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Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

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224 points cspags | 3 comments | 01 Dec 25 01:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.565s | source
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doublextremevil ◴[07 Dec 25 00:19 UTC] No.46177977[source]▶
the whole pc laptop industry really is an embarrassment right now. It has been 5 years since the M1 Macbook release, and there is no real equivalent. I'm on a thinkpad x9, which might be the closest I've seen, but the cpu performance just isn't as good.
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1. no_wizard ◴[07 Dec 25 00:51 UTC] No.46178203[source]▶
It has always been an embarrassment.

Vizio made a good laptop once and then they just existed the computer industry. They had a vision of high quality approachable laptops, desktops and pro platforms and their first gen was a good attempt, but they just didn’t follow on.

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2. s0rce ◴[07 Dec 25 01:55 UTC] No.46178503[source]▶
I think it was fine 20 odd years ago. I had a Thinkpad T41p in 2004 and it was a great laptop. Even my Sony Vaio Z was nice in 2008 compared to the competition (although it had serious issues with the screen flexibility causing it to fail multiple times).

Since 2012 I've had 3 Macs, a 2012 Air, a 2020 M1 (this was a massive upgrade and the nicest laptop I ever used, even compared to my relatively new work thinkpad). I just cracked the screen on my M1 so bought a discounted M4 air on black friday. I can't tell the difference other than I like having magsafe back and only miss the touch bar slightly.

3. dafelst ◴[07 Dec 25 02:30 UTC] No.46178658[source]▶
Yes! I had a Vizio laptop (the thin one ala a macbook air) and it was absolutely fantastic, probably the best PC laptop I have ever had. It was lightweight, powerful, had a good screen (for the time) plus some things that few other laptops had at the time, like a TPM.