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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] 2 points 8 months ago

Thinkpad W541

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The Lenovo E series ticks all those boxes. I use one for work and it’s good for an x64 laptop. Just hate how long it takes to come out of sleep. Nothing really beats a Mac there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm a thinkpad person. Best keyboard. Very repairable. Never ran into issues installing Linux.

But they aren't usually the kind of laptops people like. For them I suggest the Dell XPS line. Mostly for the build quality.

A lot of laptops are mostly plastic and will flex just from typing. The XPS is made from machined alumninum and is just generally a better user experience.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

This guy is incorrect. They put the Home and End keys on Function keys.

I will find the people who were directly responsible for this and I will end their line.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Vaio still exists

It's just its own brand now

The HP elitebooks might be nice for you

[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lenovo Thinkpad t14’s. The x-series are ok, but definitely not anything outside of the thinkpad sub-brand.

Dell latitude used to be the work sub-brand and probably still is.

Hp has a work sub-brand but I don’t know what it is.

Also ran contenders include MS Surface and MacBook.

Anyone else recommending anything else are out of the loop.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I love my t14s, but it doesn't have a rj45.

E14 would tick that box. Not as fancy as t series when it comes to materials and whatnot, but pretty damn solid machine still

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You’re expected to use a dock or usb nic with a laptop. Usb is a better design for regularly unplugged.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

OP lists it as hard requirement for his choice

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