>>101789867
Ideapad flex 5

>>101789867
I got a thinkpad X1.
It's ok, but next time I'm going for an AMD laptop.

>>101789867
does anyone use a 16:10 laptop? are the black borders annoying when watching videos?

>>101789901
Why do people sperg out on black bars so much?

I use a luxury all aluminum laptop with an amd cpu

>>101789867
i use a surface pro for general "laptop" use and i have a asus G14 zephyrus as a portable desktop for when i travel

Honestly? I slightly regret the G14. it feels great to use until you're gaming, the fans are the whiniest things on earth. I know laptops are always going to be a bit noisy but this takes the cake. Performance is fine but at what cost?
Plus it loses a lot of performance when plugged into an external monitor, despite the fact one of the type c ports is meant to output directly from the gpu and that's supposed to actually increase performance.
the biggest problem is that now I'm spoiled by asus's amazing laptop keyboards and trackpad, and all the replacements I've been looking at don't compare at all

>>101789867
macbook pro m1

>>101789923
seems like it'd become an eyesore with every video

>>101789867
The chuds here convinced me to get a Framework, so in a few days I'll be using that. Right now I'm using a T480 with power issues caused by a cracked motherboard.

>>101789867
P17 gen 2. I love my big boy.

>>101790611
can u take him to bed like i can do with my 1.2kg cool temperature macbook?

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should i get 14 or 15.6 bros

what about 16:10, is it based?

>>101790633
did you have to adjust to macOS or is it better than Windows? I use a chromebook right now and it's very lightweight, but you can't really do anything on it.

>>101790650
macos has a superior key layout
there is no adjustment, once you try it , the disgusting windows/linux ctrl button will feel pathetic

>>101789867
>no numpad
one with a numpad

>>101790848
i read that you shouldn't because it makes the keyboard and trackpad off-center with the display

Tuxedo Pulse 14 Gen4

I've got an asus tuf gaming laptop. My last one was a tuf as well and I was homeless with that for nearly a year. Used it as a pillow in my rucksack so I know they can rake a beating and still work.

>>101789923
It's a zoomer thing I think. Like no fans and being able to open it with one hand. An entire generation of faggots and women.

I got a ThinkBook with a Ryzen 5500U, just got it on sale cheap a couple years back. Ironically using it more then my gaming desktop so in the future I might get a more powerful laptop and just use a eGPU dock for gaming.

>>101791768
powerful laptops seem like a meme. the heat has to go somewhere and it needs very loud fans and a massive AC adapter

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>>101789867
Old HP Elitebook, dirt cheap to buy refurbished, easy acess to replace basics like ram, keyboard and ssd, and generally built with very good quality parts.

>>101792192
Heat kills computers more than most people realize. I recommend getting a serious laptop cooler if you plan on gaming or rendering on them, can literally double it's lifespan or more.

>>101790253
Me too. Alth9ught I'd love a high speed MSI
If only there were actually good laptops for ML/AI

>>101792192

the macbook pro with m3 max doesn't have loud fans or a massive AC adapter

>>101792347
if you need to do serious multi-threaded work/GPU work, i would just find a way to use a desktop or SSH into a server from a normal laptop

>>101792413
100% but some people need to have a mobile workstation and can't afford both a good laptop and pc in this economy. $50 dollar cooling pad will at least protect their investment.

>>101792381
Unfortunately I'm not a biracial DJ or a marketer.

>>101789867
some random cheap lenovo idk

>>101789867
Vivobook with a Ryzen 5 5500U, mostly use it as a docking station 9/10 to websurf and occasionally play lower requirement games, the other 1/10 stream anime to my TV.
It werks for my needs.

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THUNKPAD.

>>101789867
Huawei d15
Pretty good

>>101789867
macbook pro 13in 2019 (want to send it to a shop so they can solder more ram/storage), maybe ill try the t2onlinux tutorial

>>101789901
Nah, you’ll get over it.

>>101789867
MacBook pro m3 14
Samsung galaxy book 2 360
Thinkpad w530

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>>101791768
Just got a new T14 Gen2 Ryzen 7 this morning.
Been de-bloating/de-spying Win 11 pro for the last 2 hours and I
Still have more to go.
I̶'̶m̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶p̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶M̶i̶c̶r̶o̶s̶o̶f̶t̶
Correction, I Truly Despise Microsoft and what they've done to Windows 10.
Loving the T14 though!

>>101792996
Wow that image caused a physical shudder reaction in me. Not bad Anon, haven't felt a thing in months

>>101793373
i'm afraid of getting a windows laptop knowing this is what's in store for me. considering just buying another chromebook or maybe a macbook

>>101792952
damn i haven't seen that background in years...feeling nostalgic now

>>101792752
perfect. objectively no better machine to actually do work on than a macbook then.

M1 Macbook Air for personal use
Thinkpad X1 Yoga for work

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>>101790253
>>101790633
>>101790696
>>101792381
>>101792988
>>101793260
>>101793971
>>101794023
there is no equivalent to macs

macs have:
>soldered SSD/RAM/WLAN
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>when pajeetOS runs out of RAM it swapfile rapes the SSD to death within 3 years
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>when the SSD dies it bricks your entire currybook because the EFI is stored on the soldered SSD to save $0.05 on a dedicated chip
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>riveted keyboard that requires total destruction of the chassis to replace
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>serial numbered battery that prevents boot if you replace it yourself
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>screens so fucking shit they have over 90ms response times (essentially 10Hz)
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>flexgate cables that are so brittle they crack from opening your screen past 90 degrees more than 2 dozen times
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>screen made from pajeet trash glass that cracks from temperature change in seasons or tape over the iBotnet webcam
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>so fire and explosion prone the FAA have banned them from all flights
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>uses phone CPU that's so shit it gets destroyed by half decade old i3s from 2017 and can only "compete" by cheating at benchmarks in extreme edge cases with hardware accelerators
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>curryniggers at apploo get so full of sniffing their own currynigger silicon shit they ship currybooks with no fans and they run so hot they melt the keyboard keys
doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
>keyboards with 63.5% failure rate
unheard of on PCs, and yet you curryniggers defend it with "jus werx fer me!"
just because you're in the 36.5% survivor group doesn't make your currynigger trash any good
this list goes on forever

theres no PC laptop as total fucking currynigger shit as crapple's streetshitterbooks
they are one of the biggest heaps of steaming currynigger shit in the history of computing second only to curryPhones

>>101794205
calm down freak

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>>101794205
ok

>>101794205
>soldered SSD/RAM/WLAN
>doesnt exist on 99% of PCs
It's like 50% of laptops now now. The rest of your shit is retarded too but that was really stupid to post.

bump

a pinebook pro running fedora silverblue
a dell inspiron 15 3000 series running fedora

>>101789867
T430
I am loathe to let it go so I'm sticking with it for as long as I can

>>101789867
MSI Leopard (32GB RAM, Intel i7-10750H, RTX 2070S) for games, AI slop, video editing.

Thinkpad T530 I've added some QoL upgrades to (7 row keyboard from a T420, 16GB RAM, mSATA data boot SSD, secondary 1TB Samsung SSD for storage, 1080p FHD screen, i7-3740QM, Bluetooth daughter card) for everything else. Love this nigga like you wouldn't believe.

I'm using the System76 Lemer pro 12 laptop. I feel like I wasted my money in retrospect but it's a nice laptop. Arch Linux tends to run better than the OS it came with, Pop OS.

A dell xps 13 i bought from some pc recycling company on ebay. First one they sent had a broken screen so they semt amother which was a slight upgrade but its 4k and that on a 13inch screen is just gay

>>101789867
hp 14 em0032au

>>101789867

I use a shitty old ideapad 3 GAMING (literally never played a game on it).

Also, I spilled water on the keyboard a while ago and can't be bothered to replace the entire bottom c assembly so I just use it plugged into my TV.

I'll continue to do so until it eventually dies after which I'll buy a new machine.

>>101793971

If you plan on running linux on it just get a lenovo laptop, doesn't even have to be a thinkpad.

Ideapads, Thinkbooks and the Yoga series are all fine desu.

Yeah shit's soldered in with a lot of them but you get what pay for,

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>>101789867
Retard question, my 10 year old laptop with a GPU is still pretty good for low end games but the issue I have with it is that even watching 1080p video streams cause the fans and GPU to go crazy, are modern 13" laptops able to handle that kind of content with low power/temp/silence? Considering upgrading to one with USB4 so I can 1 cable it to my side monitor/keyboard/mouse

>>101795506
>T430
Enlightened pick

>>101789867
whatever one i grab from the pile

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simple design
sturdy
nice keyboard
small
works flawlessly with linux, constant firmware updates
old but still decent for web developing

>>101789867
i have an AMD Lenovo Legion from like 2019 and i just got myself a 2021 dell xps 15 because it's much lighter and smaller to actually take it with me and because i like the 4k OLED screen. It also works really really well with Fedora, all i had to manually install were the nvidia drivers. It's honestly 100% retard proof

>>101796546
do you consider the oled screen worth the risk of burn-ins?

>>101789867
HP Laptop 15s-gr0010AU

>>101789867
Currently using a refurbished 2C/4T i3 Thinkpad from god-knows-when which serves me just fine 90+% of the time.
But currently looking for something new, probably Framework or Tuxedo.

>>101796574
i bought the laptop used and it doesn't have any burn-in at all after 3 years, so I'm prolly gucci. It's also one of the last models of it's generation and i have read that those tend to have less problems. The OLED looks really really nice and it's not like i use it all day

>want to buy a laptop
>read all the information I can find online about laptops
>it's all conflicting opinions over models, CPU's and battery life
>in a matter of minutes, go from "Thinkpad t480 is the best laptop ever made" to "Thinkpad t480 is an overrated piece of shit with a shitty screen", from "Intel is the best, AMD sucks" to "AMD is the best, Intel sucks"
So you're supposed to just buy a random one and hope for the best?

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>>101789867
Fujitsu Lifebook T938
> Magnesium chassis
> barrel jack, but type-C charging if you want it
> 8th gen intel
> 8GB DDR4 stock, up to 32GB supported
> Motherboard can be swapped with a T939 motherboard (still 8th gen but model #s end in 5, so minor revision? Idk)
> NVME
> LTE, but you can use that port for another SSD if you want
> Wacom, multipoint touch
> Shitty fingerprint reader
> HOLY FUCK THE SCREEN SWIVELS
> Batteries are hot swappable (Has an internal LiPo battery but mine might be dead due to age)

Mine has 1TB of NVME, ram is maxed out, Fedora 40 Cinnamon, and I drilled holes into the magnesium chassis to improve air intake.

>>101789867
amd acer nitro
it's a nice desktop replacement if you don't mind the sound all gamer laptops make
planning to get a t480 for daily office work

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>>101797073
If you run Linux, get any business Dell, Lenovo or HP. The chip really doesn't matter unless you wanna do something really tasking, which i guess you don't since you're looking into a 10 year old model. Everything you read online is written by people that really have nothing going on in their lives

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>>101789901
It's fine, just like watching movies on a 16:9 screen
>>101790650
A 14" 16:10 is taller than a 16:9 15.6" screen which is pretty based
>>101796260
4k 13" is fantastic for movies and high res titties
t. XPS 13 9300 enjoyer

>>101797295
>since you're looking into a 10 year old model
I was looking it up because everybody kept on praising it. I'm looking for something to work with as a mobile app dev.

Dell latitute 7450. but it starts falling apart.
Spare pieces are more expensive than the value of the current laptop so I don't want to repair it.
Gotta get a new one soonish.
Just something cheap to throw around.

>>101797551
the fuck are you buying a cheap used laptop for if you have (in theory) a well paying job? Let me be real with you, people buy old shitty laptops for the same reason people buy old cars for. It's a hobby. It's not even about money since I've never seen a poor person with an old thinkpad. It's fun and i do it as well, but there is no reason to daily an oldtimer to work. Just get a Toyota and drive your Mustang on the weekend

Dell latitude e6400 but was using Thinkpad x230 a month ago

>>101797864
Because I work on a small company that pays full-time as a part-time job. I'll look for something better in the future, but for now I gotta do what I gotta do.
Either way, I'd welcome some recommendations on what to buy, my knowledge on hardware and specifically on laptops is very limited.

>>101798000
then a t480 is fine, have a look at one to see if the screen bothers you. Dell Lattitudes are also great and a bit cheaper most of the time because they're less popular

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>>101798000
tried thinkpads and elitebooks and they just didn't click for me, then i got into xps laptops in 2016 and never looked back (thanks concashd for shilling one in a random livestream years ago)

a part of me wants to try macs but i don't know if apple silicon would work for me at all considering i would be very limited on linux distros and such (asahi is neat but i remember they still had problems with gpu drivers and such)

>>101791715
Why were you homeless?

>>101793373
How much did you pay?

>>101789867
Ancient W7 ASUS dual cores laptop

>>101798054
>>101798087
Thanks. I'll check the Dell ones. About the thinkpad, the t490 is growing on me since it looks pretty much the same as the 480 but doesn't have the cult following behind it. I'll compare it to the lattitudes and xps, think about it for ages and just end up buying whatever I find cheaper and with more ram lmao

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>>101789867
Acer Aspire One ZG5 w/ CrunchBang Linux

>>101789867
Any well built 16:10? I can't use 16:9. I don't care how heavy it is.

>>101789867
unless you are a gaymer any recently produced budget laptop just works fine.

>>101796392
i don't want to use linux solely because it's not efficient. i've never seen a laptop run linux and be cool and have a long battery life, unless you want to count chromebooks, because they use "algorithms" to them efficient or something.

>>101799023
Clearly, you know dick.

>>101798000
don't listen to people recommending thinkpads, especially old ones. they're a gigantic meme now. it was real advice in like 2015. hasn't been true since. they're old, slow, and hot pieces of shit now.

>>101799047
if you think linux distros run efficiently then i have a bridge to sell

>>101789867
the Negrotab9000

>>101789878
IdeaPad gaming 3 here

>>101799080
I don’t think it, I know it faggot.

I have a KFC200 with extra Watermellonium cooling

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>>101789867
I like it.
https://www.microcenter.com/product/646649/evolve-iii-maestro-116-laptop-computer-dark-grey

>>101799063
So what would be a good and cheap brand nowadays?

>>101799208
PROVE IT THEN FAGGOT

>>101799260
no such thing as good and cheap anon

>>101799330
Fair enough, how about usable and cheap?

>>101799364
if you're using linux, it seems like dell and thinkpads are most supported

>>101794205
I fucking love these posts.
Pure rage.
The ones about curryphones are even more entertaining.

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Lenovo Ideapad L340
GTX 1650
16RAM Single channel

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>>101789867
>>101799436
I have this one
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityBook-Pro-15-Gen9-AMD.tuxedo

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Latitude E5450
>14" 1080p IPS
>5th gen mobile i5
>8GB RAM
>256GB SSD
>backlit keyboard
>Windows 10
I scaled the resolution down to 768p to make the system less sluggish
I paid 220€ for it used in 2019, been serving me well since then
even the battery isn't complete dogshit yet

>>101799604
i don't like these small companies. they always seem to disappear and now you don't have support :/

>>101794205
You can't afford, anon.

I have an old HP 15-b series I got 6 years ago but I only use it for Arma. I've been currently using a Macbook Air for the past 4 years.

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Whatever the fuck that goes on sale/clearance 1-2 years after launch

>>101794205
Imagine taking the time to construct this post instead of just getting a Mac lol

>>101799208
If linux distros run efficiently why do Macs get more battery life? XD

>>101789867
asus vivobook M1502IA
it was the cheapest I could find with a decent cpu (4600h) the build quality leaves a lot to be desired but at least it has a decent cpu and 16gb of ram

>>101789867
for laptop
>macbook air m3 16gb ram 512gb ssd
for desktop
>arch linux + gnome + wayland

>>101799616
they've been around for 20 years I think
on my last notebook the rubber from the bottom cover got loose and they just sent me a new cover

>>101794205
> typical /g/tard can't understand certain engineering and design decisions over MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE AND MAXIMUM COOLING AT ALL TIMES OTHERWISE DUMB

> can't grasp that the engineers at apple are smarter than him

Pongo 760, 12650h + 4060
CPU instantly hits Tmax when boosting to max clock. Piece of crap. Gonna have to repaste

>>101799775
The Macbook Air is a good example. It is extremely impressive that they managed to get that kind of performance out of a fanless design. Even if Apple and MacOS is not your cup of tea, those are some seriously impressive machines.

>>101800093
1 digital euro has been deposited to your account

>>101800109
sweet, now that I have a euro, where can I buy gay gifts?

>>101800093
i'm seriously considering one but there aren't any stores nearby to try them out :(

>>101800093
I agree, too bad the software running on them is complete garbage

>>101800174
is it not better than windows, which literally serves ads in the desktop?

>>101800174
It’s not for you but the software is far from crap, it just werks (for most)

>>101800156

Lenovo LOQ with a 12th gen i5.
Crazy to think I wanted an Acer Nitro V or a Dell G15 with a 13th gen i5, but couldn't afford it. Saved by the bell, kinda.

>>101800613
i almost bought a 13400 desktop but decided to think about it for a day, and the news was out the next day. lol

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what's the laptop brand to buy if I don't want a trackpoint?

>>101790100
Anon…
The USBC outputs video from the iGPU (e.g 780m). The HDMI is tied directly to the dGPU (eg RTX 4070)
I own one of these. I output video with thunderbolt for Linux desktop so it only uses the AMD iGPU and when I boot into a VM i use the HDMI port as I setup the GPU for pass through. I get really good performance on Fusion360, Dark and Darker, etc.
you’re unironically doing it wrong. Also they get stupidly hot. Make sure it’s always elevated.

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>>101789867
Right now I'm using a Lenovo Ideapad that's falling appart. I have even bought my new laptop. An used Dell Precision 3551 with an i7 10850h, Quadro P620, 16gb ram and 1tb ssd.

>>101799023
i have an XPS 15 running Fedora and the termals are same as with Windows and battery life is even marginally better because not as many processes are running all the time. Buy a laptop whose firmware is built to run linux as well and you won't have a problem

>>101789867
HP Chromebook G3

>>101796407
thanks anon

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>>101789867
M1 Macbook Air, just werks. Bought and sold this 3 diff times. Recently got another one on blowout new for $550. Tried the Pro 14, 15 inch M2 Air, and 13 inch M2 Air. The M1 air has a more ergo sloped keyboard, top firing speakers unlike the new airs, only downside is thicker top bezel so less vertical space. Have a 16 inch M3 Pro docked as a desktop but M1 air is the most kino portable device.

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just werks.

HP Notebook - 15-af131dx
Got it for 75$, and for 50$ upgraded the ram to 8gb running a system-d-less instance of Arch. Or I think it is. I still see system d stuff in the updates sometimes. But what ever. I just use it to browse or watch stuff sometimes.

Toshiba satelite C55-B in storage at the moment.
Got for Christmas like ten years ago. Upgraded to 8gb ram.

And an HP 250 G7 upgraded to 16 GB ram also in storage at the moment.

I need to upgrade to ssd some day but I'm focused on other financial matters.

>>101801208
>the USBC outputs video from the iGPU
everywhere I've heard states the opposite, granted that's just a handful of youtube reviewers since oem's are awful at specifying this shit
>rtx4070
I have the 3070 zephyrus model from 2021, dunno if it's different on that year's model from the one you have.

either way I can't check since i discovered too late that my monitor only supports HDMI up to to 100hz with no VRR. Only the DP on my monitor goes up to the full 165hz with gsync, and HDMI won't output to DP

a decade old macbook pro that still works. I also have a thinkpad that's 15+ years old and still works but I haven't powered that thing on in years. it has got a lot of ports on it

this one

>>101792312
What's a decent one? I'd love an old, comfy laptop, but I also want it to be able to handle browsing the web and stuff without hanging.

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Lenovo Ideapad 3. It's the one with the extremely good Ryzen 7 processor, think it was the 7 5700U. It works like a fucking champ and is ultra durable, but the display is comically dogshit.

How I got it was a weirdass story. I actually got it from some guy who I'm positive had stolen them on Facebook marketplace for 200 bucks, when it was supposed to be around 500. He had lifts, bottom lights and spikes on the Honda sedan he drove up in and said he had a whole room full of computers in-box to sell if I was interested in more.

>>101804491
Ya know....stuff just falls off trucks sometimes.

>>101789867
HP Laptop 15s-fq1xxx

got three x230 (one for private / one for work / one for browsing the net and playing old vidya) with i5 and 16gb ram each + docking station

>ctrl+f "toughbook"
>0 results
shame on you all

>ROG Strix scar 16
>macshit air m3
Honestly speaking, running Linux on the bulky and loud gaymen laptop is a so much better experience than macos that I don't even know who the hell even uses applel anything nowadays

What's up with that hideous gray (more like gay haha) that 90% of laptops got?
Usecase??

>>101804491
Why would the 3 series have a 7 series processor?

I like my Thinkpad T440 but it's showing it's age. I'm thinking about buying a new Thinkpad desu but I've also been looking at "gaming" laptops as i've heard they have gotten better over the last 10 or so years (ie not a giant fucking brick anymore)

>>101805117
how can this possibly be true though

>>101805568
>A Linux turbo autist doesn't find the walled garden and hampered mac and iPhone experience good
Color me surprised

What's a great portable desktop kind of laptop? I travel a decent amount but am usually always using my laptop at a desk. I need it for both dev work and gaming.

>>101805695
normal office laptop that you SSH into a server

>>101805713
I don't think that will meet my needs.

>>101805743
powerful laptops are horrible to use anon. the fan noise will make you feel like a retard for buying it

>>101805695
what kind of gaming?
You are probably better off with solid office laptop +steamdeck/switch

I spent a full week looking at all the laptops I could. I already own a desktop because I'm not retarded, so this laptop be an intermediary between work and home.

Here are conclusions I came to about laptops:

1. 99% of them are terrible.
2. Build quality is #1. In a portable device, bad build quality affects everything in usability.
3. Port selection does not matter really since, as an intermediary device, you can always just use an adapter until you get back home to your desktop.
4. Intel/AMD are both godawful and ARM is the only viable processor option.

With this in mind, there are only four valid options for good intermediary devices:

>Option 1: MacBook Air M1 for $649
>Option 2: Surface Laptop Snapdragon Plus for $999
>Option 3: Surface Pro Snapdragon Elite OLED for $1499
>Option 4: MacBook Pro 14" with M3 Pro for $1999

>>101799749
we got a real chad here

>>101805771
What makes them horrible other than fan noise? That doesn't tend to bother me as much, I can tune it out.

>>101805773
All kinds to be honest, I like being able to max out graphics in things. Could be RPG, strategy, simulators, etc.

T480, powerful enough for classic wow, simple as

>>101805800
>max out graphics in things
>laptops
anon, please.

Are chinkpads still the only laptops with good keyboards? Which brands have something similar. I'm not even talking about the old iconic Thinkpad keyboard; the newers chiclet keyboard on the ThinkPads have more travel and feel better than the newer Dell/apple/HP keyboards.

On a related note, how are the Framework keyboards?

>>101805857
As much as I can at least. What's best?

>>101805869
M3 Macbook Air + Steamdeck

>>101805860
Check out the framework ceo and form your opinion with that in mind

>>101805887
Steamdeck? that's going to be even more underpowered.

>>101805915
if you want to play video games on a computer, buy a PC
if you want to be portable, buy a SteamDeck
paying $2000 for a laptop of about the quality of a $1000 desktop is the most retarded, poorshit thing you can do

>>101805969
But a good laptop would be more powerful than a steamdeck, wouldn't it? And I need to be portable. So why is the gaming laptop a bad idea? I'm willing to spend a bit since I'm hoping it will last a while.

>>101806000
I repeat.
A "gaming laptop" is a complete waste of money. You do not need desktop quality on the go, and you cannot actually get desktop quality on the go. The return on investment is fucking terrible.
I made this mistake as a 25 year old and it took me years to realize it was a waste of time and money.
You can spend $2000 on a laptop, or you can spend $1000 on a desktop and $700 on a laptop and get much better return on investment

>>101806000
>>101806027
Hey even further
$1000 desktop, $700 laptop, $300 steam deck. Look at that.

Work: Dell Precision, Dell XPS
Personal: MacBook Pro, ThinkPad 25

>>101806027
But if I'm away from home for an extended period of time and essentially need something that approaches (not matches, fair enough) a desktop, what then? A SteamDeck I feel just isn't going to cut it.

>>101806081
Ask yourself these questions
how long are you going to be gone
is this a permanent thing? and I do mean permanent
a year or two from now where will you be
how much time will be there as opposed to somewhere else

>>101806081
not cut it how? What are your requirements? Depending on your situation, you could also just have a PS5/Xbox and plug it into the tv in your hotel room. That being said....the SteamDeck is a purpose built device for portable gaming. Thats its whole job. Please list the ways and games that you think wont work for you steamdeck and why?

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No laptop, steam deck is all I need ( ͜͞ʖ)

>>101806103
One place one half of the week and another for the other half for probably the next 5-6 years.

>>101806140
The SteamDeck has a pretty small screen. I could get an 18 inch laptop, maybe even plug into a monitor when one is there. Without going into detail of the games, as I play a wide range and prefer keyboard and mouse.

>>101806200
To me it sounds easy, play video games at one place and don't play video games at the other place/develop other hobbies.

>>101806200
pirated media and games not on steam as well.

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Samsung Galaxy Chromebook
Corebooted
with Arch Linux
Thinnest, lightest, sexiest Linux laptop in existence

Not sure if this is the right thread but does anybody know if the MacBook m1 shell is compatible with the m2? Just wanna know if the aluminum case can be swapped

>>101806289
nope, they changed shapes between 1 & 2

>>101806200
Steamdeck connects to monitors as well as mouse and keyboard. Why dont you know that? 1/10
What laptop models are you considering? You obviously need to make sure your games are well optimized for the hardware, so what games/hardware are you needing?

>>101806200
>18 inch laptop
lol. that'd suck dick

>>101806200
imagine needing to make decisions like this because you're addicted to playing fucking video games as a grown man. GRIM.

>>101806367
nta but I've found using the steam deck on an external to be a pretty miserable experience
for some reason there's like 50/50 chance that it works at all on any modern TV, it likes to just randomly fail some kind of handshake (i think) and just output static. I think it's some gay hdcp thing. Every time I connect my sdeck to a TV I have to keep unplugging and replugging it until it decides to play nice. But once it does, it's solid enough.
No idea what fuckery is causing it. I've never had a computer give me so much trouble just outputting to a display.

>>101806445
fair enough, Im familar with HDCP issues. My PS5 freaks out if I plug into my receiver and then to the TV. It has to plug directly into the tv. I would blame the HDCP crap in the TV more than the steamdeck, but I understand what you mean.
The main issue is this anon wants portable desktop gaming which is not a thing.

Anon if you're still here the good thing is you asked the question before plowing forward. You will always be dissatisfied with a giant gaming laptop. It will never deliver the performance you're looking for because you'll always know a desktop would be infinitely more capable.

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>>101789867
HP Probook 650 G2. Why?

>>101789901
If anything I wish I had one. I've been using a 1920x1200 monitor as my main for a decade by now and I love the extra vertical space.

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>>101789867
>laptops
>in 2024
kek

>>101807625
what does that cost all together though

>>101807625
the screen is too small

>>101807625
>>101807753
an ipad air with the magic keyboard case is:
>$600 ipad
>$300 keyboard
>$100 pencil
literally $1,000
fucking retard lmao

>>101808236
$1,000 to have a "laptop" with a 10.9" screen

if you don't need the pen functionality, I don't see the appeal of tablets. laptops are a great design. you get big screens, usable keyboards and trackpads, self-standing screen. it just works.

>>101808286
>if you don't need the pen functionality, I don't see the appeal of tablets.
people who are bad with money (that was my justification in the past anyways)

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New toy. Taking the ARM pill, pray for me.

>>101808607
What laptop?

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Vivobook-S-15-OLED-review-A-new-age-of-laptops-with-the-new-Snapdragon-X-Elite.849575.0.html

>>101803175
Same feelings man. I bought the 15" M2 Air, but after having used the M1 Air, it sucks balls
>too big
>speakers are inferior
>better design

The idea of selling this feels like a bit too much effort but really considering it

>>101808691
for >>101808658

>>101808691
>>101808607
what's even the point? it doesn't stay cool or have a super good battery life. i thought that was the whole point of ARM

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>>101808748
and here

https://www.notebookcheck.net/index.php?id=127065&specs[]=346653&specs[]=344585

is comparing it to the m3 macbook air 15", and the mba destroys it in basically everything. grim desu.

it's not even efficient. pic related. right is the m3 macbook 15". seriously disappointing

>>101808706
13.3-14" is the ideal laptop size

>>101808607
return it bro

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>>101799775
>>101800093
get a toilet currynigger

>>101808607
>ASUS

>>101789867
2014 rMBP 13 8/256
I don't really use it anymore for obvious reasons but it's the only laptop I own

>>101809505
It was the only Snapdragon laptop I could find with good reviews and a proper 16:9 screen.

>>101808895
Nope, it's rad AF so far.

>>101808607
>>101809802
thought the best snapdragon laptop was the Surface laptop? I couldn't stand that Asus keyboard design

>>101809892
Maybe, but non-widescreen was an absolute deal breaker for me. 16:10, 3:2, 3:4, and whatever archaic aspect ratios are complete non-starters for me.

>>101810123
most mobile stuff is 16:10/3:2/4:3 now anon

>>101810246
I know, I fucking hate it.

>>101810721
y

>>101810736
Because nearly all video content is 16:9 or wider. Narrowing screens more and more makes absolutely no sense.

I see people say narrower aspect ratio creates for more work space, but nobody does real work on a mobile device. It always come off as dishonest to me, and I suspect the real reason people like 3:4 is because they like to roleplay that it's still 2005.

>>101810848
>but nobody does real work on a mobile device.
people need to work on PDFs and Word docs dude

How much longer is the battery life for Windows on ARM vs just an AMD processor. Doesn't the AMD last like 15+ hours? Why cripple your machine with ARM if you can get so many hours from AMD x64?

Also, will the AMD chips from this year work fine if I upgrade to Win10 LTSC IoT?

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>>101789867
Thinkpad x260

>>101807625
>Not buying the 13" Pro
This is what I'm using currently as a laptop replacement. Price with accessories worked out to a bit more than the Macbook Air, but the pencil is immensely useful to me.

>>101808807
poo in the loo, iPajeem

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>>101789867
HP Elitebook I got from work. They issued me two by mistake. One I just wiped and installed windows 11 on. It's comfy.

lenovo ideapad with core 2 duo

ThinkPad T15 Gen 2

>>101789867
Buying a secondhand ipad because I want to use it to write notes for solo TTRPG and read manga and they have the nicest screens outside e-ink.

>>101810848
most people do work on a laptop anon . nobody even owns desktops anymore.

>>101789867
Dell Inspiron 7435
>14 inch
>2-in-1
>backlit keyboard
>8GB ram
>AMD ryzen 700 series

>>101811057
the reviews I'm seeing show no benefit whatsoever.

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>>101808206
There are 13' versions, which is enough, and if you need more you can plug it into a monitor as you would on a 13' laptop aswell.

>>101808236
>>101807753
It's fine to use 3rd party products for any of the accessories, they're often cheaper and almost as good, the tablet's what's important.

>>101811464
Exactly.

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I wanted to grab a Zenbook 14 with AMD CPU

OLED screen, 2800 x 1800
90hz
15+ hours battery life
800€

What more do you need?

Galaxy Book4 Ultra / maxed specs and MacBook Pro M3 Pro.

>>101817010
and they cost even more money :/

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The Macbook Air M3 is perfect for everything you should be doing on a laptop

Problem is in the US it's like $900 while here it's like 1250€

>>101789867
ideapad slim3 14"

>>101796260
I have Thinkpad L380 from recycler.
Has windows educational licence so guess it's from uni/school.
Lid is little bent so you can tell it had rough life.

>>101818165
euros complaining that they suck, as usual

>>101817957
True, that's their main issue really, if tablets weren't still seen as this niche and/or premium product by Apple and Samsung they could take over as the standard, but it's clear they don't want that because selling a wider variery of stuff is better for profits.

>>101790650
16:10>16:9

Macbook M1 Pro
sue me

>>101818165
900 plus tax plus shipping
probably still less in the end, but US prices always look way lower because they don't tell you the whole price
exchange rates are a thing too, i don't know how the euro compares to the freedombuck these days

How are XPS 13's nowadays? Mine is roughly nine years old. It's actually still good but I'm curious about what has changed.

>>101789867
Work laptop is an HP elitebook, more recent gen.
It's honestly kinda trash but it does have a clit mouse. Battery life is truly terrible though.

Home computers:
2x desktops (mine and my wife's)
Thinkpad X220 (from college, don't use it anymore)

whatever work gives me
stuck with a hp zbook. HP is a cancer. Trackpoint interface without three mouse buttons is pure stupidity

>>101820577
[spoiler] trackpoint is inferior to trackpad [/spoiler]

>>101820799
>having to move your hands from home row
trackpad is for the endlessly scrolling NPC

>>101805860
>On a related note, how are the Framework keyboards?

framework owner here. keyboard is nice. keys have a nice travel. and are evenly separated. I have yet to mistype something that wasn't the fault of my own bad grammar. Palm rejection is also great. I don't know if this the works of framework, opensuse, KDE or a kernel driver but kudos.

Stuff that I like:

backlight is easily adjustable via fn + spacebar. On some other laptops this is not adjustable, either it's on or off. framework laptop has 3 levels of keyboard brightness.

You can swap the default behaviour of fn + F1 (silence for example) on the fly by pressing fn + esc to only needing to press F1 to silence. On other laptops you will need to go to the BIOS to do this or use some special OEM softare.

My only 3 minor complains are: 1) up arrow and down arrow are "split", meaning they split a regular key in 2 and those are your arrow key. After 2 weeks of use, I got used to this. 2) home,end, pg up, pg down are embedded in the arrow keys. You need to press fn + arrow up to do pg up. cumbersome but not the end of the world. 3) "Delete" is above the backspace key, making the muscle memory of " Top right key to delete" to be rewired.

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My friend told me his Galaxy Watch has an "eSim" so he can have 5G on his watch using the same account and billing as his normal mobile phone witth no extra charge.

Can I do this on a laptop too? Like plug a usb stick with a 5G antenna in it and do an "eSim" so I have unlimited mobile data on my laptop without a hotspot?

>>101789938
this

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>>101795532
Sounds ultra-comfy. I love your style.

>>101794205
based
iNiggers seething

>>101789867
Thinkpad T440p with max upgrades, I barely use my gayming pc nowadays. I was thinking on upgrading to a new gen thinkpad or a framework using my work program to help us get one.

>>101798938
Cool. I have on old N270 EEEPC running Ubuntu 18.04 with Ubuntu Pro and another old Samsung N450 netbook with the Debian 11 version of CBPP on it that I use for a home server. How do you like the new version of CBPP? Is Falcon browser usable?

>>101805695
ThinkPad P series maybe, if you need power for work stuff. If you mainly need the power for games, you can run everything on low settings on the newer Ryzen APUs without having to have a gigantor gaming laptop.

>>101812617
Does yours have any security software on it...? My dad gave me his old one from his job at a hospital, and I've got it to the point where I can boot it into Linux, butt if I boot it without remembering to mash the boot menu key, it automamtically goes to the security screen, even though I replaced the SSD and no longer have Windows on the computer. Maybe reflashing the bios...?

Lenovo v15 G2 5700u version

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>>101789867
minisforum v3

I got a Surface Pro laptop and I've never used the touchscreen function. I regret getting it, but it's fine; I'll plan to keep it until ~2030.

>>101793373
how tf does it take you 2hrs to debloat? just run Shutup10++ and do these:
Disable telemetry:
•winkey+R > gpedit.msc

•Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Internet Communication Management > Internet Communication settings > "Turn off Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program" > Enabled

•Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Cloud Content > "Turn off Microsoft consumer experiences" > Enabled

•Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds > "Allow Telemetry" or "Allow Diagnostic Data" > Enabled [0 - Security] or Diagnostic data off

•Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search > "Do not allow web search" > Enabled
that's it anon. takes 10 minutes max

>>101806279
the red keyboard is kind of an eyesore tho

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>>101789867
Framework 16 Laptop.
The one and only modular and best laptop on the market (or maybe i’m wrong)
And yes, I run Fedora 40 on this shit.

>>101825270
Doesn't seem to. I could just reinstall windows on it initially then just wiped the TPM keys, encrypted the HDD with Bitlocker, set it to require a bitlocker password on boot. Had it nearly two years not heard anything.

Also work in a hospital btw

>>101796544
name?

>>101789867
Lenovo Legion 7 Pro + CachyOS Masterrace

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MSI Z16P. Full aluminum chassis, 32GB RAM, Intel 12700H, 16-inch 16:10 screen and mechanical keyboard.

>>101789867

Whatever I find in the recycling bin at work, I have bills to pay

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which of these laptop features is a dumb meme and which isn't

>aspect ratio other than 16:9
>metal body
>fanless
>high resolutions like 1440p+
>ARM
>glass trackpad
>OLED
>repairability
>dedicated GPU
>touchscreen
>linux compatibility

don't know if i've missed any

Thinkpad X220 as a dedicated /g/ browsing machine

>>101789867
An absolute piece of junk that is barely six months old and is already falling apart. I’ll never buy an HP product again.
I’m not sure if it’s this exact model, but it’s close enough:
https://www.amazon.com/HP-Touch-Screen-i3-1115G4-8GB-Bluetooth-Windows/dp/B0C427DZYW

>>101833514
Damn straight, HPs that aren't elitebooks are just complete dogshit. I got a pavillion a while ago as a gift from my costco-addicted dad and it made lawnmower noises every second it was on. Huge problem in college classes.

>>101833353
who the fuck wants 16:9 in 2024? This was a cancer ratio drummed up in the mid 2000s for HD video when 4:3 was the perfect size, and ironically the proliferation of smartphones has laptop screens going back to more vertical space. 3:2 is best, even 16:10 is too low

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>>101833971
Even Elitebooks have firmware problems, it's a shame when the physical build and modularity looks really very good, especially now soldering in the ram, wifi and ssd is becoming common practice
>What do you mean anon
PCIE ASPM is completely disabled meaning it drains power it doesn't need to, it's not going to be fixed either
HP is just a garbage company all around and you should never, ever buy an HP product

>>101798087
>a part of me wants to try macs
XPS are just Mac copies.

>>101829183
Latitude 7280

>>101805695
Go on notebookcheck.net and look around. Note that a light gaming laptop that can't max current year AAA games like a g14 is the best compromise and that luggables are dogshit

>>101789867

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>>101827993
they also made a grey one

Framework 13, works well but I'm hoping they add more parts to their market.

>>101789867
Thinkpad E495.
It has two cricks in it but I think it will hold together. Although, I will need to replace the battery soon. I don't know what I would buy if this thing broke. The E Thinkpad was the only laptop I could afford that let me open it and had a decent keybord.
>>101828040
I want to believe (and afford) this.

>>101789867
For work I have a Lenovo T14 and an HP Elitebook. Personal I have a M1 Macbook Air sitting in a drawer somewhere that I never use.

Framework 13. It does what I want it to do.

>>101789867
thinkpad x270

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I have an elite book I stole from work
If it dies, I'd probably try to steal another
If I had to buy new, I would probably get a Chromebook

>>101840410
i like how simple chromebooks are. it's too bad they have no applications on ARM other than the stupid playstore junk

>>101815388
>nobody even owns desktops anymore.
You can’t be this retarded. Ignoring the massive gaming community, you also have the corporate world, which I’ll assume you’ve never stepped into because you’re NEET.

some Dell thing provided by work. I don't know its product line name

>>101789867
My newest laptop is a 2015 MacBook Pro. I primarily use a Windows Desktop and a 13” iPad Pro.

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>>101789867
Three I use:
Acer AspireOne ZG5: Intel Atom N270, 1.5GB DDR2-667
Lenovo Thinkpad X140E: AMD A4-5000, 16GB DDR3-1600
Compaq Presario CQ60: AMD Turion ZM-82, 6GB DDR2-800
nu-laptops are shit

>>101840661
>gaming community
you mean children and manchildren

>>101833353
>aspect ratio other than 16:9
meme
>metal body
meme
>fanless
meme
>high resolution
meme
>ARM
meme
>glass trackpad
meme
>OLED
meme
>repairability
not a meme
>dedicated GPU
not a meme
>touchscreen
meme
>linux compatibility
not a meme, since W11 is a joke and IOS is for babies

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I have an older Latitude E5450 that's still perfectly fine for what I need it to do, running W10
If I were to replace it, a new AMD Inspiron 14 seems pretty cool
>8840U + 780M for gr8 performance and even good igpu if I want to play vidya
>16:10 IPS display
>16gb sodimm ram
>54wh battery
for under 700 yurodollars it seems pretty decent

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>>101789867
Tuxedo Gemini 17

>>101837730
they made a lot of shit that we weren't talking about faggot

>>101805064
gtfo old man

>>101789867
sinkpad

>>101805064
do they still make these or do you have to buy oldshit from ebay? <1080p displays are a deal breaker

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I use an HP Probook 445 G7. I went back to school and needed something I could take with me. I bought it refurbed from Amazon for $300 and for the price its been great. 16gb of RAM, Ryzen 5 4500u, and a 512gb SSD. I dualbooted Fedora on it and it's been great. Even does a little bit of gaming just fine.

>>101789867
Data mining thread.

Elitebook 850 G6