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Lenovo ThinkPad E585 - Ryzen 2500U/Vega 8 - Review, Impressions, Linux, etc

Hey all. I picked up the ThinkPad E585, thought I would do a mini review of the laptop now that I’ve had some time to play around with it. This will not be a thorough review, just some general thoughts and info. I intend to edit it as I continue tinkering with it. Specs: Ryzen 5 2500U with Vega 8 Mobile graphics 16GB (8+8 dual channel) DDR4 2400 256GB m.2 NVMe SSD (mod) 500GB SSD for dual booting 1080P IPS TL;DR: I like the laptop. Good build quality, decent display, good performance. Battery life isn’t great… around 4 hours give or take. Linux works well with the latest kernel/mesa… only bluetooth doesn’t work. Full lshw output here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/6WVhFQygKn/ Full lspci -vvv output here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/g7FP5nN9JX/ [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Note: I got cinebench GPU score slightly over 40 on another run… not pictured here. Here are some general thoughts: Chassis/Build Quality: Very happy with the laptop in terms of quality. It feels very solid, no creaks or pops, no keyboard flex. Everyone seems to complain about the E-series thinkpads being cheap but I was pleasantly surprised. Top is aluminum, the rest is plastic. The lid does attract fingerprints pretty bad, but it’s not a big issue. Keyboard/Trackpad: Disclaimer: I’ve never used a laptop with windows precision trackpad drivers, so I can’t compare to that. This laptop uses a synaptic trackpad and it seems to track well. Everything works as expected in both Windows and linux. Clicking feels VERY nice on the bottom trackpad buttons… it’s like a muffled clicky sound which is really satisfying. Difficult to explain. I like the keyboard a lot. Th…