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First Impressions: Lenovo T14s with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 CPU

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213 points cnst | 5 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.802s | source
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wslh ◴[15 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42151625[source]▶
I always ask about battery consumption... Apple seems to be on another galaxy right now. I decided to stop waiting and installed Parallels to run Ubuntu there... I really wish the best for Asahi Linux.
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neveroddoreven ◴[15 Nov 24 22:05 UTC] No.42151727[source]▶
Any issues or things you wish you had known with your current Parallels/Ubuntu set up? Asking since I've been considering doing the same thing
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1. cnst ◴[15 Nov 24 22:16 UTC] No.42151835[source]▶
I'm actually thinking of switching from a Mac back to the PC, since everything is done in a browser anyways, regardless of the system, but the lack of the fanless laptops in the PC world isn't promising.

ThinkPad X13s Snapdragon was fanless, but it's a bit old now, plus, only 2x USB-C, without any USB-A ports, and a screen that doesn't open 180°, unlike any other ThinkPad, meh.

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2. fggdt ◴[16 Nov 24 00:05 UTC] No.42152819[source]▶
Windows sucks nowadays.

For work Ive had to come back.... it's gotten bad. Ads everywhere. Search bar that sucks. Weird hand gestures that empties your screen.

What happened? Win7 is probably the best UX ever. Now its unusable.

3. E39M5S62 ◴[16 Nov 24 01:50 UTC] No.42153442[source]▶
The x13s is still quite quick and useable - especially since you can pick them up for a song on the used market. The display only opening to ~135 degrees is a bummer though.
4. authorfly ◴[16 Nov 24 08:35 UTC] No.42155285[source]▶
One small tip I didn't appreciate for far too long with "mac-peer" laptops that have fans is to use them unplugged. My laptop almost never spins up fans when it is unplugged, and I can get a good batch of work done with the battery levels of today and fast charge over lunch. It's still not quite as ideal nor as long a battery life as Mac. But it feels so beautiful.

For the first time on Linux I feel better, like I am not just making sacrafices for values but like the actual whole all-around experience is better in most ways compared to my work Mac (M2 Pro so fans abound and not as aesthetically pleasing as the Airs IMO). It's instantly snappy, I have a nice large SSD, I've already swapped out RAM, no issues with key software, I have a theme with a desktop experience I prefer over the Mac one, and I can go to a presentation and type without fans stressing me out. As someone in AI for a while, personally, I don't value GPUs or NPUs, but that would be a difference. That's really leaps and bounds over Linux from 2016 or 2010 on Laptops.

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5. epolanski ◴[16 Nov 24 16:30 UTC] No.42157210[source]▶
Which device are you talking about?