I’ve noticed in the Linux community whenever someone asks for a recommendation on a laptop that runs Linux the answer is always “Get a Thinkpad” yet Lenovo doesn’t seem to be a big Linux contributor or ally. There’s also at least six Linux/FOSS-oriented computer manufacturers now:

So what gives? Why the love for a primarily Windows-oriented laptop when there are better alternatives?

    • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I haven’t used one in a long time, but assuming nothing changed after IBM some Thinkpad to Lenovo, Thinkpads had the best keyboards of any laptop you could buy. They were also built link tanks.

      While I still think Apple has the best build quality, Thinkpads are the best of the PC world, and I’d gladly put a Thinkpad keyboard on a MacBook.

    • KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The olde ones are nice. Not sure about the newer ones. I have two T420s and one T430. The 420 was the last of the chicklet keys I think. Can swap CPU/RAM as well. The 430 has the CPU soldered in like most major brand laptops do meow.