Sigh. Never been a Mac guy...but now considering it...

[Emulex]

osx is just bsd. man i been using bsd since sunos and bsdi 1.1 - love it. far easier to master than windows 🙂

 

[vailr]

Thru August 7. Barnes&Noble Account: SandyBridge i5/Win7/320GB HD 7200/4GB RAM: X220 for $609 . T420 for $611
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1116087/

Configuration with SSD HD + better quality IPS display:
ThinkPad X220 - 1 Yr Depot Warranty
Intel Core i5-2520M Processor (2.5GHz, 3MB L3, 1333MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64
12.5" Premium HD (1366x768) LED Backlit Display, Mobile Broadband Ready, 2x2 Antenna
Intel® HD Graphics 3000
4 GB DDR3 - 1333MHz (1 DIMM)
No Fingerprint Reader
Camera: No Camera
128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA
ThinkPad Battery 29+ (6 cell)
Bluetooth 3.0
ThinkPad b/g/n
Integrated Mobile Broadband - Upgradable

eCoupon:[THINKSAVINGS] -$159.25

Estimated total: $902.40 (with free shipping)

 

[Emulex]

So when it breaks you can drop it off sunday at the apple store and have it back in two days - shipped to your work do you don't have to go back? oh yeah that's apple only.

Does the microsoft store offer the same? Drop off in store on sunday- have it fedex'ed back to your work ? (no charge, part of warranty).

no camera? please- facetime rocks with jailbroken iphone.

Thinkvantage = so much bloatware you have 20 processes running to deal with the laptop. yuck! don't kid yourself lenovo makes alot of junk now. They make GREAT laptops which cost a ALOT of money but their cheap stuff is just that. It's not IBM any more where every laptop was GREAT.

 

[Zaap]

So now "...when it breaks" is a major selling point for laptops?

 

[Emulex]

yeah if you drop it - laptops tend to have that problem - you can get it replaced/repaired quickly.

 

[Zaap]

I can't even count how many laptops I've owned- never dropped one of them. ( I also don't lend my stuff to people that 'tend to have that problem'.) 🙂

 

[Emulex]

well i guess you are the luckiest guy on the planet with kids.

congrats

 

[Pliablemoose]

Just bought a 13" MBA, had an 11" version of the previous generation.

I have to agree with the reviewers, it's very close to the perfect notebook.

 

[Kaido]

Just bought a 13" MBA, had an 11" version of the previous generation.

I have to agree with the reviewers, it's very close to the perfect notebook.

If only it had 8GB of RAM 🙁 I use 8 gigs just in Chrome...haha.

 

[Pliablemoose]

If only it had 8GB of RAM 🙁 I use 8 gigs just in Chrome...haha.

Following Apple's typical upgrade, I imagine the next version will offer 8GB 🙂

Sigh...

It's a hell of a piece of hardware though.

 

[Zaap]

... kids...

Exactly who anyone in their right mind doesn't let anywhere near their expensive laptop. Luck has nothing to do with it, just common sense.

Although, I must say my 8 month old nephew once 86'd an old laptop of mine. It was my fault for leaving it on the floor of my bedroom- he crawled in there and played with it for a few minutes in the way an 8 month old plays with a laptop, and after that, it was deader than dead. There was no returning it to anyone, it was just plain thrashed. Luckily it was old even at the time so I didn't care much. Lesson learned.