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Re:Intel Problems by BanazirGalbasi on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:40PM (#25839257)
Historically, Thinkpads have had excellent support. My T430S is great (although definitely aging out), and apparently the new X1 Carbons still work well. Also, both Dell and Lenovo have models that come with Linux if desired, so those are probably good ones to look at.
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Re:Intel Problems by jjoonathan on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:59PM (#25839478)
I'll have to look into modern thinkpads. I had a bad experience about ~10 years ago, but it wouldn't be fair to bring that forward.

> both Dell and Lenovo have models that come with Linux

Like the Dell Precision M6800 above? Yeah. Mixed bag.

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Re:Intel Problems by anthony_barker on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @04:58PM (#25852548)
Have used linux on thinkpads since the 90s.

Rules of thumb: - Use older thinkpads off business lease is great - stick to intel video graphics - max out the ram and upgrade storage (NVMe)

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