I’ve owned a laptop (or usually a few laptops) every single moment since 1995 when I got a ThinkPad 750. Some of them I liked more than others.
But the Thinkpad T400 that I got this Fall is, by far, my favorite laptop of all time. First, it it just really fast. It has an Intel T9600 CPU which is very fast. It’s almost as fast as my Dell XPS 710 mega machine at the office. Second, it is loaded with highly useful features like:
I've never owned a Laptop, but that sounds wicked Froggy!
That sounds like an absolute beast. I just got my first laptop ever, a macbook (partially because I've been gone a lot of weekends lately and partly because I wanted to do iPhone development), and I've been absolutely amazed by how much I use it. It's so handy to be able to have the same data at work and home along with, well, being able to write and program on a couch.
I too got my very first laptop in september. It's a dell Studio 17 2.6 with 4 gig ram.
It's really cool to be able to do my computing amnywhere I want. I just never counted on my girlfriend stealin g it from me so often LOL
I think the integrated 3G is a big winner here, especially when traveling. I wish I had that in my Netbook.
Why do you keep mocking us with these toys most of us will never afford before they're out of style?
I mean, Jesus Christ, that thing is over an €1600 average!
Don't worry Luckmann! All you have to do is stop eating for a meager 2-4 years (depending on how much you normally eat) and you will be able to afford one of them with the money you saved!
I also love how you're all "It's amazing! I STILL love this machine, and it's almost 4 months old!".
LOL, I knew by the title that this article was by you!
For me, a Thinkpad is all about the trackpoint. I've never used any laptop other than a Thinkpad, and absolutely LOATHE any other sort of pointing device. I'm totally powerless when handed a laptop with one of those stupid awkward touchpads on it. I'm really stunned that the trackpoint isn't more prevalent in other laptops.
The trackpoint is key for me too.
Picture this,
You are throttling along fine downtown Chicago in a thick winter Storm and it's below the freezing mark by a whole -15F...
Should you go that park bench, sit in the evening darkening hours, fire up the laptop and risk flooding the board with humidity drops so tight you wouldn't know until you brought it back home.
Point being, what good is mobility if you can't enjoy all its advantages in ANY 'normal' conditions without having to move in Exotic countries altogether? How do they use those in India's regular 45C+ weathers?
Wait 'til next summer Heat waves, you'll understand the big difference between the regular office desktop (Air conditioning helps!) and your battery driven limits.
Frogboy, can you please go check out if Carielf has actually fixed the planets surface scanning Query/Name flaw(s) for REAL and soon to be compiled in version 2.03+ of DA along with any other TA features added to it?
Check with your provider.....I use my Tilt with a short USB cable and can tether up anywhere ATT has edge or 3g. Those expensive apple phones "should" be capable too.
I've had a few laptops over the years, but never a big blue (does it come with a white shirt/dark blue tie?). I have a ASUS currently which has a neat thing called Express Gate which brings up the web without actually loading the OS.............. handy when your out trying to save battery life.
I look at laptops as a 2 edged sword.........sure it allows you to work where ever you happen to be..........at times I find myself putting in 70+ hour weeks.......just because I can.......not that I need to. So the challenge becomes being able to "disconnect" from work and enjoy what it is I've worked for.
Same with phones....for years I spent so much time on the phone at work I came to hate them and refused to answer the one at home........then somebody came up with the cell phone and now it follows me in my car...the bathroom.....on my boat......in my yard.....the doctor's office....etc. etc.
quote]I've never used any laptop other than a Thinkpad, and absolutely LOATHE any other sort of pointing device.[/quote]
You know, I tried to replace my ThinkPad habit with a Dell Latitude. It's their business line laptop, and it has a "control point" (or some other name) nub on it. It's also one of the few laptops that they offer that you can dock.
That lasted about 6 months. Now I'm back to a ThinkPad.
So, how exactly do you take your office PC home to work from home on? And, how do you do email or other work from Panera Bread while your kid is eating soup without a laptop?
The ThinkPad T400 is the most powerful machine that I have had at work or home. I can't think of any reason why I would want a desktop over this laptop.
Give me my ThinkPad and my BlackBerry and I can work from anywhere I would ever be! Wait...I shouldn't say that....Brad is reading this
True... but, my only 'critical point' was that you don't have to charge up the desktop, possibly daily -- it's always ON if plugged in to AC.
Neither solutions have to be better than the other, as long as IT fits your needs when you want it the most often.
Mobility is kinda fun i'd agree -- but in the long term, there's nothing like being strapped to a solid chair to enforce good working habits. I can't concentrate enough at home in such a context, you can imagine how clumsy i'd get if "multi-tasking" in a busy lunch-time cafeteria where noise, conversations & what else would be somehow disturbing - but, that's just me.
The point really is moot because.. you can take a desktop to even less locations than a laptop.. sounds to me that personally they are not for you and that using one in extreme heat , or humidity isn't a viable option for any setup.
Its like saying.. I dont like water.. because it evaporates in extreme heat.
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