Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 3
Getting Ubuntu to Install and Boot
WARNING: DOCUMENTATION IS NOT COMPLETE YET and will likely not be until students get their laptops in person (~late August 2021).
Before trying to install, please note the following: IF YOU HAVE BITLOCKER ON A DRIVE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR WINDOWS BITLOCKER RECOVERY KEY IF YOU WANT TO SHRINK THAT WINDOWS PARTITION ON THAT DRIVE. OTHERWISE, FIND A DIFFERENT HARD DRIVE OR YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Also, especially if you have little experience with the command line, PLEASE shrink your BitLocker drives within Windows, not within the Ubuntu installer. There are ways to do it using the Linux command line, but you have to be careful!
The steps may be similar to the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 (BIOS version numbers will be different.)
These links are also useful for more information:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_P1_(Gen_3)
Specs
The following is a more detailed spec list crowdsourced by current students, should you be interested. It is also an archive for historical purposes, in case you're interested.
Thanks a lot to the people writing https://www.rose-hulman.edu/admissions-and-aid/for-incoming-freshmen/laptop-requirements.html for the base spec list!
| Processor | Intel Core i7-10750H (not overclockable) |
| RAM | 16 GB @ ???MHz DDR4 (2x8GB SODIMM stick(s)) |
| Solid State Drive | Unknown Brand M.2-2280 NVMe 512 GB (approx. 476.837 GiB) Solid State Drive (theoretical max 3500MB/s, most cheap NVMe SSDs are slower than that, typically around ~1000MB/s) |
| Display | 15.6" FHD 1920x1080 |
| Video Card | NVIDIA Quadro T1000 w/ 4GB vRAM (GDDR6) Max-Q (limited performance compared to desktop cards, but optimized thermally and for battery life) (supports Vulkan and OpenGL) |
| Network Cards | Intel Dual-Band AX201 802.11ac/ax wireless and Bluetooth (hardware is 2x2 - 2 transmit chains and 2 receive chains), Gigabit (1Gb/s) Ethernet |
| Battery | 4 cell Li-Polymer, 80Wh |
| USB | (2) USB Type-A 3.2 Gen1, (2) Thunderbolt (USB 3.1 Gen2 form factor) |
| Pointing Devices | Trackpad (Synaptics?) |
| External Video Port | Dedicated HDMI 2.0 port (HDMI 2.0 is optimized for 4K content - see CNet source below) |
| Integrated Webcam | 720p integrated webcam with infrared sensor |
| Network Accessories | Ethernet cable provided with the laptop (unknown if this supports PXE boot) |
| Warranty | 4 year with Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) |
| Other Ports and Sensors | Fingerprint reader, color sensor, microphone |
Max-Q - what is it?: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/what-is-nvidia-max-q