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I own an t490, also with ubuntu 19.04+gnome + dual boot. I consider my problems are more basic than yours, and more hardware related. - Under linux, the power

by zapnuk 7y ago

I own an t490, also with ubuntu 19.04+gnome + dual boot. I consider my problems are more basic than yours, and more hardware related. - Under linux, the power management is VERY bad. I'm honestly starteled how it can be so bad. I loose 10-13% overnight while in 'deep sleep', compared to only 3% with 7.5 yo MBA. I get 5-6.5 hours of battery life. Less than the 2011 MBA. With windows it it much better - almost on par with my MBA. - Trackpad has a big deadzone on the left+right + bad palm recognition. - The display is very slow. More so on windows than on linux for some reason. - Installing software is way too difficult compared to how it should be. Some software you install from the store, some from the command line, some offer AppImage. Sometimes the store has old versions that no longer works, things are not available for ubuntu 18.04/19.04, or you have to manually created a link such that the software is available in the desktop launcher. I hope Apple finally fixes the Keyboard+durability issues with their next MBP iteration. Personally, I came to think that the 500$ Apple tax is worth it compared to all the (software) convenience + (hardware) quality that they offer.

LeonM 7y ago
> I hope Apple finally fixes the Keyboard+durability issues with their next MBP iteration. Personally, I came to think that the 500$ Apple tax is worth it compared to all the (software) convenience + (hardware) quality that they offer. I agree, I bought the X1-e as the replacement of my rMBP because I just couldn't live with the keyboard and the touchbar of the new MBP. But the experience of the X1 didn't live up to it's expectations, mostly on the software side. Don't get met wrong though, the X1 is a great piece of hardware. The keyboard is awesome and I really like upgradability. But the experience on Windows (or Linux for that matter) is just not so good. A macbook is just more polished, and that is coming from someone who generally doesn't like Apple products. In the end, this is a work laptop for me, and I just want stuff to work. And for that, the $500 Apple tax is worth it.
abdullahkhalids 7y ago
For power management you need to install tlp https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html

by zapnuk 7y ago

LeonM 7y ago

> I hope Apple finally fixes the Keyboard+durability issues with their next MBP iteration. Personally, I came to think that the 500$ Apple tax is worth it compared to all the (software) convenience + (hardware) quality that they offer. I agree, I bought the X1-e as the replacement of my rMBP because I just couldn't live with the keyboard and the touchbar of the new MBP. But the experience of the X1 didn't live up to it's expectations, mostly on the software side. Don't get met wrong though, the X1 is a great piece of hardware. The keyboard is awesome and I really like upgradability. But the experience on Windows (or Linux for that matter) is just not so good. A macbook is just more polished, and that is coming from someone who generally doesn't like Apple products. In the end, this is a work laptop for me, and I just want stuff to work. And for that, the $500 Apple tax is worth it.

abdullahkhalids 7y ago

For power management you need to install tlp https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html https://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html