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Honest question: why would a happy Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 on Debian user switch to the Framework laptop? What are its selling points that make it attractive
by endorphine 3y ago
Honest question: why would a happy Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 on Debian user switch to the Framework laptop? What are its selling points that make it attractive to such a target group?
- deepsun 3y agoCustomizable ports (although I'd want 5-6 slots for ports, 4 is a little too few for me, I want USB-C for charging on both sides, 2 usb-3, HDMI and DisplayPort at the same time).
- bubblethink 3y agoUpgradeable wifi would be the main draw. The rest is mostly a wash. Thinkpads have better linux support generally. Thinkpads have firmware updates on fwupd and no catastrophic issues on the igpu models.
- felixg3 3y agoUnfortunately, that depends on the generation and vendor of the CPU. I found AMD devices have much more bugs regarding sleep and GPU drivers than Intel. Within the AMD generations, the 4000-Series was really bad even on Linux certified thinkpads.
- bubblethink 3y agoYes, AMD is definitely worse than Intel, but that's true everywhere. It's more about AMD than Lenovo. I have a rembrandt hp elitebook, and even that has issues.