[plug] Recommendations for a laptop

[Leon Wright]

Kevin,

I deal with a supplier through work normally. But you could get them direct
from Lenovo via the Australian web store. The web store often has deals
that our supplier can't match, so keep an eye on it.

I've had only fleeting experience with the non Thinkpad ranges. Never liked
them. I like the consistency and reliability of the Thinkpads, but they are
a lot more expensive.

Leon

--
DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'

# cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!


On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Kevin Shackleton
<krshackleton at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Leon,
> Did you find a place that sells these? I couldn't find one in the flesh so
> I went for the Yoga which maybe is not quite as tough? In fact I did not
> see this at retail either but had seen one previously.
> Cheers
> Kevin
> On 21/05/2014 1:22 PM, "Leon Wright" <techman83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> X1 - Carbon 14.0” WQHD (2560x1440) 270nit IPS Mulit-Touch WWAN
>>
>> That's some nice resolution right there!
>>
>> Leon
>>
>> --
>> DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'
>>
>> # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
>> Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Andrew Cooks <acooks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Brad
>>>
>>> I'm a fan of the T series as well, but they've messed with the
>>> keyboard on recent models. The X1 carbon looks nice too.
>>>
>>> Greg Kroah-Hartman asked the same question (more or less) on G+
>>> today[1]. You may find the comments helpful.
>>>
>>> 1. https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/VuvyCDccW2f
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Leon Wright <techman83 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I know a few plug members have an X Series thinkpad and we have a few
>>> at
>>> > work. They are great machines, however the screen resolution sucks.
>>> 1366x768
>>> > is an utterly useless resolution.
>>> >
>>> > The Air at least has 1440x900. Personally I think the T series
>>> thinkpads
>>> > aren't that much bigger/heavier, more screen resolution options, have
>>> > replaceable batteries and larger ones can be purchased. They're also
>>> dead
>>> > trivial to get linux working on them as they pretty much "Just Work"
>>> in my
>>> > experience (at least with the Intel Graphics, which work just fine for
>>> > coding/web browsing).
>>> >
>>> > They do do a lighter version of the T series with a 1600x900 screen,
>>> but
>>> > it's probably as expensive as an air.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t440/#tab-tech_specs
>>> >
>>> > Leon
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'
>>> >
>>> > # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats
>>> > Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> G'day all,
>>> >>
>>> >> After using my laptop as a fuse between a power meter I was
>>> debugging, and
>>> >> the mains I find myself in need of a replacement.
>>> >>
>>> >> My laptop was a Sony Vaio TT, and its predecessor a TX so I'm used to
>>> >> small (11.1"), light (<1200g) and 6-11 hours of battery.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've been looking at a 13" Mac Air, but I wonder if anyone else has
>>> >> recommendations for a small and light linux suitable machine with a
>>> 10-12
>>> >> hour battery life (or >6 hours with a replaceable battery).
>>> >>
>>> >> The Vaio was 1366x768 ~1.2ghz Core 2, 8gb ram and 160gb Intel SSD.
>>> Ran for
>>> >> 6 hours on the standard battery and 11 on the extended.
>>> >>
>>> >> Recommendations of suitable machines that cost less than the Mac and
>>> have
>>> >> at least feature parity with the VAIO would be very warmly welcomed.
>>> I write
>>> >> code on it, so it needs to be an x86_64 and it really does need at
>>> least
>>> >> 160GB SSD.
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