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Recommendation for a Good Laptop Computer

posted by Dopefish on Saturday April 05 2014, @03:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the moore's-law-still-trucks-ahead dept.

An anonymous coward writes:

Question for the lentils out there: What makes and models of laptops are good these days? Traditionally, you could just get an IBM ThinkPad if you were willing and able to pay extra for quality, but judging by reviews, they aren't as consistent as they used to be. A 'nice' laptop has to get a lot of things right: fast internals, sturdy case, quality keyboard, excellent battery life, and good heat management, to name a few. Are there any manufacturers that sell machines worth buying anymore, or do you have to compromise?

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday April 05 2014, @04:29PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday April 05 2014, @04:29PM (#26713) Homepage

    The humor was that both the letter and the nudies were in the same folder. She might not have been a bad mother, but the presentation strongly implied that she was. As far as your recommendations, they are much appreciated (as I'm also looking to buy a new laptop and found this discussion welcome). As for being a snoopy asshole, well, that was years ago and frankly anybody who trusts their personal information to a bunch of underpaid kids is asking for it.

    A note about maintenance manuals - if a manual is not available, user teardowns (complete with pictures) on many different models are available on the web, so that should help with a self-repair if no manuals are available.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Saturday April 05 2014, @05:00PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday April 05 2014, @05:00PM (#26732) Journal

    Oh come on, how does she become a mother if she won't get nude. Sure it's possible, but not really convenient.

    Don't be a prude. Besides, having a letter and a picture anywhere on the same hard drive is essentially the same as having it in the same folder considering how trivial it is to search an entire drive with simple tools.

    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday April 06 2014, @05:35AM

      by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 06 2014, @05:35AM (#26964)

      "Besides, having a letter and a picture anywhere on the same hard drive is essentially the same as having it in the same folder considering how trivial it is to search an entire drive with simple tools."

      Huh. Until now it has never occurred to me to search for .doc files while rummaging through somebody's computer looking for porn.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Daniel Dvorkin on Saturday April 05 2014, @09:25PM

    by Daniel Dvorkin (1099) on Saturday April 05 2014, @09:25PM (#26828) Journal

    The humor was that both the letter and the nudies were in the same folder. She might not have been a bad mother, but the presentation strongly implied to judgemental busybody hypocrites that she was.

    FTFY.

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