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by narutouzumaki 3534 days ago
... that's because of the cheap second hand thinkpad, which is a marvelous piece of engineering, and probably the best the Windows/Non-Mac world has to offer in competition to Macbooks.

Even though there have been some questionable redesign approaches and a slight (perceived) slump in QC in recent years, Thinkpads IMO are still THE best machinery out there to just get stuff DONE.

They are reliable, full Linux compatibility, easy to service and have the best non mechanical / Notebook keyboard out there.

Tbh the only thing I envy the Macs for are their brilliant screens. But we have red nipples on our keyboards, so yeah...