Latitude 7490

New battery should help for sure! I don't fully/really know what "newer" ("less than 20 year old") thinkpads are like w/re battery longevity. For me on my Latitude 7490 and 7200 2n1 they each have some minor problems but aren't to the point of being unusable yet. I would expect "warning signs" befor

There was a really good write-up recently on "ThinkPad as a cultural phenomenon" here: The Myth of the ThinkPad – Innovintage TL:DR business computers in general are almost always a good deal used because they're good, well-built machines that get sold off before they are actually done. In the case

Where's home? If you're living/buying from the USA, cross-shop Dell and HP, they're usually cheaper for similar/better build quality and often newer generations of hardware incl. better batteries. (And further: Because ThinkPads are an influencer meme many models simply cost up to 2x more than equiv

Either should be fine. If the TrackPoint isn't a hard requirement you could also get away with a similar Dell Latitude (7490/7400) for cheaper. Or, step down to an E480/L480 or Latitude 5490/5400. I'm personally using a Latitude 7490 with i5-8250U, 16GB of RAM, and a 256-gig SSD for all my personal

i just installed freebsd 15.1-rc1 onto my dell latitude 7490, and wow! video and wifi drivers, as well kde desktop working right out of the box, very impressive! i will definately be daily driving this. ive only installed a couple of apps so far; hexchat, firefox, and virtual machine manager all wor

For sure! In terms of support on an ThinkPad X1 Carbon (6th Gen), it's already the oldest most people recommend for daily use and that model is just on the inner edge of 9 years old. I personally bet I could get another 3-5 years out of my Dell Latitude 7490 but I've been poking around for something

Just bought a Dell Latitude 7490 and hackintoshed it without a single issue. There are pre-built EFIs and you don't have to worry about anything. Just install itlwm and HeliPort and you'll have WiFi, or buy a compatible broadcom card to have native internet + Bluetooth + airdrop work.