.com/product/lenovo-thinkpad-usb-c-dock-gen-2-docking-station-hdmi-2-x-dp/5522904?ReplType=Edc&RetPrd=4413251&RetImageEdc=
@@AbesReviews67 Thanks but that isn’t compatible with the T14 gen 3. Therefore it won’t have all the features (i.e., power button on/off/sleep).
Nice video! Your explanation and introduction is amazing! I have a question about the screen. As I am trying to get a screen has 400 nit, but I do not need 4k which chew battery a lot. Is there another option that I can achieve this?
I found that P14s gen3 amd which can build up a 400 unit screen share the same model and hardware as T14 gen3 amd. Do you suggest me to go for it?
If you custom build, there is a 400 nit 1600p screen option I believe. The P14s gen 3 is basically a T14 lol.
@@AbesReviews67 yes. I customized it and it got shipped today. And today Lenovo published the new gen 4 of everything 🫠🫠🫠. Good timing Lenovo.
Ouch… well from what I can tell, they finally added thunderbolt 4 and an OLED screen option. I’m not compelled to buy the newest gen hehe
@@AbesReviews67 two usb 4.0 are the shining points, but I do not know if OLED screen (2.8k screen? ) drain the battery faster or not. If it drains battery, then, it won't be my decision.
Great review
Thank you!
I’m looking to get the T14 Intel I7-1260P.
As alternative, I’m checking out Dell XPS 15.
The T14 is still much more costly from my research; even with the fact that the XPS 15 has larger screen, dedicated graphics card, and I7-12700H)
Does anyone have any input whether I should go with? Does the thinkpad really worth the extra price?
Ironically my new job uses the XPS 15 with i7-12700H. It’s a nice machine, but has so many driver issues I’ve come across. It keeps losing audio on MS Teams and the docking station doesn’t want to work at times. The Thinkpad is more reliable in my view, but it does cost more relative to more consumer grade products.
great review! Could you tell me what is the TDP of this laptop? thanks
Sorry I have no idea lol
Just a side note, fingerprint reader (and backlit keyboard) is an option not default.
Yeah but they are cheap options. Like $10 add ons
This looks good, but I'm worried that 8gbs of memory won't be enough for an engineering student to use for years. Is there a more powerful version of this model available?
My laptop has 16gb of memory. Full specs on my first impressions video. I would say 8gb isn’t enough for years of use as an engineering student. Lenovo offers up to 32 tv, but 16gb is the sweet spot for most people.
I guess it can be upgraded
Look for 16GB of RAM. That is the new norm for software engineering students and excel gurus. 8GB will barely get things done and is tolerable for college, but 16GB is the comfort zone for the next 5 years.
Correct. Accidentally wrote that I have 8gb when I have 16 as my new minimum
@@hulinwei5915 most memory is fixed on board in this recent years, the only thing can be upgraded is the M2 hard disk
Thnx for the review. I am leaning towards the Lenovo Yoga 7 14 (AMD) due to the USB 4 port and the thinner screen bezels.
Not a bad choice the T14s has usb4 in case you didn’t know
@@AbesReviews67 yes i know, but the same bezels :(
I think bezels can’t be too slim for durability around the screen edges. But I agree that the yoga bezels look sexy.
@@AbesReviews67 Thanks for responding. I won't disagree with that :)
How is it going with the sleep issue? I just ordered this laptop after having another Lenovo laptop with the same issue! I can’t stand having it on another one. Didn’t know this laptop also had it when I ordered it.
I got a windows update recently that seemed to fix it. I haven’t had the issue ever since. It was a really annoying issue while it lasted.
Ok good to hear, thanks for the quick response!
Actually, the AMD chipset does not support TB4/USB4, you will need the Intel for it. The Intel does also have the ability to upgrade the memory. The SSD is replaceable, which I did, as I got the base model as it was on a fantastic sale. There are plenty of ports in my humble opinion. The laptop has great support for large 32" monitors, which will bring the graphical needs for photo editing. Remember that you can charge, and hook up the monitor (with PD) to the one USB-c port. Upgrades I did: battery, power button with fingerprint, 1Tb SSD. It is a fine laptop, especially for programming. But the screen is a bit of a let-down. I will be scouring the net for a higher nit version. Inside the office it is fine, outside it is not. The wake-up issue can be resolved by changing the LAN driver, there are two drivers. I ran into the same issue and replacing the driver worked just excellent.
Thanks for your feedback and advice! Yeah the base screen lacks color depth and brightness, but it’s fine.
If we have the base model with 39 Wh battery, can we change it to 52 Wh version on T14 gen 3?
@@faldanhendraabiyanka3240 There is indeed a version of that battery that is available via Lenovo, or Amazon. Through Lenovo, it is quite expensive, but there is room inside for that, and I really don't know why they did not put the bigger battery in from the factory.
Lenovo Thinkpads are the best machines in the world.
Haha I totally agree
It's not the DDR5 that's hot that made this T14 have a dual heatpipe. T14s just has a simple heatpipe. On first geekbench score it doesn't matter. I am more into the scrore after 3/4/5 times.
Most people don’t need the T14s unless you need USB 4. The T14 doesn’t thermal throttle much at all. But most people will never run those CPU cores maxed out less they’re doing some sort of rendering.
@@AbesReviews67 wait so t14 have dual heatpipe while t14s only has 1?
Yes. The cooling solution on the T14 is more robust. It’s probably one area where they saved a bit of weight.
Have you done anything to the laptop to get such battery life? mine lasts 3-5h on under medium load, under 50% brightness etc.
I would go to “Power & Battery” settings and choose best power efficiency under power mode.
@@AbesReviews67 Yes I know I have that enabled too. not too sure what the issue is.
It might be an outdated power management driver. Not sure how new your laptop is. Try looking for updates in Lenovo Vantage
@@AbesReviews67 all is set up and updated already, laptop is 1 week old. Might have a faulty model not too sure
It could be. What kind of tasks are you doing for “medium load”. I consider “light load” web browsing and watching RUclips videos.
Heard there's a lot of coil whine quality control issues. Do you experience those issues?
I haven’t had any coil whine issues. Build quality has been good so far. I just wish the trackpad was glass and not a permanent fingerprint magnet
Thunderbolt is in all Intel versions.
Intel owns thunderbolt so that makes sense. It was never a really compelling technology to me lately. USB C can already do docking stations.
@@AbesReviews67 I have external monitor with 90W power delivery, so it is very convenient to charge and use display without dock and with just 1 cable.
That makes sense. Intel vs AMD really comes down to what features and performance you prefer. They’re both pretty competitive now.
Can we get more on a "custom build battery", please?
I'll see what I can do.
Good job , thanx
I appreciate your kind words
thanks helpful vid
I appreciate it!
thank you from IRAQ
You’re welcome
Do you have any experience about the feature: human presence detection? screen turns off when leaving the laptop. How is that?
Unfortunately that feature depends on the IR sensor next to the webcam. I don’t have the IR sensor so I have no experience with it.
The tone, the light. Gotta work on improving that mate.
Thanks for the feedback. I’ll see what I can do
@8:40. About time they give amd cpu, gpu 2 heat pipes.
Lenovo has been known to use cheaper components for amd sadly
Agreed. It’s a big deal for long term reliability
Does really the 2nd Type-C doesn't have a power delivery? I've been checking the soft copy detailed spec pdf file and it says it has both power delivery.
I think it has power delivery, but you can’t charge the Laptop with both.
What made you choose this over S model…was it just price?
Yeah the price was a factor but also the T14 was thin and light enough for me.
When does the fan kick in? How much CPU load and / usage time is getting the fan to run? How loud? When you do a Zoom meeting with blurry background I guess the fan will start. Will it run full speed or very gentle or in between then?
It kicks in under medium load. Most of the time under light load, the fan doesn’t even run. Under full load it makes a small amount of noise but not much. A zoom meeting would be a light workload for this laptop
@@AbesReviews67 Great, thanks for the detailed answer. That helps me a lot. That'll hopefully become my next business laptop. I have a HP Zbook right now which I am very unsatisfied with. Unfortunately HP is the default notebook in our company, but I might be granted to choose a different one possibly.
I also have an HP work laptop that needs to be upgraded. I’m a long time Thinkpad fan. I hope you can get this one as your next workhorse!
I have this laptop, weird issue with battery life for me. I have the 52.5wh battery, but only lasts 6hrs on idle. Not even running anything. So im trying to figure out whats wrong
That is really bizarre… I would update all Lenovo power management drivers and do all windows updates.
Good brother
Bro, this computer good for autocad, 3dsmax, lumion and sketchup?
Hey bro. AutoCAD runs well, sketchup should too. 3DSmax might be pushing it because it might require more GPU power.
Hi there, can I install Linux on it? Haven’t used windows for a decade.,
Yes you can. I’m using PopOS on it now
Is this more powerful then my 5600 x ryzen 5 desktop cpu ?
The Ryzen Pro 6650u is slightly weaker in benchmarks compared to the 5600x desktop CPU. I would think the desktop processor is better for sustained 4.4Ghz performance in games and editing.
Hi, is the sim card slot standard on all laptops or do you have to upgrade it?
It is not standard and needs to be upgraded. Mine is just a dummy slot.
nice going even tho u shutter/lag a bit everyone has a thing so improve it 😁😉✌
Thanks. I plan to suck a little less every video
I thought the Intel version comes with thunderbolt 4
Yes the intel version does have thunderbolt. The T14s with amd has USB 4
What's the point of two USB-C 3.2 that support display but you have to use one for power. That makes one USB-C pointless
Both deliver power, but one transfers more power
I have Dell p2720dc. USB-C (DP Alt mode) allows you to transmit video + power(65W) with a single cable and second port is always free.
Yup USB C with power delivery is great. But I appreciate that the T14 keeps other useful ports. I just wish it had an SD card reader
@@AbesReviews67 Yes I needed SD card reader after I bought it. It is a bit of a pain without it. The thinkpad T14 seems to become a midrange laptop where as years ago it was top of range just without graphics card.
It does feel mid-range, but I’m ok with it. Powerful laptops have a hard time staying cool and why I use a desktop for high performance tasks.
They still being waterproof?
I don’t think it’s waterproof like smartphones are. It can probably survive a water bottle spilling onto the keyboard, but not submerging in water.
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does the keyboard have backlight?
Yes. It’s not a standard feature so you should double check when you buy your own.
Does this laptop work for solidworks?
Indeed it does. I’ve used Revit and Inventor on it so far.
Is there compatibility with TB3?
I don’t think there’s any thunderbolt support, just USB 4
@@AbesReviews67 some reviews say that it does not have USB4 support 🤔
Is it the 45% NTSC gamut?
Yes sir
@@AbesReviews67 it's rubbish, really disappointing, that's my 2 cents. What is your honest opinion?
It’s pretty rubbish for colors, but this isn’t a movie watching device for me. There are better display panels available to upgrade to. I just didn’t care that much but I do agree that base displays could be much better than 45% these days
@@AbesReviews67 this being $920 in my country and some consumer-grade similarly speced device being $500 makes decisions though. I've had Latitude and Thinkpad over the years
DVD Rom?
Haha nope
too hot do not buy
whats the MAX RAM this device will take?..can you do that yourself (upgrade the RAM) or do you have to configure that upon purchase?...
It can take up to 32gb and is not upgradable
@@AbesReviews67 Ok...thanks for the info!...
Just wondering if I should give one of these a try....or just stick with my Lenovo "Workstation" laptop from back in the day..
I’d say give it a try if you want to have something more portable. My old mobile workstation was too chunky
@@AbesReviews67 Then I guess its time to go shopping!.....thanks for the info!..
The keyboard is pathetic, how can you say it's "amazing"?? Look at x220/t420/t25 for the last amazing keyboard.
It’s amazing for a 1.5mm key travel. I use a Ducky mechanical keyboard on a daily basis for work. They are two very different beasts. I was disappointed with the key travel at first, but once I adapted it got much better. I would kill for the previous 2mm key travel of my old W530. But Lenovo has degraded their keyboard quality over the years.