On the outside, the laptop is made entirely of matt black coated plastic, which is internally reinforced in the area of the base with a magnesium frame. This makes the ThinkPad laptop robust, but sometimes a little less stable than models with a full metal housing.
A very annoying feature of this unit: the housing creaks a little in the right area of the palm rest. This was not the case with the identical Lenovo ThinkPad T14 G4 Intel, but Lenovo should have such quality fluctuations under control.
Pro
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Efficient AMD processor
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Many ports & security features
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RJ45 Ethernet
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WWAN preparation
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Interchangeable keyboard
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Long battery life
Contra
Scarring palm residue
Soldered RAM
Quiet speakers
l'alternative serait chez HP (au moins la ram n'est pas soudée et le chassis est en alu :
https://www.notebookcheck.com/HP-EliteBook-845-G10-im-Test-Business-Laptop-ueberzeugt-mit-AMD-Ryzen-7-7840U-und-unschlagbarem-Preis.752699.0.html#toc-8 )
Pros
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excellent CPU and GPU performance
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high performance-per-watt
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long battery life (3h de mieux que l'intel !)
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USB4 support
Cons
the four USB-C ports are not created equal
single-thread performance could be better
fan is loud and tends to pulse (dommage pour ça :( )
still no new display options
AMD Ryzen™ 7040U-Series 7840U (cpu soudé)
2 x 260-pin SO-DIMM DDR5 5600 MHz, up to 64GB (32GB per DIMM)
2 x USB4, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x M.2 Key M, 1 x M.2 Key E (WiFi-6E Module), 1 x SATA3
1 x Realtek Gigabit LAN, 1 x Realtek 2.5 Gigabit LAN
Supports Quad display, 2 x HDMI 1.4b, 2 x DP 1.4a (from Type-C)
19V/120W Power Adapter
10.4 x 10.2 x 3.6 cm
plus petit que du mini-itx
Today's article has the Ubuntu 23.04
performance of Ryzen 7 7840U
up against the prior generation Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
and then an Intel Core i7 1280P
PSPesque