Ask HN: What laptop do you use?

Re:Ask HN: What laptop do you use? by obiwahn on Thursday March 15, 2018 @01:23AM (#16590578)

I use the X1 Carbon and I am pretty happy with it. Compared to older models the keyboard and mouse (red dot in keyboard) are not as good as they used to be and the case does not shut in a way that the lid fits 100%. But other than that the laptop is a beast and I am happy that Lenovo gave up on stupid keyboards. The above made me consider to install Linux on a MacBook. Maybe that is something for you. It will not fix the keyboard issue but maybe the crashing when you connect external screens. Hope you find a satisfying solution!

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Re:Ask HN: What laptop do you use? by billylindeman on Thursday March 15, 2018 @01:25AM (#16590589)

I actually do have ubuntu installed on it but its not usable atm due to a bug in the broadcom driver https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux#wi-fi The solution is to use a usb wifi dongle... With obligatory USB-A->USB-C adapter >.<

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Re:Ask HN: What laptop do you use? by BlackLotus89 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @02:47AM (#16590882)

Ok can't say if this works for your macbook, but have you tried ndiswrapper? If the windows driver is usable it should work.

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