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Thinkpad thermals seem to be an issue. Apple Silicon laptops seem to have great thermals, and the Air doesn't even have a fan.
by musicale 2y ago
Thinkpad thermals seem to be an issue. Apple Silicon laptops seem to have great thermals, and the Air doesn't even have a fan.
- solardev 2y agoYeah, I've loved the ThinkPads I've had, but universally they felt slow, hot, and poorly built (especially the Yogas). Loud too, under load. And I always buy the on site service with them because I've had to use that a few times as various parts broke. They're Lenovo's premium brand but ultimately still just commodity PC parts enclosed in plastic/carbon. They are very light though. Not sure if the T model workstations are different (heavier and more robust?) The modern MacBooks are in a different world altogether, IMO. They make even the best ThinkPads I've owned feel like toys. They are just so so nice and leaving legacy x86 feels so liberating. Incredible power and battery life and performance. If I had to buy a PC laptop it'd probably be a ThinkPad. But because Apple Silicon is a thing, I don't think I'll buy another PC laptop again. It's such a dramatic difference. I don't need Linux (on the desktop) though. If that were a firm requirement, I wouldn't want to rely only on Asahi for production use.