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Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:46 pm

Who makes the best laptops nowadays?

I need a new one and just need some manufacturer suggestions. LG? Toshiba? It all looks like Acer and HP on Amazon and I thought HP made sauce.

Thanks people.

Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not buying anything by ******* Apple. Thanks.

bumblemusprime · Post by **bumblemusprime** » Fri May 13, 2011 10:09 pm

Going to brave the Chromebook?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20061978-64.html

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat May 14, 2011 6:50 am

Brendocon wrote:Who makes the best laptops nowadays?

I need a new one and just need some manufacturer suggestions. LG? Toshiba? It all looks like Acer and HP on Amazon and I thought HP made sauce.

Thanks people.

Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not buying anything by ******* Apple. Thanks.

Get a Lenovo ThinkPad. Affordable, rock solid, best value for money. Have a google for reviews and see what you think of them. Basically IBM built the best laptop on earth then sold the concept to Lenovo who have maintained and updated it.

Post by **Best First** » Sat May 14, 2011 7:28 am

by rock solid do you mean "weighs a ****ing ton"?

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat May 14, 2011 7:53 am

Best First wrote:by rock solid do you mean "weighs a ****ing ton"?

If you're going to buy one from 2002 then yes. Yes they do.

They come in all shapes and sizes now

and are just about the only laptop I've ever seen still working properly after 3+ years use.

Post by **Best First** » Sat May 14, 2011 7:59 am

my work one (r400) is from about 2009 and is basically a tank with a screen.

it's ok, but i'm not overjoyed with it.

altho it does have a load of BS work applications working on it which i imagine don't help.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat May 14, 2011 8:14 am

Best First wrote:my work one (r400) is from about 2009 and is basically a tank with a screen.

it's ok, but i'm not overjoyed with it.

altho it does have a load of BS work applications working on it which i imagine don't help.

I was going to ask if this was a work PC!

"Buy the biggest, heaviest model you can find and then load it up with keylogging, logshipping, internet monitoring stuff, all those legacy apps we don't use, Lotus Notes and Java for the CRM!"

I was thinking more this sort of beasty:

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/cont ... d=products

Post by **Best First** » Sat May 14, 2011 11:01 am

yeah that looks better.

We get new ones every couple of years and i am pretty sure our procurement strategy is "what's on bulk offer at PC world this week for under £250"

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat May 14, 2011 12:13 pm

Best First wrote:yeah that looks better.

We get new ones every couple of years and i am pretty sure our procurement strategy is "what's on bulk offer at PC world this week for under £250"

Its uncanny, I think we might work for the same company!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 14, 2011 12:17 pm

What do people think of that Acer laptop with 2 LCD touchscreens? One of which flips over so the laptop can be used as a tablet, the other can be used as a virtual keyboard. I thought it was quite innovative.

Post by **Best First** » Sat May 14, 2011 1:49 pm

Karl wrote:
Best First wrote:yeah that looks better.

We get new ones every couple of years and i am pretty sure our procurement strategy is "what's on bulk offer at PC world this week for under £250"
Its uncanny, I think we might work for the same company!

Procurement departments are basically all the same pan-dimensional entity, specifically engineered to be free of empathy for the employee or those they are procuring from and gleefully free of any investment in or understanding of the end purpose of the products or services they have been asked to aquire.

The beast's tentacles are many and his processes are long.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat May 14, 2011 4:13 pm

Rebis wrote:What do people think of that Acer laptop with 2 LCD touchscreens? One of which flips over so the laptop can be used as a tablet, the other can be used as a virtual keyboard. I thought it was quite innovative.

Sounds a bit like the Dell Inspiron Duo. Nice idea, but until they get a PC architecture that is instant-on with a 10 hour battery life I don't think it'll work. I'd rather buy a normal laptop and throw an SSD in it.

The iPad is a great tool IMO because it turns on so quickly, it's small and (relatively) light and goes literally all day on one charge. Personally I think Windows on a tablet would be amazing from a software/compatibility/networking perspective but until the battery life and performance is there it's not worth it.

Apparently Samsung have developed a 'perfect' folding screen, so maybe this will start showing up in mobile devices soon too: http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/13/s ... _displays/

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 14, 2011 7:07 pm

Karl wrote:
Rebis wrote:What do people think of that Acer laptop with 2 LCD touchscreens? One of which flips over so the laptop can be used as a tablet, the other can be used as a virtual keyboard. I thought it was quite innovative.
Sounds a bit like the Dell Inspiron Duo.

You know what, it could be the Dell. I really can't remember who the manufacturer was of the one I saw in a PC World back in March. Googling it, I might even have been misremembering Asus.

However, also when googling it, I saw images of a dual-screen laptop. Now, that is not innovative, IMO. It seems to unwieldy for actual lap-topping to me.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat May 14, 2011 8:51 pm

Rebis wrote:
Karl wrote:
Rebis wrote:What do people think of that Acer laptop with 2 LCD touchscreens? One of which flips over so the laptop can be used as a tablet, the other can be used as a virtual keyboard. I thought it was quite innovative.
Sounds a bit like the Dell Inspiron Duo.
You know what, it could be the Dell. I really can't remember who the manufacturer was of the one I saw in a PC World back in March. Googling it, I might even have been misremembering Asus.

However, also when googling it, I saw images of a dual-screen laptop. Now, that is not innovative, IMO. It seems to unwieldy for actual lap-topping to me.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, it has one screen for a display and the other for a virtual keyboard? Yick!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 14, 2011 10:01 pm

Karl wrote:
Rebis wrote:
Karl wrote: Sounds a bit like the Dell Inspiron Duo.
You know what, it could be the Dell. I really can't remember who the manufacturer was of the one I saw in a PC World back in March. Googling it, I might even have been misremembering Asus.

However, also when googling it, I saw images of a dual-screen laptop. Now, that is not innovative, IMO. It seems to unwieldy for actual lap-topping to me.
If it's the one I'm thinking of, it has one screen for a display and the other for a virtual keyboard? Yick!

Sounds suspiciously like the one I described. Virtual mousepad too. Both can be replaced by extra screen space, however.

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