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"Microslop" trends on social media — backlash to Microsoft's on-going AI obsession continues
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Lenovo ThinkPads, yes. Integrated graphics only.
Moving beyond integrated graphics in pre-builds is one of the larger issues in terms of availability.
For people who can only afford 1 and only 1 machine for everything, getting a version with an actual graphics card in it is going to be a necessity.
If you need dedicated graphics and Linux and only want to screw with one machine I highly recommend you check out Framework mentioned in my comment edit above. Their 16 can be configured with integrated or dedicated either AMD or Nvidia graphics and can be purchased with no OS.
Purchasing with Linux preinstalled is problematic for some users because for most distros (though this is being actively worked on) encryption is set up during install not OOBE.
The vast majority don't need dedicated graphics in their notebooks. It would be a waste of money and energy
Even so, you would think the option would be available on the more expensive machines but it isn’t always.
No, you wouldn't think so. Producing a model that's available with optional dedicated graphics makes no sense. With notebooks every gram and millimeter counts so you would want different models for integrated graphics and dedicated. Which Lenovo has plenty to choose from.
If Lenovo made my X1 Carbon thicker and heavier just so you could have an optional dedicated GPU I would be pissed and buy something else. That's what the X1 extreme is for
It doesn’t need to be a Thinkpad. It just needs to exist.
Why is this even an argument? We’re discussing normalizing Linux in the public brain. So, tweak a Legion for compatibility. Whatever. So long as 1 option for each purpose exists to get this OS out there and push back on Microslop in the process.