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AI computers aren’t selling because users don’t care (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That's not fair! I care! A lot!

Just had to buy a new laptop for new place of employment. It took real time, effort, and care, but I've finally found a recent laptop matching my hardware requirements and sense of aesthetics at a reasonable price, without that hideous copilot button :)

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which laptop did you buy if you don't mind sharing?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 8 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Decided on this:

Still had some issues under Linux / NixOS a couple of weeks ago (hardware-wise everything worked; but specific programs, esp. Librewolf, will randomly start eating CPU and battery out of nowhere, with what looks like noops. Haven't investigated further, yet.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 2 points 9 hours ago

wtf is going on with that touchpad - is it a tap calculator input?

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

sweet, glad to know it generally works with linux. this is available in my part of the world. been shopping around for a personal for-work laptop since my company is stingy. And I plan to move on anyways.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 13 hours ago

It generally works, yes, but I'd hold off for another month or two in the hopes of the issues being resolved in the kernel

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I really wanted to like that laptop but the screen is so incredibly glossy that unless you're in a totally dark room it becomes a mirror.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 13 hours ago

I think it's a matter of preference. Haven't noticed the screen being a mirror yet, but then again I feel like any even mildly matte screen looks like it's being viewed through a veil...

I am a bit worried/curious about how the oled will deal with my very static waybars though, lol

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

quite annoyed that the Snapdragon laptops are bootlocked cos they'd make great Linux boxes

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How are they bootlocked? Just need the right iso. I have done it, because I didn't know they came with Linux for this particular client and they put windows on it, had to get a specific iso to reinstall when they borked it.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

oh really? I thought MS had demanded boot locking for the ARM laptops.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not 100% sure, I just know I did it once. Let me see if I can get the iso I used for Linux.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 12 hours ago

yeah looks like I'm thankfully wrong!