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I 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 :)
Checkout system76, slimbook, tuxedo computers or the framework laptop. All of these companies make amazing laptops.
Is 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.
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Thinkpad X is for marketing types. Programmers want Thinkpad T or P.
I don't understand this comment. I'm a programmer and my X1 Carbon is the finest computer I've ever used. I don't have any noise issue with it. I can hear the CPU in a very quiet room but I've never used a computer that didn't have it, and I'm quite sensitive to noises too. Many people in my company have Lenovo X machines. And why marketing types should not care about comfort / noise? Is this a "Real men [...]" thing…
Perhaps https://puri.sm/products/librem-14 should fit well for your requirements. I'm happy with their previous model, Librem 15.
- Repairability/longevity
- Privacy and security
- Usability
for business option I got Dell Precision 5470 this summer, and it looks pretty solid so far
Both laptops are running Linux and look like they could last 5 years without any issues, which is usually fairly enough.
Apple’s customer support is truly terrible in countries where they don’t have an official presence. My wireless Magic Keyboard with Numpad and Touch ID just stopped working one day. I took it to the Apple Premium Reseller store where it was purchased for service, and it took them FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS to replace it. I should have walked out of that store with a new one in my hands, because it’s impossible to repair.…
My coworkers really like their Xioami laptops. I'm not sure what country you're in, but in my "developing economy" country, their service has been perfectly decent.
I'm using a few XCP-NG vm's for anything dev related(including test environment). I keep a few main images depending on what I'm working on and just add/remove resources if/when needed. A lot more effective (for me) than being tied to a specific machine.
I carry with me a cheap 13" laptop and my phone, both with VPN's set up to dial in into my home network. I can use either. When I'm travelling somewhere I don't even take the laptop. I only have a foldable keyboard, mouse, small pocket projector.
For remote connectivity without my VPN I use Splashtop business (very very rare). It happened to me a few times that the VPN was not working over 4G (still don't have a cliue why)