My lappy has bitten the dust, and I’m in the market for a laptop. I’m thinking about going Thinkpad.

I only plan on this being for web browsing, text editing, coding, etc. Any gaming is done on my desktop.

What would be a good Thinkpad model? I do t mind getting an older/refurbished one. Haven’t been on the laptop market in nearly 8 years, so I don’t know what to look for anymore

  • thecrotch
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    9 months ago

    Thinkpads are locked down, the bios will refuse to boot if you install a non-Lenovo wifi card.

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      9 months ago

      This is a prime example of why we should be supporting manufacturers that ship open source firmware like coreboot and not the proprietary junk Lenovo ships.

    • sping@lemmy.sdf.org
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      9 months ago

      None I’ve ever used have been. I have a card I dropped in working right now on a 2 yr old Thinkpad.