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I really think articles like this can help drive Lenovo to go back to their old superior keyboards. However, apart from the missing [2019], should there not al
by BeefWellington 5y ago
I really think articles like this can help drive Lenovo to go back to their old superior keyboards.
However, apart from the missing [2019], should there not also be a [Sponsored] tag? The author's review can't reliably be seen to be unbiased (emphasis mine below).
I just spent the better part of this past year year struggling with the Thinkpad P1, Lenovo's latest effort to compete with Dell's XPS 15 and Precision 5500 line. I had had a Precision 5510 in the past, which had been my favorite laptop of all time, except for some small issues that led me to explore Lenovo's latest.
I was talking with the Dell folks recently about my experiences with (and general fussiness regarding) Linux laptops and **they offered to send me a new Precision 5540 to give them constructive feedback.** After a few days with the new machine, it was obvious that it was the machine for me and I shut down my Thinkpad P1 for good.
- microtherion 5y agoThe article reminds me a bit of Jerry Pournelle's _Chaos Manor_ columns. The author writes glowing reviews of the free hardware thrown at them, while the actual experience they describe seems somewhat dubious for users who can't expect free hardware and personal phone support. If I understand the article correctly, their recommended "Linux Developer Laptop" is permanently stuck on a fairly old version of Linux, and you better not compile much if you want to get decent battery life. Neither of this strikes me as ideal for Linux developers, but what do I know…
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI'm guessing that even on M1s that a multi cpu compile drastically lowers battery life. I've never seen a battery that c++ didn't laugh at while torturing it
- davidatbu 5y agoFYI, Wes McKinney is the guy behind Pandas, the Python data analysis package. Just in case that changes your perception of the author's bias.