[cannam]

> I have a Thinkpad that I purchased in early 2014 that is still going strong

Indeed an early 2014 Thinkpad is my main work development box. It's a T540p with the excellent 3K matte screen. Admittedly I use it like a desktop computer, plugging in a keyboard and mouse (and, now, camera), so there's very little wear and tear, but in my mind it's basically still a new computer.

[barrkel]

I'm stuck with a T540p and it's no good thermally IMO. It was slower than the desktop it replaced and throttles when asked to work, which is pretty frequently with a few browser instances, a few ides and few databases all running with a build.

Add a concurrent video conference - all too frequent these days - and it practically freezes every so often. Only 16G really doesn't help.

Am looking forward to something bigger, soon...

[cannam]

Does yours have the discrete GPU option? Mine doesn't, and I imagine that could make a big difference thermally.