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Great quality keyboard

Large keys with less gaps and low backlight bleed

Overall good quality

Compatible with Linux

Thunderbolt charging capabilities

Great performance with solid state drive

Ruggedness, keyboard, fingerprint scan, and dual batteries

Linux-ready and can be configured with Linux or installed with it

Light weight and beautiful design

Easy to repair with accessible parts

Not budget friendly

May have issues with difficult monitor set ups

Not suitable for those who prefer Thinkpad or Spectre keyboards

Not the best battery life

Motherboard can die after just over one year

Keyboard can be loose

Verdict

The Dell XPS 13 is a premium laptop that can be configured with a touchscreen. It has a good quality keyboard and large keys with less gaps, and low backlight bleed. It also has an overall good quality, though it may have some issues with difficult monitor set ups. It is compatible with Linux and comes with Thunderbolt charging capabilities. However, it is on the expensive side.

Verdict

The Lenovo ThinkPad T480 is a popular choice for business laptops, with many users praising its solid state drive for its fast performance and its ability to be upgraded with additional memory. It is also praised for its ruggedness, keyboard, fingerprint scan, and dual batteries. It is also Linux-ready and can be configured with Linux or installed with it. It is also praised for its light weight and beautiful design. However, some users have reported that the keyboard is loose and that the motherboard died after just over one year.

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Battery Life

So lightweight!

The battery life is very short (4ish hours) and it takes a long time to charge (about 1 1/2 hours). The brick on the cord gets very hot as it charges as does the bottom of the laptop. Otherwise it runs cool. I really like that there is no separate place to plug in the charger

5/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

Battery life of atleast 7 hours while running applications would be great. Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. I was first looking into Thinkpad T480 and other models as I have had thinkpad for the last six years. But a friend of mine suggested brands such as MSI and Gigabyte and now I am not quite sure what to look for

Neutral

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/SuggestALaptop

Performance

BEWARE!!!! Paid full price for a new one and received a used one!!!

Laptop seems to be working "ok" as of now besides the WiFi issues everyone has been having and apps like Netflix and Hulu not properly working. Another thing that is concerning is the packaging. I'm pretty sure I was sent a used product considering it came in a cheap cardboard box and not in it's original XPS box/packaging. Also the laptop itself was not even wrapped in any kind of plastic or padding or anything and I am at a military base in Iraq

2/5

3 years ago

amazon.com

On my ThinkPad T480 with Intel UHD 620, I struggle to run many not-too-demanding games like Valorant and CS:GO at a smooth 60 fps without turning my graphics settings all the way down, and more demanding games like Fortnite (don't judge) straight up crash. I've looked through ThinkPad lineups, and some ThinkPads that I have found with dedicated graphics, like the X1 Extreme and the P1, have great performance but at the major cost of battery life, which is quite important to me.

Negative

3 years ago

reddit.com/r/thinkpad

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