[04:01] <SamuraiAlba> Good bacon to all!
[09:24] <JonathanD> Morning.
[09:35] <rmg51> Morning
[12:14] <teddy-dbear> Morning peoples, dogs, turkeys and everything else
[13:32] <InHisName> Morning again
[13:50] <ChinnoDog> happy Friday
[13:50] <JonathanD> Happy Friday.
[15:05] <ChinnoDog> 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] <JonathanD> Weak in what way?
[15:09] <ChinnoDog> They all have shortcomings. Not enough memory, screen res too low, not enough storage, and/or they are bricks
[15:10] <ChinnoDog> Never mind that some have touch screens. Those have even worse hardware specs.
[15:11] <ChinnoDog> Thinkpad x230 is a logical successor to this t400 but the screen resolution is /lower/.
[15:12] <ChinnoDog> x1 carbon has higher screen res and can be purchased with 8gb RAM but I already have 8gb.
[15:12] <ChinnoDog> I looked at other brands too and they all have the same caveats. Maybe my t400 is still awesome.
[15:20] <JonathanD> I blame TVs for the resolution thing.
[15:21] <JonathanD> WOuldn't a T something still be what you're after, though?
[15:22] <JonathanD> The X's are going to be smaller so the lower res doesn't suprise me much.
[15:22] <waltman> The MacBook Pro's a pretty bitchin' laptop :)
[15:22]  * waltman ducks
[15:22] <JonathanD> I miss 1680x1050
[15:23] <waltman> I miss 1600x1200
[15:23] <JonathanD> mmmm
[15:23] <JonathanD> waltman: in some ways I do too, but 1680x1050 worked pretty well for 2 side by side "page" docs
[15:24] <JonathanD> the one I'm on now is 1600x900
[15:24] <JonathanD> Looks like the T530 is 1920x1080
[15:24] <waltman> One of my monitors here is 2560x1440.
[15:24] <waltman> It's crazy.
[15:25] <JonathanD> Everytime someone says "it's crazy" I hear that car commercial guy off the radio in my head.
[15:25] <waltman> For some reason I like OSX better at 16x9 than linux.
[15:25] <JonathanD> (when I'm with crissi, I usually say it out loud too)
[15:28] <teddy-dbear> https://www.system76.com/home/
[15:28] <teddy-dbear> build your own
[15:34] <ChinnoDog> JonathanD: you have it backwards. The t230 has /lower/ resolution than the x1 carbon
[15:36] <JonathanD> x230 you mean?
[15:36] <JonathanD> I don't see a t230
[15:38] <JonathanD> x1 screen is larger in general, probably part of it.
[15:39] <JonathanD> 12.5 vs 14 inch is a pretty big difference.
[15:50] <ChinnoDog> oh soryr. Yes, x230
[15:51] <ChinnoDog> The t series is heavy
[15:52] <JonathanD> I like heavy.
[15:52] <waltman> Alienware makes some nice high-end laptops
[15:57] <ChinnoDog> Are they bricks?
[16:06] <waltman> Expensive bricks :)
[16:07] <ChinnoDog> I just confirmed that. 6+ lbs
[16:08] <JonathanD> see, the weight never really bothered me
[16:08] <JonathanD> I have a backpack I carry mine in, usually along with about a half gallon of water :P
[16:09] <JonathanD> the laptop is not that bad, considering.
[16:12] <ChinnoDog> I would want to replace with a tablet if they weren't so memory constrained