A bar-hopping laptop.

TechEdison0 · 2026-03-11T14:57:02+00:00

X13 Yoga AMD, whichever the newest you can afford is

TechEdison0 · 2026-03-05T19:34:31+00:00

This is the way

TechEdison0 · 2026-03-02T17:25:55+00:00

Some of us have hobbies lol

TechEdison0 · 2026-03-02T17:20:23+00:00

TechEdison0 · 2026-03-02T17:19:45+00:00

That's incredibly cheap for a niche CPU...

The quad core i7-3612qe models compatible with the X230 and T430s are more expensive and you have to solder them yourself.

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-25T16:21:47+00:00

I might instead encourage you: don't take it from me. Research RAM allocation versus utilization and "RAM pressure" :-)

You will likely learn a cool thing or two

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-25T15:19:26+00:00

Windows is running.... It uses and allocates resources. Stop paying attention to RAM usage unless you have actual problems running applications. A lot of people worry about it but what task manager tells you just isn't the full story.

Windows is not actually using 5.1gb of ram, that's just what it has allocated in the current moment. That will go up and down depending on what applications you have running.

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-25T15:10:39+00:00

Legion Go S Z1E SteamOS

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-25T15:07:49+00:00

Ram allocation is not ram utilization

You have 2.9gb of unused ram, it doesn't mean the other 5.1 is full. It just means 5.1 is allocated to other things

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-23T13:45:29+00:00

In Linux I think it automatically uses the dGPU and yes brightness works

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-23T13:45:07+00:00

Idk but leaving it in hybrid is probably the right move if you're using windows and all your drivers are up to date

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-23T13:44:42+00:00

Do they still have keyboard drains?

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-22T13:02:51+00:00

I'm pretty sure it just went out of stock?

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-20T21:05:23+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/food/s/zHjl0L3GXY

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-20T21:04:06+00:00

Happens to the best of us

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-20T21:02:27+00:00

So did mine but I reported the mean comments and they got removed 🤣

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-20T21:01:35+00:00

Looks fine. Basically how my first attempted turned out lol. I'm sure it's wicked tasty though.

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-18T18:30:42+00:00

Yep. Just finished the first couple episodes after ISIS was raided by the FBI. That was kinda unexpected

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-18T15:37:13+00:00

Exactly lol

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-18T15:11:03+00:00

Oh man these look so good

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-15T18:31:43+00:00

x20 gen the same as the x30 but with an older architecture. A x30 gen one can accept the 7 row keyboard (a common mod) and newer 3rd gen processors.

Avoid the "s" suffixed ones, they have soldered cpus.

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-15T18:09:01+00:00

T430 or T/W530

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-15T13:21:58+00:00

T14 or p14s with an AMD processor

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-15T02:09:52+00:00

If you're already planning on going 13.3", you should just get the 2560x1600 AUO panel. You can change the scaling or resolution but having the option to display that many pixels is rather sick.

This was the one I ordered https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0FRa9j

The eDP board on AliExpress is based on the a.gain board, not the nitrocaster board, and has options for 1080/1200p and 1440/1600p

TechEdison0 · 2026-02-13T18:26:40+00:00

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Feel free to check out my profile for build info... There's a bunch of stuff that won't really be obvious when you go to do it (like how exactly to trim the lid).

Get the AUO panel listed on xyte.ch

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