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Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 5:37

Hey /pro/g/, what kind of laptop should I get?

inb4 ChinkPad
inb4 Apple

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 5:40

Get a Lisp Mechine.

Name: (T^T) 2013-02-15 5:54

>>2
If they did make 'em, I would bought one. But there's only lemote.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 6:45

>>3
And the new lemote laptop requires closed source firmware for the graphics card.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 6:51

Lenovo.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 7:00

lenovo thinkpads are just expensive, consumer level notebooks

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 7:04

Some cheap toshiba.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 13:12

Hercules eCAFÉ™ Slim HD

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 13:34

>>6
consumer level notebooks
It sounds like you're suggesting there are any non-consumer-level notebooks left on the market. (Okay, Toughbooks exist, but >>1 wasn't going to go for one anyway.)

I bought a new laptop in December, and out of all the crappy options in the market, I picked a ThinkPad, because at least the keyboard is actually nice, unlike on any other contemporary laptop (yes, even the new one). I'm not going to say the quality is anywhere near IBM-era level, but it's definitely more solidly built than anything I tried. Apple was another option for me until that non-removable-battery thing happened.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 14:18

>>9
Didn't they change the keyboard to use some trendier type of keys and all the fanboy nerds were pissed off?

Also why did IBM drop out of the consumer game, anyway?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 14:45

>>10 I am one of those pissed off nerds.
Keyboard is great. Is the LAYOUT that isn't special anymore. If i found a genius in a lamp, i will ask to be president and owner of 100% of lenovo, just to fire the shitheads that changed MY FAVORITE layout ever.

Then i would set Lenovo's HQ on flames and laugh.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 14:53

>>10
Didn't they change the keyboard to use some trendier type of keys and all the fanboy nerds were pissed off?
Yeah. I've used both, and I actually like the new one better. >>11 is right about the layout, though I don't really care, since when using external keyboards, I alternate between a Kinesis and a HHKB, and thus don't have strong preferences for the placement (or existence) of special keys.

Also why did IBM drop out of the consumer game, anyway?
Beats me. Probably a result of some ENTERPRISE-grade decision making.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 15:49

>>>/g/

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 17:03

>>13
https://boards.4chan.org/g/
http://dis.4chan.org/tech/

This is a spam thread, we can do what we like. Contribute or GTFO.

>>1-12,14-1000
Here is a nice cheap mobo:
http://aleutia.com/x1-small-low-power-server
Making a laptop out of it will should not be that hard.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 20:12

>>14
500$ and no coreboot.  Fuck off.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 20:40

>>10
Also why did IBM drop out of the consumer game, anyway?
Low profit margins. Hardware manufacturers are squeezing every last dime they can out of the consumer market.

The big bucks are for ENTERPRISE hardware, services, and support — IBM makes an insane amount of money off System Z, for example.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 21:06

>>6,9
Daily ThinkPad user here, and I haven't the faintest idea why people like them. The keyboard layout is awful: that stupid Fn key where Ctrl should be, the browser Back/Forward hotkeys jammed in around the arrow keys (causing me to go back or forward when I'm trying to scroll). Build quality is mediocre, the screen hinge gets flimsy after a few months, the case doesn't feel solid and has a bunch of mysterious creaky bits. Oh and then there's the endless problems with static electricity (the docking stations are particularly bad for this).

It fucking pains me to admit this, but I bought a Macbook Pro and it's been great. Apple may be a bunch of freedom hating zealots who are more interested in shitty consumer electronics than PCs these days, but they still have great hardware and some of the best quality control in the industry.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 22:02

>>17
I don't know shit about laptops, but I did use a friend's MacBook Air and it was pretty sturdy.

Can any /g/ or engineering types tell me why more laptops aren't made out of aluminium? It seems silly to choose a brittle, weak plastic over metal. Heating issues?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 22:09

So, any non-spying BIOSes? Any new coreboot laptops?  How about ARM with tiny easy-to-audit first-stage bootloaders?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-15 22:11

>>18
Metals are better heat conductors than plastic.  The real reason is probably that aluminium is fairly expensive (both to obtain and to process into the right shapes).

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 2:11

>>17
Isn't MacBook Fn on the corner too?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 2:16

>>21
It is. But if you're using Mac OS (which you should be, as a JavaScript programmer) you'll be using the Cmd key way more often than Ctrl, so having Fn in the way of Ctrl is not a big deal.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 2:52

>>22
Mac OS
No thank you, I value my privacy and safety.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 4:13

>>17
that stupid Fn key where Ctrl should be
No, Ctrl should be left to the `A' key. If you want that ergonomically disastrous bottom-left Ctrl, at least my TP (X230) has a BIOS option to swap Fn and Ctrl.

the browser Back/Forward hotkeys jammed in around the arrow keys (causing me to go back or forward when I'm trying to scroll).
Well, they changed the layout. Now page {up,down} are located there. Also, remapping.

Build quality is mediocre, the screen hinge gets flimsy after a few months, the case doesn't feel solid and has a bunch of mysterious creaky bits.
I agree on every bit except the hinge. Some older models I've used had a much sturdier (feeling, at least) construction. I haven't had actual durability issues with the newer models, though. Then again, of all the current laptops I've tried, only Apple has it better in this regard.

Oh and then there's the endless problems with static electricity (the docking stations are particularly bad for this).
Huh?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 5:24

>>15,19
If you do not like that one, then buy this one:
http://www.xilinx.com/products/boards-and-kits/HW-V5-ML501-UNI-G.htm

Tell me if you can find others you can flash the BIOS for coreboot or buy one with is.

>>1-12,14-1000
Also, I try to use as best I can an external keyboards, usually PS/2. I have USB adapters, so NKO is not a problem. Custom input devices are the best. I all I need is the mobo, the PSU w/ battery adapter, and maybe an external Wifi adapter.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 5:32

>>25
you have to be fucking trolling.

Name: >>25 2013-02-16 5:35

forgot the monitor and headset, or VR/AR gear from vuzix.com

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 6:20

>>26
Woah really? It took you that long for you to realize it?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-16 10:11

>>28
llleeellll

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-17 18:32

>>29
e/g/in

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-20 14:15

>>9
Toughbooks exist, but >>1 wasn't going to go for one anyway.
Maybe I am.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-20 14:53

Forgot to mention the loud coil whine produced by every Lenovo laptop I've ever used. If you love heading high-pitched crunchy squeals every time your computer does anything, get a Lenovo.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-20 15:01

>Lenovo
>suckpad
>abblor

only System76 motherlickers

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-22 0:52

>>33
e/g/in /g/ro

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-22 1:36

>>33
Can you buy FRU for system76 computers? I like being able to exchange modules to fix my computer.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-22 1:41

Is there a Cray laptop available yet?

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-22 4:27

>>36
http://www.eurocom.com/

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 1:39

I've decided I'm going to le get a le macbook.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 4:59

>>37
Ouch, $825 for a 11" better than my current desktop, I hope to visit Canada soon.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 8:23

>>37
Nice machines you got there

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 10:25

>>1
Something without Intel or NVidia, because both companies are owned by Jews.

Name: Anonymous 2013-02-28 11:25

>>41
moot is a Jew, what are you doing here?

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-01 18:50

>>41
goyim can't do math, and you can't make computer without math.

i fucking hate goyim.

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-01 19:33

What dubs should I get?

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-01 21:03

>>43
anal touring, the greatest mathematician to live, was a goy

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-01 21:08

>>45
a homosexual goy. checkmate, homophobic antisemite.

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 1:35

I purchased a refurbished ThinkPad R400 (C2D 2.5GHz, 2GB DDR3, Win7) for $250. Going to install Debian later. Am I /prog/ now?

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 3:00

>>47
Only if you port coreboot to it.

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 16:33

>>47
You could've gotten a used T61 for less than a hundred bucks.

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 17:22

>>46
A gay goy guy, to be precise.

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 18:15

>>50
GGG
GOOD GOY GREG!

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-02 21:27

52get
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Name: Anonymous 2013-03-03 10:35

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Name: Anonymous 2013-03-03 10:35

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Name: Anonymous 2013-03-03 10:36

somebody found an ascii editor with built-in ascii fonts

Name: Anonymous 2013-03-03 10:54

>>55
man figlet
man toilet

Name: Thinkpad Orphan 2013-04-21 0:42

http://blog.the-compiler.org/?p=134

Fucking chinks chinking my chinkpads

Name: Anonymous 2013-04-21 3:13

http://www.acerstore.com.au/acer/store/index.php/catalogsearch/result/?q=amd&x=0&y=0

;_; 0 results

Name: Anonymous 2013-04-21 3:58

>>57
BAWWW I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE XMODMAP IMMA SO MAD

Name: Anonymous 2013-04-21 7:21

>>33
Might as well get a Clevo since they're the same thing, only more expensive

Name: Anonymous 2013-04-21 7:46

>>1
Buy the laptop of whatever company has least Jews among it's shareholders. Also, avoid buying pre-installed Windows. Just pirate it, because Microsoft is Jewish company.

Hit the kikes on their wallets.

Name: Anonymous 2013-04-21 7:48

>>61
NO, DEY SHUD USE CANOE SLASH LOONIX INSTED. THEN THEY CAN JUST MAKE HEAPS OF COPIES OF WINDOWS AND SET UP SOME ROBOTS TO INSTALL IT AND UNINSTALL IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN JUST TO FUCK WITH MICROSOFF
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