Depends on what features you value. Just raw specs? Some HP garbage will cost probably half what a comparable T14 costs.
2-3 years used? That ThinkPad is probably the same price or cheaper thanks to companies retiring leased machines.
errer@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What’s the price of this compared to a comparable (feature-wise) laptop? Just curious what the repairability premium is.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
First, you have to define “comparable”. These are Enterprise-grade laptops. Their class includes the Dell Latitude and HP Elitebook. It doesn’t include anything you will ever find at Best Buy. It might be tempting to do so, since your visible specs like CPU and RAM are the same. But they really aren’t the same.
Within their class, Lenovo has (for over a decade) been noticeably more expensive than their counterparts. Roughly $100-150 more per unit for the T4x0/T14 vs a Latitude 74x0 (now Dell Pro) or an Elitebook 840.
Current prices are: HP Elitebook 8 G1i 14 - Core Ultra 5 236v, 16GB/512GB, $1249
Dell Pro 14 - Core Ultra 5 236v, 16GB/512GB, $1659
Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Gen 6 - Core Ultra 235u, 16GB/512GB, $1809.
All have integrated graphics.
I don’t think the detailed specs/pricing for Gen7 (what the article is about) has been announced yet. I would expect it to be in line with previous generations, since their 9/10 repairability score was.