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Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
#572Regarding Lenovo: I bought an original Macbook Air. It always worked well. As it got on to about 10 years old, I took it in to an Apple Store a couple miles from my house and asked if they could replace the battery. The battery worked pretty well, but I figured.. the machine was going strong and if they still had batteries in stock, I should grab one now and the laptop will live even longer. They replaced the battery…
> Dell (they couldn't repair 2 brand new machines that were shipped to us with broken WiFi and took so long to declare it unrepairable Didn't they use socketed WiFi cards? On every non hair thin laptop I could crack open, I always found the WiFi card to be mounted on a MiniPCI or newer socket, so unless that problem was due to the mainboard, it was just a matter of replacing the WiFi card and install the relevant dri…
Socketed with a piece of conductive metal resting on at least one of the antenna leads. Quality stuff. (It's possible I just had bad luck.)
Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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Do you ever find yourself without reliable internet connection and unable to develop/watch media/etc.? Any issues with data caps?
Not really. I am very far away from home right now - live in SF bay area, on a trip in northern Alaska. Have 2 cellphone providers, Google Fi and Verizon. Between the two even when in Denali national forest I had cell reception. Spent the afternoon yesterday writing code, had zero issues. Airplanes are hit or miss, but can take advantage of HN/reddit reading time or read a book (preferred) if access is limited. As fo…
Fate is funny. I just received an alert that there's a power outage at home. UPS is keeping things alive for a bit, but given PG&E's track record.......
Annoying!
Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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>Is the trackpoint really that important Yes. The arguments for it are the exact same ones Vim evangelists make (ergonomics, speed), but having the TrackPoint there applies those advantages to every other program on the system as opposed to just the one.
I’ve had thinkpads for years, first a T420 and now an X1C (and I use vim a lot) and I can’t seem to integrate the track point into my workflow. Either it’s too fast and it overshoots, or it’s too slow and it distracts from what you’re trying to actually do. How long did it take you to become proficient with it to the point you prefer it over a mouse / trackpad?
Are you touch typing? I am sincerely curious. For me, because I am touch typing, the trackpoint was a big advantage over the trackpad - I don't have to lift the hands from the keyboard. This is how I got used to the trackpoint.
Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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I’ll give you the user-serviceability point, but not the longevity point. I would bet lots of money that my 2021 14” MBP will still be very usable in 2031. (Maybe not by me, but that’s only because I’ll succumb to the urge to buy something new and shiny and tax deductible in a few years.)
tax deductible ?
Self-employed. Business expenses essentially have a 20-40% discount built in.
Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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In Europe, even ThinkPad support is atrocious. It's done through some third-party resellers. Pricing is also pretty atrocious compared to the US, which is sad as there are not that many alternative laptop brands with good Linux support.
It’s fine in the UK. Not sure about mainland Europe.
My experience in the UK was bad.
Digital River was the third party maintenance company, never experienced such bad service. I'd purchased onsite support. Getting them to listen and actually book the repair was painful.
Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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What makes you think the Thinkpad in the linked article is still under warranty?
It might be. I used to order them for the business I worked for with 5 years on site warranty. Where I live that transfers with sale. T480 was sold into early 2019, so that would end the last warranty around early 2024.
Would you really replace the screen yourself on a laptop that's still under warranty?
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> I bought a Lenovo gaming laptop for my son These are not comparable. There are wildly different quality of laptops under the Lenovo brand. A ton of them are complete crap. Apple simply doesn't sell anything like that. The author is comparing to a Thinkpad specifically. Additionally, the 10 years old Apple that made your macbook is a very different company from today. Although they are still a premium brand, the rel…
If Lenovo put their name on it, it's absolutely reasonable to blame them.
I didn't say anything about blame, only that the category of laptops being compared by the parent are not in the same class as what the author of the article was comparing.
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Is it even possible to buy a panel with higher ppi than the mac pros? Genuinely asking here. I guess if you value 240hz you could run with that.
Apple usually buys their panels from LG, most of the time you can get better price/performance if you buy the same panel directly or in other assemblies.
Where at? Do you have a link?
Re: Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
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> MBP doesn't have a trackpoint. Still can't run Linux as well, lacks USB A so still requires constant dongles despite improved port selection. I've never wanted a nipple mouse, but to each their own and I know some people love them. What I have wanted is a giant 6" diagonal multi-touch trackpad. Linux is very much a non-goal for me, and if I want to, I can always SSH into a remote instance or run a VM. I don't miss…
By the time you have a giant 6" trackpad, then a touchscreen just absolutely makes more sense, but oh, yeah, right, Apple insists on being a decade+ behind the times on laptop hardware features while insisting they're better.
moving my fingers on a trackpad is way better than stabbing my meat stick on a screen in terms of accuracy and personal energy use