Nice
Ideal for content creators and work requiring RTX acceleration (CAD, Adobe)
Compared to the recent $1.3K HP Pavilion Plus deal, this ThinkBook has the ~40% faster RTX 3060 6GB, superior RDNA 2 Radeon 680M integrated graphics, factory colour calibrated screen and onsite warranty
$1359.15 without eBay Plus using coupon PLUSW15
21EK0010AU
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H (8C / 16T, 3.2 / 4.7GHz, 4MB L2 / 16MB L3)
16GB Soldered LPDDR5-6400, dual-channel, not upgradable
Integrated AMD Radeon 680M Graphics
Dedicated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6, Boost Clock 1402MHz, TGP 80W, Dynamic Boost 2.0, Resizable BAR, NVIDIA DLSS
512GB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe, 1x spare M.2 2280 slot16" WQXGA (2560x1600) IPS 400nits Anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 60Hz, Dolby Vision, X-Rite factory color calibration (∆E<1)
Monitor Support
Supports up to 4 independent displays (native display and 3 external monitors via HDMI and USB-C)
HDMI supports up to 7680x4320@60Hz
USB-C supports up to 5120x3200@60Hz1x USB4 40Gbps (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 1.4), 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 1.4), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (one Always On), 1x HDMI 2.1, up to 8K/60Hz, 1x SD card reader, 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm), 1x Power connector
Wi-Fi 6 11ax 2x2 + BT5.1
FHD 1080p with Privacy Shutter camera
71Wh battery
230W Slim Tip (3-pin) AC adapter
Backlit, English keyboard
Buttonless glass surface multi-touch touchpad, supports Precision TouchPad (PTP)
Touch Style, Integrated in Power Button Fingerprint Reader
Aluminium (Top), Aluminium (Bottom) case
356 x 252 x 19.9 mm
1.99 kg
Windows 11 Pro 64
1 Year Onsite warranty
What an odd laptop in 2024.
3 gen old cpu, albeit a good one from it's generation with integrated radeon graphics and a dedicated nvidia card (entry level) with 16gbs of ram.
It's not really a good gaming laptop, it's mediocre at productivity and less power efficient compared to modern amd cpu laptops and it weighs like a brick at 2kg.
At $1300 there are many many thinkpads that will outperform it for roughly the same money and around 1.5kg or under.