New laptop time. Thinkpad recommendations?
New laptop time. Thinkpad recommendations?
My lappy has bitten the dust, and I'm in the market for a laptop. I'm thinking about going Thinkpad.
I only plan on this being for web browsing, text editing, coding, etc. Any gaming is done on my desktop.
What would be a good Thinkpad model? I do t mind getting an older/refurbished one. Haven't been on the laptop market in nearly 8 years, so I don't know what to look for anymore
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FWIW ThinkPad is not IBM anymore. I assume it's obvious but just in case it's not 100% clear, a Chinese company (Lenovo) bought the brand 2 decades ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad
I'm not arguing that the quality or Linux support changed since then, just make it explicit in case somebody might ride on the nostalgia of once great hardware devices.
PS: I rocked an X31 with ratpoison a while ago, before the times of MacBook Air and I was convinced I was pretty cool.
They're still pretty good. I bought a few second hand, especially the 480s - well built, mil spec, easily upgradeable, relatively light. I'd recommend.
Anything after T480 wouldn't be as great.
I've owned 30 series and now I'm using a T14 Gen 3. While the T14 is a good laptop, the difference is like night and day.
And there is nothing wrong with "Chinese". China is the world's manufacturing hub and its economy has surpassed that of USA.
really depends on what's being manufactured. they do tech pretty well but their steel is absolute dogshit. "chineesium" is a thing.
"chineesium" is a thing.
Racism is also a thing and that is what you are practicing here. :)
Also I hope you never discover some of the knockoff Swiss Army Knives made in China, that have stronger steel than that of Victorinox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5CipCDaQS0 Oops.
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