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Laptop recommendations (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Low hanging fruit, but whatever. It is what it is.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (9 children)

buy any AMD laptop, replace the wifi card, install your favorite distro and it will run like magic.

You get a new, capable, and power-efficient device, while not bothering with damn old ThinkPads or giving insane amount of money to s76.

[–] Vuraniute 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

until it gets completely fucked due to a form-over-function cooling system and hits 101C (NBLK-WAX9X)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thermal pads might help.

[–] Vuraniute 4 points 3 months ago

...because HUAWEI doesn't ship their laptops with thermal paste, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Power governor on balanced and somehow I'm at like 60c. Power governor on battery saving and it's like 45c. Sometimes it cools passively. This is not sh1ntel.

[–] Vuraniute 1 points 3 months ago

my experience: power governor on balanced and somehow i'm at like 90c.

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