I've had the chance to go and check out the PSREF for the P16 Gen 3, and all of the GPUs being limited to 105W is somewhat strange. I'm looking for something with an RTX Pro 4000 or equivalent and the Type-C charging being limited to only 180W is pretty concerning. Is there any possibility that they could support two chargers at the same time or do I have to look for an Asus ROG Strix?

I was using a T490 (with i7-8665U CPU) as my daily driver, which sometimes struggles running JetBrains IDEs and VMs

Saved up and got myself a new P16s Gen 3 with

• Core Ultra 155H

• NVIDIA RTX 500 Ada GPU

• 64 GB RAM

• 4K OLED display

Here is my review:

Pros:

1. The build quality is the best I have ever had. Specially relative to the T490, it looks like a tank.

2. It is relatively light (just less than 2 Kgs)

3. The 4K OLED screen is super amazing (moving from the 45% NTSC 1080p)

4. It is my 2nd day and the fans are dead silent. The only time I heard them was when I opened up a 4K video (downloaded video) and was seeking.

5. I haven't tested the battery well ... but from what I can see it can go up to 7-8 hrs on Windows 11 'Best Efficiency' mode and probably around 5hrs on 'Balanced' mode.

   • Right now for example, I have been working on Visual Studio for more than an hour and at 82% Windows is reporting 6:30 hrs remain. That looks pretty good for me.

6. Performance difference from the 8665U is night and day. Everything butter smooth so far.

Cons:

1. Even thought the keyboard is good, I prefer the keyboard on the T490 (personal preference). I am planning on getting the TrackPoint keyboard II

2. The body and the keyboard pick fingerprints

3. The audio jack port is kind of tight. I found it very difficult to plug and unplug my earphones

4. I loved Debian 12 on the T490 with i3wm. It was rock solid. But now Debian might not support fractional scaling anytime soon (I read Plasma 6 isn't going to be included in Trixie), so I might have to try couple of distros. Any suggestions are really welcome in this department.

Let me know if anyone has any questions

I have been saving up for a P16 Gen 2, but with the 15th gen intel chips and next-gen Nvidia cards rumored to drop late this year I have held off for the moment. However, I just saw an article highlighting 14th gen intel cpu's being put in the current Gen 2, which suggests we may not be getting a refresh this year after all. Has anyone seen any other news regarding P16 updates? Should I go ahead and get one / would it be stupid to wait in case they don't drop?