Honestly, that laptop is probably better than you’d think. A lot of laptops have really poor performing thermal compounds. Repasting to even when new will improve performance. My personal laptop got repasted and it dropped 10C under load. Mind you this is a 5825u laptop so not much power draw.

Hard agree. Even getting something like a p53s it’s still slower than an m1 base.

Thinkpenguin is just rebranded clevo stuff. Most small company laptops are like that. Everything from system76, to sager, to eluktronics. Basically if you find a laptop you like through a Linux hardware company, maybe find the chassis model and save a bit bc there usually isn’t much different between them. If you play your cards right, you can get software support through another vendor bc they sell the same laptop. (Bios updates etc)

Like the Thinkpenguin t4 is just a clevo nj50.

A new laptop with a dvd drive? Sign me up. Not a fan of the ath9k wireless card (I know why they did it, Ive never had particularly great performance from the one I have, even accounting for the fact that mine is 1x1 )

Now I want to know who makes their hardware.

Edit: it’s a clevo nj50. Well good to know that.

It would not meet OP’s requirements and honestly they are not worth it in this day and age.

Probably because State Bar actions are currently happening

This is before the Bar association does something to him.