[04:01] Good bacon to all! [09:24] Morning. [09:35] Morning [12:14] Morning peoples, dogs, turkeys and everything else [13:32] Morning again [13:50] happy Friday [13:50] Happy Friday. === JonathanD is now known as JonathanS === JonathanS is now known as JonathanD [15:05] Why are all the latest laptops so weak? The only thing they are good at is battery life. [15:05] * ChinnoDog installs hand crank on t400 [15:06] Weak in what way? [15:09] They all have shortcomings. Not enough memory, screen res too low, not enough storage, and/or they are bricks [15:10] Never mind that some have touch screens. Those have even worse hardware specs. [15:11] Thinkpad x230 is a logical successor to this t400 but the screen resolution is /lower/. [15:12] x1 carbon has higher screen res and can be purchased with 8gb RAM but I already have 8gb. [15:12] I looked at other brands too and they all have the same caveats. Maybe my t400 is still awesome. [15:20] I blame TVs for the resolution thing. [15:21] WOuldn't a T something still be what you're after, though? [15:22] The X's are going to be smaller so the lower res doesn't suprise me much. [15:22] The MacBook Pro's a pretty bitchin' laptop :) [15:22] * waltman ducks [15:22] I miss 1680x1050 [15:23] I miss 1600x1200 [15:23] mmmm [15:23] waltman: in some ways I do too, but 1680x1050 worked pretty well for 2 side by side "page" docs [15:24] the one I'm on now is 1600x900 [15:24] Looks like the T530 is 1920x1080 [15:24] One of my monitors here is 2560x1440. [15:24] It's crazy. [15:25] Everytime someone says "it's crazy" I hear that car commercial guy off the radio in my head. [15:25] For some reason I like OSX better at 16x9 than linux. [15:25] (when I'm with crissi, I usually say it out loud too) [15:28] https://www.system76.com/home/ [15:28] build your own [15:34] JonathanD: you have it backwards. The t230 has /lower/ resolution than the x1 carbon [15:36] x230 you mean? [15:36] I don't see a t230 [15:38] x1 screen is larger in general, probably part of it. [15:39] 12.5 vs 14 inch is a pretty big difference. [15:50] oh soryr. Yes, x230 [15:51] The t series is heavy [15:52] I like heavy. [15:52] Alienware makes some nice high-end laptops [15:57] Are they bricks? [16:06] Expensive bricks :) [16:07] I just confirmed that. 6+ lbs [16:08] see, the weight never really bothered me [16:08] I have a backpack I carry mine in, usually along with about a half gallon of water :P [16:09] the laptop is not that bad, considering. [16:12] I would want to replace with a tablet if they weren't so memory constrained