Re: What to 'upgrade' to from a ThinkPad T470?
David Christensen <[email protected]>
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On 5/25/26 06:03, Chris Green wrote: > My ThinkPad T470 is beginning to show its age I think. It's had a > replacement keyboard and a replacement screen in the last couple of > years and now (see other thread) one of its disk drives has failed. > > So I'm thinking about what I might replace it with. > > I've gone through quite a few ThinkPads, started with a couple of > X201s, a T430 then the T470. My wife now has an X13 which is quite > nice. > > My eyes are ageing so a slightly bigger screen might not go amiss, > I'll go for refurbished as usual (can't afford a new computer), > budget is probably in the £200 to £400 sort of area. > > So, what's good for Debian/Linux in the newer ThinkPad models? Are > T15/P15 OK, will Debian cope well with the Nvidia graphics on the P15 > series? ThinkPad P15v seem remerkably cheap compared with others, is > there some issue with them? > > Are there any other reliable laptops that work well with Debian (e.g. > Dell models)? I agree with other readers that replacing the failing second disk drive would be the simplest and lowest cost option. STFW "ThinkPad T470": https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t470/22tp2tt4700#tech_specs https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-t-series-laptops/thinkpad-t470/20hd/document-userguide That should be sufficient for a Debian daily driver. I am curious -- how did you install a second disk drive? Do you have a workload that requires more processor, memory, storage, graphics, whatever? Looking at eBay, there are many used ~17" laptops available within your price range, but only a few refurbished. At that size, it should be possible to find one that supports two or more drives. I own and recommend Dell computers. Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD work without significant issues. Lenovo seems to be another good choice. HP seems to have incompatibilities, even with Windows. I have little recent experience with other laptop manufacturers. David