• JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    Sadly Thinkpads no longer are what they used to be. I got the X1 Extreme Gen 5 couple of years back and have had all kinds of problems with it. Blue screens, problem with fans sometimes getting stuck at 100%, constant problems connecting to the dock, not to mention bad battery life… My coworker had to get a warranty replacement when the usb-c port stopped working without any apparent reason only after a month of use. And other coworkers with newer models are also reporting issues.

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      8 hours ago

      They may not be as good as they used to be but my T14 is so much nicer to type on than anyone else’s laptop.

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      It’s a damn shame too. I love my T530 so I got a T460 and it is so shite. Although I did get unlucky with a cracked mobo but still. Even the x260 I have feels slower than my 530

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      23 hours ago

      What OS do you run. My last three x1 carbons have not had much of an issue running Linux.

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      23 hours ago

      You get better reliability from Apple than ThinkPads now. At way more money and with restrictions on what operating systems you can use.