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    From Lists@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 3 23:20:01 2024
    Hi all,

    I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16
    Gen 2. There's one thing that makes me hesitate though: on my current
    laptop (Thinkpad P1 Gen 1) the external display is hardwired to a
    specific port. Sadly, I have never been able to use any external display
    with that laptop. Not with the integrated graphics, nor with the
    discrete graphics.

    I am hoping to prevent this from happening again, as in this case that
    would be a critical "failure". The idea is that this machine will run
    with the lid closed using a large external monitor.

    In case that might be relevant: I am planning to buy the Universal
    Thunderbolt 4 Dock with this laptop.

    Are there any users of this laptop here on the list that can tell me if
    this exact type of Thinkpad can actually drive external displays when
    running Debian? I can't find any definite information regarding this
    issue on the Lenovo website and Google didn't get me any further either.

    Thanks in advance for any helpful information!

    Grx HdV

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  • From Felix Miata@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 4 00:00:01 2024
    Lists composed on 2024-06-03 22:39 (UTC+0200):

    I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16
    Gen 2.

    That's a model line, not a model. It's available with multiple CPU/GPU combinations.

    To use it as described, I suggest to get one with only one GPU. Most problems laptop users want help with have hybrid graphics, and/or NVidia graphics as part
    of their mix. The reason for hybrid graphics is basically for maximizing both battery life and graphics performance. The former has no material relevance when
    rarely running on battery.
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  • From Lists@21:1/5 to Felix Miata on Thu Jun 6 12:00:01 2024
    On 2024-06-03 23:50, Felix Miata wrote:
    Lists composed on 2024-06-03 22:39 (UTC+0200):

    I am thinking of replacing my old workstation with a Lenovo Thinkpad P16
    Gen 2.

    That's a model line, not a model. It's available with multiple CPU/GPU combinations.

    You are correct. That slipped by me when I wrote my mail.

    To use it as described, I suggest to get one with only one GPU. Most problems laptop users want help with have hybrid graphics, and/or NVidia graphics as part
    of their mix. The reason for hybrid graphics is basically for maximizing both battery life and graphics performance. The former has no material relevance when
    rarely running on battery.

    Thanks for that idea. As I don't do anything remotely graphically taxing
    I don't need a speedy GPU. Most of my work on this machine will be
    programming and remote admin. Apart from watching a 4K video once in a
    while I dabble a bit in CAD, but those are fairly simple drawings that
    would in no way require a super-duper GPU.

    I'll try to find out if they allow for a configuration with an Intel
    graphics iGPU only, or otherwise the simplest dGPU. Ada 1000 seems to be
    the lowest spec available if I remember correctly. That should be more
    than sufficient.

    Grx HdV

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