https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20201218

anyone moved from Macbook Pro to Thinkpad + Ubuntu? I’m considering the T490

@borkdude I've been really happy using an X250 and X270 with Ubuntu. If the Thinkpad model is super new you might want to check that it's compatible with the version of Ubuntu you want to use.

XPS15 + Pop OS rather than Thinkpad + Ubuntu, but I don't miss paying £1000 extra for my laptop

PopOS any good?

Yes, seems very nice. It's basically Ubuntu but nicer IMO

well googling for popos at least gives interesting results

I am really curious about the next pixelbook personally

I have a lot of good thing about the previous model and a 3:2 screen is appealing

it seems pixelbook will only support up to max 16GB RAM, I need more

current version yes, next one no one knows yet

check xps (developer edition)

but thinkpad will be the best option

I’m wondering about the battery time of the T490 if you take the WQHD display

did u check some reviews?

yes, some guy on Reddit only had 2.5 hours but some Youtube reviews say 7 hours while surfing the web

: /

so it seems experiences vary. when I run a lot of GraalVM compilations on my Mac it’s also empty before I know it, so I guess it really depends

yea

The T480 allows for two batteries and hot swapping them. Can get that with 32 gb

t480 weighs a bit more (1.58 vs 1.46), I really like a light laptop with still good performance. typical usage for me is working 2 or 3 hours at a coffee place, then charge at home. so I guess it’s ok

also you can connect a USB-C powerbank (not sure how well that works)

I use a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Extreme. Works wonderfully with Arch Linux (and by extension, JVM/Clojure)

@dharrigan I can find the Thinkpad X1 Extreme and the Thinkpad X1 Carbon, but they are not the same I guess?

No, the X1 Carbon you can't upgrade once you've bought it. X1 Carbon Extreme, you can swap out the memory, ssd

X1 Carbon, they're solidered in.

I bought basic X1 Carbon Extreme, then added my own SODIMMS and and extra NVMe drive, at a vastly cheaper price 🙂

so my x1 carbon extreme has 64gb ram and 2 NVMes

(one of which runs zfs - ftw :))

@dharrigan cool. do you have a link to the lenovo site for that model? can’t find it even using their search…

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/ThinkPad-X1-Extreme/p/22TP2TXX1E1

(I'm in the UK, so if you are in the UK just google lenovo x1 carbon exteme uk)

that says X1 Extreme, but no Carbon, that’s what I meant earlier 🙂

how’s the battery with that model?

ah you're right, sorry, no carbon on the extreme, same chassis however 🙂

Battery lasts well. You can use thinkfan on Arch (and other distros) to manage

but I'm rarely away from a power socket 😉

Hi there, I wanted to share my experience contributing to nREPL since it’s the first major lib I’ve contributed to and with relatively low amount of Clojure experience. I had drafted an article here [Edit: http://e69e7464.ngrok.io/blog/contributing-to-nrepl.html] but wanted some feedback. Does it feel worth the read or is it contemptuous narcissism?

Your localhost is different than our localhost 🙂

unless you are offering accounts on your system to readers

Ack! I meant this URL http://e69e7464.ngrok.io/blog/contributing-to-nrepl.html