ThinkPad HW

[Van Ly <van.ly%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

Hello,

I'm looking to upgrade from ThinkPad E470 with 16GB memory and 256GB storage on i7-7500U processor and FHD display.

The P1 gen 9 has support for OSes that include a number of Linux distributions but the starting price is too high.

P14s gen 7 with 16GB:512GB on Ultra 7 366H vPro processor and 3K display is what I'm looking at to run NetBSD 11.

Are there any gotchas in that config?  Is buying a T14/T14s/P14s gen 6 better?  The webportal retail configurator doesn't offer gen 5 SSD option for the T14 gen 7 model which has ethernet port builtin.  I'm leaning to Intel processors because the AI search suggests WiFi Intel drivers are more likely to work on BSD.  I understand T14 gen 1 is known to work well on NetBSD.

Sometimes the P1 gen 8 is offered with 44% discount and includes the 8GB Blackwell 1000 graphics accelerator but would that be useless on NetBSD for lack of driver?

Thanks in advance.

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vl