Linux distributions are widely used in phones, servers and various embedded devices, but in desktop cannot achive more than few percent. Is it only because of games? AI sloop? Bad luck? Of just because of lack of qualified people?

Lenovo is one of leading world computer producers. Company has got good reputation and for example continues lines of products created earlier by IBM (including Thinkpad laptops with iconic keyboard, trackball and red dot in the name).

Different companies created for years great laptops, unfortunately in the end many of them suffered from the same mistakes. This specification & white book can help in avoiding similar situations in the future. It contains clear rules and recommendations, which should be followed in modern laptops to make them environment and user-friendly. Such implementation is today very important especially, that wrong design in specific cases can be dangerous and has impact on users health (we don’t concentrate on using some chemicals during production process and it rather includes for example continuous irritation, eyes or ears problems).

First my reference system: black matt case, 1kg, 14” non-blinking Low Power LCD, 73Wh battery, practically no holes on the bottom, hinges opening with 180 degrees, etc.

Now let’s look on the market.

Few years ago Intel created X86S standard, where proposed removing some obsolete modes and instructions. Was it implemented? No.

Apple is preparing laptop with phone CPU, Android phones can be connected to external monitors and keyboards, laptops are used instead of desktops for gaming and there were some initiatives like Nextdock, where phone is connected to "notebook-like" case.

Where is currently border between all device classes?

Let's look on some thing:

Model	Battery	Screen	Weight
Fujitsu Zero	31Wh	14"	634g
Fujitsu FMV Note U	64Wh	14"	848g
Toshina Portege X40L-M	65Wh	14"	from 875g (some docs say 1050g)
Asus Zenbook A14	70Wh	14"	990g
Clevo (the whole series including L14xMU)	72Wh	14"	990g
GEEKOM GeeBook X14 Pro	72Wh	14"	999g
HONOR MagicBook Art 14 2025	60Wh	14,6"	1030g
Macbook Air 13 M4	53,8Wh	13,6"	1225g
Framework 13	61Wh	13,5"	1300g
upcoming Dell XPS 14	70Wh	14"	1380g

Do you see pattern? Why so many Asian laptops can have max. ca. 1kg and it's so problematic in US?

Fujitsu (Japan) could sell millions of devices... if they only want.

2026 started with CES (they’re about consumer products), where companies like AMD were just presenting government + corporate AI stuff. We have seen of course single laptops with (advertised) 29-40h battery life for video streaming and screens with 1Hz refresh rate (XPS 14 with Panther Lake), in short time we should get Nvidia ARM systems, but... RAM / SSD are more expensive and power efficient CPU are paired with very power hungry screens or systems are not available immediately (XPS 13). Curtain. Another curtain, because first reviews are quite marketing now and are just saying, that 16h on the battery is amazing (really? I have seen it few years ago).

My opinion: in this situation people will not replace their PC just because of brand, generation number or AI. They need hard facts showing how new systems could be better especially than you can buy thousands of new / used models today.

In last days I was deeply checking Macbook Air M4 Sky Blue version. You can find many reviews in the Internet, unfortunately they don’t say everything.

First some facts: Apple created very nice looking device with weight 1,24kg. It works without any sound (passive cooling), has got very nice keyboard and perfect touch-pad and offers quite stable 15h / 18h on the 53,8Wh battery (web browsing / video watching).

X86 - what's the future?

In this year we have seen:

1. information about Intel CPU instability from voltage and manufacturing process (13 and 14 gen)
2. relative weak performance of Arrow/Lunar Lake CPUs (Intel concentrated on power efficiency)
3. (initial?) problems with Ryzen 9000 series
4. Qualcomm delivering only part of promises & without faith in own platform. Currently we see canceled SDK mini PC, we don't have full compatibility, Linux support and CPUs are normally paired with power-hungry screens and small batteries (which doesn't make any sence).
5. AMD with paper AI 300 series. We don't have many systems with it, they seems to be too expensive (mini PC cost even 2x than prev gen), additionally almost all models come from Asus and sometimes we see such nonsenses like pairing with Nvidia cards.
6. AMD working together with Intel on extending x86 (they probably feel pressure from ARM and RISC-V)

Is x86 really dying?

3499 PLN za jeszcze szybszy komputer stacjonarny, na którym może nie zawsze pogramy, ale wszystko inne zrobimy lepiej niż u konkurencji. Jedyną wadą tego sprzętu jest brak monitora (do tego te nie od Apple mogą wymagać dziwnego skalowania), 8GB RAM i 256GB dysku o niewiadomej jakości, dodatkowo musimy założyć, że w pesymistycznym wariancie to cudo podziała dwa lata (czas rękojmi).

Jesteśmy chwilę po prezentacji Apple, a tytuł celowo jest przewrotny. Pewne rzeczy (o których wielokrotnie pisałem) będę starał się tylko zasygnalizować, skupię się zaś na czymś zupełnie innym i spróbuję zwrócić uwagę na pewne trendy, które jednak widać.

Mamy wojnę, która nie dość, że niszczy życia ludzkie, to jeszcze wysysa pieniądze i stary sprzęt z rynku. Zapomnijmy chwilę o tym, że złoty polski ma coraz mniejszą wartość.

Dawno, dawno temu samochody były proste, i bardzo tolerancyjne na złą obsługę albo kiepskie płyny eksploatacyjne. Z czasem pojemności silników malały, moce rosły, a zawodność... najczęściej też (a czasem i zużycie paliwa). I mamy różnego rodzaju filtry, zawory, turbiny, itp.

To samo dzieje się w wielu innych dziedzinach, włączając w to IT.

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Urodziłem się w kraju, w którym nie zbudowano tak wielkich rzeczy jak promy kosmiczne czy lotniskowce (sam też nie stworzyłem czegoś podobnego), mimo to chciałbym podjąć się oceny, co możemy uznać za rzecz istotną, a co jest zwykłą wydmuszką.

Gdy byłem mniejszy, na rynku procesorów x86 można było wymienić wiele firm, takich jak Intel, AMD, VIA, Cyrix, Centaur Technology, Transmeta, IBM, NexGen, NEC, UMC, SiS, Ali czy nVidia (lista za Wikipedią, ale były też inne). Klony kolejnych układów do zastosowań wbudowanych produkowano chociażby w Rosji (K1810WM86), ale nie tylko.