Plus, this is a modern Intel-based laptop, so I'd strongly bet that it's implemented with Optimus and therefore has Intel graphics driving the display and ports, just like on the T460p.
Plus, this is a modern Intel-based laptop, so I'd strongly bet that it's implemented with Optimus and therefore has Intel graphics driving the display and ports, just like on the T460p.
The binary drivers are pretty invasive (they replace quite a few libraries and such, if I'm remembering right from when I originally setup my current gaming rig), and they were really slow to support KMS and Wayland (but apparently that's changed within the last year or so).
Nvidia is also typically a showstopper for non-Linux free operating systems (like, say, OpenBSD) which tend to not have any possibility for Nvidia-provided binary drivers. Considering that the safe bet for OpenBSD is basically "buy a ThinkPad", a "retro" ThinkPad with Nvidia graphics is kind of a downer.
Meanwhile, my ordinary T470 with Intel graphics works reasonably well (suspend/resume aside, but I can live without that) on OpenBSD's -CURRENT branch, so if this "retro" ThinkPad is just a T470 with Nvidia graphics and a non-chiclet keyboard, then it ain't like there's much reason for me to really want it.
Not by a long shot, particularly on laptops. Avoid optimus and nvidia like the plague. Battery drain, screen tearing, and other fun problems abound.