I have a Lenovo W530, but I have an inkling that the future of the Thinkpad is very grim for my work use cases. Laptops like the Razer Blade would be my next potential go-to if it can run Linux without much fuss.
I really like my MBP, solid fast machine. It only has 16GB and I would like a machine with at least 32 if not 64. I am a little jealous of a W530/W540 owner. You can have RAID SSD and 32GB of ram. Coupled with VMWare Workstation ... swoon!
> I am a little jealous of a W530/W540 owner. You can have RAID SSD and 32GB of ram.
There's also an available mSATA slot. I have 3 SSDs on mine, but I think I went too far.
If that's what you're looking for, though, Bevel[0] was just launched.
(I used to get terrible razor burn - switching to a double edge razor has made a huge difference. Bevel didn't invent the concept, obviously, but they do make it very convenient.).
Their shaver looks very similar to a Merkur Futur [0], which has existed for ages and isn't considered by many to be the best safety razor. The cost for the razor is fair at $60, but they want to extract $30 a month afterwards! Insane! Their lineup consists of a priming oil, badger hair brush, shaving cream and aftershave balm. None of this is out of the ordinary for well equipped wet shavers, and costs nowhere near $30 a month to supply.
Oh well, if it's worth it to someone to subscribe and forget, what do I care. I would rather keep the money in my pocket. You only need to order wet shaving supplies perhaps once a year anyway, even less if you know what you like and stock up.
Notice the bullshit copy on their website: they conveniently leave standard single blade double edge razors out of their comparison matrix so that only the Bevel Razor gets the 6/6 checkmarks.
[0] http://www.shaving101.com/index.php/product-reviews/safety-r...
Its 2014. I want 32GB of RAM as an option, and 16 GB minimum.
I am still looking for a great Linux development laptop but this is not it.
There are absolutely use cases for more. I would love to have my home machine at my desk at work, for example, for EDA tools. But that's why you make 16GB (or even 32GB) an option.
My next desktop will have 64GB which is not extreme in the least. The worst trend that I don't see being fixed is the lack of ECC memory. ALL MEMORY SHOULD BE ECC!!!1! Lack of ECC is like running an open loop feedback mechanism. no good can come of it. No ECC and terabyte filesystems, recipe for horrible unrecoverable disaster.
Development shouldn't feel like working on an airplane tray table.
My question is will this need to be tethered to a power outlet to use? Is the battery just so your machine doesn't shut off while moving from room to room?
Personally MacBooks have a good battery but I'm _still_ debating buying an external battery to keep that running longer. I wonder if you could modify the HyperShop batteries to work with PC laptops...
I don't game on a laptop.
Hackintosh is close enough, but if there isn't support for the hardware I would rather try wiping off windows and putting arch/freebsd on there.
But seriously, I really wouldn't mind if laptops were a centimeter or two thicker and the battery held far more than 2 hours on heavy usage. My backpack designed for laptops could easily carry two or three, so that is not a problem, and when the laptop is in use, the extra thickness doesn't really matter.
I just don't see why this craze for thinness.
- Has delete key in usable position. Good.
- Ctrl is in the bottom left corner. Good.
- Right Meta key is Fn. Bad.
- No Home/End/PgUp/PgDown keys. No-go. Next!
I have a surface pro 2 for work that I really like and having something close to that that could do high performance gaming has basically been a dream of mine since forever.
Sadly what they have shared on their forums seems to reflect that they don't want to do, or can't make work another edge despite its pretty wide popularity.
But, that screen and those specs are very appealing.
Plus, as someone who was just short of addicted—okay, addicted—to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, I did not know there was a new Wolfenstein game coming up. Also excited to find out more about that.
I have an Alienware M17x and that sucker will burn you if you have it on your lap.
Beyond that, it is prone to overheating when placed on a flat surface and I had to usually put some sort of spacer underneath to give it better airflow.
But with a built-in battery...ahh, almost had me. Sticking to Thinkpads. I'd gladly sacrifice some thinness to be able to replace worn-out batteries or use multiple batteries on the go.
I want to be able to read some information and see some pictures. I don't need that to try to be a futuristic experience.
Get off my lawn!
