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Only 802.11n and no TB3 unfortunately are deal breakers for me, otherwise I'd consider this option. Thankfully both Lenovo Thinkpads and Dell XPS machines work
by allset_ 7y ago
Only 802.11n and no TB3 unfortunately are deal breakers for me, otherwise I'd consider this option. Thankfully both Lenovo Thinkpads and Dell XPS machines work well with Linux.
- emerongi 7y agoThinkpads are still good, however it annoys me that even the T series is being pushed towards the Mac design, when they already have other lines like the Mac (X1 being most notable). Don't mess with the formula, please!
- throw_xyzyz 7y agoThe last usable t series laptop is the t420 or the t430 with heavy modification.
- stcredzero 7y agoThinkpads are still good, however it annoys me that even the T series is being pushed towards the Mac design Long ago, the marketing across the computer industry started to push changes that made many things less comfortable for developers. A certain company on a turnaround, willing to do things different embraced the needs of developers. This was part of their "in" to winning over the technorati and becoming "cool." Now, that company has achieved dominance in their chosen markets, and the kind of "cool" which results from catering to developers is no longer their priority. If anything, they have developers dancing to their tune. Certain Thinkpads also long catered to programmers and certain kinds of content creators. Now the same forces from marketing departments are at play once again, and yet another company on a turnaround is looking to win over the technorati by prioritizing a developer-centric kind of "cool."
- vincent-toups 7y agoCan you elaborate?
- PascLeRasc 7y agoMaybe other models are different, but I was never able to get my XPS 9550’s TB3 to work in Ubuntu or Arch. If I could I’d have kept it but like you that was a dealbreaker for me.