My Early Impressions of the Lenovo Thinkpad T14

The major components, CPU, memory, ssd, display, keyboard, mainboard, power supply, cooling seem to function well and as expected. The cpu (and going with AMD was a major change) has performed well so far.

Now to the more annoying aspects:

• I use the track point buttons exclusively (trackpad clicking is turned off). the left button requires extra physical pressure to function correctly—even then not always does it work.
• The trackpad is not sensitive enough. Even with the sensitivity turned all the way up; it still just ignores some input.
• The trackpad also has the annoying attribute that the mouse will not move if it is accidentally touched with two fingers simultaneously—not a great design attribute.
• The wrist rest plastic and the bottom meet in the front corners in a less secure way (than the T470s). The left hand position causes the plastic to flex and creak (when will it break?).
• The wrist rest corners and edges are too sharp Especially the left, when using the track point left-click mouse button, is very uncomfortable.
• Using the USB C jack for power is not an industrial strength design. It is too small and too flimsy. If the A/C adapter USB C plug gets bumped, even slightly, I am sure it is going to damage the internal USB C jack. The previous rectangular “slim tip” was a much better and more reliable choice.
• I think that this keyboard is “noisier” than the T470s generation.

There you have it.

 

An Example of how Microsoft Views Software Stability and Robustness

This is right out of Microsoft's own official documentation. They are so busy off inventing the next latest change to the user interface that no one asked for that they can’t be bothered to stop and fix things that have been broken for years. There is a cultural problem at Microsoft that stems directly from it’s founder.

"Issues with the AutoComplete cache

This section describes known issues that can occur with the AutoComplete cache. The AutoComplete cache can become corrupted over time and may not save new entries. If this happens, you can try to remove individual entries from the list. To do this, see the How to remove AutoComplete list entries one at a time section. If that doesn't resolve the issue, the whole AutoComplete list can be reset. To do this, see the section titled "How to clear the whole AutoComplete list." "