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The only thing I miss about my Mac is the hardware. To be more specific: I miss the trackpad. I just picked up a 2018 ThinkPad Carbon X1 (6th Generation) and th
by aorth 8y ago
The only thing I miss about my Mac is the hardware. To be more specific: I miss the trackpad. I just picked up a 2018 ThinkPad Carbon X1 (6th Generation) and the machine runs Linux very well. The battery life is around eight or nine hours, the HDR screen is very good, etc. But nothing can come close to the Mac trackpad!
I'm running Arch Linux, for what it's worth. My use of several Macs over the last few years was basically confined to a web browser, Mail.app, and Terminal, where I installed a handful of GNU userland tools from Homebrew and essentially used it as if it was a Linux machine. I never bought into the Apple ecosystem with Photos, iCloud, messaging, etc. My pictures and music are organized in directories and I use open-source applications like darktable and GIMP (pictures) and cantata and mpd (music) so I didn't have any lock-in there.
Caveat: I'm on the systems / devops side, not dev.
- skadamat 8y agoI made this exact same switch a few months ago! RMBP 15 to Thinkpad X1 Carbon + Arch Linux. I've loved it but I do miss the trackpad (although I've adjusted my workflow to use physical buttons now + thinkpad's trackpad). I also miss the larger screen (15" was really nice). Whenever I go back to my RMBP 15 for moving files over, I've noticed the display is still nicer for text. Even with installing some calibrated color profiles, I haven't been able to match the same perfection the RMBP 15 had. Is this something you ran into at all / how did you tweak?
- kahlonel 8y agoDid you apply the "non-official" patch for the deep-sleep? How well does it work? I'm actually waiting on Lenovo to release an official patch for it before buying this machine.