Was able to get this on massive discount and I have to say this has to be the best ThinkPad I've owned since Lenovo has been aggressively removing key features that made ThinkPads stand out from their competition in their apparent quest for mediocrity.
Coming from a T14s Gen 3 AMD, I can safely say the typing experience is WAY BETTER. The T14s Gen 3 keyboard (at least mine) required more actuation force and bottomed out harder than this P14s Gen 4. As a result, the P14s Gen 4 keyboard is more reminiscent of the older ThinkPads in its fluidity for touch typists. It still has the newer 1.5 mm key travel like the T14s Gen 3, but these subtle differences provide a noticeable improvement in quality of life if you do a lot of typing, but be aware that Lenovo sources their panels and keyboards from different suppliers, so I may have just got lucky in the keyboard lottery.
In terms of build quality, I actually prefer the P14s over the T14s. The materials might not be as premium as the T14s, but this laptop looks identical, is just as sturdy, however is WAY MORE resistant to fingerprints and oils from your hand. It is light years more resistant than the T14s gen 3!!
The display is OLED and I wish it wasn't. Would have preferred an IPS equivalent because it would have offered better battery life and I wouldn't have to worry about OLED burn-in.
And the dirty secret about OLEDS is that they really don't look that much different from premium IPS displays when calibrated. They may have deeper blacks and higher contrasting, but any Delta E color accuracy score under 3 isn't detectable to the human eye and my previous wide-gamut IPS display had a Delta E score of 0.14 - so I may swap out this OLED for that panel to get better battery life and mitigate any potential burn-in down the road.
Other positives to note:
-The AMD processor and igpu is top level. The 780M is on par with an RTX1650ti and the AMD processor is super efficient, sips power, and doesn't get hot. You'll rarely if ever hear your fans spin up.
-64 GB of fast soldered ram is big win and rarity in a 14" laptop.
-RJ-45 ethernet jack
| Standing screen display size | 14 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 2880 x 1800 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 2880x1800 Pixels |
| Processor | 3.3 GHz ryzen_7 |
| RAM | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Speed | 6400 MHz |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Chipset Brand | AMD |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 4 GB |
| Wireless Type | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 4 |
