Looking for laptop recommendations
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I second this.
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Minisforum V3
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Beside fingerprint not working, you can't go wrong with any simi-old and modern Lenovo laptops
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I am surprised that Thinkpad isn't the top recommendation. It is pricey, but built to last even after multiple hardware upgradations.
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I've had a good time with my Thinkpad E16 Gen 1 over the past few months (definitely lower spec than your machine - pretty much all of them have only an iGPU). A lot of them are still upgradable - I upgraded mine from 8GB of RAM to 24GB, and the thing had dual drive bays, so I just left the stock 256GB Windows drive and put in a 2TB alongside it for Linux stuff.
As long as you have a recent kernel, hardware support is decent, so long as you avoid the models with Realtek (my E16 does have Realtek, but I managed to smooth out issues).
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Another vote for Framework from me. I was one of the early pre-orders of the 16 with the eGPU and, while it took a couple cycles to iron out early adopter issues in the first few months, everything has since been solid. I started out with Ubuntu 22.04, then 24.04 and now Fedora 41 and am happy with my purchase and looking forward to an upgradable future.
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Don't sleep on switching to nvme.
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I fifth it. I want a framework.
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I thirden this
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I agree, however if the price is making your nervous try a Factory Seconds Framework. We noticed no issues with on our end and it’s cheaper.
Sure you get a 11th gen Intel, but the performance is still good enough for indi games and more than enough for surfing the web
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And since it's modular you can always upgrade!
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I am looking into the slimbook creative one. Maybe those guys have a laptop that suits you
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I just got a new MacBook pro. I last bought a laptop at the beginning of 2017, a MacBook pro then too. 8 years per lap top.
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Long story short, look at system76 and tixedo computers. I used to use s76 bit now I use tux, couldn't be happier. (I come from a long era of thinkpads....)
