*should FTFY
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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I found a 2010 MacBook in a recycle bin. I happened to have a spare charger at home.
I took it, installed Linux, and now I have 3 rescued laptops brought back to life with Linux.
3 more and I’m going to start hosting LAN parties (WAN parties, I guess)
More like "The absolutely first thing I'll do on this machine is install Linux on it"
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Bottom image: dude saying "I could play doom on that"
I have only been a Linux user for one year and I already want to install everywhere. The urge is real.
weird way to spell "run DOOM" but okay.
but can it run Crysis?
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Ur not gonna believe this but guess what I'm doin rn
10 hours later: still using the same distro?
Thinking about installing Linux?
Not just thinking, I'm doing it
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Asking out of curiosity, what makes these better than other consumer based ones with fwupdmgr support?
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.
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
it's the trackpoint that does it for me