[TriLUG] Looking for a good laptop for development

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

I love my 2015 X1 Carbon (3rd Gen), but I wouldn't buy it again for 1
reason:
Soldered-on RAM.

I only got 8GiB, which should be enough, but when you use browser tabs as a
"to-do" list like I do, RAM can get scarce.

The T-Series nowadays is *almost* as light and thin as the X1 Carbon, but
with upgrade-able RAM.

If you really love the Carbon, get it, but save yourself some money.  You
don't need an i7 processor.  You don't need a WQHD (or a 4K) screen.  The
stock SSD is plenty of space if you have a NAS or external storage, and the
m.2 SSD is upgrade-able even on the Carbon.

If you are a serious gamer and think you need an i7, then you really
shouldn't be buying a Thinkpad.
_________________________________
Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
fax:       (919) 932-5051
__________________________________
"Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from email."


On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 5:51 PM Dwain Sims via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I was in Costco this afternoon looking at the new Thinkpad X1 Carbon that
> they sell.  That is a sweet looking system.  I used one of the Carbon's
> (with the funky button bar even!) and I think it was the best overall
> laptop I have ever used.  The new X1 at Costco is ~1350.
>
> I am using a company issued Dell 5510, running OpenSUSE 42.3, and it is
> pretty decent as well, though I detest its trackpad.  Ugg! (Give me the Red
> Eraser on the Thinkpad anyday!)  So I plug in a real keyboard and mouse 98%
> of the time.  One thing nice about the Dell is that it has room for two
> storage devices; an M.2 SATA and a normal 2.5" SATA.  The 5520 has an NVMe
> M.2 in place of the M.2 SATA, as I understand.
>
> I think the only track pad I could ever stand was the one on the Macbook
> Pro that I used for a couple of years.
>
> Dwain
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