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The Lenovo ThinkPads are surprisingly not that bad
by lykr0n 8y ago
The Lenovo ThinkPads are surprisingly not that bad
- derekp7 8y agoBut they get worse every generation. Sometimes they undo something horrible (like when they replaced the function keys with a touch strip on the X1 Carbon, or got rid of the track pad mouse buttons), but other mistakes remain (like changing the keyboard to the same style as everyone else, instead of the Selectric Typewrite shaped keys). And they used to be the poster child for good Linux support, but that's starting to drift away also (things like the fingerprint reader).
- lykr0n 8y agoI'm typing this on a X1 Carbon Gen6 running Arch Linux. I don't know about the fingerprint reader, but everything else works 100%.
- derekp7 8y agoI got an X1 Yoga (2017 model) last year, and if I can't use bluetooth headphones while on wifi under Linux. Soon as audio starts playing, the wifi will cut out. Problem doesn't occur under Windows. (This is with the latest Fedora, haven't tried other distros yet). The problem goes away if I switch the wifi to a 5GHZ band, however that isn't an option except at home.
- newnewpdro 8y agoThe Lenovo consolation prize does little to fulfill my want for a modernized classic IBM ThinkPad. Lenovo has become so bad that Linux-oriented shops have started pivoting to Dells.
- ComputerGuru 8y agoThey’ve confirmed (and had a horrible history of) bundling spyware into the firmware.
- Stratoscope 8y agoThat was the IdeaPads, not the ThinkPads. Very different computers made by competing divisions of Lenovo.
- ComputerGuru 8y ago“I stole that with my left hand, not my right. This one is totally clean, I swear!” I want to trust them, they make better machines than Dell. But I feel like I’d be lying to myself if I did.