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My main Laptop it's a T430, and from time to time I use a T440p. It's amazing how you can disassemble the whole thing with only one screwdriver and upgrade almo

by javchz 5y ago

My main Laptop it's a T430, and from time to time I use a T440p. It's amazing how you can disassemble the whole thing with only one screwdriver and upgrade almost everything. The T420 keyboard mod it's what's stopping me from upgrading to a newer model. Don't get me wrong it's not mechanical or anything, but has the comfiest layout I have tried on any laptop so far. There are some drawbacks: * New batteries are rare * The display it's bad * After Covid, it's expensive to get replacements parts like plastics bezels or motherboards. * The GPU or iGPU it's bad. Gonna be a problem in a few years with how demanding web pages are. Forget about video editing or gaming beyond simple things. * New Linux kernels could drop support for some of the drivers in the future. This thing's great, but it's old. In any case, if I upgrade to anything in the future, it will probably be a framework laptop. M1 Macbooks are probably the best cost-benefit laptop out there for a lot of people (battery, display, cpu power), and I kinda want to try one. But I don't feel comfortable voting with my wallet for Apple's practices, especially with how hostile they have been with the "right to repair" movement.

zhdc1 5y ago
> The display it's bad You can retrofit a 1080p lcd with a controller board and a little effort. > M1 Macbooks are probably the best cost-benefit laptop out there for a lot of people (battery, display, cpu power), and I kinda want to try one. But I don't feel comfortable voting with my wallet for Apple's practices, especially with how hostile they have been with the "right to repair" movement. I'm not a particular fan of Apple either, but the M1 Macbook was the first laptop that made me want to permanently switch from my old x220. It's simply that much better.
- salamandersauce 5y ago
  Faster hardware maybe but I think the ThinkPad has other benefits, like being easy to repair and upgrade. I'm extremely frustrated at my 2018 MBP, I stupidly went with the cheaper 256GB option and really wish I could just pop in a 1TB drive. Plus once the honeymoon period with macOS ended I'm now essentially stuck with an operating system I've grown to hate as support for Linux is dismal even with the latest kernel 3+ years on (No keyboard, trackpad, WiFi, Audio, suspend support plus more little issues!). An x220 or other ThinkPad should be very well supported. M1 macs have more interest from Linux devs right now but I'd be hesitant to pick one up unless it runs Linux perfectly now out of the box with most distros. I have seriously contemplated picking up an X220 or some other old ThinkPad even though the hardware would technically be a massive downgrade.
  - javchz 5y ago
    Intel Macbooks are one of the worst out there. Apple designed a heatsink that it's not capable of handling the heat. I want to try an M1 too, but for repairability, I think framework laptops are the closest things we have to old thinkpads in that regard.

by javchz 5y ago

zhdc1 5y ago

> The display it's bad You can retrofit a 1080p lcd with a controller board and a little effort. > M1 Macbooks are probably the best cost-benefit laptop out there for a lot of people (battery, display, cpu power), and I kinda want to try one. But I don't feel comfortable voting with my wallet for Apple's practices, especially with how hostile they have been with the "right to repair" movement. I'm not a particular fan of Apple either, but the M1 Macbook was the first laptop that made me want to permanently switch from my old x220. It's simply that much better.

salamandersauce 5y ago
Faster hardware maybe but I think the ThinkPad has other benefits, like being easy to repair and upgrade. I'm extremely frustrated at my 2018 MBP, I stupidly went with the cheaper 256GB option and really wish I could just pop in a 1TB drive. Plus once the honeymoon period with macOS ended I'm now essentially stuck with an operating system I've grown to hate as support for Linux is dismal even with the latest kernel 3+ years on (No keyboard, trackpad, WiFi, Audio, suspend support plus more little issues!). An x220 or other ThinkPad should be very well supported. M1 macs have more interest from Linux devs right now but I'd be hesitant to pick one up unless it runs Linux perfectly now out of the box with most distros. I have seriously contemplated picking up an X220 or some other old ThinkPad even though the hardware would technically be a massive downgrade.
- javchz 5y ago
  Intel Macbooks are one of the worst out there. Apple designed a heatsink that it's not capable of handling the heat. I want to try an M1 too, but for repairability, I think framework laptops are the closest things we have to old thinkpads in that regard.