Apple
MacBook Air (13-inch, M4, 2025)
$999.00
Lenovo
Based on 18 Reddit mentions
$440.02
Sentiment summary across the product areas Reddit users mention most.
Original Reddit posts and comments behind this analysis.
I agree that future-proofing is dumb, but unless you're using the device for work purposes, you will likely not be replacing it within 5-7 years. In my anecdotal experience, people keep personal laptops and computers for much longer. My wife and I are still using an early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro as
...MaverickJester25 in r/apple
March 14, 2026 7:26 AM
5
I should have added. Picked up a lovely used Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Gen 3 Tablet that was probably going to be under powered to run Win11. And now it has a new life under NixOs. I've mostly ported my install from my ThinkPad P51 and am slowly experimenting with touch specifics. But I was amazed at how q
...Most_Newspaper_6699 in r/NixOS
January 26, 2026 9:09 PM
2
As someone with an old Lenovo P51...Windows 11 works perfect on that! I think there was some other problem with either your installation or laptop, since i only have 16 gb on mine but it works flawlessly.
Doenicke in r/Ubuntu
November 28, 2025 4:11 PM
1
Happened to my T490, T15 gen2, P51, P52 then BIOS updated EXACTLY five years after the laptop's market announcement. Fixed with setting "Adaptive thermal management" from "Maximum performance" to "Balanced" Also all the mentioned laptops began thermal throttling at 60-70C after that BIOS update (if
...typetwocarrier in r/thinkpad
December 27, 2025 3:11 AM
1