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De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard

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TomVDB wrote: post #25
dkhenry wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was in the exact same situation late last year, and I went with a X1 Carbon 6th Generation. It has been fantastic. Everything just works, and it has probably the best keyboard I have ever used on a laptop

Just 2 days ago, I spent 2 hours researching alternatives for my mid-2012 MBPr 15 and had settled on an X1 Carbon as well. How's the trackpad? How's sleep mode if you use it with Linux? I'm still on the fence, but I ordered an iFixit battery replacement kit for the MBP. After almost 7 years (!), it still has everything I need except for the fact that it randomly shuts down when the battery is at 60%...

Can vouch for ThinkPad X1 carbon. I was in the same situation, MBP 2017 nTB and downgraded to a 2015 ThinkPad X1 with qwhd display.

Cost me 330 euros from eBay. Pretty good computer for development, but it only has 8gb of RAM.

Nevertheless the 2015 Carbon X1 runs Manjaro Linux with KDE very well, everything works out of the box.

More developers really should consider moving away from MacOS and "fashion" technology, and start recycling older systems. A web developer does not need the fastest most expensive device on the market. Especially not a $5000 MacBook with a bullshit touchbar.

Re: De-Suckafying Apple’s Butterfly Keyboard

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codepope wrote: post #82
aljp wrote: post #76

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To troll originally meant to "carefully and systematically search an area for something." Perhaps a bit of an archaic definition nowadays, but older or more literary people would probably understand it's intent in this context.

The word you are thinking of is trawl. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trawl And the “search thoroughly” meaning for that is current, not archaic.

I wasn't thinking of trawl, in my mind trawling is a method of fishing, such as "Trawling for shrimp". Interestingly, the second definition on that page references "Troll". Following that link, it says down the page "SEARCH, LOOK; trolling for sponsors" and "to search in or at; trolls flea markets for bargains". Perhaps both would work in the above context, however I would prefer trolling over trawling.
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