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1. hedora+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-06-07 16:25:32
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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