Re: Re: Laptop recommendations?

Oh neat, my Lenovo laptop has an option in the BIOS to swap the lower left
Fn and Ctrl keys...!

My life just got better.


On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Shawn Wildermuth <[email protected]
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> When you’re not paying for your own machine the Dell Precisions are
> great…but when its coming out of your pocket the Precisions are about 2x as
> much as similar horsepowered machines.  Fit and finish aren’t as nice on the
> cheaper alternatives, but 2x the money is a big consideration.
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> Thanks,
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> Shawn Wildermuth
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> http://wildermuth.com
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> Note: This was typed on a big ole laptop so any misspellings and
> punctuations are completely my fault…not my phone’s.
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chris Sells
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 07, 2010 6:33 PM
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> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* RE: [OT] Re: Laptop recommendations?
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> I don’t know if you’re ruled this out already, but I’m completely in love
> with my Dell Precision M4400. It’s fast, has a great screen and with a dual
> core [1], 8GB of RAM and a high-end GPU, it rocks. It gets hot sometimes and
> the battery life ain’t what I’d like, both otherwise, it’s a great box for
> all my work and home chores.
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> [1] I think the later models have quad core
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Levison
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 07, 2010 3:16 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Re: Laptop recommendations?
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> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Shawn Wildermuth <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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> Gateway, Lenova, Apple are all dead to me because of the ctrl key thing.
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> Wow - thanks I didn't know it was that bad out there. HP is out for
> reliability, see:
> http://lifehacker.com/5524704/laptop+reliability-study-highlights-the-most-sturdy-laptop-makers
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> Does anyone have any recent laptops they like from Sony, Asus or Toshiba?
> Preferably with a keyboard designed for regular use :-)
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> Cheers
> Mark
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