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Thinkpads might not be as bad as you think. I have an X230 at home, which runs many flavors of linux extremely well and is dead silent, and a T440s at work whic

Thinkpads might not be as bad as you think. I have an X230 at home, which runs many flavors of linux extremely well and is dead silent, and a T440s at work which is also an excellent choice albeit slightly more expensive. You can pick up refurbished t440s'es for around 500-700 euros in the Netherlands, where X230's go for 200 at the very lowest price point (still with an ssd!). Unless I'm playing Counter Strike on the X230, which runs great all things considered, I never ever hear the fan. Wireless and thankfully wired connections are spotless too, though the X230 doesn't have 802.11ac as far as I know.

estebank 8y ago
The T440 is no longer being manufactured (the current model is T480). I have a refurb T460 at home[aside] which works great out of the box with any Linux distro and has a keyboard that is a pleasure to use when contrasted with most laptops out there. And the repairability also means that you can buy a cheaper model and only once you need it extend the sdd/ram when you need it. [aside]: it has a top IO panel that every now an then decides to stop working, including the power button mouse and keyboard, although usb ports continue to work. The only option at that point is to hard reset (I carry a paper clip in my keychain :-/). Haven't found an explanation for the problem. If anyone here has any ideas, please reply. I've googled all around. I have found no correlation with anything so far.
kajecounterhack 8y ago
X1 Carbon 5th gen had some kinks at first but has been serving me well w/ Ubuntu for a year now. Managing the HiDPI display has been the only real headache -- if I could go back in time I'd have gotten the 1080p screen instead of the high res one. Besides that when I say it works, I mean it really works. Even the 4g card I added worked out of box on Ubuntu!
- brongondwana 8y ago
  Yeah, that's why I got the 1080p screen :) Learned my lesson with the 2nd gen - that was a piece of crap.

estebank 8y ago

The T440 is no longer being manufactured (the current model is T480). I have a refurb T460 at home[aside] which works great out of the box with any Linux distro and has a keyboard that is a pleasure to use when contrasted with most laptops out there. And the repairability also means that you can buy a cheaper model and only once you need it extend the sdd/ram when you need it. [aside]: it has a top IO panel that every now an then decides to stop working, including the power button mouse and keyboard, although usb ports continue to work. The only option at that point is to hard reset (I carry a paper clip in my keychain :-/). Haven't found an explanation for the problem. If anyone here has any ideas, please reply. I've googled all around. I have found no correlation with anything so far.

kajecounterhack 8y ago

X1 Carbon 5th gen had some kinks at first but has been serving me well w/ Ubuntu for a year now. Managing the HiDPI display has been the only real headache -- if I could go back in time I'd have gotten the 1080p screen instead of the high res one. Besides that when I say it works, I mean it really works. Even the 4g card I added worked out of box on Ubuntu!

brongondwana 8y ago
Yeah, that's why I got the 1080p screen :) Learned my lesson with the 2nd gen - that was a piece of crap.