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Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by School-Cotton »

unixhero wrote: post #81
chj wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Installed Ubuntu once, I can't help to notice that it tries too much to be macosx. I would rather keep using macbook, or use plain debian instead if installing wifi driver weren't a pain in the ass.

You must be a newbie. Nothing wrong with that. Install Linux Mint and everything works out of the box.

I see comments like this every time someone complains about Linux usability. You really think just because something worked for you with no problems means anything other than you getting lucky?

I've used Linux for over ten years, on dozens of machines. I'm not a newbie. And yes, it's horribly difficult and broken compared to OS X, unless you get lucky.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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mi_sucks wrote: post #88

MI3 released in 2014 First real update(android update) it got was in July 2016 . also, you cannot delete your i.mi.com account you cannot delete the data once uploaded on i.mi.com ( so called MI cloud). You can keep writing them emails and they will refuse to answer. their service center is pathetic. ( not few, not in exception cases, but in all cases). forget about security updates, you do not even have encryption o…

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Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by turnip1979 »

MichaelGG wrote: post #74
scotu wrote: post #59

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I cannot trust Lenovo being competent at what they do after superfish, I wonder how can any of the readers of hacker news still think of buying from them... (this doesn't mean that competitors are competent or anything, but being caught like they were undermines my basic trust threshold)

Unfortunately, nothing comes close to ThinkPads. I dislike Lenovo a lot and would ditch them at first chance. No vendor wants to be that chance though. (Proper keyboard, 3-physical-button pad/point, not too hot, etc.) I'm not too concerned about Superfish - that was only the consumer junk, right? The BIOS-Windows-auto-install stuff was more concerning. But hey, little choices. Lenovo is certainly incompetent - look a…

What thinkpad would u get today? I looked into the T460 but (a) they seem to have many variants within the same model and (b) I saw too many negative reviews online.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by fapjacks »

scotu wrote: post #59
josteink wrote: post #35

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> This looks like a good clone of Air, and I haven't seen Acer/Lenovo/Dell manage to do that yet. Clearly it's not a cheap product, but the Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 is razor thin, high powered, well built, and very good looking. Maybe I'm missing something?

I cannot trust Lenovo being competent at what they do after superfish, I wonder how can any of the readers of hacker news still think of buying from them... (this doesn't mean that competitors are competent or anything, but being caught like they were undermines my basic trust threshold)

That's easy: Who cares what Lenovo installs on their hardware? Whatever is on there is coming off as soon as I get it. And their hardware is excellent for the price.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by ThePhysicist »

turnip1979 wrote: post #113
MichaelGG wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately, nothing comes close to ThinkPads. I dislike Lenovo a lot and would ditch them at first chance. No vendor wants to be that chance though. (Proper keyboard, 3-physical-button pad/point, not too hot, etc.) I'm not too concerned about Superfish - that was only the consumer junk, right? The BIOS-Windows-auto-install stuff was more concerning. But hey, little choices. Lenovo is certainly incompetent - look a…

What thinkpad would u get today? I looked into the T460 but (a) they seem to have many variants within the same model and (b) I saw too many negative reviews online.

The T460p is a very good deal if you want something light, powerful and extensible for a very good price. You can get a version with a quad-core i7, dedicated Nvidia graphics card and 3k display for about 1400 USD. Combined with a three-year guarantee it's a very good deal I'd say, and much better than what most other manufacturers (including Dell and Apple) offer for this price. I also own an X1 Carbon, which is a great laptop but a little underpowered for my needs (and hard/impossible to upgrade).

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by MichaelGG »

iagooar wrote: post #84
MichaelGG wrote: post #77

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Use Windows for the metal OS, then run Linux on top (VMware or WSL). Best of both worlds.

How is that best of both worlds? That sounds more like a Frankenstein to me.

You get Windows driver/graphics and power support. You get the applications that need Linux. No screwing with blobs and updates and whatnot.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by reimertz »

sergiotapia wrote: post #92

A bit expensive, considering you can get an $800 13-inch macbook air (the real deal).

It seems, spec-wise that the "real deal" sucks in comparison.

If you can run Hackintosh on it, I don't see why I wouldn't go with it instead of paying $2500 on Apple computer with similar specs.

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by d_j_b »

unixhero wrote: post #80
d_j_b wrote: post #70

When Windows Subsystem for Linux can run nginx, rails etc reliably, will seriously consider leaving behind MacBook Pro for something like this

Why not run Linux on the metal?

Because the power management never quite works as it should

Re: Xiaomi’s first laptop is a Macbook Air rival

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Post by fapjacks »

kennell wrote: post #107
fit2rule wrote: post #11

If it gets full Linux support, i.e. I can blow away Windows and use Ubuntu, then I'm in. This'll be my last macbook ..

I do see the Nvidia dual-graphics chip causing problems on Linux. They should have dropped the Nvidia chip all the way, it is a shitty compromise. Nobody is going to play games on this machine and the Intel IGP handles all other workloads just fine. Also, the 12.5 version coming with 4GB is a bit disappointing.

If you mean the kind of Optimus thing, it's actually handled okay out of the box with recent Nvidia drivers. I had problems with it about two years ago, but recently reinstalled with LM17.3 and the Nvidia drivers it automatically installed handle the dual graphics thing just fine.
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