Re: new computer
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:40 AM, john slee indig...@oldcorollas.org wrote: On 10 January 2013 22:21, Matt Morrow cmorrow...@gmail.com wrote: You do realize the typical life of a battery is about a year? Poppycock. My FondletopPro battery still gives damn close to the performance it gave new in early 2011. The battery in my Fondleslab 3GS is near 4 years now and hasn't degraded that much either. Same again for my Dell Latitude corporate drone unit. If so many folks here are recommending Thinkpads, it's probably because (a) they are (or at least used to be) very well engineered laptops, and (b) shit works, yo. John laptop battery , what a joke . asus: one of the ultra low cost pieces -may- break, the other will rock solid. and btw, stop smoking, it is bad for your computer. -- - () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\
Re: new computer
On 2013-01-15 09:59, sven falempin wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:40 AM, john slee indig...@oldcorollas.org wrote: On 10 January 2013 22:21, Matt Morrow cmorrow...@gmail.com wrote: You do realize the typical life of a battery is about a year? Poppycock. My FondletopPro battery still gives damn close to the performance it gave new in early 2011. The battery in my Fondleslab 3GS is near 4 years now and hasn't degraded that much either. Same again for my Dell Latitude corporate drone unit. If so many folks here are recommending Thinkpads, it's probably because (a) they are (or at least used to be) very well engineered laptops, and (b) shit works, yo. John laptop battery , what a joke . +1, Laptop batteries area planned to have a 1-2 year life, and some times you get less some times you get more, I have one Thinkpad that the battery lasted about 6 months and wont hold a charge, I have another that is 5 years old. asus: one of the ultra low cost pieces -may- break, the other will rock solid. For sure Asus is kind of a grab bag, but its generally a good bag. and btw, stop smoking, it is bad for your computer. +1 I usually like to ask peoples budgets before i give them recommendations but its almost always Asus or Thinkpad. -- Jason Barbier
Re: new computer
On 10 January 2013 22:21, Matt Morrow cmorrow...@gmail.com wrote: You do realize the typical life of a battery is about a year? Poppycock. My FondletopPro battery still gives damn close to the performance it gave new in early 2011. The battery in my Fondleslab 3GS is near 4 years now and hasn't degraded that much either. Same again for my Dell Latitude corporate drone unit. If so many folks here are recommending Thinkpads, it's probably because (a) they are (or at least used to be) very well engineered laptops, and (b) shit works, yo. John
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You do realize the typical life of a battery is about a year? The life of a battery, when it has reached its expected and standard life does not reflect the quality of a pc. At any rate, it's not my intention to debate the quality of a particular brand or OEM. But, I like to defend a product when misguided information is posted as an absolute or as fact. On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:11 AM, K.André Braselmann k...@braselmann.orgwrote: Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad than shitty plastic Acer/Asus crapbook. jirib I've got 3 pieces of them in the basement. After 1095 days (warranty in germany: 3 yrs) battery is dead (spare 100) and the rest will also give up in the next half year. Seems to be the El cheapo Canon printer business model. Usually they got exactly ONE BIOS update. Bought several used ThinkPads and everyone is happy. In Germany about 200-300 André
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Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad than shitty plastic Acer/Asus crapbook. Not an option. At my place there is no market of that type. Further people do not buy laptops of business kind. I will change the subject, to closely match questions I have. Best regards all Zoran
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Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad Anyone know of a good place to look for and what model the latest thinkpad with fullscreen/without widescreen would be. I'm guessing fullscreen and usb3 and pci express is an impossible mix never minding throwing in running superbly on OpenBSD but how about fullscreen and pci express and OpenBSD? -- ___ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) ___
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On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 04:53:08PM +0100, Zoran Kolic wrote: For some future period I will get new node to run on openbsd. First dilema is to have laptop or desktop. Both have something to learn about supported hardware. I'd like to know what are popular el cheapo parts. Current, since at my place anything older than 1-2 years cannot be found. 1. For desktop, some integrated solution. Like amd a4-3300. Or to run for intel? No need for 3d or movies or games. I cannot understand the state of this newer chips. In short: what inte- grated cpu? What is good and proven mobo for that cpu? 2. The only option not to break the bank, 14 laptop is asus x401a. Intel Celeron Dual Core B830 1.8GH, Intel HD Graphics 2000 (Intel GT2), probably some atheros bgn wifi.HM70 Express Chip set. Or: AMD Ontario Dual-Core C60 1.33GH, AMD Radeon Mobility HD6290 (C60) AP, whoknowswhatwifi, as amd version. I've read supported hardware lists. Something is not available, something is on expensive side. I already have nodes for mundane tasks and would like to have dedicated box for openbsd, 64 bit. If I go for desktop, I want the least expensive option and wor- king on openbsd 5.2. The same for 14 inch laptop, probably with matte screen, which is hard to find under $500. The more I read, less I know what to buy. Best regards Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad than shitty plastic Acer/Asus crapbook. jirib
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Your comments about asus are strictly personal opinion. I've owned an Asus laptop for more than a year and it has been rock solid. I've knocked it onto the floor a couple of times, it has been banged around and it's still going strong. Also cheaper than a thinkpad. Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad than shitty plastic Acer/Asus crapbook. jirib
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Exactly, we are not here to debate about which firm is better but for the probleme every one can be met with openbsd or some subjects about technologie which is on Openbsd. Best Regards Olivier Calzi 2013/1/9 Matt Morrow cmorrow...@gmail.com Your comments about asus are strictly personal opinion. I've owned an Asus laptop for more than a year and it has been rock solid. I've knocked it onto the floor a couple of times, it has been banged around and it's still going strong. Also cheaper than a thinkpad. Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad than shitty plastic Acer/Asus crapbook. jirib -- Cordialement Olivier Calzi
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Buy a refurbished ThinkPad, still better older ThinkPad than shitty plastic Acer/Asus crapbook. jirib I've got 3 pieces of them in the basement. After 1095 days (warranty in germany: 3 yrs) battery is dead (spare 100) and the rest will also give up in the next half year. Seems to be the El cheapo Canon printer business model. Usually they got exactly ONE BIOS update. Bought several used ThinkPads and everyone is happy. In Germany about 200-300 André
