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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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[โ€“] const_void@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We have nothing but problems with the ThinkPads issued by my IT department. Multiple models. They're not what they used to be.

[โ€“] nayminlwin@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Same here, both E Series and L Series.

[โ€“] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Those are the shit ones. Only T, X, W are the proper ones.

[โ€“] const_void@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

The problematic models we have are all T series.

[โ€“] ___@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Newer ones flex a lot more.