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on Saturday April 05 2014, @03:21PM
from the moore's-law-still-trucks-ahead dept.
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: 2) by isostatic on Sunday April 06 2014, @08:53AM
Wake me when they fix the keyboard.
While the t410 is no where near as good as the old IBM ones, it's streets ahead of the rest. My screen broke on my last one though, put in replacement bolts but ultimately the plastic gave way.
For me money is no object for a laptop. It costs about $200k a year to keep me working, a good laptop is nothing in top of that.
I have a 15" 2011 macpro too, but rarely use it - the screen is good, the build is good, but they keyboard is bad, and suffers from the mis placing of @, it's over the 2 key like a common American keyboard. Urghh.