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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on July 27, 2026, 02:51:17

Title: Lenovo releases new 14-inch ThinkPad globally with Snapdragon X2 Elite and 32 GB RAM
Post by: Redaktion on July 27, 2026, 02:51:17
Lenovo has given one of its latest 14-inch ThinkPads a wider international release. Now sold globally, the ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 Snapdragon features up to a 500-nit display with 32 GB of RAM and a Snapdragon X2 Elite processor, all within a lightweight housing weighing 1.19 kg.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-releases-new-14-inch-ThinkPad-globally-with-Snapdragon-X2-Elite-and-32-GB-RAM.1352254.0.html
Title: Re: Lenovo releases new 14-inch ThinkPad globally with Snapdragon X2 Elite and 32 GB RAM
Post by: Bizarro_NikoB on July 27, 2026, 04:16:12
Can the snapdragon ThinkPad variants run linux?
Title: Re: Lenovo releases new 14-inch ThinkPad globally with Snapdragon X2 Elite and 32 GB RAM
Post by: Bizarro_GroupID_Deadpool on July 27, 2026, 10:30:29
No, only MacOS X that bleeds white lymph and cries that the world isn't real. Of course it runs. Whether screen blanking and power management work like you want is up to 2D20 rolls (hope to beat 7.)
Title: Re: Lenovo releases new 14-inch ThinkPad globally with Snapdragon X2 Elite and 32 GB RAM
Post by: Dan6 on July 27, 2026, 11:31:02
Quote from: Bizarro_NikoB on July 27, 2026, 04:16:12Can the snapdragon ThinkPad variants run linux?
Experience is definitely not as smooth as with x86. Depending on the laptop and your expertise with linux, installation process can be anywhere from impossible to kind of ok. But then there is still a problem with performance - it's still significantly lower than on Windows. And you'll absolutely need to keep Windows partition for firmware and updates.
Title: Re: Lenovo releases new 14-inch ThinkPad globally with Snapdragon X2 Elite and 32 GB RAM
Post by: Linuxlover6969 on July 27, 2026, 15:18:03
Quote from: Bizarro_NikoB on July 27, 2026, 04:16:12Can the snapdragon ThinkPad variants run linux?

I suspect no, because Microsoft, strategic partner of Qualcomm, doesn't want people to run Linux on it.
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