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TLDR; The Lenovo M720q has dimensions, performance, and capabilities almost exactly the same as the mac mini at a more affordable price. You do lose Thunderbolt 3 connectivity as well as having to use an external power supply, but the flexibility the unit gives outweighs these compromises. ...

TLDR; The Lenovo Thinkpad T480 has an amazing keyboard, a powerbridge system giving it a long battery life, a really crisp WQHD screen, and an almost fully compatible set of hardware with Ubuntu. The fingerprint reader doesn’t work though, and it’s a bit more bulky than the Dell XPS 13, especially with the external 72Wh battery. ...

The wifi module I ordered from AliExpress affiliate link has finally arrived! Since this wifi module is the exact same chipset from Apple’s Airport Extreme, MacOS should be able to immediately detect and use the module without any kexts or DSDT edits. ...

I’m not a stranger to hackintoshes. One of my work computers was a desktop whose parts list was taken from CustoMac buyer’s guide (here would be the buyer’s guide at the time of writing, in case you’re interested). ...

A couple of years ago I bought (at that time) a laptop powerhouse. Apple had just introduced its Retina Macbook Pro and started phasing out its easily modded predecessor. ...

One of my colleagues was planning to throw away her old and slow Macbook Air 11 so I decided to just buy it off from her instead. ...