Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Gen 2 laptop i5-1135G7 24GB 2TB PCIe SSD 14.0" FHD Dual Boot

Business laptop with dual-boot OS

The ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 is a new business laptop built around an 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor with four cores and a maximum turbo frequency of 4.2 GHz. It ships with 24 GB of DDR4 memory and a 2 TB PCIe SSD. The 14.0 inch Full HD IPS panel delivers a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Both Windows 10 Pro and Linux Mint 20 are installed; you choose one at boot.

Thunderbolt 4 limits external GPU bandwidth

Two USB-C ports support Thunderbolt 4, providing up to 40 Gbps of shared bandwidth for displays, storage or an external GPU enclosure. The integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics uses system memory and has no dedicated video RAM. Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 handle wireless connections while the RJ-45 port offers 10/100/1000 Mbps wired Ethernet.

Dual-boot requires a reboot to switch OS

The defining specification is the factory-configured dual-boot arrangement: Windows 10 Pro and Linux Mint 20 coexist on the same drive but cannot run simultaneously. Changing the operating system demands a full restart. Buyers who need to run Windows and Linux applications at the same time should consider a virtualisation host or a second machine.