Drew DeVaultFeb 19, 2020

Crippling flaws with the laptops people pretend to like:

Old thinkpads: shit battery life

New thinkpads: shit keyboards, shit upstream driver support

Pine64: flimsy case, bad performance, questionable freedom

System32: giant bulky things charged at twice the price of anything else

Librem: giant bulky things charged at three times the price of anything else

Dell XPS: absolutely godawful firmware, they should be strung up in the town square for it, crippling bugs in every inch of the machine

Show threadJon ☎️Feb 19, 2020
@sir X230 seems to be a sweet spot for me, but yes the battery life isn't as great as I'd like. (But then, neither is my work MacBook's.)
Show threadJoshFeb 19, 2020
@jfred @sir big 9 cell battery is a decent option for old thinkpads, thats what I have in my x230 and the battery life is acceptable
Show threadDrew DeVault
@6a62 @jfred I have a big 9 cell battery AND I keep a second big 9 cell battery in my backpack and the battery life still leaves a lot to be desired
Feb 19, 2020 at 1:37amWeb
Show threadDrew DeVaultFeb 19, 2020
@6a62 @jfred I love old thinkpads as much as anyone and I think they're probably the best laptops you can buy, but we have to be real with ourselves about the godawful battery life
Show threadJon ☎️Feb 19, 2020
@sir @6a62 Admitted. If there were a laptop with similar repairability/performance/size/driver support but better battery life, I'd probably switch to it.