Thinkpad L 15 gen 2 advice

[Robert Heller]

USB ports can be "fanned out" with hubs, so that would be an option to get 
more USB ports.

At Sat, 21 May 2022 14:23:03 +1000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Due to ongoing over heating problems with my Thinkpad T 420 (it's not 
> dust and I have the maximum amount of RAM installed) I'm considering the 
> purchase of a Thinkpad L 15 gen 2. I need to buy this sight unseen via 
> an online store and from the reviews that I've read it seems to be just 
> what I need but still I'd like to know what list member think of it.
> 
> Also, I need to dual boot this laptop. I dual booted my T 420 without 
> any problems until I replaced the HDD with an SSD. I could not, after a 
> great deal of effort, dual boot the T 420 with the SSD installed and had 
> to resort to a virtual box installation for Windows (I need Windows to 
> update my Garmin navigator and nothing else) which worked but it wasn't 
> very satisfactory as far as speed goes.
> 
> I'm a little confused by the conflicting specs that I've read from two 
> sources. It seems that the L 15 has 1 USB C port used for battery 
> charging and only 1 other USB port (USB 3).  The mouse needs 1 port so 
> that means that there are no ports for anything else. Maybe there are 
> multiple modes of the L 15 that have differing numbers of USB ports?
> 

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