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Thinkpads are great but if I buy a Thinkpad T-series laptop I'm forced to buy Windows with it. Also it's not supported by the manufacturer. Thinkpads have gre
by Lio 10y ago
Thinkpads are great but if I buy a Thinkpad T-series laptop I'm forced to buy Windows with it.
Also it's not supported by the manufacturer. Thinkpads have great support from the Linux community but Lenovo doesn't officially guarantee its use (I would be happy to hear if I'm wrong on that).
- ekianjo 10y agoDont they have a contract with RedHat to ensure compatibility?
- Hydraulix989 10y agoYes, in my experience, the only thing that doesn't work is the fingerprint reader: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Validity-Fingerprint-Reader-Linux/td-p/3352145 https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Linux-Discussion/Validity-Finge...
- cacarr 10y agoIndeed. Everything works on my X1 Carbon running Arch (via Antergos), except the fingerprint reader.
- kuschku 10y agoYou can buy Thinkpads also preloaded with free DOS. (Usually a lot cheaper)
- bluehazed 10y agoYou used to be able to, I don't think you can any longer.
- ac29 10y agoHow? Hasn't been an option on the last 2 thinkpads I bought. Just went and tried to customize a T470 and nope, still have to get Windows.
- kuschku 10y agoIf you're a student, you can sometimes still get it.
- vertex-four 10y agoYou probably can as a business customer? Not sure.
- johndotsun 10y agoThinkpads are great if your standards for screen quality are incredibly low. I can't speak for the ones released in the last couple years but seemingly all of the older ones have garbage tier screens. My T430 has a screen that is at best about as good as the screen that came with my 2009 Asus netbook.
- clarry 10y agoMy T460s definitely has a garbage tier screen. And garbage tier trackpad. The trackpoint feels like garbage too. And I had to replace the keyboard once because it was garbage and broke.