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Which vendor makes decent work laptops nowadays? (feddit.nl)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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12 Years ago I had a Sony Vaio. I quite liked it. Then in my next job, 2017 or so, I went for a Toshiba Portege, and absolutely loved it.

Guess what the above two have in common? Yup, they stopped making laptops for the professional market. So now I'm a bit at a loss. Any recommendations?

Requirements:

Lightweight and easy to carry around.
13-15" display, preferably
Decent battery life
It absolutely must have an RJ45
Works well with linux
Good keyboard quality
ISO keyboard availability
Touchpad. Bonus points if it has the touchpad buttons ABOVE the pad itself.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (19 children)

I've used Macbooks in networking / programming and construction environments for over fifteen years. They've been incredibly solid in my experience. In fact, the first week I was given a Thinkpad, I broke it because it was so much more fragile than a Mac. I always used USB adapters for Ethernet and serial connections without issue. They also run Windows and Linux.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They also run Windows

They no longer do (since the switch to ARM) - unless you count running under a VM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Right. I use Parallels.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Windows supports ARM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/overview

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know, but you can't install it directly on a MacBook - you have to use a VM like Parallels or UTM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, unless you need Solidworks or something else highly resource heavy and windows only, VMs work well with M chips. They’re surprisingly fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I've got an M1 MBA - it's fast for sure, but the issue isn't the processing power, it's the RAM. Basemodel MacBooks, like the one I've got, still come with only 8GB RAM which is barely enough for macOS alone, never mind running Windows on top.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

But nothing supports windows arm

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