Low hanging fruit, but whatever. It is what it is.

  • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    5 months ago

    buy any AMD laptop, replace the wifi card, install your favorite distro and it will run like magic.

    You get a new, capable, and power-efficient device, while not bothering with damn old ThinkPads or giving insane amount of money to s76.

    • Vuraniute@thelemmy.club
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      5 months ago

      until it gets completely fucked due to a form-over-function cooling system and hits 101C (NBLK-WAX9X)

      • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        5 months ago

        AMD laptops almost always ship with mediatek wifi cards. Cuz the alternative is intel, and I guess that’s not cool with AMD.

        But mediatek’s wifi cards are a steaming pile of bovine excrement. Bluetooth issues, wifi dropouts, drivers not being mature until a year after the release.

        Save your self the pain, buy an Intel wifi card for 20$ and upgrade it right after you bought the laptop. Might as well add RAM and storage. Takes an hour of work, 20 minutes of which is watching a YT video on how to do it.

      • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        5 months ago

        It works well enough if you don’t mind the occasional disconnect and slow connection to wifi, which is true for a lot of people like me. It’s still pretty annoying to deal with sometimes, just not enough to go replace the WiFi card or anything.