expiredDr.W posted Jun 23, 2022 04:47 AM
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Item 1 of 5
expiredDr.W posted Jun 23, 2022 04:47 AM
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 2: 13" 2.2K IPS 450-nits, i7-1260P, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, Win11 Pro $1469.99
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I have a Yoga with a i5 1240p which is more efficient and has a 71wh battery and I feel like battery performance is good but not great.
Lenovo could have lowered the TDP on the chip but it doesn't look like it from the spec sheet.
They make 'workstation' class laptops for a reason.
In a lot of ways, it's a great machine. Extremely tiny and lightweight while still feeling solidly built (doesn't flex or creak), exceptionally bright and colorful screen (wonderful in a world where dim 300 nit screens are the norm), great keyboard for its class of machine, decent trackpad, and its trackpoint is excellent for mousing in cramped situations. Storage is expandable too, with the caveat that you'll need to find a more unusual half-length M.2 SSD to replace the one it came with.
At least when running Windows however, its battery life is middling at best, and doing anything even slightly intensive will kick on its fan. I don't have it plugged into an external display often, but even that is enough to rev its fan up even if it's otherwise idle. The CPU seems just a touch too hot for this laptop's chassis… and this was the lowest end option for its generation.
So I like my Nano, but it's clearly a compromise in many ways. Even though it's larger and more heavy, as time goes on I'm increasingly tempted to sell it or trade it in and get a MacBook Air instead… M1/M2 runs way cooler than Tiger Lake and probably Alder Lake, and anything Windows-only can be run via WINE and Rosetta 2 or Parallels and Windows for ARM with Windows' built in x86 emulation.
In a lot of ways, it's a great machine. Extremely tiny and lightweight while still feeling solidly built (doesn't flex or creak), exceptionally bright and colorful screen (wonderful in a world where dim 300 nit screens are the norm), great keyboard for its class of machine, decent trackpad, and its trackpoint is excellent for mousing in cramped situations. Storage is expandable too, with the caveat that you'll need to find a more unusual half-length M.2 SSD to replace the one it came with.
At least when running Windows however, its battery life is middling at best, and doing anything even slightly intensive will kick on its fan. I don't have it plugged into an external display often, but even that is enough to rev its fan up even if it's otherwise idle. The CPU seems just a touch too hot for this laptop's chassis… and this was the lowest end option for its generation.
So I like my Nano, but it's clearly a compromise in many ways. Even though it's larger and more heavy, as time goes on I'm increasingly tempted to sell it or trade it in and get a MacBook Air instead… M1/M2 runs way cooler than Tiger Lake and probably Alder Lake, and anything Windows-only can be run via WINE and Rosetta 2 or Parallels and Windows for ARM with Windows' built in x86 emulation.
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Awesome little machine. The battery life is around 5 hrs of heavy usage using it as a portable work laptop (I'm a developer).
Awesome little machine. The battery life is around 5 hrs of heavy usage using it as a portable work laptop (I'm a developer).
Nice! Could you comment on the concerns around throttling / fan always revving in?
Sounds like you are not observing those problems
Sounds like you are not observing those problems
They make 'workstation' class laptops for a reason.
Shocking, I know.
I have a Yoga with a i5 1240p which is more efficient and has a 71wh battery and I feel like battery performance is good but not great.
Lenovo could have lowered the TDP on the chip but it doesn't look like it from the spec sheet.
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