I've spent a lot of time thinking about this lately. My next machine will be a Purism Librem, I think. But I've been a life-long fan of ThinkPads. I currently have a W550s, an X250, and an X1 Carbon. Cannot recommend enough.
> The main reasons for replacing the X220 tablet: > > 1. weight - I'd like to get something under 1.5kg, the lower the better > and there are plenty of models between 1.0 and 1.2kg these days. > > 2. screen resolution - the 768 pixel screen height is troublesome for > some applications X270 will solve this nicely. So will the X1 Carbon. I have two machines with "HiDPI" (the W and the X1 Carbon) and it's very well supported by both GNOME and KDE. > 3. battery - it is not like new any more The X270 has a replaceable second battery, so you can carry around as many as you need. > Looking around, though, if I choose a current model laptop (Lenovo or > otherwise) it appears there is something of a minefield: > > - am I going to run into Secure Boot issues? I've met other people at > events recently who had new laptops and were struggling to get into the > BIOS and disable Secure Boot. I haven't had any issues with this. > - Windows included - can anybody give any tips on how to buy without > paying the Windows tax? > > - dongles - many of them favor dongles/expansion ports these days, some > of these dongles only work with the PSU, will the total weight with PSU > and dongle really be less than my current laptop? The X1 Carbon comes with an ethernet dongle, and that's annoying. > Are there any specific models that anybody would recommend in the > ultraportable form-factor (e.g. under i7, 16GB or more, 1.5kg, 12.5" - > 14", suitable for use on small spaces such as on trains and airplanes)? If I wasn't nearly certain my next machine would be a Librem, I'd be getting an X270. > Has anybody tried the 2017 models of the X1 Carbon or X270 with any > Linux distribution? I have more than one colleague with X1 Carbon from 2017 (on is an X1 Yoga), and one with an X270. Both claim that support is great. I don't know which distributions they run, but I suspect Ubuntu. Good luck! -Steven > Regards, > > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
