I am using a Chromebook. I am also on a flaky Internet connection in provincial Batangas so it takes some of the cloud advantage away. I am beefing up the offline capability and only using the ChromeOS now. I have used Linux for many years (Initially a distro that came on 14 floppy discs and was a serious nightmare to install) and will probably consider adding it one of these days.
If I were in a decent Internet environment I think it would be fine. Especially if I was simply using it to ssh into the cloud where I was doing the real work. BobLQ On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Holden Hao <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Drexx Laggui [personal] <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> 18Aug2014 (UTC +8) >> >> I've been using Thinkpads since 1998, but early this year, switched to >> Dell Latitude E6540 from a Lenovo Thinkpad W500. >> > Will never go back to a Thinkpad! Build quality and post-sales support >> has just been going down the drain, year after year. >> > > This was why I was willing to pay a premium for the the Thinkpad. I > expected the Thinkpad to last 5+ years. It is disappointing to have it > break down after 3 years. I would expect that from other models or brands > but not for the Thinkpad. > > I also have high expectations for support. I immediately sent my laptop > for servicing the following day. It has been a week now and I have not > received a diagnosis. My follow up email remain unanswered. The manager > at the service counter told me to expect 1 month repair time. I would be > lucky to have my laptop fixed in a month. Another customer who picked up > her laptop after servicing told me that it took the repair center 5 months > to find a keyboard for her Thinkpad. Wow it was that long. And the > service center I went to is already the main branch at the IBM Building in > Eastwood. I guess this is now the norm with Lenovo. A friend of mine from > abroad also had his Lenovo laptop broke down after a week. And the repair > took about a month. > > So now I am considering a Dell. I have an eye on the XPS 13 but it is > quite pricey. Performance is not really much of a consideration for me. I > want durability and long battery life more. Other laptops I am considering > are the: > > Sony Vaio Pro 13 > HP Probook > > Anyway, I can go a max of 8 hours, according to the battery indicator >> of my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ubuntu's 14 LTS says it has better power >> management, but I'm happy with my 12.04 LTS. Must admit however, I >> have replaced the Seagate HDD with a Crucial MX550 SSD though, and >> have disabled the AMD Radeon GPU too. >> > > The specifications above more than fulfil my needs. Its good to know > about this line from Dell. I will read up more about them. > > Thanks. > > So no Chromebook users in the Philippines? > > > > Holden > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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