-
20 votes
-
Google acquires Neverware, a company that turns old PCs into Chromebooks
13 votes -
Apple MacBook iFixit teardowns: something old, something new
13 votes -
Suggestions for no-display laptop
This is more specific than ~talk would normally have , but tildes doesn't have anything for shopping yet, so... I'm using my laptop right now, but I've found that for a lot of the stuff on my...
This is more specific than ~talk would normally have
, but tildes doesn't have anything for shopping yet, so...I'm using my laptop right now, but I've found that for a lot of the stuff on my computer,
I don't really need a screen. I like using the terminal, and can get a lot done just typing:
no mouse or display. I think this would be great, as I already do a lot of my casual writing
and note taking my eyes closed, leaning back in a chair.What's the best machine that meets these qualifications? Basically, I just need a way to read memory
out to another drive. Battery would be a must as well.Thanks
12 votes -
M1 MacBook Pro and Air review: Apple delivers
14 votes -
The old way of handing out corporate hardware doesn’t work anymore
9 votes -
Introducing the next generation of Mac - A new MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini powered by M1, Apple’s chip designed specifically for the Mac
31 votes -
How to switch an old Windows laptop to Linux
19 votes -
Apple announces ‘One More Thing’ event for November 10th
16 votes -
Microsoft announces new Surface Laptop Go and Surface Pro X
I couldn’t find a good roundup that covered both of these and didn’t want to add clutter to the front page with two posts. From The Verge: Microsoft’s new $549 Surface Laptop Go aims to compete...
I couldn’t find a good roundup that covered both of these and didn’t want to add clutter to the front page with two posts.
From The Verge:
-
Microsoft’s new $549 Surface Laptop Go aims to compete with Chromebooks
-
Microsoft’s updated Surface Pro X has a faster processor and new platinum color option
The Surface Pro X seems like just a spec bump, so there isn’t too much interesting there. But the Surface Laptop Go is interesting. The base model is absolute garbage (4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of EMMC storage) but the other models are somewhat decent.
The overall design of the Surface products is really striking. I honestly think they look much more modern and clean than Apple’s laptops. I also really love that they are offering colors. I wish Apple would offer more colors than just gray, silver and pink/gold on their laptops.
9 votes -
-
Lenovo goes all in with the Linux desktop with over two dozen Ubuntu Linux powered PCs and laptops
20 votes -
ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Fedora preloaded available for purchase
22 votes -
4K screen on 15" laptop - worth it?
Pricing up my next Thinkpad (I'm a lifer for Thinkpads I think now) and I keep hovering over the 4K screen option. I'm looking at a 15.6" screen. The FHD 14" screen I currently have is lovely and...
Pricing up my next Thinkpad (I'm a lifer for Thinkpads I think now) and I keep hovering over the 4K screen option. I'm looking at a 15.6" screen. The FHD 14" screen I currently have is lovely and sharp with a decent colour gamut, and I don't think I can see pixels, even now when the machine is literally on my lap. I'd guess the screen is maybe 35cm from my eyes at the moment.
I don't really game, I do edit photos, video (HD, not 4K) and do a little 3D work with Blender/FreeCAD/etc. I usually run Debian/Gnome, occasionally dropping into Windows because my 3D printer's preferred slicing software is Windows only (grrrr).
The other bonus to 4K is HDR400 and twice as many nits of brightness but again, I'm not sure that's worth an extra £250. I'd probably turn the brightness down anyway. The HDR is potentially interesting but as I don't watch TV/movies on this machine and my camera doesn't output HDR, that's likely not very useful despite sounding good. I could buy quite a lot more compute power and ram with that money instead..
I would go and look at one in person but I have no idea where the nearest 4K Thinkpad is, in person, and even if I did, I don't really want to go into shops right now.
Any thoughts, experiences, advice, etc would be much appreciated.
9 votes -
Seven years later, I bought a new Macbook. For the first time, I don't love it
26 votes -
MacBook Pro 13-inch (2020) first look from Dieter Bohn at The Verge
6 votes -
Microsoft launches Surface Book 3
6 votes -
The saga of Apple’s bad butterfly MacBook keyboards is finally over
13 votes -
Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, double the storage, and faster performance
15 votes -
Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improve battery health—battery will charge to 80% by default
9 votes -
Google has made significant progress toward developing its own processor to power future versions of its Pixel phones and Chromebooks
11 votes -
Report from Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to launch several Macs with Arm-based processors in 2021, USB4 support coming to Macs in 2022
5 votes -
John Gruber reviews the new 2020 MacBook Air
5 votes -
Apple announces new MacBook Air and iPad Pro
I figured one thread for all of Apple's new product announcements would be enough. The new MacBook Air with the same redesigned keyboard as the 16-inch model and newer processors. I'm glad to see...
I figured one thread for all of Apple's new product announcements would be enough.
The new MacBook Air with the same redesigned keyboard as the 16-inch model and newer processors. I'm glad to see that they're bringing the keyboard to the rest of the lineup so quickly (I'm writing this on a 2017 MacBook Pro and this keyboard is not pleasant even after two and a half years of adjustment).
The new iPad Pro is where things get interesting. Same design as the previous iPad Pros, but now with an ultra wide camera and a LIDAR sensor.
The iPad Pro also has a new keyboard and trackpad accessory that looks interesting. It has an adjustable hinge that can hold the iPad at any angle, which is one of my biggest complaints with the current keyboard case. I'm interested to see how well it works in a lap when hands on videos start coming out.
I'm excited that Apple is bringing official pointing support to iOS (beyond the basic accessibility feature in iOS 13). This could be a game changer. I'm also excited that it's coming to iOS 13.4 (and all iPads that can run it) and they aren't waiting until iOS 14 to roll out the feature. I've wanted Apple to start rolling out features on an ongoing basis (like Google is doing with the Pixel Feature Drops) rather than as one big drop every fall.
14 votes -
Walmart's $250 laptop review
14 votes -
New ThinkPads with Ryzen 4000 announced
13 votes -
The laptop market is in an atrocious state
27 votes -
What I want to see from 2020 ThinkPads
18 votes -
MNT Reform open source, modular laptop crowdfunding campaign launches in February
9 votes -
Laptop review of Acer A315-42
So I bought this laptop mainly for web browsing, document editing, note taking and programming with perhaps light gaming although that's not something I've tried yet. So, really just for school...
So I bought this laptop mainly for web browsing, document editing, note taking and programming with perhaps light gaming although that's not something I've tried yet. So, really just for school work.
Specifications
Laptop Model : Acer Aspire 3 A315-42
Laptop screen : 1080p IPS (with matte finish?)
CPU : R5 3500U
RAM : 8GB DDR4 (6GB available because of iGPU)
Storage : 256GB SSD NVMe
Wireless : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377
Wired : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 (According to lspci)
2x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, 1x HDMI port, Audio jack, 1x RJ45 Ethernet port
Battery : 36.7WhLinux compatibility
Everything worked out of the box, gotta modify TLP to not kill the touchpad and webcam. The touchpad seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to being detected, It seems to be a kernel bug, unsure what I'll do about it concretely but rebooting a couple of times makes it work. Nothing to install thanks to AMD's open source mesa drivers. Might need a kernel higher than 5.3 because of general Ryzen 3000 issues but I've not tried, it was already higher than that.
Operating system tested
Basically never touched Windows, directly installed Fedora 31 Silverblue.
My Silverblue configuration is :
● ostree://fedora:fedora/31/x86_64/silverblue Version: 31.20191213.0 (2019-12-13T00:42:11Z) BaseCommit: a5829371191d0a3e26d3cced9f075525d2ea73679bd255865fcf320bd2dca22a GPGSignature: Valid signature by 7D22D5867F2A4236474BF7B850CB390B3C3359C4 RemovedBasePackages: gnome-terminal-nautilus gnome-terminal 3.34.2-1.fc31 LayeredPackages: camorama cheese eog fedora-workstation-repositories gedit gnome-calendar gnome-font-viewer gnome-tweaks hw-probe libratbag-ratbagd lm_sensors nano neofetch powertop radeontop sysprof systemd-swap tilix tlp
Kernel : 5.3.15
Gnome : 3.34.1Body and Looks
The screen back has metal, I believe it feels quite sturdy. The rest is reasonable feeling plastic. The material used just loves to imprint grease / fingers which kinda sucks - the keys being the exception thankfully. There was also stickers on the inside which well, are somewhat standard but I thought they were pretty obnoxious so I removed them.
Typing experience
It's nothing amazing but it's good enough. I'm not really knowledgeable on keyboards so that's as much as I can say on it, really.
Performance
Everything feels quite snappy but I don't game at all on this machine so I'm not pushing it too much other than while I'm compiling or doing other things. The temperature does go up to 75°C and the fans get a little loud but it's not that bad. It's mostly the bottom getting hot so it's not something you notice too much while typing. It also cold boots quite fast, in about 10-20seconds I want to say but I've not benchmarked that. It's my first computer with an SSD so there's that.
Battery life
I get about 5hours with tlp installed doing web browsing, some programming occasionally, listening to music on the speakers and chatting. Personally I was kind of expecting more from this considering it's an APU but it seems to be what other people are getting on similar setups so It'll do.
Conclusion
Overall, I'm pretty happy with this laptop considering how I bought it for 575$ on sale. I made this review mostly because I wasn't finding much information about this laptop on Linux and well, I don't know, I guess I felt like it. If you have any questions, ask up!
11 votes -
MacBook Pro 16" 2019 teardown
8 votes -
MacBook Pro 16”
18 votes -
Microsoft announces new Surface lineup, including two new dual-screen devices, one of which is an Android phone
25 votes -
What's a cheap laptop that works well with Linux and is available wordwide?
Because I'm in Brazil, highly specific brands that do not ship to my country are out of the question, and even the ones that ship usually cost more than I can pay due to currency exchange rate and...
Because I'm in Brazil, highly specific brands that do not ship to my country are out of the question, and even the ones that ship usually cost more than I can pay due to currency exchange rate and shipping costs themselves. What are some universal brands and models that I can probably find on my location, that won't give me much trouble running Linux?
I don't require playing games or top performance (
4GB8GB RAM, a nice/vibrant screeen and an i5 processor would be the minimum requirement. SSD would be nice, but for my budget it's a plus. Just something that is durable (with a good guarantee) and works reliably under Linux, especially when it comes to HDMI output, video graphics adapter support, booting from USB, hibernating, sleeping, power management etc.Thanks!
11 votes -
What's your dream laptop for running *nix?
What's your dream laptop for running *nix? I'm currently using a Lenovo Thinkpad T410s, and it's getting ready to die. I think it's a great machine, but every computer eventually dies. It runs...
What's your dream laptop for running *nix?
I'm currently using a Lenovo Thinkpad T410s, and it's getting ready to die. I think it's a great machine, but every computer eventually dies. It runs Debian 8 (Jessie), but it can't handle 9 (Stretch) without overheating. On top of that, I need to use the proprietary drivers! My computer got dropped on the floor today (not my fault!), and it got me thinking that maybe it's time to start shopping for a new laptop.
What are your ideas about what a good laptop for *nix OS's? Any recommendations? What should I look for? What should I avoid?
I love having a SSD HDD, and playing with different distros, but I'd like to avoid the headache I've had with the propitiatory Intel drivers. I like to have control of my hardware, but still use the latest software. If a Raspberry Pi or BeagleBone could match the performance of a laptop then I'd seriously consider using one.
26 votes -
Google and Dell team up to take on Microsoft with Chromebook Enterprise laptops
8 votes -
Asus announces ZenBook Pro Duo - Dual screen laptop
8 votes -
Preserving laptop stickers on MacBooks
10 votes -
Kuo: Apple will include new scissor switch keyboard in 2019 MacBook Air and 2020 MacBook Pro
10 votes -
Lightest, cheapest laptop out there with best battery life
My laptop is showing sings of death, and I know I will need a new one soon. Also, I am planning to get a tablet and ditch my smartphone, and to stop using the laptop for browsing content: I'll do...
My laptop is showing sings of death, and I know I will need a new one soon. Also, I am planning to get a tablet and ditch my smartphone, and to stop using the laptop for browsing content: I'll do most of that to the phone/tablet, and use the laptop as an authoring tool: writing and coding.
So I am looking for a laptop that is cheap, light, and can keep running for at least 3-5hrs under mild Debian+Emacs load. Ideally around 11"-13".
20 votes -
Voluntary recall of a limited number of older generation 15-inch MacBook Pro units which contain a battery that may overheat and pose a fire safety risk
7 votes -
2019 Macbook Pro review by Dave Lee
17 votes -
MacBook Pro 15" Touch Bar 2019 Teardown - includes a detailed look at the changes to the keyboard
9 votes -
Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro
18 votes -
Microsoft removes Huawei laptop from store, remains silent on potential Windows ban
7 votes -
Lenovo unveils preview of the world’s first foldable PC in ThinkPad X1 family
10 votes -
Appl still hasn’t fixd its MacBook kyboad problm
23 votes -
Laptops to stay in bags as TSA brings new technology to airports
11 votes -
The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks
32 votes -
Does anyone here work in infosec? If so, which laptops are you allowed to use?
I’ve recently gotten to speak with a few folks who work at an enterprise security company. I asked what their security researchers set as company rules for allowed laptops. My one datapoint so far...
I’ve recently gotten to speak with a few folks who work at an enterprise security company. I asked what their security researchers set as company rules for allowed laptops. My one datapoint so far is “Dell or Apple.” So for example, no Thinkpad X1 Carbon, which is arguably the best work laptop.
I am curious what other large security companies (or any of you security minded folks) set as rules for trusted laptops. Can anyone share their lists and theories as to why I heard Dell and Apple? BIOS is more trustworthy?
10 votes -
Lenovo to pay $7.3m for installing adware in 750,000 laptops
21 votes