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[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

I bought a used X1 carbon gen 9 and loved it, then it pooped itself after 2 years. Went to the closet and pulled out the old gen 2 I also got off ebay once again. Linux breathed new life into it and now it has more power than ever before.

It is the grass and dirt people should be worried about. The old gen X1s take no shit.