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Dell & Lenovo Now Sponsoring The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 39 points 6 months ago (7 children)

This is a good very good thing! Let's hope that Dell & Lenovo will also cover their more Consumer oriented devices (Lenovo Yoga, Lenovo Ideapad or Dell Non-Pro or XPS models) instead of just their Business oriented Models (like Dell Latitudes and Thinkpads/Thinkstation)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Broadly speaking what are they key differences between the consumer oriented devices and business oriented ones? Better battery life on the latter?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Generally build quality and repairability. Any IT department will favour devices that can have common failure points (battery, SSD, screen) replaced with a single screwdriver, and with that comes the need for stronger chassis and modular designs because you can't rely on glueing everything in. Also, with the exception of Apple fanbois, IT techs are quick to condemn manufacturers who let pro grade kit standards slip, which could mean a few years of lost sales.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago

    pro grade kit standards

    Which are you referring to? Build quality and repairability? IME, enterprise laptops are well built, but generally have horrible quality displays in terms of both resolution and color gauntlet support.

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