weight 90% for a 14" 1.5kg?? are you joking??
80% for this shittty screen??
91% for the chassis without a second ssd 2280 slot etc..?
and all with this insane price??
wtf
The SoC is much inferior (especially GPU wise) to old Lunar Lake chips. This is sad as Lunar Lake was never a perf champion.
16 GB + 512 GB SSD + dogshit display... 1800 EUR? hahaha ok
Things the MacBook Air 13 M5/2026 has going for it over this:+ Much better screen:
-> Sharper text/no matte oil coating effect (look at the subpixel array picture in this review..looks kinda nasty)
-> More lively/popping colors due to no oil coating
-> Better screen ratio
-> Brighter at 500 nits
-> higher resolution
-> Display can show more colors / covers Display P3 colorspace standard
(only the OLED on the ThinkPad is better, but it's even more expensive and it has its own disadvantages)
+ Better speakers: 4 speakers on the Air 13 and 6 speakers on the Air 15.
+ Weights less at 1.2 kg.
+ Much cheaper at $ 1099.
+ Higher memory bandwidth:
this: 108.8 GB/s = 128-bit * 6800 MT/s / 1000 / 8.
MB Air: 153.6 GB/s = 128-bit * 9600 MT/s / 1000 / 8.
(-> the Air is 41% faster)
+ Faster iGPU: 3dmark.com/search - Steel Nomad:
this: 622 Points (from notebookcheck.net/-.1193658.0.html).
MB Air: Average score: 1065.
(-> the Air is 71% faster)
+ Same quality keyboard: Lenovo reduced the key travel, so now their so called famous keyboard doesn't stand out anymore.
+ No fan that can clog up.
+ Slimmer case.
+ The Air looks arguably better.
Things the MacBook Air 15 (15.3 inch) M5/2026 has going for it over this:+ Still cheaper at $ 1299 (you can get it 150 bucks cheaper still, new).
+ Bigger screen while weighting not more than this 14 inch one.
Things the ThinkPad has going for it:+ Reparability (mostly theory, you are not going to do any repair yourself, the stats on this are known), but you can get Air with AppleCare and it's still cheaper.
+ It is less likely to break from a fall (tho there are many reddit posts where a ThinkPad broke from a fall (and where it didn't, sure)), but you can get Air with AppleCare and it's still cheaper.
+ The RAM is upgradable to 64 GB vs only up to 32 GB on the Air, which are not enough for agentic workflows based on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_M:
Quote from: reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1sq94qx/is_anyone_getting_real_coding_work_done_with.. I've come to the conclusion that (1) 32768 is the biggest context I can get away with in an adequately smart model, and (2) it just ain't enough.
Quote from: This vs MacBook Air: on May 25, 2026, 20:53:05-> Better screen ratio
Both are 16:10?
Quote from: This vs MacBook Air: on May 25, 2026, 20:53:05+ Faster iGPU: 3dmark.com/search - Steel Nomad:
this: 622 Points (from notebookcheck.net/-.1193658.0.html).
MB Air: Average score: 1065.
(-> the Air is 71% faster)
No point mentioning these scores. Due to poor drivers the performance is much worse in games. You've to go all the way to M5 Pro to get respectable performance but it's no longer fanless or as cheap then.
I think if you want to compare a ThinkPad to MBA, it's better to do it with carbon X1 gen 14. However, it costs double if you want arc b390.
Quote from: This vs MacBook Air: on May 25, 2026, 20:53:05+ No fan that can clog up.
Pretty sure you can get thinkpads with X2 elite configuration. If it hasn't already been released then they will soon come soon. Very easy to disable fan and retain most of the performance on them.
You should get a hold of an 358H and the IPS Touchscreen with 100% sRGB Color, and the big battery and then test it. That is the real T14 Gen 7 in my humble opinion.
>> Very easy to disable fan and retain most of the performance on them.
How? I would consider buying a decent fanless Windows laptop.
Any reason buying this overpriced "laptop" over Air 13 or Framework 13 Pro? Except maybe for corporate sector.
Quote from: dumb_oems on May 26, 2026, 10:14:30How?
Turn off fan always on in BIOS.
Limit TDP to lowest power profile, so it's using 9w-13w.
Will be practically silent, like a Nintendo switch 2.
Quote from: Shitop on May 26, 2026, 13:27:28Any reason buying this overpriced "laptop" over Air 13 or Framework 13 Pro? Except maybe for corporate sector.
Framework is way more overpriced than this "overpriced 'laptop'" if you don't live where they can officially ship them to.
Two keys left from the ENTER key are still narrower than the rest. This is not okay. This is still an abomination. Not buying. And obviously that horrendous camera hump.. sigh.
>> "Will be practically silent, like a Nintendo switch 2."
no it won't, because of stupid fan curve profiles
the only thing that can be relied on to be silent and fast enough is a Macbook Air
that's why I am using it. the dumb OEMs can't even do a reliable fan-off bios option.
Quote from: dumb_oems on May 26, 2026, 15:03:08stupid fan curve profiles
Should be able to create custom fan curve profile using OEM software.
In Asus laptops for example, by going into Armory Crate -> accessing manual mode.
The X7 Intel is only available in theory for T14, there is basically one specs in psref with it, so forget about it. You can get it in the even more expensive X1 Carbon though.
So due to this, the Intel Panther Lake 3rd is basically a downgrade in GPU compared to a 2nd Gen H or V CPUs with Intel Arc 130/140 V/T. Only getting a "U" version will be better this year.
I am also curious about the CPU performance of the 3rd gen H with 2 less P cores compared last year (4-8-4 vs. 6-8-2). The tested "U" version this year is nearly identical with the V from last year (both 4-0-4), so no surprises there.
Quote from: yyuuuy on May 25, 2026, 18:57:48weight 90% for a 14" 1.5kg?? are you joking??
80% for this shittty screen??
91% for the chassis without a second ssd 2280 slot etc..?
and all with this insane price??
wtf
It won't enjoy widespread and long-lasting popularity among users—this marks the beginning of the end for the T series
>"Entry level with Core Ultra 5 325"
> price: 1760 Euro
Entry to what? Suckers club?
And with the CPU performance on the R7-5700U level from 5 years ago
Ridiculous.
Lenovo must have paid a pretty penny (bribe) to man reviewers... How can they praise this over a Framework 13? Framework is expensive, but so is this, and Framework is a lot better!
This is good news for Framework, the big dogs are definitely scared about their success.
Quote from: X7 is only Theory T14 on May 26, 2026, 21:48:53The X7 Intel is only available in theory for T14, there is basically one specs in psref with it, so forget about it. You can get it in the even more expensive X1 Carbon though.
During a couple of weeks, the 358H was available for the T16 Gen 5 as well (at least in Spain). I had it in my shopping cart and then it dissapeared.
The review unit went with a much inferior screen, 45% NTSC, high power consumption, lower brightness. What a waste. It is therefore wrong to conclude that Panther Lake loses to the last gen on battery life.