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    511 hours ago

    Asking out of curiosity, what makes these better than other consumer based ones with fwupdmgr support?

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      58 hours ago

      From my experience with a modern Thinkpad (A485); nothing if not outright inferior. The trackpoints on them are pretty terrible compared to classic IBM-era thinkpads (10-20hz polling rate, abysmal velocity curve). The physical durability of the machine might be above-average for business laptops, but the chance of the hardware failing in some major way within warranty seems to be quite high (among other replacement parts, I had 4-5 mainboard replacements done under warranty). The cooling solution on the Thinkpad I used to use was also a fair bit inadequate, and would lead to severe thermal throttling of the mid-range APU. Honestly between the reliability and torturous process to even buy a new Thinkpad from Lenovo, I just wouldn’t bother.

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        58 hours ago

        modern ones have 10-20hz polling rate on trackpoints? that’s actually atrocious wtf

        I only have experience with 10yo+ models and I think I’m glad lmao