Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen4 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U Linux Tests Forthcoming

[darkbasic]

Specs are great, i wish it will be available in 16 inches.

Apparently it is: https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys...2_AMD_Spec.pdf

[Lord Byron II]

Even if it is your subjective opinion, I would like to know how this laptop is both on noise and timbre when fully loaded. I have another P series and it was both noisy and had a high pitch squeal while compiling. That is until I opened it up and removed this mesh that they put over the vent holes. But I shouldn't be having to mod their laptops in order to get decent acoustics.

[ilautar]

There is a huge problem with Zen3 under certai ncircumstances, more visible on Linux: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/2220
I have this on T14s Gen3, can you pay attention or do these tests (that do lots of VAAPI for example) to see stability of system? Problem seems to be on HW level.

[geerge]

I would pick soldered ram at 7500 speed over non soldered at 5600 which is where sodimm's are currently at. You're not going to be able to upgrade sodimm ddr5 at 7500 for a long time, maybe never.

I wouldn't pick soldered at 6400. No point going for soldered without going all in on the benefit of doing so.

[860lacov]

Is build quality of p14s any good?

I thought that p14s is like t14s (magnesium body) so premium build quality but it seems that it is made of plastic all the way.

[deusexmachina]

Laptop shopping is still such a pain. Is there a phoronix thread comparing the latest AMD HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc laptops? Especially interested in those with 2 nvmes.

[860lacov]

There is an official bios update.
I the list of changes there is information that problem with acpi profiles is solved

https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/pl/pl/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-p-series-laptops/thinkpad-p14s-gen-4-type-21k5-21k6/21k5/21k50003ge/pf4jy7qs/downloads/DS564829?category=BIOS