Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-11-02 Thread Ken Hohhof
find laptops with an Ethernet port. Even if you need a thin “ultrabook” style laptop, I’ve seen those with Ethernet ports that flip down a little, so it can be done. From: Ryan Ray Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 11:10 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-11-02 Thread Ryan Ray
I agree with you Justin. I've had Macbooks now going back about 8 years. I feel like they are the best laptop on the market hands down. No ethernet is annoying cause you have to carry around a thunderbolt adapter but other than that I have no complaints.. On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Justin Wil

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-11-02 Thread Jon Langeler
FWIW, I think a lot more has to do with CPU. Anything that's 3rd gen core i5 or later should work well... Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Justin Wilson - MTIN wrote: > > Many folks look at the Apple line as expensive. I have a 2008 Macbook pro > that has been my daily lapto

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-11-02 Thread Justin Wilson - MTIN
Many folks look at the Apple line as expensive. I have a 2008 Macbook pro that has been my daily laptop since I bought it. Has been at tower sites, etc. Mine is a full size 15” MacBook Pro. If you are looking for a field laptop I would suggest a macbook air. Not to get in a “holy war” but

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-11-02 Thread Josh Luthman
Because you can't have a text batch file in your Dropbox that's done that since 2001? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Nov 2, 2015 9:44 AM, "D. Ryan Spott" wrote: > +1 and the location manager to flip between ip settings is the bes

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-11-02 Thread D. Ryan Spott
+1 and the location manager to flip between ip settings is the best. TCO is so low it's not even funny. ryan -- D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc broadband | telco | colo | communities PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294 425-939-0047 > On Oct 31, 2015, at 12:10, Sean Heskett wrote: > > We use MacBook P

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Jeremy
>> We use Samsung because Sprint gives them away for free with a $10 data >>> plan. We got a bunch of them because of that. >>> >>> >>> >>> Rory >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Josh Luthman
;> >> *From: *"Ken Hohhof" >> *To: *af@afmug.com >> *Sent: *Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:49:23 AM >> >> >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price >> >> The Thinkpad contoured keys are nice, the trackpads are hit or mi

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2015-10-31 Thread Josh Baird
geler > *Sent:* Saturday, October 31, 2015 12:29 PM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price > > > > I have two of the latest Tecra z30, and they are light, fast, and last > like 6hrs+. But they are too fragile for the averag

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Rory Conaway
.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/mdwestix> From: "Ken Hohhof" mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:49:23 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery a

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Jon Langeler
.com >> >> >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> From: "Ken Hohhof" >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:49:23 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Sean Heskett
We use MacBook Pro. We still have one in service from 2009 ;) On Friday, October 30, 2015, Jay Weekley wrote: > Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish > netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good > battery. >

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Tushar Patel
0:46 AM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price > > Toshiba Tecra is what I use, 4-8 hour battery depending on what im doing, I > havent looked at one in 4 or 5 years, cause this ones a horse, hopefully they > have gone the thin route.

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Rory Conaway
supplementing them with tablets next. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 10:46 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price Toshiba Tecra is what I use, 4-8 hour battery depending on what im

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
; <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > -- > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:49:23 AM &

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Simon Westlake
I buy most of the laptops I need from www.powernotebooks.com. They're the same laptops that Dell, HP, etc, sell but without the branding on. They generally come branded with a Chinese company (Sager, etc) Upside is you can customize the internals pretty much how you want, and you can get it wi

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Mike Hammett
@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 8:49:23 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price The Thinkpad contoured keys are nice, the trackpads are hit or miss depending on model. I like the keyboard and trackpad on my 5 year old Sony VAIO Z-series, but of course Sony

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price You mean the best keyboard of all laptops? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Oct 31, 2015 8:45 AM, "Mike Hammett" wrote: I can't stand the Thinkpad's keyboard

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Mike Hammett
r 31, 2015 8:37:42 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price You mean the best keyboard of all laptops? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Oct 31, 2015 8:45 AM, "Mike Hammett" < af...@ics-

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Josh Luthman
are also rather tough >> although not like a Toughbook. >> >> Rory >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:30 PM >> To: Animal Farm >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price >> >> Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish >> netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good >> battery. >> > > >

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Mike Hammett
30, 2015 5:36:15 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price Ever since I started using Thinkpads I haven't gone back. They're not as durable as a Toughbook, but they're the best quality/durability for the price that I've found. -Jason On Fri, O

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-31 Thread Eric Kuhnke
ries are cheap. They are also rather tough >>> although not like a Toughbook. >>> >>> Rory >>> >>> -----Original Message- >>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley >>> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:3

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-30 Thread Mathew Howard
; although not like a Toughbook. > > Rory > > -Original Message- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:30 PM > To: Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price > > Looks like

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-30 Thread Josh Luthman
lto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:30 PM >> To: Animal Farm >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price >> >> Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish >> netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good >> battery. >> > >

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2015-10-30 Thread Jason McKemie
2015 2:30 PM > To: Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price > > Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish > netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good > battery. >

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-30 Thread Jay Weekley
m: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 2:30 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more imp

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-30 Thread Rory Conaway
er 30, 2015 2:30 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good battery.

[AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

2015-10-30 Thread Jay Weekley
Looks like it's time for a new field piece. I'm looking for a smallish netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good battery.