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We're blood brothers my friend. Never again on Asus (though I do have a traitorous exception for mother boards, though I'm trying to change). I also refuse HP

We're blood brothers my friend. Never again on Asus (though I do have a traitorous exception for mother boards, though I'm trying to change). I also refuse HP stuff for the same reason. Could be so good, but brittle easily broken parts end up wiping out all the quality stuff. Definitely take a look at Framework laptops (https://frame.work https://frame.work). Unless they lose their way, I don't plan to buy anything else. I've also had great luck with Lenovo T* line (my T580 was one of my favorites of all time). Dell makes some gorgeous stuff as well (though I go with the business line of XPS, I forget what they're called at the moment, maybe Precision?). If you're going with Dell, Ubuntu or a derivative works a little better. I've had friction in the past with Fedora and Arch on Dell because it takes 6 to 9 months for all the drivers to make it upstream to the kernel, so if the model is new within 6 to 9 months you're stuck relying on Dell's build.

digging 2y ago
Seconding Framework - mine's not very old, so I can't speak to longevity, but their mission is aligned with my values and I've been pretty happy with it so far.
tombert 2y ago
Yeah, I have a friend that bought a Framework laptop and he's said a lot of good things about it. My Macbook was expensive enough to where I'm hoping to get another couple years out of it, which I actually think will work out great, because that'll give a bit of time to further increase Linux compatibility on the Frameworks. I sort of refuse to use any Linux other than NixOS at this point, so I might have to wait a little longer to get everything, but I think I'm ok with that.
spacemanspiff01 2y ago
I like my framework laptop, and while my particular main board seems to have issues, their support seems good. I started getting weird boot issues recently, and after doing some heavy diagnosis, they are sending me a replacement mainboard, I'll replace it, and send my broken one back. Granted it is within warranty, and it was a week of back and forth with their support. But it is miles above dell consumer support, that I had to send my laptop off multiple times (going without for months) and then they don't even fix it.

digging 2y ago

Seconding Framework - mine's not very old, so I can't speak to longevity, but their mission is aligned with my values and I've been pretty happy with it so far.

tombert 2y ago

Yeah, I have a friend that bought a Framework laptop and he's said a lot of good things about it. My Macbook was expensive enough to where I'm hoping to get another couple years out of it, which I actually think will work out great, because that'll give a bit of time to further increase Linux compatibility on the Frameworks. I sort of refuse to use any Linux other than NixOS at this point, so I might have to wait a little longer to get everything, but I think I'm ok with that.

spacemanspiff01 2y ago

I like my framework laptop, and while my particular main board seems to have issues, their support seems good. I started getting weird boot issues recently, and after doing some heavy diagnosis, they are sending me a replacement mainboard, I'll replace it, and send my broken one back. Granted it is within warranty, and it was a week of back and forth with their support. But it is miles above dell consumer support, that I had to send my laptop off multiple times (going without for months) and then they don't even fix it.