On Replacing My MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480

Re:On Replacing My MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480 by kitsunesoba on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @11:38AM (#34883166)

The big problem with newer AMD ThinkPads from what I've heard is use of some second-rate (mostly Realtek) components in places, which in comparison to those used on Intel models don't perform as well and are more likely to cause trouble under Linux.

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Re:On Replacing My MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480 by gmokki on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:10PM (#34883632)

I just swapped the realtek wifi of my P14s amd gen 2 with Intel ax210. Cost was around 10€.

I think since around one year ago upstream kernels do support the realtek wifi card properly.

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Re:On Replacing My MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480 by ho_schi on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @07:35AM (#34894597)

Actually they use four different. You can swap them yourself (15 - 20 EUR):

    * Qualcomm (Atheros) -> GOOD (or even best?)
    * Intel              -> GOOD
    * Realtek            -> It works okay for average users
    * MediaTek           -> Bad or lack of reputation

The X13 is currently shipped with Qualcomm. Older T14 seem to use mostly Intel. On a P14 Lenovo we got a MediaTek (no reliable after Resume from Suspend) replaced by Realtek.

I would be happy if AMD and Qualcomm team up together again. The questionable ARM-Deal with Microsoft also didn't worked out well for Qualcomm.

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