| ▲ | mmcnl 3 hours ago | |
This still doesn't tell me how they differ. What are the factual objective measurable differences between E/L/T/P? | ||
| ▲ | Giefo6ah 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I was assigned an E14 once. Compared to a T14: The case is all thick ABS. It weighs like 2.4 kg, and the weight is unbalanced. The USB-C charge only works at 20V, nothing less. While charging it overheats and spins up the fans. It came with a TN screen with terrible viewing angles, that could not be used in a brightly lit room. I didn't use the laptop for two months while I waited for a replacement screen from aliexpress. Keyboard is much thinner, the trackpoint drifts easily. Camera quality is worse, somehow it cannot handle sun-lit scenes. Microphone and speakers are similar to the T14. It stopped receiving firmware updates after two years. It uses about 0.5 W while suspended, so its tiny 48 Wh battery typically doesn't last the weekend with the lid closed. The motherboard has design issues, a missing protection diode in the headphone jack microphone input ended up frying the CPU due to a ground loop. Meanwhile the T14 has eaten the same ground loop and even a 48V passive PoE in an accident and dealt with it by rebooting. A T450 from 2015 is still running. | ||
| ▲ | hackyhacky 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Spoiler: they are all identical hardware, but marketed differently. | ||