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SuperPrower

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Registered: 2017-05-21

Posts: 15

Re: Laptops which run Arch

Dell Latitude 3470.
This lil' guy is just perfect, but this is not a laptop review.
It just works. There just nothing that doesn't work, because it has Intel Graphics, and, well, that's all. All keys work (except maybe for screens button, which works as 'p' letter for some reason).
This is Linux Laptop I was looking for, and I found it.
I still want old thinkpad though...

Sachiko

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Registered: 2016-07-01

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ThinkPad T420 here. Was running Win10 on it but went "What the hell." one day and jumped to Arch. Pretty smooth running Arch on it. Have toyed with the idea of trying Gentoo but the thing that keeps me from doing so is the AUR. Also the reason I came back to Arch after trying Void Linux and elementary OS as well.

risset

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Registered: 2017-05-31

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I'm on an early 2015 Macbook Pro at the moment.

I'd used Arch quite a bit a few years ago so I just decided to install it on a new partition on a whim and get back into using it again. I'm really enjoying things so far, although setting some things up like the resolution and trackpad has proved a bit annoying.

mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

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System 76 Oryx Pro

Everything works out of the box!

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Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

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@Sachiko, I couldn't be more pleased with Arch on my T420. I also have Arch on an older Thinkpad,  an R61. Arch plays well with both of them.

@mrunion, you have me drooling with envy. A very sleek design.

BigTex

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From: Dallas, Texas

Registered: 2010-09-09

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Acer Aspire R 14
Everything works so far including Touchpad, WiFi, and Touchscreen.
Have not tried webcam or bluetooth yet.

dockland

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-06-06

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ThinkPad T420 here. Was running Win10 on it but went "What the hell." one day and jumped to Arch. Pretty smooth running Arch on it. Have toyed with the idea of trying Gentoo but the thing that keeps me from doing so is the AUR. Also the reason I came back to Arch after trying Void Linux and elementary OS as well.

Yes, my fiancee use that one. I maintain it thou

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Ubluntu1604

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Registered: 2017-06-09

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HP ProBook 4520s.

Arch works really well for me. This toasterbook was struggling with Ubuntu, but so far everything works great! (Except for bluetooth)
But that's a hardware issue...

Taijian

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Registered: 2016-04-10

Posts: 74

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Alienware 15R3 with i7-7700HQ and RX470. Works fine, except for Power Management, which is still a hot mess. Firmware does not properly support Linux, and the dGPU can not yet be fully powered down, because amdgpu apparently wasn't made with laptops in mind... But as long as the power cord is plugged in, it's a great machine!

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

Registered: 2016-02-09

Posts: 580

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HP ProBook 4520s... This toasterbook...

First time I've seen "toasterbook". I suppose you mean a laptop as big as a toaster???

forest76

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-01-31

Posts: 32

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Lenovo x201.
Everything, but modem, works perfectly (I haven't tested it yet); even fingerprint reader, extrakeys, and low level battery driver. By significant improves on 4.12 kernel my battery (enlarge version) works even more then 9 hours.

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

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HP ProBook 4520s... This toasterbook...

First time I've seen "toasterbook". I suppose you mean a laptop as big as a toaster???

I'd say it toasts itself unter stress.

volker_holthaus

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Registered: 2013-07-05

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TUXEDO Book XUX707... very smart.. with NVidia GTX 1080

Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

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I'd say it toasts itself unter stress.

Oh... Funny. I learn something new every time I read the forum.

Z32O

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From: BerlinBerlin

Registered: 2017-05-24

Posts: 8

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Asus Zenbook UX303LB, everything works fine, no problems reported following the Arch Installation Guide, in dual-boot with W10 on the same SSD.

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Yaau

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Registered: 2016-11-14

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Lenovo Yoga 710-14IKB 80V4002HGE Convertible

Everything working except Touchscreen. Touchsreen is working but has strange behaviour at "mouseclicks".

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

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I'd say it toasts itself unter stress.

Oh... Funny. I learn something new every time I read the forum.

And I seem to häff Görmän spälling unter stress!

EDIT

Ooops! I forgot to blame auto correction! Damn auto correction! Phew, that was close.

Zipfel auf!

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Texbrew

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From: The Lone Star State

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And I seem to häff Görmän spälling unter stress!

EDIT

Ooops! I forgot to blame auto correction! Damn auto correction! Phew, that was close.

Zipfel auf!

That's even funnier! And now you have one-upped yourself.

dpbasu

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Registered: 2017-06-26

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Sony Vaio SVE15115enw

abdullahalam

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Registered: 2017-07-04

Posts: 11

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Acer Aspire E15, a budget laptop, using for college. Everything works fine, dual boot works perfectly, touchpad, multitouch, wifi, ethernet, everything works flawlessly.

HiImTye

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From: Halifax, NS, Canada

Registered: 2012-05-09

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Acer Aspire E1-522-3407
a bit dated, but it's the laptop that the other half used to use to talk to me before she moved locally, so it has sentimental value. also, it runs pretty well with Arch vs. the bloated OS it came with. had some initial issues with getting the ATI/AMD drivers sorted, but (mostly) sorted now (having issues getting AMDGPU to work with the -zen kernel, but works with the regular kernel).

bought a 5gHz wifi dongle from China, but the drivers don't build properly so I'm using the 2.4gHz only atm.

ashan

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Registered: 2016-11-13

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Sager NP8265 (Clevo P150SM).

Oldie but goldie, I guess. Everything but airplane mode seems to be working. It's old. 5 years or so. Haswell i7 4700MQ, Nvidia 770M (Optimus).

Still working on getting Optimus to work properly, but everything else worked out-of-the-box.

Currently running KDE, and love it. Much better than Windows 10.

ron9

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From: Norway

Registered: 2011-02-02

Posts: 119

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Thinkpad W500 superfast with SSD..

Only nine years old ;-)

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rileysu

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Registered: 2017-07-23

Posts: 10

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Thinkpad X260 with a 120GB SSD I stuck inside.

No issues once I figured out what I was doing. Battery life used to be a lot better on windows until I installed TLP then I think arch is pretty much the same.

I'm running i3-gaps which also helps the battery life I guess .

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emavys

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Registered: 2017-07-24

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Packard Bell EasyNote TS44HR.

It has some years but it's a quite powerfull laptop and all works great with it. It has Nvidia Optimus technology. Arch runs fast and stable in this laptop.