The brand loyalty of sorts has continued despite ThinkPads getting worse for a while now. I have a T440p because it's the last model with a socketed CPU, coreboot support, and that doesn't need blobs for the iGPU. Beyond this gen I think you're getting the same crap from nearly everyone. x86 is on its way out as well.
I'm probably going to get an M2 Max MBP when available and max out most of the specs. I think it'll be the first laptop I'll have bought new. Lots of soldered parts, yeah, but that's the norm with ARM anyway. Hopefully the M2 Max will stay usable a good decade or so and there'll be more RISC-V options after that.
I'm probably going to get an M2 Max MBP when available and max out most of the specs. I think it'll be the first laptop I'll have bought new. Lots of soldered parts, yeah, but that's the norm with ARM anyway. Hopefully the M2 Max will stay usable a good decade or so and there'll be more RISC-V options after that.