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1. kiwija+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-06-06 23:25:44
I've managed to tick all your boxes on not one but two Lenovo ThinkPads. Ironically I've had trouble with suspend on my previous work Mac laptop running macOS. Also issues with WiFi on the same Mac laptop not present on other devices. Every single hardware failure within warranty I've had on both personal and work laptops have been Apple - LCD, battery, mainboard, dvd drive, just to name a few. Yet all the others I've owned have done their three year duty without fail. Very much a case of YMMV.
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2. hedora+Qd2[view] [source] 2023-06-07 16:25:32
>>kiwija+(OP)
The end of the intel mac laptop line models were the worst laptops I've ever used. My last one went through 2 screens, the battery swelled, it couldn't charge fast enough to stay on while plugged in (and the CPU ran at 10% perf while charging, but only if plugged in on the left side).

Also, at any given time 6 of the keyboard buttons stuck, and the touchbar constantly phantom pressed the siri button when I pressed backspace. It got under 90 minutes of battery when brand new. It reliably kernel panicked on resume 1-2 times a week. It was also loud and hot.

Maybe I should give lenovo another try.

They completely screwed me over on a warranty repair right after the IBM acquisition. When I got the laptop back after over a month, it was diagnosed "no fault detected" and had a new symptom: it leaked high voltage from the backlight transformer into to the case during boot shocking the heck out of me!!!

Also, when I look at their web page, I always have the problem that they offer too many sub-configurations, and there isn't a button that says: "just give me the one that definitely runs Linux with the taint bit turned off, and only contains components that have had stable OSS drivers for over a year, and whose BOM hasn't changed for at least 12 months".

Ironically, Apple's web page is pretty close to having a de facto button like that.

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