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I really appreciate "hardware reports" like this. Tangentially related, I've never seen this symbol before: ≍, apparently it means "equivalent to". Is this common notation in certain communities?
You've perhaps seen the meaning written just as a tilde "~" such in ASCII-based text, or written as "==" in JavaScript meaning loosely equal to. IIRC the symbol is also useful for asymptotes and limits, such as Big O notations.
I had one of these (albeit with a much lesser config) and what made me not like it was the screen. It felt ancient somehow. Might have been my employer cheaping out though. There was also something weird with the fn and alt or ctrl keys being switched, but from what I gather that's Lenovo's little kink
Also, mine is outfitted with 64GB of RAM; not sure if this is still available from the Lenovo store.
I really appreciate "hardware reports" like this. Tangentially related, I've never seen this symbol before: ≍, apparently it means "equivalent to". Is this common notation in certain communities?
Is there any laptop these days that comes close to MacBooks hardware-wise and run Linux?
I really appreciate "hardware reports" like this. Tangentially related, I've never seen this symbol before: ≍, apparently it means "equivalent to". Is this common notation in certain communities?
I would have expected '≈' as the symbol.
That feels like a stretch for an individual to pull off. Linux OS vendors often have wikis saying what does and doesn’t work across many makes and models, but those still feel like isolated reports from a wide variance of reviewers. It’s hard to put an ordering across the reviews. It is literally comparing Apples with non-Apples.
Who has tried ‘em all and picked the best, what was it, and why?
I have the same laptop (using it right now). You can add another 8GB, even though the specs say you can't. (thanks, lenovo...) The big limitation seems to be CPU, despite having an i7-6500U in this one. Opening Google Maps makes the machine crawl, but most other sites don't have a problem. It's definitely not speedy but it is functional with about 100 tabs open.
The main reason I want to replace it is to use a USB-C docking station, have real graphics support ("hybrid" graphics is crap in Linux), and have more than 5 hours battery life. Otherwise it's kind of amazing how well it's working after 7 years.
Even though it's technically "heavy" for a modern laptop, it actually feels easier to pick up and carry around than lighter laptops. The corners are angled/sloped so that they're very easy to slip a hand around, and the case is sturdy held in one hand even when open (thanks to the case being half-metal, half-plastic). Way easier to move around than my Macbook. A great example of how design makes a big difference to usability.
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Every time a potential eGPU build has come up for me (~half a dozen times over the past few years) it's always made more sense in the end to simply build a generic ATX box, stuff the GPU in there, and just remote in. FWIW. The two times I tried anyway, because hey, fun new challenge, the primary lesson learned was that it was not worth it, most recently being ~6 months ago.
Currently i do exactly that. I have a ATX box (AMD 2700x + Nvidia 3090) and access it remote, but i hate that it is idle most of the day and to transfer the data that i'm working on to it. (My notebook is my daily driver with company access) I just bought a eGPU case and will give it a shot, will report back :)
There's still some quirks. You can't wake the desktop from a shutdown state, only a sleep state so you have to be a little careful only to put the desktop to sleep. But worked remarkable well and didn't require any additional hardware at least for me.
The data transfer portion I don't know if I can offer any good ideas for you. My workflow was to treat the desktop as the primary workstation most of the time.
Be curious to hear your experience with eGPU as well.