My lappy has bitten the dust, and I’m in the market for a laptop. I’m thinking about going Thinkpad.

I only plan on this being for web browsing, text editing, coding, etc. Any gaming is done on my desktop.

What would be a good Thinkpad model? I do t mind getting an older/refurbished one. Haven’t been on the laptop market in nearly 8 years, so I don’t know what to look for anymore

  • Darkrai@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    If you want to support Linux devs and continued development, I would buy from System76, Tuxedo Computers, or even Framework.

    If you’re going to buy used then yeah the Thinkpad is fine.

      • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        10 months ago

        They’re also significantly more expensive than ThinkPads and might be a bit much for what OP plans to do

        • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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          10 months ago

          But it’ll arrive with Linux and it’ll work. You also don’t have to spend a week googling wifi chips to see if they’ll work.

          • sping@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Just throw in a $20 Intel Wi-Fi card if necessary, and don’t buy the first models of the latest CPU, as with any manufacturer, and Thinkpads are some of the another for Linux.

              • sping@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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                10 months ago

                None I’ve ever used have been. I have a card I dropped in working right now on a 2 yr old Thinkpad.

        • Corgana@startrek.website
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          10 months ago

          I hear this a lot but in my experience the Framework is often in the same range and sometimes slightly cheaper. Right now a framework with i7-1360P and 16GB Ram is $1469. An X1 carbon with a (slightly slower) cpu is $400 more. Ryzen is similar. Not hating on Thinkpads but the Framework is a lot more competitive than you’ll often hear and the upgradeability is obviously a massive financial incentive too.

          • Corroded@leminal.spaceEnglish
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            10 months ago

            I think normally when people are referring to buying a ThinkPad they aren’t talking about a modern model. Usually not even the X1 Carbon series; especially past the 6th gen. They’re referring to models in the X,P, or T series before the T490. Models that can be bought relatively cheap and upgraded however the user wants.

            The T480 can be bought for around $200. The CPU is going to be a fair amount weaker but for $1,200 some people are willing to make the sacrifice for a casual personal use machine.