Jon M. Hanson wrote:
> Vaughn Treude wrote:
>> Matt Graham wrote:
>>
>>> After a long battle with technology, Vaughn Treude wrote:
>>>
>>>> The goal: As high-performance as possible for $2000 or less. In particular,
>>>> I want to be able to boot as fast as possible.
>>>>
>>> "Boot"? Ever since I got a laptop that could suspend-to-RAM reliably,
>>> rebooting was a pretty rare event. Resuming from S2RAM is tons faster than
>>> the fastest boot.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I never had that working in Linux, but, as I said, it's an old computer.
>>
>>
>>>> 15" wide screen WXGA+
>>>>
>>> What's that in pixels?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> It's 1440 by 900.
>>
>>
>>>> 2.4 GHz CPU, 2 G, 100 G drive@7200 RPM, DVD+-R, 802.11n, Bluetooth support,
>>>> 2 USB ports, preferably 3.
>>>>
>>>> Dell Inspiron 1520, Toshiba Tecra A9, Lenovo ThinkPad R61, Mac Book Pro.
>>>> At the moment I'm leaning toward the Lenovo. As far as I can tell, its
>>>> primary drawbacks are relatively short battery life,
>>>>
>>> FWIW, I've owned 4 Thinkpads, mostly because I like TrackPoints and no other
>>> make offers them with any degree of consistency. My Thinkpads were all built
>>> like tanks, had field circus manuals easily downloadable in PDF form from
>>> somewhere on IBM's site, and they all had excellent Linux-combatability in
>>> terms of hardware. But all of mine were IBM, not Lenovo. I don't know
>>> whether the new ones are cheap crap or not, and won't know until I can scrape
>>> together enough cash to run a new machine in under my still-usable T42p.
>>>
>>>
>>>> and the fact that it is (IMHO) one butt-ugly machine.
>>>>
>>
>> I really don't mind, I just thought I might get a rise out of some
>> people. :-)
>>
>>
>>> It looks very similar to how Thinkpads have looked since they started making
>>> them (classic, like a Model T.)
>>>
>>> The Mac is not worth the price premium unless you are going to be editing
>>> video all the time. If you have *ANY* way of doing so, buy a factory
>>> refurbished laptop. You'll save hundreds of dollars. All of my laptops were
>>> refurbished, and I have had exactly 2 hardware problems with them in 8 years
>>> (one was fixable with the field circus manual and a $50 spare part.) HTH,
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I wonder if Mac does factory refurbs. I'll have to check into that. :-)
>>
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> Apple does have refurbrished models but they go pretty quickly so if you
> see one you want at a price that's good for you, you should jump on it.
> Hopefully the link works for you and it's not tied to a cookie on my
> machine:
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?sf=wHF2F2PHCCCX72KDY&mco=MTE3NjY&nclm=CertifiedMac.
>
The link does work, thanks. They didn't have exactly what I'm looking
for but I'll keep my eye on that one.
VT
>
>
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