Lenovo ThinkPad P16s
Shares rank 46 of 63 laptops by recommenders
People recommend it for easy, trouble-free Linux installs and reliable everyday use. Lukewarm reviews note the body is plastic rather than metal.
People recommend it for easy, trouble-free Linux installs and reliable everyday use. Lukewarm reviews note the body is plastic rather than metal.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy Linux installs and setup
“It was one of the easiest Linux installs I've ever done, and it's been holding up fine.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “Honestly this has been the least-headache-inducing Linux laptop I've ever had.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Leaving Linux” “Second that. Both AMD p16 and p14 are amazing NixOS machines.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Lenovo's New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability” - Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2”
Trouble-free, reliable everyday use
“It was one of the easiest Linux installs I've ever done, and it's been holding up fine.”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “Honestly this has been the least-headache-inducing Linux laptop I've ever had.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Leaving Linux” “the most headache-free computer I have ever had”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Lenovo's New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Plastic body, not metal
“it's not metal like old MBP or even my travel surface pro, but it feels... fine.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Apple Introduces MacBook Neo”
Other laptops people recommend
The four most recommended other laptops, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Pro | 928 | 688 | 57% | 13 | 5 yrs248 owners | — |
| Apple MacBook Neo | 707 | 355 | 66% | 9 | 1 mo8 owners | — |
| MacBook Air | 633 | 209 | 75% | 12 | 5 yrs130 owners | Approved |
| Apple MacBook | 499 | 348 | 59% | 12 | 9 yrs77 owners | — |
| Lenovo ThinkPad P16sThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Honestly this has been the least-headache-inducing Linux laptop I've ever had.”
“It's the best constructed laptop I've seen in the last few years.”
“s2idle lasts for a couple hours before it dies because every device has to sleep before it goes to true idle”
“I bought a Thinkpad P16s with 64 GB of LPDDR5x ram in October 2024 for just over $1100.”
“it's not metal like old MBP or even my travel surface pro, but it feels... fine.”
“Second that. Both AMD p16 and p14 are amazing NixOS machines.”
“the most headache-free computer I have ever had”
“it doesnt on thinkpad p16s”
“all my ThinkPads have been decent with Linux”
“It was one of the easiest Linux installs I've ever done, and it's been holding up fine.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.