Laptop Woes 💻

I've gone through a lot of laptops recently. These are my thoughs on them.

Thinkpad x250

Lasted me 6 years thorough 3 years of BSc computer science & MSc data science
Only had to open it once to add a 1Tb hard drive
Put various linux distros on and never had any hardware problems with any of it
Never really felt the need to replace it. The only issue was it couldn't comfortably support multiple screens or run gamecube emulation.

First attempt at replacing the thinkpad
Amazing screen. Loved the 16:10 & 120Hz and colours were great
Amazing speakers. Best bass I've ever heard in a laptop
Thought I'd try going back to windows. I couldn't last. Windows 11 really, really sucks.
Tried putting linux on it, but there's not great support, and had some issues with the multi gpu setup.
Sold after ~2 months

Enticed me with the first class linux support.
Liked the whole modular repairable deal
3:2 screen was nice, but not as good as the 16:10. Also 60Hz which is a big downgrade when you get used to 120
Ended having MASSIVE issues
- burnt with the fingerprint reader due to an electrical short
- this short fucked up the trackpad and the mainboard sound card
- got a free replacement mainboard
- sound still didn't work due the speakers being killed from the original short
- after speakers were replaced, worked fine for ~1 month and then suddenly refused to charge
- had to replace the mainboard AGAIN
After this, my dad took it off my hands. I've got a full time job and I don't have the time to spend messing around getting a laptop to work that shouldn't have these issues

Looked perfect so I bought it: 16:10 120Hz screen, AMD cpu, linux fully supported, usb c charging.
Been using it for ~5 months now. Very happy with it
Great screen, ok speakers, no problems with linux compatibility
Only gripe is the screws for the bottom plate are poor quality, so I stripped on trying to get the plate off for the second time.