# Lenovo ThinkPad P14s

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Lenovo ThinkPad P14s and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 2 years (4 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Owners praise it as a powerful, compact machine that works well with Linux, though some report display and sleep driver problems and a plastic build.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well with Linux (5 comments): "still powerful enough for most things, esp now that I'm on linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48187719)) "I'm happy with my P14s (AMD, Gen6) (running Linux, obviously)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399320)) "Both AMD p16 and p14 are amazing NixOS machines." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47243579))
- Powerful enough for most work (3 comments): "still powerful enough for most things, esp now that I'm on linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48187719)) "I'm so glad I got a p14s with 64 GB of RAM in the fall" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372501)) "with the 255H CPU and iGPU and a decent screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46148555))
- Happy as a daily driver (2 comments): "I'm using a P14s Gen 6 AMD as my daily driver and it is just a fabulous little machine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46233918)) "I'm happy with my P14s (AMD, Gen6) (running Linux, obviously)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399320))

## What people warn about

- Sleep and display driver problems (2 comments): "But it doesn't support S3 (suspend to ram), only s0ix:" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259817)) "The driver quality (mainly around display and sleep/resume features) has been terrible on my now 2 year old AMD powered Lenovo P14S." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46120988))
- Mostly unremarkable, nothing special (2 comments): "It's OK, but nothing to write home about." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666923)) "the T480 and P14s are meh" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47503029))
- Plastic build, durability concerns (2 comments): "it is better in every aspect, except one disc port and overall durability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46110422)) "a flimsy, plastic (not magnesium like the Intel units), disappointing piece of shit with frequent (but known) GPU crash issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46380321))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple MacBook Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-pro.md): 928 recommend
- [Apple MacBook Neo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-neo.md): 707 recommend
- [MacBook Air](https://hackerapproved.com/p/macbook-air.md): 633 recommend
- [Apple MacBook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-macbook.md): 499 recommend
- [Framework Laptop 12](https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-laptop-12.md): 83 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Lenovo+ThinkPad+P14s+Gen+6+AMD&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/thinkpad-p14s-gen-6-(14-inch-amd)/len101t0082)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Lenovo ThinkPad P14s", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lenovo-thinkpad-p14s/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).