Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck and is not a Mac in 2022?

Re:Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck an... by anddt on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:32AM (#32635943)

Currently using a T490s (win-based on WSL, work machine) and a T480s (Fedora, upgraded to 24gb ram) for personal projects and they're both fine machines. The T480s runs a bit cooler after a repaste than the T490s but I'd say they can handle fine whatever I throw at them.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck an... by ihateolives on Monday August 29, 2022 @05:06AM (#32636123)

Sure, but both are older models and have (T480s) roughly half the performance of M1 base model. For some things (in Photoshop/Lr) the difference is even greater.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck an... by anddt on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:14AM (#32637235)

Yes, both machines are not too recent (by now I'd expect to find them for cheap on ebay) but they support my workloads more than well. I work in ML and they're fine for general Python programming and exploratory data analysis. I spin a VM for anything that requires more memory/threads.

I'd would probably buy a beefier laptop from Tuxedo Computers or Slimbook if I needed more performances hoping to win the Clevo/Tongfang QC lottery (my T480s was fairly expensive in Italy 3/4 years ago).

So I guess that it ultimately boils down to the type of workload that OP deals with.

edit: poor grammar

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a developer laptop that does not suck an... by kramerger on Monday August 29, 2022 @07:59AM (#32637130)

People specifically prefer older Lenovos for other reasons than raw performance (cost, keyboard, max ram, Linux support, ...).

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