T series Thinkpad.
And avoid models with NVidia
Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#102Warning: in the past couple of years, manufacturers that shipped perfectly decent products have started replacing good components and build quality with unusable crap. If something has to sit in front of you for hours, you want materials that do not hinder you while you are operating. Expect the successors of some formerly very good lines to be noisy on touch (as in, tapping on a cardboard box), to be unpleasant on touch (with reference to touchpads), to stink. Plus, heavily tinted displays with spotlights, etc. Nowadays, you must assess it physically, not just on on-paper specifications.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#103lenovo legion are very close to classic thinkpads.
perhaps new gigabyte laptops.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#104Unless you are fine with paying again for a windows license & sub 10hr battery life, I'd recommend any of the Zephyrus lineup with Ryzen & Nvidia gpu if your workflow can make use of CUDA or else AMD GPU for cheaper & decent battery life, performance/$ as well.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#105I absolutely love my Framework laptop for dev. I feel the software support is also quite good, at least for Fedora which is explicitly supported. I got the DIY edition and put everything together, including installing Fedora, in under 1 hour. And I'm a really slow guy, haven't build a computer in 10 years - its too easy with framework. This laptop is really build to be repairable and modular and it does not suck at a…
Another happy user of the Framework laptop here, I've got Pop!OS LTS installed.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#106I love my super heavy and bulky Lenovo P53. Love it for horsepower, also because Arch runs on it n without problem, and finally because tech support exceeded my expectations, doing cleaning after 2 years for free (part of cleaning was to recover from little coffe spill...). I would prefer if it was not so plasticky, but I can't have everything :)
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same boat. I’m happy I spent thousands of dollars supporting a startup with ideals. I hate that I live with it everyday. I’m building a startup and it turns out trying to build a startup literally on a startup maybe isn’t the best idea. I sincerely regret the purchase.
What are the problems with it in practice? I'd have ordered one if it was shipping to my country
It’s a non-stop parade of weirdness. Fixes from recent BIOS release notes include things like “Fix battery not charging when system is off.”
https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/framework-laptop-bios...
Again, part of me is glad I supported them. I just wish I wasn’t reminded of it several times a week when I’m dealing with one random issue or another with it.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I regret it more than any other large technology purchase I’ve ever made. If it weren’t for the principal of the matter I’d just cut my losses, buy something else, and put this thing in a closet.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#108Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
TIL one can collapse HN threads. With all the clear labels on HN, perhaps a [collapse] link would have been clearer.
Were you never curious about what the little [-] did? Where's your sense of adventure! I rib you, but at the same time I understand and your idea has merit.
Not the person you're asking, but I thought the [-] acted as a downvote button and hid the offending content at the same time.
If it isn't, why do some controversial comments get into a lighter font?
Re: Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?
#110Is there any laptop that can match Apple's touchpad? This is all I need to know. The touchpad is the only thing that keeps me tied to Apple. It works so wonderful.