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:
The build quality is the best I have ever had. Specially relative to the T490, it looks like a tank.
It is relatively light (just less than 2 Kgs)
The 4K OLED screen is super amazing (moving from the 45% NTSC 1080p)
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.
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.
Performance difference from the 8665U is night and day. Everything butter smooth so far.
Cons:
Even thought the keyboard is good, I prefer the keyboard on the T490 (personal preference). I am planning on getting the TrackPoint keyboard II
The body and the keyboard pick fingerprints
The audio jack port is kind of tight. I found it very difficult to plug and unplug my earphones
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
P16s Vs P14 Gen 3 AMD
If the specs are the same and size and weight doesn't matter, then I guess the main difference would be num pad or not. A bit hard to make a choice between two laptops if almost all the differences between the two can't be considered in the decision.
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