A 10/10 repairability score doesn’t happen by accident.

[javensbukan@mstdn.ca]

@iFixit Buy this instead of a MacBook. K thx.

[jcarax@mastodon.social]

@badrihippo Yeah, I've been a Thinkpad going back to the last few generations of IBM. They've gone down hill over the years, but I still prefer them to HP and Dell for more minor reasons than the past. I'd decided to go Framework next time around, but this is tempting me.

[jcarax@mastodon.social]

@ljrk FWIW, Linux runs much better on my P14s than my MBA

[oldwoofian@beige.party]

@avrona @iFixit precisely!

[jtskywalker@mastodon.social]

@iFixit along with the option to buy new with Linux... Lenovo is killing it!

[ljrk@todon.eu]

@jcarax I had no issues with Asahi and soon-ish there'll be even USB-C DP mode and then I'm honestly fully satisfied ^^'

But it's mostly the hardware of the MBAs that's just crazy good

[tsyum@thepit.social]

@iFixit fwiw I’ve had a bad experience with Lenovo. My ($1300) pc will freeze unexpectedly, randomly. And especially if the logi receiver is unplugged. No answer from the company as to how that gets fixed. And Linux can’t be installed on this model

[jcarax@mastodon.social]

@ljrk It's better than a lot of laptops 15-20 years ago, in the dark days of compatibility. But DP alt and video decoding are pretty big shortcomings still. I do like it as a highly portable, passively cooled machine, but we'll hopefully see Snapdragon Elite support mature, and passive machines offered with that. The waiting game for new Macbooks to get hacked together support isn't great.

[ljrk@todon.eu]

@jcarax Oh totally, but QCom is also not really known for keeping up their promises and r/n every laptop of theirs was something of a letdown. The MBA is there already so I'm not in the market of buying new anyway.

[garyseven@mastodon.social]

@iFixit But does it run Linux without jumping through HP-style hoops?

[_p_i_e_@mastodon.social]

@iFixit amazing!

[bicebird@toot.wales]

@iFixit Pretty nice given my last 5 laptops have been used thinkpads
Be nice if this found it's way in some form to the ultraportables like my current x12 detachable, would happily cope with a few extra mm of thickness to be able to upgrade ram

[sassinake@mastodon.social]

@iFixit

too bad about the ai parasite.

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@iFixit except #Lenovo fucked up the #UltraNav so hard that it's useless..

• And that was the only reason to buy them over say a @frameworkcomputer, and that sucks.

• As for #repairability, Every #ThinkPad I've seen is a #downgrade to my #X230tablet (even the #Framework is!) and I've yet to find any good laptop that isn't garbage!

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@iFixit

Add extra praises of: Lenovo sells its laptops pre-installed with Linux, at a cheaper price....

AND Lenovo's phone division, Motorola, partnered with privacy OS, GrapheneOS [ https://grapheneos.org/ ] to produce phones without Google.

Android is linux with spyware and handcuffs and a trillion links to controlling boss google.

Lenovo must be praised for trying to move away from enshittification. Cracks for freedom.

#linux #lenovo #grapheneos #google #android

[parabenaparaten@mast.lat]

@truls46

Yep, but that is super old, like since at least 10/15 years ?

But super recently, I saw a linux news about Lenovo ditching Windows on laptops

I will have to check my history, I'll pinpoint at it if I found again the piece of news in question

[ifixit@mastodon.social]

@jtskywalker We're impressed for sure!

[ifixit@mastodon.social]

@kevinrns Definitely a big step in the right direction.

[ianrogers@mstdn.social]

@iFixit nice rip-off of the black power fist for the campaign branding, lol

[kevinrns@mstdn.social]

@iFixit

Several even.