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My impressions as someone who's been exclusively using Linux on laptops since 2007: Heavy. Intel-only, and not even good for an Intel. Poor display. Designers
by creshal 3y ago
My impressions as someone who's been exclusively using Linux on laptops since 2007:
Heavy. Intel-only, and not even good for an Intel. Poor display. Designers can't count to three (mouse buttons). Optical drive but no built-in bluetooth on a laptop in 2023, really? RAM for 3x the market rate. Tiny battery.
I wouldn't even get this is a political statement (too heavy and bulky), never mind as an actual daily driver.
- ianai 3y agoWhoa. I got a little over 1k for a 32g/1Tb build with bluray burner. I’d be fine picking this up if I really were in the market. It’s maybe a premium on what I could pick up at Costco, but honestly not that huge of a markup. Unfortunately small boutique shops like this can’t price like mega outlets like Costco, but feels like they did fine.
- creshal 3y ago64GB DDR4-SODIMM costs about 115€ including shipping right now, for the T4 the upgrade from 8 costs over 300. It's the same markup you get from companies like Apple. And I don't mind spending money on a convincing laptop, but since everything else is also unattractive, the nickel and dime-ing just makes it worse.
- activiation 3y agoBluetooth is an option... But yeah they probably should have included it as a default option and removed the optical drive from the default
- adamckay 3y agoIt's an option as a tiny USB adapter you plug in, versus being built-in to the laptop.
- activiation 3y agoThe tiny USB adapter would be a lot cheaper too.. not sure why they charge $45 for bluetooth
- dheera 3y agoYeah, I'm done with 1080p displays, massive dealbreaker. Also, I don't get the need for an optical drive inside a laptop anymore. There isn't much media that comes on it, and Blu-Ray only stores about 50GB, while 256GB USB drives are a dime a dozen nowadays.