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A few months ago, I bought a nicely packed and customized P14s Gen 1 in France (Qwerty !) with 16GB and 400 nits for under 1000 euro.
Wow that's a great deal. Via some discount coupons or was it second hand?
TicketsatWork: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/ticketsatwork/pc (Passcode: TICKETSatWK)
> There's only one company in Slovenia that does warranty repairs and takes the law-specified 40 working days to finish their job (replacing a battery, for example). Is there a law that says that repairs must be done within 40 working days and so the repair shop takes the full 40 days? Is this because they have no competition or are supply/resource constrained?
For no competition I'm not sure, but that would help.
Duh, I didn't notice you can configure ThinkPads, might have gone that route if I knew. I ordered Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro that is sadly limited to 16GB, but otherwise seems to be a huge success. High-res 90Hz 16:10 display, 5800H, good Linux support out of the box. I just hope the memory won't become a constraint. At least it was considerably cheaper than ThinkPads at 960€.
Plus yeah, 16GB is too small.
If it wasn't for that, it is IMO the perfect programmer laptop.
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Yes, I do this with all work issued laptops.
But if someone need to type on your keyboard, then they will have problems and this workaround only works with Laptops. You cannot swap keys on a standalone Lenovo keyboard.
Duh, I didn't notice you can configure ThinkPads, might have gone that route if I knew. I ordered Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro that is sadly limited to 16GB, but otherwise seems to be a huge success. High-res 90Hz 16:10 display, 5800H, good Linux support out of the box. I just hope the memory won't become a constraint. At least it was considerably cheaper than ThinkPads at 960€.
I considered this one but IMO not having dual-channel memory on such a super strong CPU is crippling it. :( Plus yeah, 16GB is too small. If it wasn't for that, it is IMO the perfect programmer laptop.
16GB may be enough for me for the time being, just not very future proof. Maybe I'll get to update to the Framework laptop when the memory runs low.
I was in the mood to get a "mobile workstation", and ended up buying an HP Omen gaming laptop, which had an i7, 16GB of RAM, and discrete GPU. The idea was to be able to run one or more VMs and do hardcore development. And maybe play a few strategy games. In the intervening years, I have hardly used the laptop for the purposes I had initially intended, though I do occasionally play strategy games on it. I've mostly b…
That setup sounds really appealing! How does the startup script work? Does it install software, and does it require root access on the dev machine? Do you have multiple remote machines, or just one you use often?
https://gist.github.com/jamesgraves/c5a09ba209729a491600372f...
I have a couple different machines I use on a regular basis.
The main thing is that I don't care if an existing GNU screen session named 'database' exists or not. If I was doing database work, that's the session name I will use. So I want to connect to that if it exists. Or if the machine has been rebooted, create a new session.
I really like having the terminal windows also reflect what I'm working on in a particular session.
I was in the mood to get a "mobile workstation", and ended up buying an HP Omen gaming laptop, which had an i7, 16GB of RAM, and discrete GPU. The idea was to be able to run one or more VMs and do hardcore development. And maybe play a few strategy games. In the intervening years, I have hardly used the laptop for the purposes I had initially intended, though I do occasionally play strategy games on it. I've mostly b…
I like the idea of using a web terminal to work on a remote, much more capable host. I found however Chromebooks (only tried the old Samsung ARM abased one and the original Pixel) lacking for this purpose. The Samsung ARM was clearly made for a price-point and while a good value at the the time, not worth further discussion today. But even on the (then) flagship Chromebook, the keyboard is just so-so (and lacks page…
For the "full desktop experience" I sit in front of a 42in 4K TV, which isn't too portable.
At other times, I am content with something small and handy (1.25kg). The keyboard on my Acer Chromebook R11 is decent for its size. I really like the standardized keyboard functions for brightness, volume, etc., and use them a lot more than on a regular laptop. After installing Linux, and having ssh-agent loaded with keys, I'm ready to remote into my systems. Long battery life, due to its puny Intel Celeron processor.
I want to love thinkpads, but the fact that in 2021 you still have a display lottery frustrates me to no end. You buy a MacBook Pro you get an A+ display. Thinkpad? You might get one with the good display, you might not.
No surprises, no a thousand bucks lottery ticket sold with "but it has a good keyboard".
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I had the same issue with the ThinkPad T14 AMD. Left it in my backpack for two days and the battery was completely drained. What made it worse: Lenovo's own USB-C Gen 2 Dock would refuse to charge the battery when it was drained. I had to borrow a friend's MacBook Pro USB-C charger to get the battery up to a reasonable charge. (Yes, the dock does provide enough power for charging the laptop.)
TBH my Macbook Pro does the same, really annoying when going on holidays and not using a laptop for few days.