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My vote goes for the x250. Great keyboard, nice 1080p display, trackpoint, (hot)swappable batteries and several storage options. The trackpad sucks and RAM runs on single channel though.
That said, aside from the memory issue.. I love this laptop.
I got a macbook pro back in July and I just use homebrew to install the linux equivalents I need. I have a few VPS machines running Ubuntu 14.04 and all my code works fine between both environments
I decided on a touchscreen Chromebook. flashed firmware, and installed gentoo. Runs like a dream. battery lasts for about 5 hours in KDE/Plasma 5. 3D is good enough to play minecraft at 50fps with high settings. Stick a bigger hard drive in if you care, in this era of cloud computing and flash storage.
Thanks! Is it hard to flash it? Which one do you use?
I have a C720P. There are two versions. should you have the older version (cyapa touchpad module), any modern kernel will work. If you have a Elan touchpad (i.e. touchpad doesn't work on boot), you'll have to patch a kernel driver. I could create a full overlay for my gentoo modifications, but I doubt anyone would want to use it. :)
My vote goes for the x250. Great keyboard, nice 1080p display, trackpoint, (hot)swappable batteries and several storage options. The trackpad sucks and RAM runs on single channel though.
I have this laptop. The 8gb ram is a real issue for me (due to VM usage), so I'm looking to switch away from it. That said, aside from the memory issue.. I love this laptop.
I've been using a Samsung Series 9 ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0082PZ1JU ) with Linux for about three years and I've been very happy with the laptop. All the special function keys work, battery life is good, sleep works, etc. The only imperfection is that after I close the lid and it goes to sleep, when I reopen it, it forgets that I've disabled the trackpad, so I have to press the function button that disabl…
Which linux do you use? I really like how samsung series 9 looks like, and I suggested my friend to buy it three years ago. He also like the laptop, but he told me that he has some performance problems in ubuntu.
Edit: I have a model with 8GB RAM and SSD, but some models have less RAM and solid-state drives.
If you don't need the newest and fastest, I recommend a ThinkPad X201 (upgrade the LCD to an AFFS one if you like a little DIY), or you can go really hard and get an X61. Debian has worked great on both.
I got a macbook pro back in July and I just use homebrew to install the linux equivalents I need. I have a few VPS machines running Ubuntu 14.04 and all my code works fine between both environments
I got a MacBook Pro too. Couldn't find a linux laptop that was equivalent tbh
If you don't need the newest and fastest, I recommend a ThinkPad X201 (upgrade the LCD to an AFFS one if you like a little DIY), or you can go really hard and get an X61. Debian has worked great on both.
I'd say that since X201 go so cheap nowadays, you might as well add $20 to that and get a X220 instead for better hinges, trackpad and CPU juice.
EDIT: I almost forgot that the X220 front bezel warps outwards in even the slightest cast of sunlight on a nice day. It's pretty alarming when it's not expected.