Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide
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Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide
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#2In addition to Lenovo, consider the XPS 13 and 15. While Dell's quality has been somewhat inconsistent as they launched the line, they stepped up and took care of the problem I encoutered with my XPS 13 and it's quickly become my favorite laptop ever.
Great battery life, super portable, an external battery for long flights and an AMAZING screen. It even supports touch, which I don't use all the time, but find nice to have.
With either the Lenovo or Dell, make certain to add multi-year same or next day service. With Dell, it's easier to do that from their small business sections than from the home section. If you forget, just call and buy separately. I got my laptop from MS Store due to a sale then called and added 4 years to the warranty. While many rave about the genius bar, I find the "come to my home or office and fix this" experience far preferable.
Re: Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide
#3Since Lenovo preinstalled spyware/malware they can no longer be trusted.
Re: Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide
#4Since Lenovo preinstalled spyware/malware they can no longer be trusted.
the problem with this argument is that any manufacturer can be preinstalling spyware in the future and you won't know until it becomes public. Lenovo did but apparently stopped after it got caught. My point is that all OEM's are on the same boat.
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#5Since Lenovo preinstalled spyware/malware they can no longer be trusted.
the problem with this argument is that any manufacturer can be preinstalling spyware in the future and you won't know until it becomes public. Lenovo did but apparently stopped after it got caught. My point is that all OEM's are on the same boat.
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#6Since Lenovo preinstalled spyware/malware they can no longer be trusted.
I can sort of understand this sentiment, which is why I would instead encourage people to support https://minifree.org. Same hardware, but you know the software is under your control.
Want everything Lenovo laptops have to offer, but with software you the user can read and control? I don't have one myself, but I've heard good things, and X200s are not so old as to be unusable, especially with Linux.
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#7Since Lenovo preinstalled spyware/malware they can no longer be trusted.
They didn't do that on Thinkpads, though.
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#8Lenovo lost me when the did the exact same mistake and decided to replace the exceptional Thinkpad keyboard for an inferior one.
Re: Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide
#9Lenovo lost me when the did the exact same mistake and decided to replace the exceptional Thinkpad keyboard for an inferior one.
I came from a T61, and I really don't mind the keyboard on my X230. If I had any disagreement with it, I would have promptly swapped it for one from an X220.
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#10Lenovo lost me when the did the exact same mistake and decided to replace the exceptional Thinkpad keyboard for an inferior one.
Despite not being as good as the old IBM keyboards, can you name a laptop with a better one? It seems all the manufacturers make terrible keyboards.