@simonzerafa I mean obviously #reuse / #UseLonger is better and if your options are "corporate surplus" or nothing then I'd never judge.

To me it's just that #ThinkPad as a brand has really died as every single Device is a #downgrade in #repairability & #upgradeability compared to my #X230Tablet:

• They have #SolderedDownRAM even on P-Series #Workstation machines, not just cheap cheap #Lenovo consoomer devices.

• Batteries ain't toolfree-swappable anymore!

• #WWAN modules are worse (i.e. #Fibocom #850GL aka. #Intel #XMM7360)

• #Linux support gets worse and neither Lenovo nor @ubuntu feel responsible on a "#Ubuntu-certified Workstation" (i.e. #P15v)

• Less & Worse #Docking options.

• Most machines don't offer Linux or to eveb to opt-out of #Govware noone should pay their overcharged premium for (in fact #Microsoft pays Lenovo $25 for every #Windows #preinstall so they don't ship Linux, they don't even pay the $10 for an #OEM-#UEFI-Key, much less the $135+ of a #SystemBuilder version they charge for!)

• ...

Personally, I wish I had €.€€€.€€€ so I could just develop the #NUCbook and be done with the #Enshittification of #Laptops / #Notebooks!

@tewha Yeah, #DPI and handling mixed-DPI / size setups is something neither #Xorg nor #Wayland nor #Apple's not Xorg system do very well if not at all...

• I had this issue years back on #UbuntuLTS wirh a #HiDPI (UHD @ 15,6") #ThinkPad #P15v and several medium-DPI 1080p Monitors...

@CppGuy @frameworkcomputer In terms if #avoid I'd sadly say #Lenovo (espechally outside the #ThinkPad line) and any cheap/craptastic no-name brand...

Tho personally, Lenovo, #Intel, #Fibocom and @ubuntu / #Canonical ruined my experience with the ThinkPad #P15v because despite being "#UbuntuCertified" the #WWAN module (an Intel #XMM7360 rebadged as Fibocom #850GL) didn't work and neither of the aformentioned parties felt responsible to fix it!

• And thanks to #PCIe - #AllowListing of #WWAN cards I couldn't just plop a known working M.2 card in there, but that applies also to #hp, #Dell and any other "Business Notebook"...

@lycanmatriarch yeah.

Had to deactivate the #Quadro P600 in a #ThinkPad #P15v because #nvidia's shitty drivers refuse to handle #MixedDPI gracefully but the #iGPU of the #Xeon 10855M does just run flawlessly and supports #Wayland out of the box...

@stdevel @JessiCum @ubuntu @bradlinder it is the #InconvenientTruth:

#Lenovo brings #Apple-Style #Enshittification like #soldered-down #RAM, #PlasticSnaps instead od Screws, #GluedInBatteries with #DRM instead of toolfree hot-swappable ones and worse #quality.

Seriously, I would've bought myself a fully-decked out #P15v if Lenovo didn't fecked it up with my work-issied machine.

I once really loved their devices and I'll keep to #UseLonger my #X230t...
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110905896594073677

@stdevel @bradlinder that is sadly not the truth anymore.

Despite being "#UbuntuCertified" absolute basics like the #WWAN module didn't wotk at all on a work issued #ThinkPad #P15v.
Neither them nor #Canonical nor #Fibocom (#850GL WWAN Card) nor #Intel (#XMM7360 is the chipset of said card) felt responsible to fix it.

Not gonna talk about #nvidia being shitty again on that occasion...

@whitekiba Klar - nur boten die jenes Produkt damit an...

Nicht dass ich nicht so oder so Support erwarte wenn Hardware als "Certified for #Ubuntu" gelistet ist...
@ubuntu

Hab' mich ja schon zur #Fibocom #850GL / #Intel #XMM7360 in nem #Thinkpad #P15v auf ausgekotzt und wie Weder Fibocom noch Intel noch Lenovo sich zuständig fühlten...

Und wegen Lenovo kann ich nicht einfach das WWAN-Modem durch was gescheites tauschen, weil Whitelisting der PCI-ID...