Been using an X1 Extreme gen 1 for over a year now for work with Pop os. Love it, works great, besides fingerprint reader.
I have not interest in switching back to a Mac anytime soon for work or a personal computer (x1c6).
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#22I can't recommend the XPS series less.
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#23Very very happy with my ThinkPad X1 Carbon (6th Gen). Installing Linux was a breeze, and everything works fine out of the box with no tinkering.
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#24I got myself Thinkpad X1 Extreme last year with 16 GB RAM, 256 GB NVME SSD, 8th gen i7 running Linux, so far I'm very satisfied. It can be upgraded fairly easily, I already installed additional 1 TB SSD, and will probably upgrade RAM down the road.
On Linux apart from switching between dedicated Nvidia GPU and integrated, everything worked out of the box for me.
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#25Consider using Windows 10 with WSL - Surface Book 2 could be your option then (as I'm not sure how it works on pure linux, but I use it with WSL since 1.5 year without any troubles)
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#26Please note - Most Linux laptops are being throttled due to low cTDP bug. It impacts almost all new laptops, including Lenovo.
You can read more about this -> https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Other-Linux-Discussions/X1C6-T4...
If you are planning to buy Lenovo, go for higher end (T/P series models) as Lenovo will provide Bios updates to resolve this issue.
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#27I'm in a similar position with my 2018 13" MacBook Pro. I want a working keyboard again and I have no interest in a 16" (13" is the perfect size for me) but that doesn't seem to be possible. I'm also a little more out of luck because I'm looking at switching over full time to BSD which I've used on-and-off over the years for a desktop and consistently on servers. Thinkpads seem to consistently be the go-to and curren…
Just so you know, a 14" version—which is basically your 13.3" with more screen instead of bezel—should be on its way.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've never found 4K screens to be all that good/useful. Maybe my experience of them is aged, but even Windows 10 fails to scale the UI all that well on a 4K screen. Ideally I'd want the a 1440p screen.
IMHO On a laptop there isn't' much benefit . But on a monitor >= 32 inch it's great
I'm running 1440p on a 27". That works so beautifully.