Thunderbolt 5 is not a Meteor Lake feature. The SoC only features an integrated Thunderbolt 4 controller. (MTL was too early for TB5 integration; Intel only started shipping their discrete controller last quarter)
It's a lot thicker and heavier than a thin and light laptop. They did not skimp on cooling, because the OLED panel is heat sensitive.
One of the LTT channels did a tear down of it. The main problem it has is that the heatsink and NVMe slot are sandwiched between the mobo and second screen. Swapping SSDs and cleaning out dust is going to be a pain.
No one is ever going to use this thing as a tablet because of the weight and because it's Windows. Lenovo and Huawei are doing it right by making regular Android tablets that can be use as portable Windows display, except both are proprietary.
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ajp_anton - Friday, January 12, 2024 - link
Why does this not support Thunderbolt 5? I thought that was supposed to be supported specifically in Meteor Lake.Ryan Smith - Friday, January 12, 2024 - link
Thunderbolt 5 is not a Meteor Lake feature. The SoC only features an integrated Thunderbolt 4 controller. (MTL was too early for TB5 integration; Intel only started shipping their discrete controller last quarter)skavi - Friday, January 12, 2024 - link
how’d they fit a 75 Wh battery in there? hopefully they didn’t skimp on the thermal side.meacupla - Friday, January 12, 2024 - link
It's a lot thicker and heavier than a thin and light laptop.They did not skimp on cooling, because the OLED panel is heat sensitive.
One of the LTT channels did a tear down of it.
The main problem it has is that the heatsink and NVMe slot are sandwiched between the mobo and second screen. Swapping SSDs and cleaning out dust is going to be a pain.
wr3zzz - Saturday, January 13, 2024 - link
No one is ever going to use this thing as a tablet because of the weight and because it's Windows. Lenovo and Huawei are doing it right by making regular Android tablets that can be use as portable Windows display, except both are proprietary.Tamerlin42 - Sunday, January 14, 2024 - link
I'm hoping for a Zen4 version with Thunderbolt, at least two ports. Preferably more.10basetom - Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - link
Surprising not to see WiFi 7.HaninAT - Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - link
Those asking for Thunderbolt support... What do you use it for?TMDDX - Thursday, February 1, 2024 - link
That over/under on a precarious center stand configuration looks like an express ticket to cracked screen town.