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I need a portable laptop to:

  • have a lot of online quality video calls
  • type a lot during each meeting
  • have a ton of browser tabs open
  • have a few CPU-demanding apps running at the same time

I will use this laptop as my main PC.

I'm also considering:

  • T480s
  • Carbon X1 Gen 7-8
  • Dell 7490
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I daily a T480 with Debian for work, and I'd recommend it highly. Great performance, battery, build quality, look & feel, etc. We have some 7480s deployed and while they've been solid as well, I much prefer the thinkpad. T series will have better performance and battery than X series, also, so I'd take the T480 over the X1C.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

how is the build quality of the t480? I had a t580 for work, and that one crashed when you picked it up at thr wrong corner. and after a month over the warranty, it completely died

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I can't speak for all of them, but we've had a couple hundred deployed over the last several years with very few issues. Mine's been solid as a rock.

The usb-c docks, however, are a nightmare, though I gather that's fairly universal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do you need to use the usb-c docks?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just part of our standard office package, everyone gets a laptop, dock, and external monitors for their workspace.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Damn, you hiring?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I've ordered this ThinkPad T480 with:

  • Intel Core i7-8650U processor
  • 16GB DDR4 RAM
  • 512GB storage
  • 14" FHD IPS display
  • Integrated Intel UHD Graphics 620

When it arrives, before paying, what would you recommend to check within 10 minutes of receiving it?

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