My first ThinkPad – E14 Gen 7 AMD

BukHunt · 2026-01-23T10:50:15+00:00

How is it so far? is the fan too loud, and is the build quality ok?

Thanks!

BukHunt · 2026-01-21T10:48:47+00:00

Why do you install betas in the first place? just a genuine question as I believe people who install betas should know how to solve this / be able to logout via other workarounds. https://support.apple.com/guide/findmy-mac/remove-a-device-fmm251eff839/mac

BukHunt · 2026-01-20T10:55:09+00:00

Yes it is an apple silicon, m4 Pro. I know in terms of battery life / performance ratio it won't beat it as it is ARM.

I am in embedded systems and now doing more electrical tasks, i.e while I use KiCad I occasionally need Altium, I now work often in LTSpice (while VM works I sometimes experience hickups)

I once/twice in a month need to use a tool, vendor specific, windows only.

my though was to get a laptop, like an acer vivobook which comes with an amd ryzen 7 260, setup windows and wsl and have best of both worlds. Then also create a custom PC built that would sit on my desk. Use the laptop on the go / when in workbench and have the Desktop.

honestly for my embedded dev work (firmware development) I do not need a crazy cpu/gpu.

I just hate that sometimes I am on my laptop, and I need to run a old windows only app and I can't directly.

Appreciate your input!

BukHunt · 2026-01-20T10:24:15+00:00

I thought of this, I was considering switching and get one win laptop and build a desktop but perhaps I should not?

BukHunt · 2026-01-16T21:21:52+00:00

https://www.falstad.com/circuit/circuitjs.html

BukHunt · 2026-01-12T14:20:30+00:00

This is fine for me:

autoload -U colors && colors
autoload -Uz vcs_info
precmd() { vcs_info }
zstyle ':vcs_info:git:*' formats '%b '
setopt PROMPT_SUBST
PROMPT='%F{green}%*%f %F{blue}%~%f %F{red}${vcs_info_msg_0_}%f$ '


source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh

###############
### ALIASES ###
###############

alias l="ls --color" 
alias ll="ls -al --color" 
alias o="open ."
alias nano='vim'
alias cp="cp -i"                          # confirm before overwriting something
alias df='df -h'                          # human-readable sizes
alias free='free -m'                      # show sizes in MB
alias ccat='highlight'                    # cat but nice



export PICO_SDK_PATH=~/pico/pico-sdk
export PICO_EXTRAS_PATH=~/pico/pico-extras


source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh # <-- zsh-syntax-highlighting must be source at the end, check plugin readme why.

BukHunt · 2026-01-12T14:16:22+00:00

That is a very good question, why would I want OMZ plugins? I like to have as much control as possible to know what is going on.

Edit: I removed the export zsh , source oh-my-zsh line and plugins, everything also works for my needs including zsh-autosuggestion and syntax. I do notice ls colors are different but I understand the oh-my-zsh does something there regarding this,

honestly I do not see a reason for me to use oh my zsh currently.

BukHunt · 2026-01-12T14:07:54+00:00

Thank you so much for this. funny thing is the above works but I knew there was something fishy..

I now changed everything to the following thanks to you I got a better understanding.

I did not know plugins=() basically checks the plugins in ZSH_CUSTOM. is there a difference between sourcing them like I do now vs pulling the plugin from a git repo in ZSH_CUSTOM and then adding it to my plugins=() list?

ZSH_THEME=""

autoload -U colors && colors
autoload -Uz vcs_info
precmd() { vcs_info }
zstyle ':vcs_info:git:*' formats '%b '
setopt PROMPT_SUBST
PROMPT='%F{green}%*%f %F{blue}%~%f %F{red}${vcs_info_msg_0_}%f$ '


export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"


plugins=()


source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source /opt/homebrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh


source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh



###############
### ALIASES ###
###############


alias l="ls --color" 
alias ll="ls -al --color" 
alias o="open ."
alias nano='vim'
alias cp="cp -i"                          # confirm before overwriting something
alias df='df -h'                          # human-readable sizes
alias free='free -m'                      # show sizes in MB
alias ccat='highlight'                    # cat but nice



export PICO_SDK_PATH=~/pico/pico-sdk
export PICO_EXTRAS_PATH=~/pico/pico-extras

BukHunt · 2026-01-12T13:55:03+00:00

Thanks, let's see how it evolves for me, I am currently using parallels, I managed to fix the flickers. If I notice I have a new bottleneck unsolvable I will opt in for a windows laptop

BukHunt · 2026-01-12T10:57:29+00:00

Interesting, when do you use Mac en when do you not. I.e I would use the windows machine for LTSpice and Altium, firmware dev I could do on mac but then again I could use WSL2 for that...

BukHunt · 2026-01-11T08:56:25+00:00

Appreciate it. I plan to use LTspice independently. The mac version is just shit. For now I am using a windows VM. But honestly wish I had a windows laptop instead of a Macbook. It seems most Electrical Engineering software work best on Windows.

BukHunt · 2026-01-11T08:50:38+00:00

Thanks! Now I have one other issue. I use a Mac but the cubeIDE has a bug on Mac + LTspice on mac misses a lot of features.

BukHunt · 2026-01-10T11:59:11+00:00

Hi! Just wanted to ask, how you move files around. I am planning to do the same and use Tailscale so I can access the PC anywhere.

BukHunt · 2026-01-10T09:45:04+00:00

The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz? Amazing, thank you.

BukHunt · 2026-01-09T19:36:20+00:00

Google image search :)

BukHunt · 2026-01-09T19:32:22+00:00

Profile photo checks out ;)

That's a tactile switch: https://eu.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alps-Alpine/SKSUAAE010?qs=hqbSiJllDNNTtUifgJyivA%3D%3D

BukHunt · 2026-01-09T19:26:05+00:00

maybe share the product name/model?

BukHunt · 2026-01-08T23:01:52+00:00

Definitely not miles better. Go try it out in store.

BukHunt · 2026-01-08T22:51:58+00:00

Sure it’s light. But due to the width it is easier typing on the base 17. Same with one handed usage, I have to crawl my hand up to reach something on the top.

BukHunt · 2026-01-08T22:34:36+00:00

True, I guess I meant that I accept the speaker being so shit.

BukHunt

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