Dell XPS 15, Linux Mint
Ask HN: What brand of laptop do you use?
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#92System76.
I generally run Fedora, but when I got this box it came with PopOS and I wound up keeping it. So far I've been pretty happy running PopOS. I may still switch one day, just so I'm using the same OS across environments, but I don't really have any particular issue or gripe with Pop.
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#93Only ThinkPads for few decades, though I bought in China Lenovo with Thinkpad keyboard and used that for few years. W10 Pro, but if I had to reinstall I'd go for W7 or W8.1
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#94For work, it's a HP Zbook 15 G4 with Windows 10. Personal, a ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Windows 10) and ThinkPad T420 (OpenBSD). Downstairs, a Surface (Windows 10), if I need to look up something.
Although not being used at the moment. I do have several other ThinkPad T420 laptops (Windows 10, Windows 7, and FreeBSD), if I need one for something.
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#95I've been reading https://usesthis.com for a while now. They interview people with the goal of understanding what tools (hardware, software, etc.) they use.
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#96For work, HP Zbook 15 with Windows 10. It's a decent laptop. It's bulky and I don't care for the keyboard, but it performs well and I usually have it in a docking station.
At home, Thinkpad x250 running Linux Mint. At one point in time I enjoyed experimenting with many different distros, but now I use Mint because it mostly "just works" out of the box.
I don't know what will replace the Thinkpad. Since I don't currently use it for work, it's fine that it is old - it works and doesn't need to be replaced yet. From many stories I've heard about modern Thinkpad's, I doubt whether I would buy another. Maybe my next personal laptop will just be a tablet with a keyboard case.
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#97Lenovo G580, Dualbooting between BunsenLabs Linux and Windows 7 (for the odd occasion where I need Windows programs, specifically Photoshop).
The laptop has gone through it's set of upgrades of it's internals in a ship-of-theseus manner, but despite being a decade old now, it still functions really well as my daily driver!
This is a laptop from the time before hardware was completely abstracted away from tinkerers so it's been a joy to ttretch my muscles every few years and breathe new life into this system. Have an upgrade for the battery lined up since the battery-life is ridiculously low right now, but not much I can complain about besides that.
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#98slimbook (with Ubuntu 22.10) Works like a charm. At work I'm forced to use a MBP and I hate it, battery last 1h is always doing noises is painfully slow, nothing works well with M1, updates requires 1h lost on a black screen. And sometimes release broken things...
Me too.
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#99Work: Thinkpad P72, 128GB RAM, Fedora
Personal#1: Lenovo Slim 7i 16", Win10
Personal#2: MBP 17", 2.3Ghz i7, early 2011, High Sierra :-)
Re: Ask HN: What brand of laptop do you use?
#100Work: Dell XPS13 with Linux Mint
Home: Dell XPS13 with Linux Mint, and Intel Mac Mini with Monterey