On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 at 12:11, Van Ly <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
>From my experience on NetBSD with any kind of recent ThinkPad (think anything after a T480 or probably T490) you will probably be using a USB Wi-Fi dongle, so Intel vs AMD doesn't really play there. The Intel specific DRM driver probably maxes out around Intel Raptor Lake Graphics (So ThinkPad T14gen1), but the generic modesetting *should* work on recent onboard Intel and AMD (just without external display support). David
