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Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by CaptSpify »

alaithea wrote: post #87
piker wrote: post #51

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Interesting that your wifi experience sounds terrible, but you've given it a "decent" rating. For me, wifi concerns are among the most important. Thanks for the feedback.

At this point, the fix is just a matter of popping open a terminal, hitting Ctrl+R and typing "restart" to find the command that fixes things, and hitting Enter. So yeah, it is annoying but not a dealbreaker by any means for a power user. I could probably cronjob the restart, too.

could probably write a service or cron to check if it's working and restart?

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by reitanqild »

piker wrote: post #51
alaithea wrote: post #44

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I can't speak to this generation of the machine, but I've had a decent experience with Ubuntu on the 3rd gen Carbon X1. I have constant issues with the wifi, though... networkmanager needs to be restarted a couple times a day or else the OS will just lose connection and say wifi is disabled. There is also a general sluggishness, especially when web-browsing, that I have not yet tracked down. All in all, though, it is…

Interesting that your wifi experience sounds terrible, but you've given it a "decent" rating. For me, wifi concerns are among the most important. Thanks for the feedback.

I do sudo networking restart and/or sudo network-manager restart a few times a week.

Takes 30 seconds. Annoying. Totally acceptable IMO to have an OS I otherwise love (KDE Neon).

(I like Windows 10 as well but it has a weird laggyness on my lenovo. I suspect the lenovo drivers but cannot do anything about it that I know.)

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by jpalomaki »

lobster_johnson wrote: post #86
bpye wrote: post #66

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The Surface Pro 4 type cover, and I'd assume the Surface Book, both have a comparable keyboard and I'd say the trackpad is definitely as good as the Macbooks I've used or better (haven't used the latest of any model, but some older Pros and Airs)

Does the Surface Pro series have a model that's comparable to the MacBook Pro 15''? From what I can tell, they max out at 12'', 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD? The "type cover" looks decent, but in the YouTube videos I find, it looks like it's less rigid/solid than a fully integrated keyboard. I see that some people prefer to detach it and use it flat on a solid surface for that reason.

Surface Book, but that does not offer quad core CPU.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by ElijahLynn »

What happened to the Carbon touch? This would be my next computer except it doesn't have touch. As a developer I use Chrome dev tools emulator with my Thinkpad W510 to perform touch testing. Plus it is fantastic for annotating presentations (Ubuntu, Compiz Annotate plugin).

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

#105

Post by ElijahLynn »

mactunes wrote: post #64
Waterluvian wrote: post #22

I want to be excited by a good non-Apple laptop. But they're all just so terribly designed. They're always some sort of plastic, feel flimsy and bendy, have grills and screw holes and uneven surfaces and stickers everywhere. I had a T530 for a few years at my first job and just hated it. It had fantastic specs but it felt awful and unreliable and like I had to babysit it. I got a 2015 MBP to replace it after IT damag…

I just recently bought a ASUS ZenBook UX360UAK with a 7th gen i7, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD. It's made out of aluminium, has a glass touchpad and costs around half of what a similarly priced MacBook pro costs in Germany. It's my first non-Mac after 20 years. I've owned it for a good week and so far I'm very happy. It has superb battery life, great build quality and is fast. Only 1 minor con: the fan always runs, but i…

Linux or Windows?

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by mamon »

brudgers wrote: post #76
brightball wrote: post #24

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I kept hearing the same thing and seeing mixed reviews on the Linux commitment since Thinkpad left IBM and went to Lenovo. Seems like there was a big push around Yoga tablet-hybrids that were not Linux friendly for a while. I ended up going with the Dell Developer Edition Ubuntu laptop line after talking to a few people who swore that their XPS 13 was the greatest thing they'd ever owned. Personally, I went with a be…

Thinkpads are still reliable for Ubuntu, but I went with a Dell for the 4k IGZO display, four DIMMS, and 1.8 teraflops of GPU. Battery is not great. It's not light. The keyboard is ok, but not a Thinkpad...but it does have a track-stick.

>> Dell for the 4k IGZO display, four DIMMS, and 1.8 teraflops of GPU

Which Dell model is that? Precision 5510?

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by snupples »

soperj wrote: post #75
lobster_johnson wrote: post #56

As someone who is considering moving from a MacBook Pro 2015 to a Linux laptop, the keyboard and, in particular, the trackpad on PC models are the biggest disappointments. Apple has spent so much effort on the tactility of their laptops, while PC manufacturers still seem to be stuck in an earlier decade. I was a little bit shocked to discover that Thinkpads still have that terrible little mouse nipple, which I hadn't…

I hate the apple keyboards, and only use the trackpoint(mouse nipple) and disable my trackpad immediately. So to each their own.

Yeah Lenovo actually removed the trackpoint in one generation (t440?) and had to bring it back due to demand. Maybe it's an acquired taste.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by mynameisvlad »

Maarten88 wrote: post #80
spiderfarmer wrote: post #38

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How long does it take to do a full reinstall nowadays? Still hours?

Clean Windows 10 install from usb key is under 30 mins nowadays.

Don't even have to clean install from a USB Key as of the Windows 10 Anniversary update from a few months ago. Microsoft now has a tool that downloads the image and installs it for you automatically.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10s...

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by jpalomaki »

stuckagain wrote: post #10
reustle wrote: post #5

As someone who is constantly on the road, having a built in sim card for connectivity is something I'm super excited about. This could be the 2016 MBP we wanted, but switching to windows still sounds difficult.

Why do you find that better than tethering to a phone? The last thing I want is a separate mobile account for my laptop.

The laptop can remain connected even when you leave the desk. No need to wire the phone (my iPhone battery does not last too long with active tethering use)

Separate device would be one extra thing to carry and remember.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by zzleeper »

rcarmo wrote: post #54

I was assigned one of these (the 2015 model) as my office laptop, and I hate the thing for five reasons (two dealbreakers on top): - It is huge and unwieldy, like a cafeteria tray (and comes with a sizable power brick) - The touchscreen doesn't have an oleophobic coating, so it becomes a smudgy mess within hours (unlike my iPad, which looks pristine for weeks despite being even more heavily used) - The screen seems d…

Sorry, being an owner of the 2015 version, I don't know what the fuck are you talking about:

- The brick is tiny. Sure, not as tiny as the 50 gram mac one, but is very small compared to most laptop bricks.

- It's huge? Some peope want more screen real estate, and 14in is good for that.

- Battery life is 6+ hours; less if I spend them watching youtube of course

- Never had a problem with WiFi

The only thing I agree is with the ethernet dongle (which I have only actually used once, when setting up the wifi at a new place).

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