| From: William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | I decided against buying it. It doesn't have builtin ethernet port,
Current laptops rarely have Ethernet ports. Wireless is good enough for most purposes and ethernet sockets add thickness. You can always add a dongle (USB 3.x and Thunderbolt are plenty fast enough). Perhaps "workstation" (eg. ThinkPad P series) and "gaming" notebooks have them. Those are not optimizing for minimum weight and minimum size. | and power | port is not the square plug like other (older) ThinkPads. I think that's dead except on systems that require more than 100w. Not sure. | My company upgraded to ThinkPad P1 (64GB ram, 1TB ssd), and it's crap. First | laptop didn't recognize AC power plug, forcing me to charge via USB-C. Second | (current) laptop crashes everyday, especially during Zoom but not always. Oh well. So many ways that can happen. Try warranty support? | I'm looking to upgrade my desktop. Hopefully with a laptop, but another | desktop is okay too. I was going to buy the same laptop as work laptop, and | I'm glad I waited. I like the ThinkCentre M75q tiny at the moment. Not perfect by any means. I just bought one and will try to use it to replace my almost 10 year old conventional desktop. It all depends on what you value. I always think I want upgradability. So lets look at what I did upgrade in almost 10 years of my disktop. - more RAM (4 sockets!). M75q has 2 sockets (I've maxed it) - video card (PCIe sockets). M75q cannot be upgraded. - faster ethernet card (PCIe sockets): I never needed it. M75q cannot. But now I have a mild need: we got Bell FTTH with 1.5g down. I expect it doesn't matter. What do you imagine that you might expand? --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
