[ltp] newer ThinkPads are crap (was: Re: Too many choices!)

[John Jason Jordan]

On Fri, 22 May 2020 16:01:49 +0530
Ujjwal Sharma <ryzokuken at disroot.org> dijo:

>I run Arch on the newest X1 Carbon (with a 10th gen i7 CPU) and don't
>really agree with you. This one sacrifices a little on the ability to
>be opened up and have each part swapped out, but is pretty lightweight
>and I don't think I'd use a Chromebook over this, ever.

I do a lot of writing and I also work a lot of video (movies), so I
need some serious power. Many years ago I bought my first Thinkpad, a
T61, which is sitting on the shelf and still runs. This past December I
bought a P73, and I love it. I copied the OS (Xubuntu 18.04) to the P73
and spent an hour fixing a few things that broke during the copy
process.

In my experience the P73 does not have any of the problems that others
have noted here - it has a real battery (not quite four hours), a
fairly normal keyboard, and mine also has a UHD display (3840x2160). It
boots in about seven seconds.