Lenovo confirms upcoming ThinkPad T16 will feature AMD Ryzen 6000

[Redaktion]

Lenovo has not yet announced most of their 2022 ThinkPad lineup. At CES, only the premium models of the ThinkPad X1 line and the new ThinkPad Z series were unveiled. In an unprecedented move, Lenovo has revealed some information about unannounced models - notably, the new Lenovo ThinkPad T16.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-confirms-upcoming-ThinkPad-T16-will-feature-AMD-Ryzen-6000.594664.0.html

[Steve W]

This is exciting.  All that Lenovo really needs for its workhorse enterprise line is a Thinkpad T14 and T16 with thin bezels, 16:10 screens, a keyboard with 1.7mm+ travel, as big a battery as would fit in the chassis (57whr minimum for the 14" but preferably more), the full complement of ports including an SD/microSD card slot, and we'd have the perfect laptop.  The addition of the AMD 6000 is great and I'm looking forward to improvements in battery life that come with it.  And from AMD's CES presentation, it sounds like the integrated graphics of the 6000 will be a big leap forward - not enough for serious gamers, but enough for people who do not want a heavy gaming rig but want to be able to dabble in gaming, which I think is a fair number of people.

[ArsLoginName]

I agree on all your points including the 1.7+ mm of key travel in a T14. In fact, if they keep the chassis the same size and decrease the bezels until they match the Z16, they  could fit a 14.8"-15" 16:10 screen in the T14/T14s body (that's how big the previous bezel are). Now that (plus 2 upgradeable SO-DIMMs) would be the perfect laptop. Lots of power. Big screen. Great keyboard. Great battery life. Standard 14" laptop size package.

[okidoki]

AMD + Pluton disabled by default = Nice with a cherry on top

[kek]

Lenovo better not f*** this one up with dumb nonsense as soldered storage or trash screens/battery

[Superdave643]

It's astonishing that Lenovo does not have any means for new product suggestions from customers. Since the P- and T-lines are geared towards professionals and content creators, what would be a huge productivity boon is a 3:2 aspect screen. I have a highly spec'ed Thinkpad P15 Gen 2, which I love. The keyboard feel cannot be beat compared to other brands (although I wish that the Fn and Crtl key positions were swapped - I have had them logically reassigned in SW) and it is also one of a dwindling number of laptops of any screen size that still has a number pad, which I find indispensable and why I cannot get myself to buy anything without one.

Anyway, I measured my P15 and a 17" 3:2 display (14.145"L x 9.43"H) would fit entirely within the available space - this in a 15.6"-class footprint! I'd like to have mine as a 4k high-refresh OLED touchscreen with 100% gamut of all the important standards. A little notch on the lid for the webcam is a completely acceptable compromise and please, please, make it a FHD-IR one.

My SMBPRO order is in as soon as this is available.

[Lorry]

57Wh battery on the last-gen T15 4K was a total joke, it wouldn't last 4 hours on a charge. As someone else said already Lenovo needs to start offering big batteries again on its 15-16" Ultrabooks.

Most cheap consumer laptops like $1000 LG Gram 16 comes with a 80Wh battery, and rivalling Dell's Latitudes at work have up to 100Wh for the U-series CPU models. What the hell are Lenovo engineers thinking?

[RobertJasiek]

I second 3:2 (or 4:3 would be even better).

Besides often tiny arrow keys, my other major concern with current notebooks (even so called workstations) for creators is their very high noise. 45 - 60 dB is totally unacceptable. Devices are designed thin instead of silent.

The only exceptions with decent graphis card / APU performance are Apple MacBook Pro (but not all software is available for macOS and the notch is totally unacceptable), A2000 (41 dB is acceptable but this graphics card is too slow), A5000 (45 dB notebooks exist but this graphics card is prohibitively expensive).

[Superdave643]

I agree with the noise issue. My P15 Gen 2 has an i7-11800H and A4000, and the fan sounds like a little jet turbine when under load.

I figured my next laptop purchase would coincide with the Ryzen 7000 / Radeon RX7000 (RDNA 3) dGPU rollout, but if a suitable laptop is released earlier that strikes my fancy, I might settle for a Ryzen 6000 or Rocket Lake APU with iGPU only for a quieter option.

I also totally support higher capacity (eg. 97 Wh) batteries.

I second 3:2 (or 4:3 would be even better).

Besides often tiny arrow keys, my other major concern with current notebooks (even so called workstations) for creators is their very high noise. 45 - 60 dB is totally unacceptable. Devices are designed thin instead of silent.

The only exceptions with decent graphis card / APU performance are Apple MacBook Pro (but not all software is available for macOS and the notch is totally unacceptable), A2000 (41 dB is acceptable but this graphics card is too slow), A5000 (45 dB notebooks exist but this graphics card is prohibitively expensive).

[Superdave643]

I figured my next laptop purchase would coincide with the Ryzen 7000 / Radeon RX7000 (RDNA 3) dGPU rollout, but if a suitable laptop is released earlier that strikes my fancy, I might settle for a Ryzen 6000 or Rocket Lake APU with iGPU only for a quieter option.

Correction - I meant Alder Lake, not Rocket Lake.

[CRGxxx]

I have loved my old T460 and it's still going strong but its just not cutting it with my DAW any more.

As an audio guy Quietness/low fan noise is as important as power when choosing my next lappie. I promised myself many moons ago that I would never buy apple again but I have to say the new M chips are very appealing... Super powerful with zero noise but I just don't want to give them my money.

How loud are Ryzen Thinkpads??
When can we expect an ARM Thinkpad??