One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
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Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#2"Battery time is not like Macs. ~ 5 hours (after one year)"
There are different battery choices of 72, 48 and 24 watt hours. I believe the 72 watt hour battery "bulges" a bit and makes the laptop not sit flat.
Edit: You could also disable the MX150 GPU if you don't really use it.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#3I am also running Linux on Thinkpad (Debian unstable on T440s).
As to the battery life, this typically requires some work but I found it is generally possible to get good battery life. I am able to get my T440s to run for total 24 hours with the highest option 9-cell, the built in 3-cell and another 3-cell that came original with the laptop. This I did to be able to work on a long yacht cruise with no extra power and required to get backlight almost to minimum and to downclock CPU a little bit.
Now, to get there there are tools that can tell you what is using up the battery and some howtos on the Internet. I don't remember details so it is best if you go look it up yourself.
If you are using i3 you are generally well set up to easily get over 10h of operation.
As to touchpad these are all disappointing on all ThinkPads but probably especially on T440s where it is something called "clickpad". The entire touchpad is a button and you need to press it and try to move your finger while pressing HARD to drag things, for example. Dunno who thought this is a good idea. I always travel with a mouse and a mouse pad to be able to work comfortably:) Still, it is easier to use built in keyboard and a mouse than the reverse, luscious touchpad but keyboard to replace miserable something shipped with Macbook. I don't like typing on something that feels like a solid pane of aluminum with some markings on it.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#4> Can't debug issues in Safari without borrowing a Mac
> Can't do iOS development
Not legally, no. These can be worked around with a VM, just like with the Windows issue. It sucks, but Apple is never going to support their development toolchain on any other platform.
All in all, I think this is a pretty positive review for an "I switched to Linux" blog post. Usually they're more negative about the lack of finish a lot of Linux tools use, but the author of this blog seems to be more tolerant towards the small things in order to gain the big things.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#5Cool. I'm running Linux on a Dell Vostro I purchased during their quarterly business sale as my daily driver -- I can't believe the machine I got for the price, and strongly encourage people to look at these sales..
How big of an issue is it to target iOS as a platform on a PC these days with the rise of Flutter, etc? I'm looking to get into app development, but don't have a Mac, nor would I like to buy one if I can avoid it.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#6> Touchpad is not close to Mac
I'm using l390 and the touchpad feels good for me. Never use mac, does mac's touchpad is considerably better?
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Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#7> Touchpad is not close to Mac I'm using l390 and the touchpad feels good for me. Never use mac, does mac's touchpad is considerably better? EDIT: formatting
It definitely is better than most other laptops and one that makes a significant difference. I think XPS 13 has improved the touchpad a lot, but haven't used the recent version.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#8Why buy ThinkPad if you’re going to use touchpad anyway
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#9> Touchpad is not close to Mac I'm using l390 and the touchpad feels good for me. Never use mac, does mac's touchpad is considerably better? EDIT: formatting
Some high end Thinkpads like my old but trusty X1 has the glass touchpad, those are delightful to use IMO.
Re: One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
#10I had suunto watch issues, too. I used openambit[1] for a bit, but at some point, I was no longer able to get it to sync with my movescount account. Eventually, I got a new watch that synced with my phone over bluetooth and the issue was moot.