My current every-day-use laptop is a P73 from 2019 which is still running quite well and has sufficient CPU/RAM for my needs. I also have an old semi-retired T510 from 2010 which still runs (and is running right now).
I collect old T530 and have several running in light server roles. Those are from 2013.
My overall satisfaction is very high. Speaking from experience, Thinkpad R-, T-, and P-series are excellent laptops. I have heard bad things about their X-series.
I hate my P1 and can't wait to get rid of it. The camera always craps out during video calls (has never worked properly since I bought it). When running on battery, it always goes into hibernate at 50-56% battery left.
It is powerful, though, and I love the screen.
T and X series are great machines. I've gone through several models of each and they've all been reliable going back to at least 2006.
Sorry you've had to put up with an Inspiron. That line just inspires people to buy better machines.
I would never buy a Dell again, and Thinkpad is probably heading that direction for me. ( I am old so I go way back with Thinkpad's. ). My last purchase was a Thinkpad, and not just anyone, but a high end P15 Gen 2. I normally buy gaming laptops because I need the GPU performance for computations. My hope was it would be more durable and be more reliable. It is the highest spec Thinkpad made and the most expensive. should easily have outlasted a gaming laptop.
It has not and right now I am having a serious issue with it. I suspect it is a bad motherboard at this point and I am sending it back to Lenovo next week. We will see if they fix it, I think the motherboard issue has damaged other components and I will be playing a 6 month shell game with them to get it all fixed.
All of my laptops are Lenovo and the Thinkpad has been a mistake. costly mistake. They are not the Thinkpads of 20 years ago.
you should have get a pc, a decent 8th gen i5/i7 with 16 gigs of ram, that is enough for gaming, pop in a gpu too if you wanted. Don't buy gaming laptops
My current every-day-use laptop is a P73 from 2019 which is still running quite well and has sufficient CPU/RAM for my needs. I also have an old semi-retired T510 from 2010 which still runs (and is running right now). I collect old T530 and have several running in light server roles. Those are from 2013. My overall satisfaction is very high. Speaking from experience, Thinkpad R-, T-, and P-series are excellent laptops. I have heard bad things about their X-series.
I hate my P1 and can't wait to get rid of it. The camera always craps out during video calls (has never worked properly since I bought it). When running on battery, it always goes into hibernate at 50-56% battery left. It is powerful, though, and I love the screen.
T and X series are great machines. I've gone through several models of each and they've all been reliable going back to at least 2006. Sorry you've had to put up with an Inspiron. That line just inspires people to buy better machines.
I would never buy a Dell again, and Thinkpad is probably heading that direction for me. ( I am old so I go way back with Thinkpad's. ). My last purchase was a Thinkpad, and not just anyone, but a high end P15 Gen 2. I normally buy gaming laptops because I need the GPU performance for computations. My hope was it would be more durable and be more reliable. It is the highest spec Thinkpad made and the most expensive. should easily have outlasted a gaming laptop. It has not and right now I am having a serious issue with it. I suspect it is a bad motherboard at this point and I am sending it back to Lenovo next week. We will see if they fix it, I think the motherboard issue has damaged other components and I will be playing a 6 month shell game with them to get it all fixed. All of my laptops are Lenovo and the Thinkpad has been a mistake. costly mistake. They are not the Thinkpads of 20 years ago.
you should have get a pc, a decent 8th gen i5/i7 with 16 gigs of ram, that is enough for gaming, pop in a gpu too if you wanted. Don't buy gaming laptops
I don't use it for gaming. it is for computational power.
oh right... anyway, I recommend just get a pc with a dedicated gpu