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Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide

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Re: Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide

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Post by tetraodonpuffer »

CrazedGeek wrote: post #19
slededit wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The Razer Blade Pro has a mechanical keyboard: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro

it's also 17", has an nvidia 1080 (!) and comes with 32gb of RAM, that is definitely the type of specs that would be nice to have in a development machine... wonder what the battery life will be for it as there are currently no reviews available yet that I could find.

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Post by ch4ch4 »

jimbokun wrote: post #18

"Here are the names Apple still uses for their laptops (and yes, these are the actual model names): 13-inch MacBook Pro with 2.0GHz Processor and 256GB Storage 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID, 2.9 GHz Processor and 256GB Storage 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID, 2.9GHz Processor and 512GB Storage The ThinkPad naming convention makes marketing easier, product differentiation simpler, and…

Except that you still don't know which generation of processor the MBP has- I still see tons of deceptive Craigslist ads for MBPs that have a "2.0Ghz" processor, with no indication that it's a model from 2011, which is not at all comparable with a "2.0Ghz" processor from 2015.

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Post by eatbitseveryday »

ThatGeoGuy wrote: post #6
Apreche wrote: post #3

Since 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.

>> Since Lenovo preinstalled spyware/malware they can no longer be trusted.

> support https://minifree.org. Same hardware, but you know the software is under your control.

Maybe this is purely my own sentiment, but the manufacturer can install whatever it wants, so long as it's just on the disk. I buy the laptop for the hardware, not the software.

If their behavior in doing this implicates them doing worse things, such as malware on device firmware or in the BIOS, or system management mode code, then one would be right to avoid this.

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Post by therealmarv »

Was thinking about Lenovo X series 3 years ago... until I've found out that their IPS display is not that good, it's comparable with a good Macbook Air display (although that is a TN one). For the price of a new X series better get a Macbook Air, it's the more comparable one (also nearly same price region) to Lenovo than the Macbook Pro (this is another league).

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Post by therealmarv »

Was thinking about Lenovo X series 3 years ago... until I've found out that their IPS display is not that good, it's comparable with a good Macbook Air display (although that is a TN one). For the price of a new X series better get a Macbook Air, it's the more comparable one (also nearly same price region) to Lenovo than the Macbook Pro (this is another league).

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Post by philbot1008 »

ladzoppelin wrote: post #22

+1 on the XPS 15. Windows 10 with "Bash for Windows"/WSL flies and looks amazing. I think Dell's work with any Linux distro as well. Buy from the MS store and you get a clean version of Windows. Edit: New Surfacebook also looks nice.

Buy from the Microsoft Store and you may get a bios-locked laptop that can only run Windows 10.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/53ri0m/warning_micro...

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Post by eatbitseveryday »

CrazedGeek wrote: post #19
slededit wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The Razer Blade Pro has a mechanical keyboard: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro

Are you aware of any third-party keyboards that can replace those in a Lenovo laptop?
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