Review on Lenovo Option Mobile ThinkPad USB C by Boyan Ivanov ᠌

Name: Lenovo Option Mobile ThinkPad USB C
Item: Lenovo Option Mobile ThinkPad USB C
Rating: 3

July 17, 2023

In general, its pretty good, an equal number of pros and cons.

On the official Lenovo forum, users have consistently reported these issues for the previous two years. Changing the docking station's firmware, UEFI, or drivers does not resolve the problem.

Pros

A lot of connectors, first. Gigabit Ethernet Port No. 2. 3) Small. 4) The button on the docking station can be used to directly turn on the laptop.

Cons

1) There is an annoying intermittent squeak from the speakers when the 3.5 "jack is plugged in and the laptop is switched off. This sound goes away as soon as the laptop is turned on. 2) The docking station warms up like a frying pan, even with just one FullHD 60hz monitor connected. 3) The linked monitor begins to intermittently shut off for a brief period of time after a few hours of use. A gray (red, purple, magenta, etc.) background will occasionally keep the display from turning on at all, and the only way to fix this is to unplug the thunderbolt cable, not the monitor. All other peripherals continue to function properly at the same time. All of this, in my opinion, is a result of item 2. I was forced to forego using the docking station and instead put the screen straight into the laptop using HDMI.