I've fallen in love with real laptops again..

[Animalor]

So I'd been using a variety of low power laptops and netbooks for the last little while. While the portability is nice, the low power and small work area finally got to me a few weeks ago and I asked my boss if I could get a new, regular laptop.

Well it was approved and I ordered myself a Lenovo L412.

The thing isn't a gaming machine nor is it meant to be. My first thought when I opened it up was "Holy shit this thing is thick".

It's packing a Core i3, Intel Integrated chipset and a measly 2GB of RAM (Reminds me, I need to see if I can get that upgraded). It's a standard, middle of the line business machine.

As soon as turned the thing on and started using it however I was amazed. It's so fast compared to netbooks I had convinced myself was acceptable performance and the nice, full size keyboard and trackpad are so much more confortable that I now wonder what I did without. It's also whisper quiet. I literrally cannot hear the thing. Even under heavy load the fan never spins up. I guess the "chunkiness" that I was bothered with at the beginning gives the components enough room to adequetly move out heat.

I'm never going back to Netbooks. Anything under a 12" screen DIAF as far as I'm concerned.

[Canelek]

The Lenovos are ok for business use. I'm supposed to get one since technically IBM doesn't like its employees to use their own gear while working remotely. I did take a look at their more powerful models, since we get a fairly good discount on them. However, it seemed even with employee discount, I could do better with ASUS. I'll take one for work though!

[Aabidano]

Mentioned it elsewhere I think, very happy with my Lenovo T410. Battery life cold be better but it's good enough.

[masteen]

Those fucking thinkpads just won't fucking die, either. I dug up this old ass T41 with a 1.6 GHz processor from the warehouse, upgraded it to 1.5 GB of RAM, and loaded a fresh copy of XP, and it runs outlook, hyperterminal and putty real nice. I wouldn't try to do anything TOO demanding, but as my 3rd desk machine/portable terminal, it's decent. It's actually quite thin and light, especially considering its age.

[miir]

Running 7 on a T42 and it's actually not too bad.
Also have a T410 and though I don't use it much, it's a really nice laptop. It's lacking a lot of the bells and whistles of a more consumer oriented laptop but it's reliable and sturdy.

[Aabidano]

My T60 held up very well, no complaints at all.

No PCMIA on the T410, how am I supposed to use my token ring card! Help desk didn't find that amusing.

Running 7 home on my netbook, does just fine, comparable to Ubuntu mostly for what I do with it,

[miir]

No PCMIA on the T410, how am I supposed to use my token ring card!

[Zaelath]

My T60 held up very well, no complaints at all.

No PCMIA on the T410, how am I supposed to use my token ring card! Help desk didn't find that amusing.

Running 7 home on my netbook, does just fine, comparable to Ubuntu mostly for what I do with it,

I think I'd suggest you just sit closer to the other person in the world that wants to use token ring and pass notes.

[Aabidano]

Hadn't used it in years, TR was decent enough if implemented properly. I've even got the SC adaptor for it

[Canelek]

I still use Named Pipes