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I always recommend a ThinkPad. I've been using my T420 for years and it's still holding up great. From what I've seen, the newer laptops are just as durable. I
by zcid 8y ago
I always recommend a ThinkPad. I've been using my T420 for years and it's still holding up great. From what I've seen, the newer laptops are just as durable.
I have run OpenBSD, Windows, and various Linux distributions on it without a hitch. Full driver support is the norm since they use very standard parts.
I fit three drives in mine and the keyboard is excellent for a laptop.
- folkhack 8y agoT430 checking in - this thing is an absolute beast. I run Debian 9 and it's a dream machine. If fixing/supporting/configuring your own hardware is important to you, then Thinkpads are outstanding. They're easy to work on, powerful, durable, and exactly what a laptop should be. I even run two configurations because the base laptop was so cheap (~$200 USD)... one is a 4 core i7 with discrete graphics for power, and the other is a 2 core i7 with Intel HD for battery.
- cweagans 8y agoT480 checking in as well. Love the user-upgradable hardware, swappable batteries, long battery life, etc. All the hardware worked OOTB, and the keyboard is miles ahead of the MBP keyboard (especially the new crappy ones).
- ryandvm 8y agoT450s on Ubuntu. It's been a super-reliable machine. Good battery life and great to type on. Only complaint is that the trackpad sucks. Maybe that's on my and I need to spend more time tweaking libinput; but for Frith's sake, why is Apple the only company in the world that can make a decent fucking trackpad?