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Can you show me these better laptops ?

Lenovo Thinkpad and Dell precision are two product lines of the same tier or higher. With both you can choose your OS and with most Thinkpad models you can even customize the hardware, plus you get 3 years of on-site express assistance for less than 100€. These are all durable machines that will last you years.

I have a Thinkpad X1.

It struggles with just a few dozen tabs open. Opening a new Google doc takes ten seconds. And no, it isn’t out of memory; it’s just slow. The CPU isn’t maxed out, but I think the GPU is.

It’s hot, and the battery life is maybe three hours.

I also have an M1 MacBook. Under the same workload it’s cool to the touch, window switching is instant, opening a new doc takes maybe two seconds, and battery life is about eight hours.

The X1 comes with a variety of CPUs depending on the gen and the price tag AFAIK. Make the comparison on CPU power and available RAM, not on the model. I owned an X1 carbon for a year and half (work laptop) and it would handle any workload (multiple open editors, dozens of browser tabs open, docker-compose with multiple services on, etc) without lag, while still having a great battery life. The price tag for my model was ~2200€.

Now I use a somewhat old P51 and it's an absolute beast, but is certainly a brick when compared to lighter models like the X1 or a MacBook.

I have a T14 with an AMD CPU. Plenty fast, not hot and battery lasts about 6-8 hours. CPU-wise, I'd of course prefer the M1, though. Intel CPUs are not great in laptops.

I don't like what Lenovo has done to the T-line, but Thinkpads in general are still high quality in my opinion.

My laptop before I switched to MacBook M1 was a relatively high end ThinkPad Carbon X1. It was okay but the MacBook pro are a lot better despite the lack of a touchscreen.

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