ThinkPad X1 Carbon • Hacker News Board

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by aiur3la » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:21 AM UTC

bluedino wrote: post #127

I owned a first generation X1 for a while. Eventually sold it because it only had 4GB of RAM, and there is not much of a source of the proprietary SSD. The battery was down to 3 hours, and I wasn't going to replace it if I couldn't put at least 8GB/512GB into it. I really liked the Lenovo X1. From 2012 to now I've went from the MacBook Pro to MacBook Air and now the MacBook Pro Retina. With the Lenovo, the touchpad w…

The first gen X1 came with 8GB of RAM and standard SATA interface (is was quite bulky for that very reason).

Maybe you are thinking of some other device?

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by aiur3la » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:23 AM UTC

rodgerd wrote: post #124

joshyeager wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Counterpoint: I still use only Thinkpads because they have TrackPoint. For those of us who prefer it, it is vastly superior to trackpads.

Toshiba have it as an option on their keyboards.

is it as good as the ones on the thinkpads?

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by mjolk » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:24 AM UTC

freshhawk wrote: post #296

adamweld wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this is Hacker news. Since when did having screws accessible to the user become a bad thing?

When they became less fashionable and calling yourself a "hacker" because you use social media became fashionable.

As a non-social-media using "hacker" (HN is the closest thing to social media that I use), I think portability in laptops should be picked over ease in hardware replacement (if you're often needing to change hardware, that's a quality problem). Recessed screw holes and bulk are a departure from that and feel like stepping into the past after using a macbook.

Similarly, I spend far more type writing software than with the soldering iron.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by mjolk » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:31 AM UTC

thesandlord wrote: post #370

noir_lord wrote: post #283

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Cut the bullshit and just run Linux on the bare metal, I run Linux on Linux via vagrant, it's not about my program running faster it's about isolating a client projects dependencies from each other so when I have to work on that system that is still in production on PHP Current-1 or Ruby-1 I don't have to fuck with my host OS at all. In fact I have very few developer bits and bobs installed on the host (mostly just…

Curious, why Vagrant and not Docker? Then you don't need to run a VM, but still get the same isolation.

Not the person you asked, but I use Vagrant because I deploy to hosts that I consider disposable and don't trust Docker in production, for reasons more thoroughly explained by the person that wrote this article: https://thehftguy.com/2016/11/01/docker-in-production-an-his...

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by aiur3la » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:34 AM UTC

zem wrote: post #253

mverwijs wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a Linux user in the market for a new laptop: citation needed?

i'm using a 4th gen x1 carbon as my work laptop. it's the machine google settled on as their 2016 linux laptop after doing a bunch of research on current models from various manufacturers, and it's worked perfectly for me. i used the 1st gen for a few years before that, and that was a great experience too. (the 4th gen has worse speakers than the 1st gen, which was kind of weird to realise, but other than that i've b…

This was great to know, thanks for sharing this.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by aiur3la » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:41 AM UTC

itaysk wrote: post #205

I have recently upgraded form 4 year old X1 Carbon to new X1 Yoga. Bottom line is I'd recommend the X1 Yoga over the Carbon. Here is my original X1 Carbon review: http://blog.itaysk.com/2013/05/04/lenovo-x1-carbon-touch-rev... And here are my thoughts on the X1 Yoga: http://blog.itaysk.com/2016/12/30/from-lenovo-x1-carbon-to-l...

    High DPI is still half baked in Windows.

I found this comment hilarious given who your employer is...

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by aiur3la » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:46 AM UTC

harry8 wrote: post #197

Asus ZenBook working well for me with linux for the last 3 years. I've always had good linux support from thinkpads too. The Asus replaced an apple macbook pro, the model where apple shipped broken GPUs and didn't recall, so that one is a very expensive web-browser that constantly panics and reboots, giving me the opportunity to write a sentence to apple about how I feel about their miserable company that I'm sure no…

I love everything about the ASUS laptops expect one thing: the mushi keyboard. Press the keys in the middle of the laptop and the keyboard flex with as much as 4-5mm.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by aiur3la » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:46 AM UTC

harry8 wrote: post #197

Asus ZenBook working well for me with linux for the last 3 years. I've always had good linux support from thinkpads too. The Asus replaced an apple macbook pro, the model where apple shipped broken GPUs and didn't recall, so that one is a very expensive web-browser that constantly panics and reboots, giving me the opportunity to write a sentence to apple about how I feel about their miserable company that I'm sure no…

> Top comment is an apple fan boy desperate to continue to believe in apple and affronted by the existence of other laptops ...

Unfortunately this is becoming common on HN posts that praise or even merely discuss another company.

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by skrause » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 9:54 AM UTC

daxorid wrote: post #362

354 comments for a constantly-refreshing 404 page( "Product 22TP2TXX15G does not exist" )? Is anyone actually following the link or just commenting on the title?

Lenovo accidentally published the product page of the new X1 Carbon which actually hasn't been announced yet. They've since realized their mistake and taken it down again, but yesterday you could read everything about the new X1 Carbon.

Here is a snapshot of the page: http://archive.is/L1o6h

Re: ThinkPad X1 Carbon

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Post by gaspoweredcat » Sat, Dec 31, 2016, 10:02 AM UTC

id upgrade to one of these in a heartbeat if i could afford to but right now thats not an option, thankfully my current gen2 x1 carbon is still an excellent machine that can handle most everything i throw at it