Lenovo ThinkPad X260

Yeah, the price is the only thing that holds me back from trying a Framework 13. I have a few Thinkpad X260s which can be got on eBay for $100US. Drop in a fresh SSD and stick of 16gb memory for another $100US and you have a very capable little machine for common, daily use that suits all my needs more than adequately. If one gets damaged, I am not out too much money. I've been using two for about 4 years now, one as my daily driver at home and one that goes on the road with me. I have not needed to further upgrade either one beyond what I did initially when buying* them. So, with that in mind, I think use-case has a lot to do with whether or not someone can get away with running the more disposable cheap-but-good Thinkpad like I do. But >$800US for a Framework 13 that bends like a reed in the wind is not a smart choice for me. I really like their ethos of modularity, too, but there's just no way I'm hitting that cost anytime soon. *Note on buying Thinkpad from eBay: yes, collectors have ruined the price of some models, but not all. Lots of the X Series models are still very cheap, but please do not support sellers who are offering cheap laptops without a battery and power cable. Be patient and dig, you'll find the ones who are selling you a complete, useable machine for cheap. Unfortunately, eBay is flooded with a lot of vulture tech resellers that part perfectly good batteries from devices so they can make more money selling you both separately.

At least on Thinkpads over the years, I've never seen anything remotely close to that either. I've had my Thinkpad x260 power draw down to 2.5 watts at idle, and around 4 or 5 watts with a browser and a few terminals open. That was back in 2018! With the hot-swappable battery on the back, I could go for 24 hours of active use without concern.

Small usb bluetooth dongles work, they show up as a regular audio device. I use one and sndiod can set set to automatically switch back and forth to it. I run openbsd on my laptop, a thinkpad x260 with an ssd, and it works great.

Yes, it works perfectly. It’s a Thinkpad X260, not exactly new hardware, and even Debian works just fine.

I'm hosting all of this and more on one old x260 thinkpad with 1TB SSD and 16GB of memory gathering dust in my basement. And an external disk for backup. Total cost? 500 euros or so?

Reading this I've grown even more appreciative of how easy ThinkPads are to repair/upgrade. Almost encouraged, given the many guides and YouTube videos available, and ultimately it's a cost saver to them. And to all those that have moaned about the Linux desktop, I recently upgraded my ssd on my x260. End to end - circa 2.5 hours (a lot of that hands off). Fresh install of Fedora WS, with all packages and home directory restored, back to full productivity. No dicking around with drivers or playing "50 click-through install wizards". I can't help but wonder, is that even possible on Windows or OS X? Edit: typo

Lenovo X260 running Linux (doesn't matter which one really, I am happy with Fedora (25 to 27) for desktop, though I've been a Debian/Ubuntu user for far longer than I like to think about). I use i3 Window manager and now find anything else intolerable. (And I'm sure everyone near me now finds my attitude towards i3 intolerable). I fully tricked the X260 out: i7, 16gb, 2tb ssd (aftermarket addon) and most importantly the Lenovo WWAN card for Internet everywhere. I just picked one up on Ebay for $900 AUD second hand with 8/512 for my sister. Brand new mine was only $2200 in one of Lenovo's rare sales (The ones that only happen when their website is up, does anyone pay full price?). Everything "just works", sound, sleep/resume, hdmi, mini DP, etc. I've replaced everything I had on Mac except for: Readdle Tools. I'm a student and find the PDF reading markup invaluable and I have an iPad. Though now I have the WWAN I am leaving the iPad at home this semester. Evernote. Why oh why don't they have a native client for Linux. NixNote is not up to my size Evernote folder. Karabiner (Elements), Better Touch Tool & Typinator. Open to suggestions for shortcut management and text expansion for i3. Mac Automator: I know I can do most of it in Python, but for some GUI things this was amazing. Gripes: Proprietary charging port. (Oh for USB C.). Random crashes that turned out to be because the plastic case was flexing and touching the RAM. A strategic piece of foam solved that. (My sister's on

I just got a Thinkpad x260 and I'm running Ubuntu MATE on it. The wireless card is Intel, so no problems with drivers or anything. It comes with mini displayport too, but I've had some issue where the laptop will freeze up when the display port is plugged in and the laptop screen is also on. Other than that it has HDMI and about 17 hours of battery life.