laptop recommendations
I HATE buying new stuff. But I am absolutely dependent on a computer for my job, and my workhorse laptop is finally doing enough scary things that I really do need a new one.
My current laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad T480, and I really love it. I want basically this exact same laptop, but newer. I want all the ports, and no biometric or touchscreen. I'll be using Linux. Recs?
(I got totally overwhelmed browsing the way-too-many options - going to try crowd-sourcing!)
laptop recommendations
Wow, Framework laptops look awesome!! Thank you for the multiple recommendations, Fediverse! I'll look at this more tomorrow when I (hopefully?) recover from decision fatigue.
I assembled my new Framework laptop this morning! I was SUPER nervous about assembling a laptop, but they have great video and written instructions on their website, and it booted into bios with no issue! I'm really excited about having a laptop that is designed to be repairable, and I hope it lasts me for a LONG time
Turns out that the slowest part of this process is actually waiting for my rural internet to download the latest version of Ubuntu...
Thanks for the recommendations, fediverse.
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One of the coolest things about this laptop is how you buy a bunch of ports and you can extremely easily swap them out as needed.
I bought an ethernet port and it's ENORMOUS and hangs over the side of the laptop! Annoying! But I realized I only use ethernet on campus, so I can just leave it with the ethernet cable at my desk. Cool.
95% of the packaging is cardboard, which is delightful.
Weird: both my cats desperately want to lick the metal laptop case. Why?!
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Ubuntu *finally* downloaded, got it onto a bootable USB, and it's installing!
Now the not-so-fun process of figuring out what files to transfer over from my current workhorse laptop to my new fancy workhorse laptop.
Fortunately the weather outside is absolute shit (freezing rain and super windy), so it's an excellent day to stay inside and mess around with computers all afternoon!
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Posting from new laptop, with lots of files and stuff from my old laptop. Cool.
(Now time to venture out into the still-incredibly-shitty-weather to walk the dogs and feed the animals)
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I should really acknowledge that I'm extremely privileged to have a decent research computer grant that I needed to use, that was the whole reason I was able to afford this fancy-pants laptop. It continues to be great! I've gotten almost all the software I need installed on it, no major hiccups yet.
My old laptop still has some life left in it, and will get used by undergrad research students, and I hope this Framework one lasts me well over a decade.
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@sundogplanets Congrats! Another happy Framework (and Linux) user here!
