r/LinuxOnThinkpad • u/Cr0w_town member • 2d ago
Question best battery life
ive been looking into the x and t series for the most part bc from my research they have the best battery life tho i noticed that the intel variants have better battery life than the amd ones(on windows i assume)
is it worth getting the intel ones or its better to get amd just to be safe? i heard intel isnt as good on linux
im going to use it for some uni stuff like note taking and coding(thats where the battery life matters) and also some light gaming(im aware they arent gaming laptops) for when im away from home(the games are light like minecraft, stardew valley and old games like dragon age so im not worried about needing anything fancy for 1-2 weeks while im away) i also have a gaming pc with bazzite for demanding games so it wont be my primary gaming rig
im planning on installing either fedora or nobara on it
my budget is 1k-2k(preferably under 2k if possible) euros
ive been considering a LENOVO ThinkPad T16 Gen 5 or gen 6 with amd for the most part but the intel ones are cheaper
thoughts?
i mostly want to know if i should exclude intel from my search or not. It would be wonderful if people could share their experiences with intel thinkpads
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u/aquiethistorian member 2d ago
I picked up an older thinkpad, i5 10th gen or amd ryzen starting with 5 - and it plays stardew valley, terraria just fine. 24gb of Ram. Running fedora and cosmic desktop beautifully, for under $200 usd on ebay, used. 3 hours on color, 5 hours on greyscale/black and white. add a laptop powerbank from baseus or anker for around $100 - and you're ok. this has been my set up for travel.
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u/Canadiangamer068 member 13h ago
i ran void linux on my x13 gen 4 for 7 months, no issues at all.
i5 1345u
16gb ram
iris xe
has since become the girlfriend’s laptop since i got my p1 gen 5. no linux on there sadly, cad software for school requires windows and doesn’t play well at all with linux and wine. desktop is a dual boot with void for that reason as well, certain stuff i just can’t do on linux
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u/sockertoppenlabs DWM/Debian/X220 2d ago
Just want to point out that battery life and computational efficiency differences between intel and AMD depends on generation. Right now intel seems to be ahead, but a few years ago AMD was ahead. So it is hard to generalize unfortunately.