Post 9sCH8gWekjnskzURtY by ilpianista@functional.cafe
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(DIR) Post #9sCEDC3BBgU1pBA1mS by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-02-19T13:01:06Z
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Fucking laptopshttps://drewdevault.com/rants/2020/02/18/Fucking-laptops.html
(DIR) Post #9sCEVkmIoDt4k97Im0 by Mac_CZ@mastodon.macsnet.cz
2020-02-19T13:05:01Z
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@sir We have 3 XPS in company and no issues. Guess we're super lucky.
(DIR) Post #9sCEcVKocprYsETlbM by Mac_CZ@mastodon.macsnet.cz
2020-02-19T13:06:17Z
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@sir But one is exchanged, first one didn't work at all. So 3 of 4 are ok.
(DIR) Post #9sCEuraQdGX16CXIvo by rune@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2020-02-19T13:08:13Z
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@sir Got a new HP laptop at work last week.It can barely connect to the ethernet and when I dock it the ethernet connection is literally unuseable due to some driver magic.
(DIR) Post #9sCFVIhdIBYJciHSHw by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-02-19T13:16:07Z
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@Mac_CZ let me guess: they're all running the stock ubuntu and have never had to be reinstalled
(DIR) Post #9sCFht3ZxGZNqeXzmq by Mac_CZ@mastodon.macsnet.cz
2020-02-19T13:18:25Z
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@sir 2 run windows and one runs openSUSE. openSUSE one was obviously reinstalled and 1 windows one was also reinstalled, because we didn't want all the bloat.
(DIR) Post #9sCFnwjjBc6Szy9S2y by sir@cmpwn.com
2020-02-19T13:18:48Z
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@Mac_CZ if you didn't want all of the bloat then why did you put windows on it again XD
(DIR) Post #9sCFqftqF3bteHBPm4 by Mac_CZ@mastodon.macsnet.cz
2020-02-19T13:20:02Z
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@sir 😃 Mine is the openSUSE one.
(DIR) Post #9sCGYlD9r3xircEvom by jasper@mastodon.nl
2020-02-19T13:27:08Z
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@sir avoiding binary blobs and "proprietory" suppose choices are limited.I am pretty happy with my laptops. Got all features, well, not sure if they got all the power saving features and battery down. (maybe i should use powertop...)Use a Lenovo Legion Y520, usually with power, think maybe 4h? That's ok but not super-great.Also got a much smaller ASUS Vivobook E200HA, it's sound didn't work for a long time, and I used an USB dongle but then suddenly an update fixed it. >8h battery.
(DIR) Post #9sCH8gWekjnskzURtY by ilpianista@functional.cafe
2020-02-19T13:33:40Z
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@sir my company just ordered a #Thinkpad T490s for me. It looks promising, but I didn't put my hands on it yet.
(DIR) Post #9sCHD5zpzmMEuYF6mW by matrix@gameliberty.club
2020-02-19T13:35:19Z
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@sir I have a HP ProBook 430 G4. In order to replace the battery, you need to take the entire thing apart. The battery is the last thing you can take out.
(DIR) Post #9sCIOdM8PC4TVujmz2 by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
2020-02-19T13:47:50Z
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@sir Part of this is the Tyranny of the Minimum Viable User: https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/69wk8y/the_tyranny_of_the_minimum_viable_user/Though with the growing transition to mobile-only, the MVU should *also* shift, and laptops, I *hope*, will become again a niche / power-user market, as they were ~ 1995 - 2005 or thereabouts.The remaining problems are software (also going full MVU and app-centric), browsers (don't get me started), hardware/drivers, and binary blobs.But yes, I hear you loudly.
(DIR) Post #9sCKHC3Dj66Ai4TEMS by timvisee@mastodon.social
2020-02-19T14:08:46Z
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@sir You mention modern machines like the XPS, the ones of System 76... how about modern Lenovo ThinkPads? I understand they're not as good as the old ones, but the relatively insane performance made me switch to a T480 a year back. And it has been great!
(DIR) Post #9sCLsmh4YISX1YbEe0 by cfenollosa@mastodon.sdf.org
2020-02-19T14:27:32Z
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@Mac_CZ @sir We have 4 XPS and 3 of them are broken:- Broken trackpad- Had to replace battery- SSD died- CPU sometimes locked at 800 MHz which requires a BIOS reset... and, unfortunately, they're still the best option for a modern Linux dev laptop
(DIR) Post #9sCQ3J7rE1RSK4Owdc by tho@mstdn.io
2020-02-19T15:13:21Z
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@sir I love my t480s. I also have t420s and t450s, and out of those three the t480s is the best one
(DIR) Post #9sCQOpBXDz1TpmNiZk by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2020-02-19T15:18:17Z
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@sir you can get the t5x0 series still and you can get them with just Intel graphics; there t580 I'm using does a decent life on battery - but then it's got 2 batteries. It's cooling/throttling sucks, but works with some prodding.
(DIR) Post #9sCWd8ZmWcgPkmvm6K by ben@social.bfoliver.com
2020-02-19T16:26:55Z
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@sir I'm still on an x200 and also need to switch for battery reasons (and to be able to edit photos with a slightly better screen).The market really sucks at the moment. Ordered an AMD Thinkpad, we'll see how it goes. So far not so good - there's been a massive wait time on my order!
(DIR) Post #9sCcJwPU8LawFCLPvM by trufas@niu.moe
2020-02-19T17:31:50Z
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@sir It's a lousy solution to your problem, but have you considered getting one or more powerbanks that can output voltage sufficient for a laptop? You'll find a few if you look around.I agree the state of modern laptops is sad.
(DIR) Post #9sCgjNdUReyPjwHTv6 by sirmacik@mastodon.technology
2020-02-19T18:20:12Z
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@sir x220 is a good bet. Plays 1080p without a problem, after switching wifi card to atheros it runs on libre-kernel perfectly. Also with extended battery I get 8-10 hours of work on it.
(DIR) Post #9sD58nDGsvKjCnfTCS by rumpelsepp@mastodon.social
2020-02-19T22:52:55Z
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@sir https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/03/04/thinkpad-x210/Might be interesting.
(DIR) Post #9sGxttxXb8Mijp6O9I by michel_slm@floss.social
2020-02-21T19:51:35Z
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@sir I'm starting to wonder if I we should just decompose a laptop and just get a working *tablet*, then add a portable keyboards like that nice Atreus from @technomancy and a travel mouse.