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That's what I'm thinking too. For the past year or so, I've been wanting to swap my MacBook Pro for an Air, but I'm becoming more hesitant now. I just feel like
by evandena 14y ago
That's what I'm thinking too.
For the past year or so, I've been wanting to swap my MacBook Pro for an Air, but I'm becoming more hesitant now.
I just feel like OS X is going down the road of iOS, and their lawsuits as of late are rubbing me the wrong way.
Maybe I'll give Linux on the laptop an honest try.
I know for sure it won't be Windows.
- krenel 14y agoUsually Lenovo laptops have a very good support for Linux. I have a x201 and everything works perfect under Debian/testing. I encourage you to give it a chance.
- doktrin 14y agoOut of curiosity, does "everything" include seamless external monitor support, sleep on lid-close and working wi-fi? I am not being flippant at all, however the above constitute the reasons I moved away from a Linux laptop 3 years ago (and, conversely, will not move back until their resolution). Thus far OSX works for my needs, but it would be great to have an alternative.
- blinkingled 14y agoAll of those things work great on my x220.
- dwiel 14y agoAll of those things work out of the box on my T420s
- Symmetry 14y agoYes, all those work on my new T430s. Just be sure not to get a model with NVidia graphics.
- marekmroz 14y agoJoining the chorus of positive feedback, everything (including all things you specified) work out of the box in 12.04 on x61s. To be fair, there is a known bug in resume from sleep/hibernation, but it is not particular to ThinkPads but to Intel GPUs.
- gsnedders 14y agoExternal monitors are still annoying in my experience, and the only problem I had with sleep was the VirtualBox kernel module causing issues (though you can, if you're willing to edit config files, unload it upon suspend, avoiding any issues). Apart from that, I've not had much in the way of issues with my T410 over the past two years.
- krenel 14y agoMy expirience (x201 Lenovo laptop) with external monitors is excellent. I use 'grandr' for setting up the VGA display and I'm used to work with the maximum resolution supported by the laptop (2048x1536) and works smoothly and fine. Sleep mode and WiFi works natively too. I have had some problems with hibernate mode but I'm not using anyway. The only think you cannot use under Linux is the fingerprint reader. Everything else works like a charm.
- evandena 14y agoOh god, you just reminded me of one of my biggest OS X gripes (before the iOS assimilation and lawsuits).... clam shell mode. What a PITA trying to invoke that was.
- serge2k 14y agohaven't tried external monitor, but yes to the other two.
- w1ntermute 14y ago> Maybe I'll give Linux on the laptop an honest try. I know for sure it won't be Windows. Just install Ubuntu, it works very well with ThinkPads and it's made to be easy to use for end-users.
- ecaron 14y agoAll my responses on using Ubuntu on a Lenovo were summed up nicely on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3964530 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3964530 (Ubuntu visits Google.) For my developers getting new machines, I tell them to split the HD into 3 partitions: Windows, Ubuntu and Mint - give each a one-week shot and then stick with what feels best.
- serge2k 14y agoI'm loving Ubuntu 12.04 w/ cinnamon instead of unity on my x201t.
- rayiner 14y agoIs battery life still shit pure shit?