Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!not-for-mail From: wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Satellite A660 Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:34:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <0cb0df72-3b39-45f0-b0d0-1311696a4ad1@googlegroups.com> <20140416.192055@tmsn.at> <4484d948-d099-4997-95eb-044d0f2c6678@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1397900099 29355 166.84.1.2 (19 Apr 2014 09:34:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:34:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.laptops:2195 In article <4484d948-d099-4997-95eb-044d0f2c6678@googlegroups.com>, wrote: > >This may be usenet, but its not an excuse for abandoning the >basic tenets of decent communication. Like the occasional linefeed. BTW, you're only stuck with crap if you buy crap. Thinkpad ain't nearly what it was under IBM, but they definitely ain't crap. Spend your money on a unit that says it performs like a home-theatre setup, has an 8 hour battery life, and scores 8000 on 3DMark at 1920x1080, and you're bound to uncover a few cut corners after you live with it for a while. I'm typing this on a Thinkpad X31 that I paid maybe $100.00 for 3 years ago. I did stick a small SSD in for the subjective improvement, but it's otherwise "stock". I don't feel deprived. In fact, you can't beat the keyboard, the top lid is stiff enough that I don't have to baby it to avoid pressure marks, and it fits on the fold-down tray on airplanes. What I'm trying to say is that with laptops you generally get 2 of 3: quality and price, quality and performance, or performance and price. Now that they have to compete with $200.00 Chromebooks and the like, all too many vendors are choosing door #3. I still think Thinkpads are the closest to meeting expectations, which isn't to say they're the "best", just that they're the least likely to disappoint. Sattelite's have always been, ummm, well, crap, IMHO. A red flag is the One Long Screw construction.