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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Called the number and there's a lady on the other end asking if I want a fun time? What do I say chat?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

She wants to meet up for business with think pads!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'm thinking of get myself a second hand ThinkPad to slap an Arch on it, but don't know if is better get it now or wait (how much?) for the windows 11 apocalypse and get a better one, possibly cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I'm fine... I only have three.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish I went with a new T14 AMD instead of a Framework.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Poor fit and finish, difficult-to-reproduce USB problems, no physical trackpad buttons, among others

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Interesting, thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

My brain on drugs: bad, probably

My brain on thinkpads: almost certainly an improvement

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The Problem starts at 4 right, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I hear a lot on here about people getting used laptops for linux, can anyone point me in a direction to look for something that can be generally functional

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Ebay. Get a reconditioned one with the specs you need.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I got my used laptop that now has linux on it from shopgoodwill.com I am in the US, so ymmv

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I only have one Thinkpad (so far) :3