Hi

I run proxmox and Ubuntu machines on my server , but have always used a windows laptop(which is work based).

The work laptop now is very restricted so I was thinking of getting a laptop with Linux.

There are a few ThinkPad X1 carbon gen 7 i7 on sale in Europe.

I was wondering would they work well for Linux.

I just be using it as a daily driver , battery life is prob main concern.

Thank

    • happyhippo
      41·
      1 year ago

      My experience is the complete opposite.

      I pre-ordered a 13 inch DIY Ryzen 7840u with 32 gigs and it cost me 1600€. I will spend another 50 on an SSD. Not sure you can get that kind of hardware for less, elsewhere.

      A similarly specced XPS for example is easily a couple hundred more.

      Edit: just checked again, at least Dell Italy only sells the 13 XPS with a 13th (or 12th) gen Intel. Fine, I don’t really mind it. But it sells for 2100€ (with 32GB, a 1TB drive and an OLED display). I guess that the OLED alone might be worth the price difference.

      The point tho is that even at the same price, I’d still take framework’s repairability any day.

      Funny thing is, I’m gonna replace my current XPS 13 with an 11th gen Intel just because the RAM is not upgradable and I’m stuck with 16gigs.

      I’m sick and tired of having to get rid of perfectly fine hardware just because it’s not upgradable.

      With framework I can spend another 100-150 down the road and bump my config’s 32 to 64.

      • alteropen@noc.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        @happyhippo @bankimu but if your not looking to spend 2000+ on a laptop then they don’t offer anything. and the price for their min spec is insane a ryzen 5 8gb or ram and 250gb of storage. no ports, pretty standard display for $1,300 is insane

        • bankimu@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 year ago

          You can instead, for instance, get a Dell latitude with 32GB i7, for less than $1000. It comes preinstalled with an inferior “OS” (rather sales, telemetry and data harvesting avenue), Windows 11 Pro. But it begs to be wiped and installed Fedora or Arch or some other useful OS, which is easily done.