[GTALUG] ThinkPads on special

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Wed Jan 22 12:11:34 EST 2020


On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 07:38:35AM -0500, Giles Orr via talk wrote:
> This seems to be a yearly event: RedFlagDeals points out that
> ThinkPads are on special (many 45% off).  Given their popularity on
> this list and their known compatibility with Linux, I hope it's okay
> to post this:
> 
> https://www.redflagdeals.com/deal/computers-electronics/lenovo-up-to-50-of-select-pcs-extra-15-off-monitors-with-desktop-purchase/
> 
> The cheapest model (ThinkPad X395) has an AMD chip (yay! About time
> with Intel's endless stream of security botches) and soldered-in
> memory (boo).  Oh - and is currently ~$1000.

I don't understand why they have T490 intel and T495 AMD, but only T590
intel and no T595 AMD models.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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