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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by tlamponi on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:12AM (#25228029)
My X1 Carbon 3rd gen got quite some use in the last 5 years, some of it also in ~ 0 °C weather (for at least half an hour), worked fine.

That is naturally just one personal experience, so I do not want to assert that all X1s or even ThinkPads fare better in colder weather. Just that at least some do.

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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by robin_reala on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:16AM (#25228060)
There may be a difference if you’re actively working in cold weather, where the CPU is generating heat that keep the internal battery temperatures up.
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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by hinkley on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:10AM (#25228403)
My hands have historically never been happy doing fine motor work at those temperatures.

Even though I’ve acclimated to doing outdoor work in colder and wetter conditions, I’m having trouble believing people are actually working on their laptop while most of us would be wearing gloves.

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