I am joining Meta soon and have to choose a laptop. I am not a huge fan of Macs. So how do the ThinkPad T14S and the ThinkPad Carbon Gen 9 compare? Also will the OS be Windows or Linux?
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They’re trash. Get a Mac.
+1 I suffer through my ThinkPad X1 daily….making the switch to MacBook Pro soon.
Mac pro
If you want to deal with the huge headache that is WSL sure.
Get that new black MacBook
I used to be a thinkpad enthusiast but the last two I owned (8th gen carbon and x13) were complete trash. Both I had to send back to Lenovo for different issues within a year. The quality control is really bad. Just get a MacBook.
How many years have you been doing SWE? I used to favor windows because I was a gamer, but the more I use windows for development, the more I dislike it. Mac is better, in my opinion. Less issues and easier access to installing system programs.
Have been a professional SWE for 24 years (ouch that hurts to write.....). Always on Unix/Linux/Windows/Android/Web. Never really got on with Mac hence asking about ThinkPad.
when will you join fellow metamates?
coding at meta is painful by itself, avoid windows laptop grab mac pro
Go for Mac, Thinkpad doesn’t stand a chance against that.
After they became lenovo products the quality of the product is awful