Thinkpads and Elitebooks with Ryzen 6000 are starting to be available. They have best in class keyboards, CPU horsepower and efficiency in the same ballpark as M2 and user-serviceable parts. Most of them support linux without too much tweaking.
Looking at ThinkPad Z13. I don't understand why would they mess up the keyboard as well. They have plenty of space for full size cursors and a block of Home/PgUp/PgDown/End keys and likely they could get F keys larger. Such a missed opportunity. Oh and the focus on Z letter - they had plenty of time to use different one. Given the current events, pulling out a laptop with Z on it would be a massive faux pas.
Elitebook is even worse. Looks like a cheap generic laptop from AliExpress and a crap keyboard at massive premium.
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Thinkpads and Elitebooks with Ryzen 6000 are starting to be available. They have best in class keyboards, CPU horsepower and efficiency in the same ballpark as M2 and user-serviceable parts. Most of them support linux without too much tweaking.
Looking at ThinkPad Z13. I don't understand why would they mess up the keyboard as well. They have plenty of space for full size cursors and a block of Home/PgUp/PgDown/End keys and likely they could get F keys larger. Such a missed opportunity. Oh and the focus on Z letter - they had plenty of time to use different one. Given the current events, pulling out a laptop with Z on it would be a massive faux pas.
Elitebook is even worse. Looks like a cheap generic laptop from AliExpress and a crap keyboard at massive premium.
I think it's off by 2-3x compared to M2 in terms of efficency.