[Gllug] Seeking some laptop advice

[Peter Corlett]

On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:11:52AM +0100, Juergen Schinker wrote:
> On Fri, June 5, 2009 10:36, Peter Corlett wrote:
[...]
>> Yeah, nobod could possibly want an easy-to-use Unix system that works out
>> of the box and which can run enterprise applications such as Microsoft
>> Office and Photoshop.
> must be joking

Please clarify.

>> It seems that you've eliminated about 95% of the market. Wouldn't it have
>> been easier to name the one brand that you apparently like?
> i recommend and in that order:
> Sony Vaio;Toshiba;HP;IBM
> i had one of these Brands except IBM

Your information may be outdated.

IBM sold out to Lenovo, who make some fairly unreliable laptops. The old
original IBM Thinkpads made before Lenovo's involvement are fine pieces of
kit and are still highly-prized as a result.

However, the old IBM Thinkpads are slowly failing and have fairly modest
specs by modern standards, and so can't really be recommended except to
enthusiasts who are prepared to scour eBay and computer fairs for them and
suffer the possible consequences.

> and i would make shure that i get at least a SSD Disk at reasonable size
> because in the end a laptop is just a transportable Disk...

I treat mine as a portable thin client that can still do a good amount of
heavy lifting locally if disconnected from the Internet. It's a bit bulky to
use as a disk: a USB thumbdrive is so much more convenient.

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