[Gllug] shop with laptops

[Shannon Carver]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I would never buy a netbook, I find them undepowered
and impractical for all situations apart from maybe sitting on a train. I am
biased though, we have 6 Dell laptops in the household (4 people).

Shannon Carver
E: shannon.carver at gmail.com
M: +44 (0)78 4606 9419

On Aug 15, 2009 10:56 AM, "James Laver" <gllug at jameslaver.com> wrote:

On 15 Aug 2009, at 10:00, Shannon Carver wrote: > I may be bucking the trend
here, but the way I see...
On the other hand, they've been systematically ruining their macbook
pro range. First they got rid of the button and made the entire
trackpad a clickable button (it's on a hinge from the top). It might
have worked had they not hinged it.

Then they made the battery non-user-replaceable. Because when it comes
time that it's not worth using, would you rather fit one yourself or
send it off to apple so they can both charge you a fortune for it and
lose you your laptop for a month?

> - Dell, solid machines, and always the best bang for buck, > specifically
their XPS, Vostro and ...
But not the adamo, which appears to be stepping on Apple's toes. I
considered it because of the build quality (all aluminium case) until
I discovered that again, the battery wasn't user replaceable.

> - Netbooks, get an EeePC or Dell mini or something >
I got the first EeePC model and I thought it was awful. Too small to
see browse large swathes of the web on (though I gather they used the
space on the lid more wisely later on) and the keyboard is too small
for someone fat-fingered to type on, kind of knackering up the
browsing-on-the-train experience for me. Can't browse, can't email,
can't hack. Why would you get one?

--James

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