Comments on: New notebook? http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/ Jon Lech Johansen’s blog Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DavidW http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4653 DavidW Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:12:41 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-4653 Interested in what you finally decided on. The guys at my company also use Thinkpads, and like you right now we have the T42p which has worked great. We have been waiting on a good 64bit thinkpad with a large hard drive so we can run both linux and winxp ( hopefully in 64bit mode, but there have been so many issues ). Anyway, if inclined, would appreciate knowing what you chose and why. thanks david Interested in what you finally decided on. The guys at my company also use Thinkpads, and like you right now we have the T42p which has worked great.

We have been waiting on a good 64bit thinkpad with a large hard drive so we can run both linux and winxp ( hopefully in 64bit mode, but there have been so many issues ).

Anyway, if inclined, would appreciate knowing what you chose and why.

thanks
david

]]> By: nicolas http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4511 nicolas Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:47:42 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-4511 Sony, Sony, Sony ... oh and did I mention Sony? I'm stressing this point because they honestly some of the best tougest, and strongest performance notebooks. Along with elegance and versatility. www.sonystyle.com shows you that. the only problem is $$$, but if you're willing to customize your MBP and drop 3k on one, then might as well go for sony. the bottom line is preference. it's less of an issue now, because of intel chips and such, but build wise for linux, there is no problem watsoever on a vaio. Sony, Sony, Sony … oh and did I mention Sony? I’m stressing this point because they honestly some of the best tougest, and strongest performance notebooks. Along with elegance and versatility. http://www.sonystyle.com shows you that. the only problem is $$$, but if you’re willing to customize your MBP and drop 3k on one, then might as well go for sony. the bottom line is preference. it’s less of an issue now, because of intel chips and such, but build wise for linux, there is no problem watsoever on a vaio.

]]> By: Geir http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-4216 Geir Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:52:58 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-4216 So what did you end up with ? I´m really satisfied with my MBP 17" , but I also consider a Thinkpad for Vista and Ubuntu (saving money is a pain in the arse though...) So what did you end up with ?

I´m really satisfied with my MBP 17″ , but I also consider a Thinkpad for Vista and Ubuntu (saving money is a pain in the arse though…)

]]> By: Z http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Z Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:26:12 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1058 I suggest you stick with Thinkpad, although Lenovo has done some nasty changes. Its pretty superior to Mac! I suggest you stick with Thinkpad, although Lenovo has done some nasty changes.
Its pretty superior to Mac!

]]> By: ShyCelticWitch http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 ShyCelticWitch Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:53:44 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1057 I don't have a Mac laptop. I have 2 G4s, 2 G5s and 2 MacPros. 5 years ago owned 2 IBM and 2 Dell PCs. I own an ad agency. I got very little work done between errors on the Windows PCs. As I started switching them over to Macs, one by one... as I could afford them. Lo and behold... my productivity increased with each conversion, and now that I am all Mac I am doing so much business without interruption that the cost of the Macs seems insignificant. Wnat an amazing machine with an even more amazing operating system. 6 Macs, 5 years.... NOT ONE ERROR, CRASH or VIRUS! And now they run Windows? (not that I would screw up a perfectly good Mac by doing that), just even more amazing. I see the Windows hacker crowd is now harrassing you devout PC gamers... sorry to hear that. But I am NOT sorry that there is an obvious lack of violent, bloodthirsty, sexually explicit and crime glorifying games out there for Mac. Apparently the people at Mac prefer their hard work to be used by people with intelligence and good conscience. I plan to buy that laptop this summer. With the money my Macs are making, I can surely afford that MacBook Pro! I don’t have a Mac laptop. I have 2 G4s, 2 G5s and 2 MacPros. 5 years ago owned 2 IBM and 2 Dell PCs. I own an ad agency. I got very little work done between errors on the Windows PCs. As I started switching them over to Macs, one by one… as I could afford them. Lo and behold… my productivity increased with each conversion, and now that I am all Mac I am doing so much business without interruption that the cost of the Macs seems insignificant. Wnat an amazing machine with an even more amazing operating system. 6 Macs, 5 years…. NOT ONE ERROR, CRASH or VIRUS! And now they run Windows? (not that I would screw up a perfectly good Mac by doing that), just even more amazing. I see the Windows hacker crowd is now harrassing you devout PC gamers… sorry to hear that. But I am NOT sorry that there is an obvious lack of violent, bloodthirsty, sexually explicit and crime glorifying games out there for Mac. Apparently the people at Mac prefer their hard work to be used by people with intelligence and good conscience. I plan to buy that laptop this summer. With the money my Macs are making, I can surely afford that MacBook Pro!

]]> By: tobbe http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 tobbe Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:55:47 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1056 I have a MacBook Pro Core Duo 15" 2.16 GHz og 2GB ram .. It works just perfect for my use. Im mainly using it for the Adobe CS2 package (Photoshop, Illustrator, Golive, brigde, imageready etc) and Macromedia Dreamweaver. At first i was quite supriced about how powerfull the MBP are! It all just works smoothly :) Before i just used PCs and was sceptical about Mac.. but now i for sure never will switch ! It gives you the complete package ;) Offcourse, you have other needs than me, im mainly a designer, you are a coder. Maybe you dont need a mac and are just fine with other products.. hard to say, since i have no skills in coding hehe.. To thoose who are not to happy about the mono-mouse , hehe , you just have to plug in a normal three buttoned mouse into the MBP and it works just fine, geez ;P cheers.. I have a MacBook Pro Core Duo 15″ 2.16 GHz og 2GB ram .. It works just perfect for my use. Im mainly using it for the Adobe CS2 package (Photoshop, Illustrator, Golive, brigde, imageready etc) and Macromedia Dreamweaver. At first i was quite supriced about how powerfull the MBP are! It all just works smoothly :)

Before i just used PCs and was sceptical about Mac.. but now i for sure never will switch ! It gives you the complete package ;)

Offcourse, you have other needs than me, im mainly a designer, you are a coder. Maybe you dont need a mac and are just fine with other products.. hard to say, since i have no skills in coding hehe..

To thoose who are not to happy about the mono-mouse , hehe , you just have to plug in a normal three buttoned mouse into the MBP and it works just fine, geez ;P

cheers..

]]> By: Pox http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1051 Pox Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:52:56 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1051 Regarding macbook tablets: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ModBook Regarding macbook tablets:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ModBook

]]> By: blueman http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 blueman Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:39:14 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1050 Running a MacBook Pro with OSX, Vista and Ubuntu - all running at the same time using Parallels! The thing is so well-designed. Running a MacBook Pro with OSX, Vista and Ubuntu – all running at the same time using Parallels! The thing is so well-designed.

]]> By: Mike http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Mike Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:37:34 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1046 I have the Thinkpad Z60m, 17" widescreen. I have run Linux (Mandrake Corporate Desktop) and am currently running Vista Ultimate. I love my Z60m. The only complaint would be that the firewire support is 1394. I have the Thinkpad Z60m, 17″ widescreen. I have run Linux (Mandrake Corporate Desktop) and am currently running Vista Ultimate. I love my Z60m. The only complaint would be that the firewire support is 1394.

]]> By: Mewrei http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Mewrei Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:16:38 +0000 http://nanocr.eu/2007/03/21/new-notebook/#comment-1045 Really anymore Macs are overpriced PCs with a special booting setup and a custom UNIX based OS. Only get a Mac if you intend on using OSX. Remember Mac's use EFI instead of a BIOS so certain versions of Linux may not run outside of a virtual machine. I'm not sure if Boot camp supports Linux(doubtful). I currently have a Lenovo laptop(a 3000N mainly because it's geared more for multimedia) and it's been very good thus far. I'm also having really good luck with my hp dv9000 series notebook though I wouldn't compare it with a Thinkpad. Really anymore Macs are overpriced PCs with a special booting setup and a custom UNIX based OS. Only get a Mac if you intend on using OSX. Remember Mac’s use EFI instead of a BIOS so certain versions of Linux may not run outside of a virtual machine. I’m not sure if Boot camp supports Linux(doubtful).

I currently have a Lenovo laptop(a 3000N mainly because it’s geared more for multimedia) and it’s been very good thus far. I’m also having really good luck with my hp dv9000 series notebook though I wouldn’t compare it with a Thinkpad.

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