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Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by Ar-Curunir »

c0nfused wrote: post #299
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.

This is pretty standard for any wifi connection in Ubuntu for me over 3 machines with 3 different wifi cards in 16.04 You get to restart network manger so it will do things like list wifi networks or reconnect to a network after suspend, it gets fixed for a few weeks, and then the issue comes back a few patches later. sources: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+b... https://bugs.launchpad.net/…

Hmm, this has been happening to me running Linux on a Macbook Pro too; it didn't used to happen earlier. Wonder what broke in recent builds...

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by joatmon-snoo »

berdario wrote: post #329
joatmon-snoo wrote: post #188

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Thinkpads are designed to support both Windows and Linux. Dunno what you're saying.

Thinkpads are not better than other laptops when it comes to Linux support. Just look at the broadcom wifi chipsets: if you mistakenly buy a thinkpad with one directly from their website (and they obviously don't advertise it as such when configuring the hardware), and then ask their support to get it fixed/changed (even on your own dime) they'll just stonewall you. Once they got money out of your pocket, you mean no…

Ah. I guess personally this is less of an issue because I stick to after market laptops, not new ones, and I know where to look to replace stuff like the WiFi module (had no idea Broadcom chipsets didn't have Linux drivers). Can't justify the price.

On the security point, SuperFish was on a different product line - Ideapads, Lenovo's consumer line (with quality that parallels Dell's consumer stuff) - and I would have no trouble believing that some idiot SVP in the chain of command who had nothing to do with Thinkpads made that decision.

For me it's honestly the TrackPoint and the modularity of the laptops. There's just nothing else out there that comes close to what Lenovo figured out 10 years ago, unfortunately.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by Ar-Curunir »

arcaster wrote: post #179

I absolutely adore my ThinkPad X201, if there was any way to purchase a pristine new-in-box X201 I would. However, I recently picked up a 3rd gen x1 carbon and absolutely love it compared to my rMBP '15. Sure, it's not quite as fast and the screen isn't quite as good, but I can run a true tiling window manager (not the garbage that is KWM on OSX) and have a unfettered dev platform. I run Fedora, I like it more than U…

I'm sure you can run a decent Linux on MBP; I've been running Arch on my MBP for 2.5 yrs now, and it's been great, bar a couple of hiccups. In fact currently it works better than MacOS; MacOS refuses to wake up after shutting the lid.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by Ar-Curunir »

rcarmo wrote: post #115
rcarmo wrote: post #92

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Read my other comment on this thread. I find that the pros vastly outweigh the cons, and I've been doing phone tethering in earnest since Ericsson shipped their first decent 2G phone with a data modem (the SH-888), back in 1998. :)

So I am being downvoted for having experience in the matter?

No, you're being downvoted for trying to stuff your experience into someone else's usecase.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by Fomite »

snuxoll wrote: post #371
masklinn wrote: post #208

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> There is no way a Macbook can compete with a proper Thinkpad Your criticisms are pretty almost all a matter of taste, and we're in disagreement just about throughout. > I wonder if it's the Valley culture? I'm not in the valley. I've never found any non-apple laptop with a good (or even decent) trackpad, and I like that OSX has a community of indie developers who actually care. > the keyboard I don't enjoy thinkpad…

Eh, different strokes. Personally, I have a ThinkPad W540 for work and while it weighs like a brick man is it easy to work with. The UltraNav isn't as nice as the trackpad on my XPS 13, but I usually work with the TrackPoint on ThinkPad's anyway (killer feature for me to be honest, even Apple's awesome trackpad disappointments in comparison to a good ol' TrackPoint in my opinion) - upgrading the RAM and SSD required…

"Also, while USB Type-C and ThunderBolt 3 "work" for a dock, being able to plop by ThinkPad down on my desk at home and have it start charging and connect all of my peripherals is still easier than plugging in a cable (even if it's just one cable)."

I have an older Retina Pro, and I have a dock that works exactly like this. I stick the MBP in, and it's charging and connected to a keyboard and mouse, two displays, and my printer, along with speakers.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by snuxoll »

Fomite wrote: post #385
snuxoll wrote: post #371

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Eh, different strokes. Personally, I have a ThinkPad W540 for work and while it weighs like a brick man is it easy to work with. The UltraNav isn't as nice as the trackpad on my XPS 13, but I usually work with the TrackPoint on ThinkPad's anyway (killer feature for me to be honest, even Apple's awesome trackpad disappointments in comparison to a good ol' TrackPoint in my opinion) - upgrading the RAM and SSD required…

"Also, while USB Type-C and ThunderBolt 3 "work" for a dock, being able to plop by ThinkPad down on my desk at home and have it start charging and connect all of my peripherals is still easier than plugging in a cable (even if it's just one cable)." I have an older Retina Pro, and I have a dock that works exactly like this. I stick the MBP in, and it's charging and connected to a keyboard and mouse, two displays, and…

Henge Dock? I had one for my 2012 MBP, the downside was I lost the display which I find useful for keeping my email/TFS/whatever up instead of needing a second monitor.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by chetanahuja »

anuragsoni wrote: post #220
chetanahuja wrote: post #192

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"Google lets you get up to 10 free data sims" Tell me more. What exactly do you mean by "up to 10 free data sims" ?

If you are a project fi account holder, you can get an additional data sim cards (up to 9) to put in devices like iPad, other tablets, or in this case the laptop. It will be linked to your main account and share the data budget of your main phone, at the same rate of $10/GB.

Awesome. Thanks.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by innocentoldguy »

sydd wrote: post #264
j7ake wrote: post #162

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You hinted at it in the end: MacBooks have good software that works. No troubles connecting to peripherals like printers and projectors. No worries about laptop sucking battery when I close the lid and forget to sleep. And MacBooks have the best touchpad of all laptops.

IMO Windows is better than OSX, but to each of its own. For example I hate Finder, I dont like that I am not able to run lots of software, I dont like that its running an ancient version of OpenGL/there is no Vulkan.

I'm of the opposite opinion. I like finder since I can do a search and have instant results, rather than the hour wait that Windows Explorer provides. I also like how file indexing is built into macOS by default, rather than having it available only via a nebulous add-on.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by innocentoldguy »

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…

I looked an the ASUS ZenBook, but the screen was too dim and the trackpad not functional enough for my tastes. I've grown less enamored with Apple since Job's passing, but I've yet to find anything that really compares, even with Apple's current warts.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by amiga-workbench »

gonzo wrote: post #345
amiga-workbench wrote: post #160

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I don't understand it either, the thing that always gets me is most developers setting up vagrant on their Mac just to get a working environment. Cut the bullshit and just run Linux on the bare metal, your program will run faster, and your laptop battery life won't be halved. You will have to claw my x201 out of my cold dead hands, I've not found a single notebook (even the newer ThinkPads) that are as comfortable to…

> You will have to claw my x201 out of my cold dead hands, I've not found a single notebook (even the newer ThinkPads) that are as comfortable to use. I've got no crummy trackpad wasting space and a 16:10 display that's designed for work, and not watching cat videos. the X201 has a trackpad. The X1 carbon (and several other models) have 2560x1440 displays.

The x201 was the last ThinkPad to offer NOT having a Trackpad, you just swap the palmrest.

http://mos6581.com/pictures/thinkpad/201-palmrest.jpg

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