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

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 Daiv on Saturday April 05 2014, @04:30PM

    by Daiv (3940) on Saturday April 05 2014, @04:30PM (#26714)

    I'm still using a Late 2008 Macbook Pro 15". C2Duo 2.5 Ghz, 4gb ram, 500 Gb rust drive, bootcamping Win7 and VirtualBoxing everything else under the sun. Bought it refurbished in 2009 and it's been worth every penny. I'm on my 2nd battery, though.

    I'm not a spec-whore and am pretty patient, so I don't need a speed-demon. I also don't play any PC games newer than Civ IV (main reason I still have Windows on there) and do all my other gaming on my PS3 and Vita.

    Anything out today should be pretty fast for anything anyone is doing, it's going to come down to who has the durability. And as others have mentioned, Lenovo seems to be going downhill, but in my anecdotal experience, still has the more durable of notebooks. Several of my cronies have models from the last three years and all seem to hold up fairly well.

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday April 05 2014, @05:21PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday April 05 2014, @05:21PM (#26743) Journal

    Civilization is some of the best heroin. Once a year I go on a week long binge.

  • (Score: 2) by hatta on Thursday April 10 2014, @04:42AM

    by hatta (879) on Thursday April 10 2014, @04:42AM (#29258)

    Civ IV is very well supported by Wine and has been for years.