> A new X1, top of the line 4K spec, has the internal screen randomly lose sync. The days of Thinkpads as dependable machines seem gone.
I believe it's all due to the large hardware and firmware changes.
Take for example USB-C: we don't know yet how to make study ports. My X1 had its motherboard replaced due to a dead port.
Or look at ACPI S0ix: it's only since last year that it's become comparable to S3 in power consumption (and S3 is no longer officially supported since Intel 11th gen)
The keyboard too changed: the layout is the same as the xx30 series, but there's less travel.
Likewise, the screens are now 2k or 4k with thinner bezels, and intel HUD ("Xe graphic") is quite different from the previous generations: even if it's handled by the same i915 driver on Linux, GUC/HUC are more important, and disabling PSR no longer makes sense.
Change is constant, but I believe pre pandemic and post pandemic Thinkpads are very different beasts.
I believe it's all due to the large hardware and firmware changes.
Take for example USB-C: we don't know yet how to make study ports. My X1 had its motherboard replaced due to a dead port.
Or look at ACPI S0ix: it's only since last year that it's become comparable to S3 in power consumption (and S3 is no longer officially supported since Intel 11th gen)
The keyboard too changed: the layout is the same as the xx30 series, but there's less travel.
Likewise, the screens are now 2k or 4k with thinner bezels, and intel HUD ("Xe graphic") is quite different from the previous generations: even if it's handled by the same i915 driver on Linux, GUC/HUC are more important, and disabling PSR no longer makes sense.
Change is constant, but I believe pre pandemic and post pandemic Thinkpads are very different beasts.