Looking for a laptop and narrowed down my search to:
| Thinkpad X13 Gen 2 | Thinkpad T14 Gen 2 | Thinkpad E14 Gen 3 |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 5650U | AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 5650U | AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700U |
| 8GB LPDDR4x-4266 | 8GB DDR4-3200 | 16GB DDR4-3200 |
| 256 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe x4 NVMe Opal2 | 256 GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe x4 NVMe Opal2 | 512GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe |
| 41wh battery | 50wh battery | 45wh battery |
| $1133 | $1142 | $1074 |
Why does the E series seem so much better than the T and X series for a lower price?
Thinkpad X13 and T14 seem pretty comparable, so which of the two would be better? Do the differences in series (i.e., letters) actually mean anything?
Ultimately, if you were looking to buy a laptop, which of the three would you choose and why?
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I am looking to buy a new laptop. Funny enough i had no idea when i started even though i am a student in computer Engineering (Hardware).
I want to work with cuda/openCl/openGl. also i will ned to work a lot with assembler. Gaming is not that important. the Graphic doesnt need to be fast just support newest features (my old one runs on openGl 2.0 and has the old fixed pipeline).
I narrowed down my search to the ThinkPad E540 and the T440. The E series seems to be way better then the T serires and cheaper. Why is that? is there something i should know?
Here are the stats (germany):
ThinkPad E540
859,00 €
Intel Core i7-4712MQ-Prozessor -vPro
Windows 8.1 Pro (64 Bit)
39,6 cm (15,6") FHD (1.920 x 1.080) entspiegelt – schwarz
NVIDIA GeForce GT G740M 2 GB
4 GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600 MHz SODIMM
500-GB, 7200 U/min
:DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer
ThinkPad T440
899,00 €
Intel Core i3-4030U-Prozessor (3 MB Cache, 1,90 GHz)
Windows 8.1 (64 Bit)
35,56 cm (14,0") HD+ (1600 x 900) LED mit Hintergrundbeleuchtung und AntiGlare, mit WWAN
Intel HD-Grafikkarte 4400 mit Andockanschluss
4GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600MHz SODIMM
500-GB, 7200 U/min
tl;dr: why is E series cheaper and better(on paper) then T series?
EDIT :
Buying this one now:
https://m.notebooksbilliger.de/lenovo+thinkpad+edge+e540+20c6008fge
Hi all, I plan to buy a Thinkpad. Problem is I am not sure which series to pick: E, L , P, T. I have an old T420 so i know how T series feel. But what about modern laptops?
I'm looking at the E14 Gen 4 AMD, but in my country, E Series is marketed as "for those on budget". So in the long run, it would just break down?