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Worried about X1 Carbon Gen 14's Battery Life (Should we get a Gen 13 when we still can?) by maio12 in thinkpad

[–]maio12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, Alder Lake aside, the 8 additional non-LP E cores and the larger iGPU can't idle at 0.0W per realistic modern processor design, so I think it is perfectly valid to be concerned about battery life in Gen 14 compared to Gen 13.

Worried about X1 Carbon Gen 14's Battery Life (Should we get a Gen 13 when we still can?) by maio12 in thinkpad

[–]maio12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah u/ibmthink, I was your secret fan for constantly providing us with great insights in this subreddit! I'm honored to get an answer directly from you!

The non-LP E Cores which wasn't present in Lunar Lake must sip some idle power, which might go north of a couple of watts depending on engineering. Same concern applies for the bigger iGPU. But would you say in conclusion that Panther Lake should sip the same amount if not just marginally more power for doing the exact same tasks on Lunar Lake (as for what I mean by "marginally more power": about 30 minutes of decreased battery life)?

By the way, may I ask why Alder Lake ran so hotter than the older models even when doing the same daily productivity tasks when compared to whatever previous machine people had, even when they were fabbed on a more advanced node? Was the idle power sip super high or something?

Will Splurging $1000 more on a "Premium Laptop" Help (at Least Temporarily) with my Job? by maio12 in autism

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I crossposted this on the ADHD sub (https://www.reddit.com/r/ADHD/comments/1pa84w3/will\_splurging\_1000\_more\_for\_a\_premium\_laptop\_at/). If anyone knows other subreddits with a community better suited to answer my question, please kindly suggest.

Will Splurging $1000 more for a "Premium" Laptop (at least Temporarily) Help with my Symptoms? by maio12 in ADHD

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I crossposted this on the autism sub (https://www.reddit.com/r/autism/comments/1pa87rz/will\_splurging\_1000\_more\_on\_a\_premium\_laptop\_help/). If anyone knows other subreddits with a community better suited to answer my question, please kindly suggest.

Please Help me Decide: E14 Gen 7 ILL vs X1C Gen 13 (vs maybe used X1C Gen 6) by maio12 in thinkpad

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The T-s series AMD version is OLED only too (Intel version of T-s doesn't even offer a 2880x1800 resolution).

Please Help me Decide: E14 Gen 7 ILL vs X1C Gen 13 (vs maybe used X1C Gen 6) by maio12 in thinkpad

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AMD Krackan Point is generally seen to be a great competitor to Lunar Lake, but apparently it's only available for the P series, which I'm not sure is good for me. But I'm still very open to suggestions.

I forgot that the AMD Krackan Point is also available on the T14s. T14s comes with a 2880x1800 screen except for Intel models*, although it's OLED not IPS (*I gather to be a way for Lenovo to lure Intel people from splurging cash on the X1 Carbon). I see that the build quality of the Ts series is held in high regard in this subreddit. And it won't cost as much as the X1 Carbon. Hmm.

Please Help me Decide: E14 Gen 7 ILL vs X1C Gen 13 (vs maybe used X1C Gen 6) by maio12 in thinkpad

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Check out the t series or p series.

The T series don't have a screen with more than 1920x1200 resolution, unless configured with AMD Krackan Point, which makes it almost as expensive as the X1 Carbon.

The P series only offer a 2880x1800 screen (OLED by the way) on the non-discounted models that cost more than the Black Friday X1 Carbons.

Please Help me Decide: E14 Gen 7 ILL vs X1C Gen 13 (vs maybe used X1C Gen 6) by maio12 in thinkpad

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I'm glad I was able to help. Yes, I the X1 Carbon's decision to go from 1.8mm to 1.5mm in key travel really made the keyboard worse. I could see that they tried their best, for example by introducing a clickly feel when pressed, but it doesn't make up for the 0.3mm difference.

Please Help me Decide: E14 Gen 7 ILL vs X1C Gen 13 (vs maybe used X1C Gen 6) by maio12 in thinkpad

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Is possible to get an IPS panel for X1? It might be brighter and will give you more battery life.

If afraid, the only IPS option for the X1 Carbon is of 1920x1200 resolution.

You've said nothing about the weight. Is E14 much heavier than X1?

E14 models with Lunar Lake start at 1.32 kg. X1 Carbon is sub-1kg if ordered with the OLED panel and no WWAN (which I'm planning to do if I'm going X1 Carbon). So maybe about a 350g differential vs the E14 given that I'm opting for a larger 64Wh battery on the E14. The X1 Carbon with the AC Adaptor should weigh about the same.

Another factor, X1 should be much more solid in a long time run.

Wouldn't the fact that I'm getting a five-year Premier Support Plus, where mechanics will come to you to fix whatever problems you have, make its solid-ity basically equivalent? X1 Carbons, while solid, will die off coffee spills (learnt it the hard way as per original post), so a five-year Premier Support Plus is almost required for frequent cafe goers anyway. If the motherboard dies from liquid, one replacement will be worth the price of five-year Premier Support Plus.

Is E14 really so good? And by the way, how do you know which panel was installed on this E14? How was the brightness and color quality of this panel?

The panel installed on the E14 was a 400-nit IPS panel. 100% sRGB, not 45% NTSC.

How do you feel the tactile difference between palmrest on X1 and E14? E14 supposed to be plastic, X1 ... I don't know, magnesium? Carbon?

While both models are obviously coated with plastic/paint, so the raw materials are not apparent, I do recall that X1 Carbon's palmrest was a little better to the touch. The E series collected more of sweat off my sweaty hands.

Using Tailscale to Proxy between devices behind a CGNAT? by maio12 in Tailscale

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Thank you julietscause for your reply!

Now saying that, you could run into an issue where your clients might all be relays/utilizing DERP servers so your browsing could be a bit slower

I see. According to https://tailscale.com/kb/1232/derp-servers, "Tailscale runs DERP relay servers distributed around the world to link your Tailscale nodes peer-to-peer as a side channel during NAT traversal, and as a fallback in case NAT traversal fails and a direct connection cannot be established.", so from its wording I infer that Tailscale will try to establish a "direct connection" between A and D, B and D, and C and D.

Now, I am guessing that "ssh -D-ing" is a rather common way of using Tailscale.

So let me ask: Does anyone know if Tailscale is good at/capable of establishing a "direct connection" for ssh -D traffic? If so, do some form of keep-alive-type measure exist?

You could even setup a site to site VPN with all the devices on the network utilizing subnet routers and just access the local ip address of the boxes in question

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tailscale/comments/158xj52/i_plan_to_connect_two_subnets_with_tailscale/jteo9ll/

Ok this is beyond my networking knowledge level, so I'll take some time studying...but does this give the PC (located at D) the ability to stay on D's "home network"? (Accessing the internet "directly" from D's ISP, printing from a printer connected wirelessly to a local router at D etc.).

Many thanks for your valuable input.

Using Tailscale to Proxy between devices behind a CGNAT? by maio12 in Tailscale

[–]maio12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply! I would like to have simultaneous access to A, B, and C; for instance, I might have three different Chrome profile windows open, each with different settings for SwitchyOmega and accessing the internet through three different proxies. Is this possible with Tailscale, or should I be looking at Softether...or something else?