Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook replacement

Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by elgar1212 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:42PM (#33857663)

I've been considering moving from a mbp to an x1 for a while now, but a couple things are keeping me from it:

- mbp isn't dead (yet)

- x1 is made in china, human rights issues

- x1 is less repairable than other thinkpad models such as t14 or p14 (which are still made in china, however)

- now there is linux support for mbp for dual booting

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by sva_ on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:49PM (#33857728)

> x1 is made in china, human rights issues

I was under the impression that most MBP are made in China?

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by elgar1212 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:50PM (#33857745)

> I was under the impression that most MBP are made in China?

afaik they all are, but this was a purchase from several years ago

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by nequo on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:47PM (#33857715)

Isn’t the MacBook Pro also manufactured in China?

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by elgar1212 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:48PM (#33857720)

Yes, but I got it several years ago and wasn't as concerned about China at the time

Future gens of mbp might not be made in China (but afaik they still are)

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by akvadrako on Sunday December 04, 2022 @04:50PM (#33858308)

You might be okay with laptops from Taiwan instead of mainland China, for example ASUS. They have nicer laptops than Lenovo too.

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by sofixa on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:19PM (#33858578)

And they have machines in different ranges to choose from, including light beasts such as the ROG Zephyrus G14 which manages to pack a lot of power including a dedicated GPU in roughly the same weight as an M series MacBook Pro.

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Re:Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook r... by elgar1212 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:02PM (#33858982)

Are all models made in Taiwan though? Where do you find the data to confirm where they source their parts from?

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