One of their seven main points explaining why they stick with Lenovo laptops “for Linux” is the red tracking nib.
In my roughly decade of experience in IT, the only people who enjoy those are people who won’t ever use anything other than a Lenovo laptop in the first place.
I enjoy using the track point because being able to do simple mouse actions without leaving the home row is wonderful. If I need to use the mouse a lot/precisely I use a touch pad or an external mouse though.
I do sorta fit the "won't ever use anything other than a Lenovo laptop" bill, tried a chromebook for work and liked it for a few years until the pandemic meant I needed to use it all the time. So I switched to an X1 Carbon and it's solid. I miss the old thinkpad keyboards with real key travel.
The trackpoint is much faster to use than a mouse or a trackpad when you are used to it: your fingers will have much less movement overall and can stay on the keyboard all the time.
Great Linux support on the laptops thanks to Red Hat collaboration? I work for Red Hat and the t490s and t14s have had their fair share of compatibility issues. When released the t14s was freezing daily for many colleagues. The thunderbolt dock support is abysmal, our IT support is overwhelmed with request and random issues. My docking (hosting HDMI, one usb switch with mouse, keyboard, webcam and headset) has always worked perfectly on my t480s but acts up on the t14s up to the point IT told me they ran out of idea and just suggest an exchange.
I agree when the laptop gets to the second hand market, rough edges have been smoothened and Linux support is above competition. On release day? It's not perfect.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 29.5 ms ] threadIn my roughly decade of experience in IT, the only people who enjoy those are people who won’t ever use anything other than a Lenovo laptop in the first place.
Take this article with a grain of salt.
I do sorta fit the "won't ever use anything other than a Lenovo laptop" bill, tried a chromebook for work and liked it for a few years until the pandemic meant I needed to use it all the time. So I switched to an X1 Carbon and it's solid. I miss the old thinkpad keyboards with real key travel.
I agree when the laptop gets to the second hand market, rough edges have been smoothened and Linux support is above competition. On release day? It's not perfect.