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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We've been flirting with Lenovo legion. In my business we need strong video cards. Shipping white boxes and monitors to people is a real issue with work from home.

We were solely running XPS for years.

The legion aren't bad, The worst of it is the power brick is a barrel connector. No running off of USB power delivery.

One of the units had a failed fan. I tore it apart and found the part number, I was actually pretty pissed off because you couldn't buy just the fan you had to buy the whole heat distribution block with both fans and the heat pipes and everything. But then I found the part was only about 50 bucks. Dell wouldn't even sell me parts without me being certified. So I bought the Lenovo heat block and it showed up with pre-compounded processor, GPU, and VRM pads. It was super impressive and for 50 bucks honestly it was a steal.

[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I own a Lenovo legion and the main issue is that it sucks on battery, it’s heavy, and the power brick is huge and expensive (I think close to 300€). Other than that it’s a beast. But if you have legions for business, you’ll struggle in meetings were people don’t want to bother with power cables and supplies.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Good point!

We're mostly wfh, If we still had sufficient physical meetings, It wouldn't break the bank to stuff a few bricks in every room.

The battery life is also significantly better if you're doing normal meeting stuff.