On 5/25/26 06:03, Chris Green wrote:
My ThinkPad T470 is beginning to show its age I think. It's had a
replacement keyboard and a replacement screen in the last couple of
years and now (see other thread) one of its disk drives has failed.
So I'm thinking about what I might replace it with.
I've gone through quite a few ThinkPads, started with a couple of
X201s, a T430 then the T470. My wife now has an X13 which is quite
nice.
My eyes are ageing so a slightly bigger screen might not go amiss,
I'll go for refurbished as usual (can't afford a new computer),
budget is probably in the £200 to £400 sort of area.
So, what's good for Debian/Linux in the newer ThinkPad models? Are
T15/P15 OK, will Debian cope well with the Nvidia graphics on the P15
series? ThinkPad P15v seem remerkably cheap compared with others, is
there some issue with them?
Are there any other reliable laptops that work well with Debian (e.g.
Dell models)?
I agree with other readers that replacing the failing second disk drive
would be the simplest and lowest cost option.
STFW "ThinkPad T470":
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t470/22tp2tt4700#tech_specs
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t470/20hd/document-userguide
That should be sufficient for a Debian daily driver. I am curious --
how did you install a second disk drive?
Do you have a workload that requires more processor, memory, storage,
graphics, whatever?
Looking at eBay, there are many used ~17" laptops available within your
price range, but only a few refurbished. At that size, it should be
possible to find one that supports two or more drives. I own and
recommend Dell computers. Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD work without
significant issues. Lenovo seems to be another good choice. HP seems
to have incompatibilities, even with Windows. I have little recent
experience with other laptop manufacturers.
David
