Hi,

I have a ThinkPad T14s AMD Gen 1 with arch linux. I want to share my experience for people hesitate to buy it and maybe have solutions to my problems. I'm using Wayland + Sway. I have an external monitor 4k LG.

Good news, everything work out of the box, I did not have any surprises regarding the material (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_T14s_(AMD)_Gen_1_Gen_1)). My external monitor works very well with my configuration (I'm using kanshi to configure the resolution). My computer is connected by USB-C which means that I will never run out of battery.

Here are all my problems:

• After 8 months of use I have three keys on the keyboard which no longer works randomly (space, enter and "|\" keys). I'm not alone: here, here, ... I'm waiting for a response from the support team.
• My laptop screen is a FULL HD screen (1920x1080), I don't know if this is the cause but my applications seems me blurry (slightly). I tested a lot of settings but without success. The blurry is more important for electron applications.
• Firefox. No link with my machine but it's amazing how unstable it is. My current bug: impossible to open the "select" menu and some slowdowns. Before the recent update I had randomly crashes. I wanted to switch to Brave but the blurry rendering stings my eyes too much.
• Microphone is not of good quality. External mic is required.
• The top of the computer is often very hot and I "regularly" have fans blowing. For your information, I mainly do development (neovim, ssh, docker, k8s, ansible, ...).

My biggest problem is the blurry rendering as well as my keyboard. Anyone of you using wayland and not having a rendering problem?

In conclusion, I'm not really satisfied. Thank you for your feedback.