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On my ThinkPad I've just disabled the Nvidia and purchased a usb hdmi dongle (pretty low profile, little more than a standard hdmi cable). I leave the Nvidia of
by raffraffraff 6y ago
On my ThinkPad I've just disabled the Nvidia and purchased a usb hdmi dongle (pretty low profile, little more than a standard hdmi cable). I leave the Nvidia off permanently because it's the only way I can have a laptop that supports multiple monitors and doesn't fucking chew through battery. I couldn't give a toss about graphics performance, this is a work machine so I'm not playing games on it. Fuck Nvidia, and fuck Lenovo for making the Nvidia necessary in order for the hdmi port to work.
- p1necone 6y agoYou can buy thinkpads that just have integrated graphics. The dedicated card is a desirable feature for a lot of people - Lenovo didn't go out of their way to screw you, you just bought a product that has a feature you don't need. I'm not sure why you're so angry...
- atomi 6y agoI'm sure there are very legal and very cool reasons as to why, but the result is a hardware lock in to Windows.
- raffraffraff 6y agoI didn't buy it. It's a work laptop that I didn't have a choice in. But to that comment, many Linux users assume that ThinkPads are a solid mobile work horse. I certainly would have said so. But I would happily switch to a MacBook Pro from 2016. I would say that having to restart X any time you want to switch between battery saving on-the-go, and multiple monitors when you're at your desk, is a hard fail.