Say hello to devices like the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus.
  • kalleboo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    replacing them with three main product lines: Dell (yes, just Dell), Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max.

    PC/Android companies not trying to blatantly rip off Apple challenge: Impossible

  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I always found the build quality for Lenovo Thinkpads to be better than any of the top tier Dell laptops. Most of the laptops I had in circulation were Dells and the always gave me problems. The Thinkpads just worked.

      • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 months ago

        The prestige behind the thinkpad brand specifically predates lenovo. They bought it from IBM in '05. AFAIK they’ve always been seen as reliable, well built laptops, albeit a bit pricier.

        As far as spyware, with win11 being what it is your options are install Linux or live with it no matter which manufacturer you go with.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    My late-aughts XPS is a gem - milled aluminum, edge-to-edge glass, and the best laptop keyboard ever since Ye Olde Thinkpads. The glory days of chasing Apple with a Windows box and almost getting there. *pours 40*

    That said, their QE went to shit, they pulled that bullshit RTO to soft-layoff everyone, laid off everyone else directly, and spent a ton to hire non-US replacements who aren’t up to speed so they can leverage the exciting benefits of AI (lol).

    I’ll never understand why they didn’t put huge effort into backing linux when micro$oft started making hardware. Well - I know why they didn’t. Because they make poor managerial decisions. C’est ça.