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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/08 08:16:25
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I've gotten v good mileage from my Lenovo Ideapad; it's been my dev. machine for a few years now and is still going strong. The HDD blew up a bit, so I fitted an SSD which I would highly recommend. I've had one lappy with a hybrid drive which insta-failed, so I personally am sceptical about that storage tech. Ensure that it has a good screen and a k/b you're comfortable with; k/b's especially are *highly* subjective; I frikin' love my Ideapad's k/b but many others who've tried using it absolutely hate the thing. Point is, you need to try typing on the machine before you commit to buying.
Almost everybody else at my company has a work-provided Dell laptop. I was given one too but hated it beyond measure, it was absolutely everything I didn't want so told work to shove it and bought my own machine. I'd rather spend £660 I think it was of my own money than have a machine I have to use every day that I can't stand. The Dell was about the size of the monolith in 2001 A Space Odyssey, weighed the same as the moon, had a bog-awful k/b, crap screen and came with a 32-bit OS (wtf).
Whatever you buy, it'll doubtless come with a bunch of Don'tCareWare. I 'managed' mine by installing W10 Enterprise which we have a bulk licence for. Note that you almost certainly won't get an install disk, so creating a rescue disk is essential. (My laptop at home suffered a MBR corruption which I was able to repair via this method).
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/08 09:18:07
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I bought a Dell XPS13 recently, replacing a MacBook Air. Great machine. Light, fast, thin. The keyboard's a little small but it doesn't cramp my style.
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/08 12:25:29
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My co-workers both have MacBook Air's. How close in size & weight is the XPS13?
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/08 17:06:19
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craigb
My co-workers both have MacBook Air's. How close in size & weight is the XPS13?
My MacBook Air is a 2011 model so the latest models are different. The XPS13 has a smaller keyboard but the screen is better (for me) and it's got what Dell calls a "borderless display" - it certainly takes up less space than the Mac. Macs have better battery life but that doesn't bother me. It seems to weigh slightly less than the Mac but the difference for me is negligible.
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/08 17:23:04
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Cool. Thanks! Being a rather large guy (6' 4" and 250 lbs.), I may want to get something with a large keyboard. We'll see, I'll have to do that try in person part soon. 
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/08 20:26:21
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Well, I just got the good news! My new employer HAS ordered a new laptop for me!  Eventually I would like to get something for myself so I've kept notes from the responses. Thanks to all who contributed!
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 07:45:38
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☼ Best Answerby craigb 2016/08/09 12:38:30
craigb
Well, I just got the good news! My new employer HAS ordered a new laptop for me!
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 08:59:22
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Hi,
I might be in the market for a new laptop .. the last one I have is a small one, and not worth the discussion, but it's good enough to do a lot of typing. And, yeah, the small keyboard is a problem for me, also.
Music is not about notes and chords! My poem is not about the computer or monitor or letters! It's about how I was able to translate it from my insides!
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 09:57:23
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2016/08/09 12:38:40
An opinion? OK. Laptop cooling fans blow.
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 12:19:41
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☄ Helpfulby BobF 2016/08/09 12:44:58
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An opinion? OK. Laptop cooling fans blow.
Bob airs an opinion!
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 12:20:29
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 Yeah! Just shake over your head to reboot!
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 12:27:26
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craigb
Yeah! Just shake over your head to reboot!
The really sad thing is that if somebody could figure out to place ads on EASs they would. Even sadder, those ads would generate sales.
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/09 21:30:33
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2016/08/10 01:46:04
Without a laptop, my room mate's cat would have no place to sleep.
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/15 14:45:20
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My advice is to try to get a laptop that you can easily carry with out dropping it and have it shatter into 1000 pieces within the first hour of using it because they might not refund that.
So be careful and make sure you can get a good grip on that sucker and you will be fine.
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/15 14:58:49
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Hi,
Craig ... I gave up opinions a long time ago!
I only use a laptop to "augment" the work I do, and that means, when I go to the lake for the weekend, I take the laptop and I can do some typing and writing ... not much else, and it's all I would want to do, over there, since there is no Internet connection at this time (don't really need it!) ... and it gives me an excuse to work the novels and other stuff a bit more.
Other than that, if I had the moolah for it, I probably would get me a big time laptop and walk all over with it? Nahhhh ... not my style!
Music is not about notes and chords! My poem is not about the computer or monitor or letters! It's about how I was able to translate it from my insides!
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Re: Laptops! Who's got an opinion to share?
2016/08/15 16:07:02
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craigb
Well, I just got the good news! My new employer HAS ordered a new laptop for me!
Eventually I would like to get something for myself so I've kept notes from the responses. Thanks to all who contributed!
Feel free to continue sharing your opinions (or the fact that you don't have one), but the above pretty much describes where I am at the moment (er, waiting for the new laptop to arrive that is!).
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