<div dir="ltr">X1 - Carbon 14.0” WQHD (2560x1440) 270nit IPS Mulit-Touch WWAN<br><div><br></div><div>That's some nice resolution right there!</div><div><br></div><div>Leon</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div>--<br>DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'<br><br># cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats<br>Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Andrew Cooks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:acooks@gmail.com" target="_blank">acooks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Brad<br>
<br>
I'm a fan of the T series as well, but they've messed with the<br>
keyboard on recent models. The X1 carbon looks nice too.<br>
<br>
Greg Kroah-Hartman asked the same question (more or less) on G+<br>
today[1]. You may find the comments helpful.<br>
<br>
1. <a href="https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/VuvyCDccW2f" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/VuvyCDccW2f</a><br>
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On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Leon Wright <<a href="mailto:techman83@gmail.com">techman83@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I know a few plug members have an X Series thinkpad and we have a few at<br>
> work. They are great machines, however the screen resolution sucks. 1366x768<br>
> is an utterly useless resolution.<br>
><br>
> The Air at least has 1440x900. Personally I think the T series thinkpads<br>
> aren't that much bigger/heavier, more screen resolution options, have<br>
> replaceable batteries and larger ones can be purchased. They're also dead<br>
> trivial to get linux working on them as they pretty much "Just Work" in my<br>
> experience (at least with the Intel Graphics, which work just fine for<br>
> coding/web browsing).<br>
><br>
> They do do a lighter version of the T series with a 1600x900 screen, but<br>
> it's probably as expensive as an air.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t440/#tab-tech_specs" target="_blank">http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/t440/#tab-tech_specs</a><br>
><br>
> Leon<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> DRM 'manages access' in the same way that jail 'manages freedom.'<br>
><br>
> # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i cats<br>
> Damn, my RAM is full of cats... MEOW!!<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@fnarfbargle.com">brad@fnarfbargle.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> G'day all,<br>
>><br>
>> After using my laptop as a fuse between a power meter I was debugging, and<br>
>> the mains I find myself in need of a replacement.<br>
>><br>
>> My laptop was a Sony Vaio TT, and its predecessor a TX so I'm used to<br>
>> small (11.1"), light (<1200g) and 6-11 hours of battery.<br>
>><br>
>> I've been looking at a 13" Mac Air, but I wonder if anyone else has<br>
>> recommendations for a small and light linux suitable machine with a 10-12<br>
>> hour battery life (or >6 hours with a replaceable battery).<br>
>><br>
>> The Vaio was 1366x768 ~1.2ghz Core 2, 8gb ram and 160gb Intel SSD. Ran for<br>
>> 6 hours on the standard battery and 11 on the extended.<br>
>><br>
>> Recommendations of suitable machines that cost less than the Mac and have<br>
>> at least feature parity with the VAIO would be very warmly welcomed. I write<br>
>> code on it, so it needs to be an x86_64 and it really does need at least<br>
>> 160GB SSD.<br>
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