Re:Ask HN: Which laptop brands are worth shortlisting for Wi...
by PaulHoule on Friday October 24, 2014 @10:20AM
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I have a Lenovo W520 which has discrete graphics, 32GB of RAM (added aftermarket) and it is a beast. I also upgraded the HDD to an SSD and that is something to do right.
Some minuses are that the bluetooth quit working with Windows 8, although I got a USB bluetooth dongle. Also I got the dock for the W520 and found it doesn't work ~quite~ perfectly in terms of the USB ports realizing you just plugged something in and connecting on the first time.
Re:Ask HN: Which laptop brands are worth shortlisting for Wi...
by tomswartz07 on Friday October 24, 2014 @10:30AM
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The only thing to be cautious about when going with Lenovo devices are the models that have Whitelisted hardware in the BIOS.
We've run into a few devices with this 'feature' that makes it impossible to swap out faulty wifi, bluetooth, what-have-you devices.
The difference between consumer and business laptops is enormous in terms of reliability and how long they last, even from the same manufacturer. In our experience, the only "consumer" laptops which can keep up with the mentioned business laptop brands are from Apple.
PS: Check out projektneptun.ch for reasonable configurations of Lenovo/HP/Apple laptops. I own a Lenovo Thinkpad T440p.