Lenovo ThinkPad T14s
Shares rank 20 of 63 laptops by recommenders
People recommend it for its quiet operation, keyboard, and strong Linux support on most models. Critics say hibernate and some distro support are unreliable.
People recommend it for its quiet operation, keyboard, and strong Linux support on most models. Critics say hibernate and some distro support are unreliable.
37 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 20
- criticize it
- 17
- approval share
- 54%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not 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)
Owned for 2 years
Median of the 9 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 20 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 6 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
Linux support works well
“I own T14s Gen4 Intel and Linux support is perfect, even fingerprint reader works. Zero complaints.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Lenovo's New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability” “Getting a laptop that's linux certified has been better than I thought”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “I'm returning my Framework 16” “great battery, a decent GPU, still a Thinkpad, perfect Linux support.”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Spirit of ThinkPad” - Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Spirit of ThinkPad”
- Comment from 7 Dec 2025 in “Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop”
- Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop”
Long battery life
“great battery, a decent GPU, still a Thinkpad, perfect Linux support.”
Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “Spirit of ThinkPad” “very happy with it, great battery life, no notch and very fast”
Comment from 19 Jan 2026 in “Spirit of ThinkPad” “has great battery life: 10+ hours with moderate usage”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series” - Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades”
Keyboard is among the best
“ThinkPad T14s is silent, keyboard is known as one of the best across all laptops even if it has got thinner.”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year” “The keyboard of my T14s Gen 1 on the other hand is noticeably better.”
Comment from 3 Mar 2026 in “Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5” Silent operation
“ThinkPad T14s is silent, keyboard is known as one of the best across all laptops even if it has got thinner.”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year” “but its silent and the battery lasts ages”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Newer generations seem worse
“The more I look, the worse it gets, especially after you hyped it like that.”
Comment from 7 Dec 2025 in “Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop” “since the Thinkpad T14s gen2 or so they have been horrible as well”
Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “I'm returning my Framework 16” “my T14s gen3 is terrible. Almost no travel and no feel to it.”
Comment from 31 Oct 2026 in “US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears” Sleep and hibernate problems
“While most of the hardware works, hibernate doesn't, which annoys me.”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “Lenovo's New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability” “the machine wakes up during the closed lid and runs the battery down”
Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “Asahi Linux with Sway on the MacBook Air M2” Linux support gaps on some distros
“has great battery life: 10+ hours with moderate usage”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series” “essentially unusable on Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Mint)”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop” Missing sound, webcam, or speaker quality
“No sound, no webcam, no USB-C(iirc) and no video hardware acceleration.”
Comment from 29 May 2026 in “It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12” “Speaker and display is just not a priority for thinkpad it seems.”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Apple to focus on 'quality and underlying performance' with iOS 27 next year”
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 T14sThis page | 20 | 17 | 54% | 6 | 2 yrs9 owners | — |
What people said
40 of the 50 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“my T14s gen3 is terrible. Almost no travel and no feel to it.”
“I spent about a week trying to get it working and just gave up, awful experience.”
“it can get uncomfortably hot on the left edge at the speaker”
“I'm still waiting to get full Linux support for this two year old laptop”
“has great battery life: 10+ hours with moderate usage”
“or one T14s with Ryzen I had in between”
“likes to do it sometimes on cachyos, I can't nail it down from a KDE or hardware issue”
“No sound, no webcam, no USB-C(iirc) and no video hardware acceleration.”
“The hard drive is just m.sata and very easy to upgrade.”
“Incredible machine though refurbs often have the lower end of configurations”
“it is a better quality notebook than the Surface book others in my organisation have”
“While most of the hardware works, hibernate doesn't, which annoys me.”
“it's a screamer. Best thing for sure”
“the non-replaceable wifi chip has been my biggest pain point with it”
“I own T14s Gen4 Intel and Linux support is perfect, even fingerprint reader works. Zero complaints.”
“The keyboard of my T14s Gen 1 on the other hand is noticeably better.”
“very happy with it, great battery life, no notch and very fast”
“Linux support is great and it's the best laptop I've ever owned”
“to me this is a pinnacle of laptop design”
“great battery, a decent GPU, still a Thinkpad, perfect Linux support.”
“I have the T14s Gen3 AMD and everything just works”
“essentially unusable on Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Mint)”
“since the Thinkpad T14s gen2 or so they have been horrible as well”
“it does the job and it will easily last me 2-3 more years”
“every hardware peripheral, including fingerprint sensor, worked out of the box”
“the machine wakes up during the closed lid and runs the battery down”
“Getting a laptop that's linux certified has been better than I thought”
“but its silent and the battery lasts ages”
“The more I look, the worse it gets, especially after you hyped it like that.”
“legendary Linux support, actual power state documentation”
“the T14S that many are vouching for here gives me around 1.5h which is not the best”
“Thinkpads are modular, you can easily get the components such as a battery etc.”
“lightweight, has great build quality”
“feels like they got everything right, that the X13s got wrong”
“Speaker and display is just not a priority for thinkpad it seems.”
“ThinkPad T14s is silent, keyboard is known as one of the best across all laptops even if it has got thinner.”
“it's a perfect laptop and it got an update this year”
“Thinkpad X13s and T14s (both with Snapdragon) are the best closest alternative.”
“with Thinkpad T14s probably the most active”
“it's legitimately half the price for more power”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.