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submitted 8 months ago by neidu2@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

12 Years ago I had a Sony Vaio. I quite liked it. Then in my next job, 2017 or so, I went for a Toshiba Portege, and absolutely loved it.

Guess what the above two have in common? Yup, they stopped making laptops for the professional market. So now I'm a bit at a loss. Any recommendations?

Requirements:

  • Lightweight and easy to carry around.
  • 13-15" display, preferably
  • Decent battery life
  • It absolutely must have an RJ45
  • Works well with linux
  • Good keyboard quality
  • ISO keyboard availability
  • Touchpad. Bonus points if it has the touchpad buttons ABOVE the pad itself.
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[-] Kissaki@feddit.de -4 points 8 months ago
[-] B0rax@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago

But nothing supports windows arm

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 9 points 8 months ago

I know, but you can't install it directly on a MacBook - you have to use a VM like Parallels or UTM.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Honestly, unless you need Solidworks or something else highly resource heavy and windows only, VMs work well with M chips. They’re surprisingly fast.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

I've got an M1 MBA - it's fast for sure, but the issue isn't the processing power, it's the RAM. Basemodel MacBooks, like the one I've got, still come with only 8GB RAM which is barely enough for macOS alone, never mind running Windows on top.

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