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What are "modern" Thinkpads like? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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By "modern" I mean every model made after the T480 and T580 (which is what I have!). The reason why I'm asking is because I'm thinking about buying a laptop for my younger brother for his birthday in a couple of months. The idea is that he'll use it for school work and browsing. He'll be entering high school soon so I want to buy him a laptop that last him a good while. I feel the newer models suit this criteria a bit better since I don't expect to tinker around with it though I do intend to introduce him to Linux with it.

From what I've observed is that the newer Thinkpads are still well regarded from a general consumer perspective but disregarded by enthusiasts. What do you guys think of the newer models?

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[–] glitching@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

T14 are a refresh from the T480; slightly more modern hardware and there are AMD versions. still durable, good build quality, more power efficient, and inexpensive as the market's flooded with corpos ditching their old devices and switching to Newest & Best.

expandable, repairable with cheap parts that are somewhat cross-model/generation compatible, you can't go wrong there. besides, it's always good to be couple gens behind for the best linux hardware compatibility.