[14:39] <rick_h_> damn I can't wait for those thinkpads to come out. I can't type on laptops at coffee shops with these damn touchpads.
[14:39] <rick_h_> just can't help touching it with my breath or something
[14:47] <cmaloney> Heh
[14:47] <cmaloney> I think the first one is out
[14:47] <rick_h_> orly? which?
[14:47] <cmaloney> Ars mentioned it and I noticed it in the shop
[14:48] <cmaloney> The i5 / i7 model
[14:48] <cmaloney> X1 Carbon
[14:48] <rick_h_> OH!
[14:48] <cmaloney> Thought you'd have ordered it by now. :)
[14:48] <rick_h_> jcastro: it's out already man
[14:48] <rick_h_> well I was debating the x250 vs x1 carbon
[14:48] <jcastro> yeah
[14:48] <rick_h_> I miss my docking station/etc
[14:48] <rick_h_> and 14" is kind of big
[14:49] <rick_h_> used to my 11/12/13
[14:49] <cmaloney> That's OK, they've reinvented external peripherals
[14:49] <rick_h_> but damn
[14:49]  * cmaloney is listening to Karl Bartos - 15 Minutes of Fame
[14:49]  * cmaloney loves this album
[14:50] <cmaloney> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MARmAG9Is4s <- if you like Kraftwerk this is one of the members
[14:50] <cmaloney> (former members from 1970s-1980s era Kraftwerk)
[14:51] <rick_h_> oh hell yea, you can get the nicer resultion without touch!!!!
[14:51] <rick_h_> lenovo I <3 you
[14:51] <cmaloney> Oh that's awesome.
[14:55] <rick_h_> ordered, done
[14:55] <cmaloney> Heh
[14:55] <cmaloney> I would have piped up sooner but thought you had already ordered a crate
[14:56] <rick_h_> nope, didn't see them yet
[14:56] <rick_h_> and was going to debate the x1 vs the x250
[14:56] <rick_h_> but $#@$@# it
[14:56] <cmaloney> Well regardless I'm glad you're back to Thinkpads
[14:56] <cmaloney> though the new Dell has the screen you've been asking for
[14:56] <cmaloney> minimal bezel
[14:56] <rick_h_> yea, saw the new dell but it's not trackpoint
[14:56] <cmaloney> 13" screen in 11"
[14:57] <rick_h_> not I can have a freaking awesome high res screen + trackpoint I'll take it
[14:57] <cmaloney> Yeah, figured since the Thinkpads were "Back" it wasn't worth mentioning. :)
[14:57] <brousch__> No touch?! What is this, 2013?
[14:57] <rick_h_>  /not/now
[14:57] <rick_h_> well sitting here athe coffee shop writing a spec doc watching the text go into a dozen different places as I bump the dippy pad
[14:57] <cmaloney> brousch__: Keep your filthy mammal-digits off my screen
[14:57] <brousch__> I will. I use my own screen!
[14:59] <rick_h_> man I wish I could figure out how to use my N9 without my fingers. Every time I see the screen I have to bring out a new wipe before I can use it
[15:00] <rick_h_> 2560x1440 boom
[15:02] <cmaloney> rick_h_: Heh
[15:07] <cmaloney> It's good to have the "old" rick_h_ back
[15:07] <rick_h_> lol
[15:08] <cmaloney> Seeing you with a Dell was akin to seeing someone trying to enjoy a plate of celery
[15:11] <jcastro> rick_h_, well that settles it
[15:11] <jcastro> x250 is limited to 8gb of ram
[15:11] <rick_h_> jcastro: wtf is it?
[15:11] <rick_h_> jcastro: I mean it bugs me not since I run light weight I hardly cross 4 even with lxc work and such
[15:11] <rick_h_> but that still seems :(
[15:11] <jcastro> it's 2015
[15:11] <jcastro> 4gb is minimum
[15:12] <jcastro> I mean, I buy 8gb minimum and THEN add on another 4gb just for chrome
[15:12] <rick_h_> lol
[15:12] <jcastro> but ram prices were cheaper back then
[15:16] <DrDaemonEye> cmaloney: I thought you hung around #lj enough to know we don't *eat* celery
[15:31] <cmaloney> Heh
[15:44] <jrwren> limited to 8gb of ram... because that is what macbook air does.
[16:25]  * DrDaemonEye is limited to a calm, 4gb of ram
[18:23] <brousch__> For some reason everyone is soldering RAM on now
[18:23] <brousch__> It must save a lot of cost/size/weight vs slots
[18:28] <_stink_> or it makes you buy a whole new machine
[18:28] <_stink_> BASTARDS
[18:47] <jrwren> i think it is mostly for space saving. makes the things that much thinner and lighter.
[18:51] <rick_h_> yea, blame mobo makers for not supporting > 8gb per slot?
[18:51] <brousch__> It was really tight in my miix 2 11
[18:51]  * rick_h_ doesn't know where the limitation came from
[18:52] <brousch__> I had to remove 4 little boards to replace the msata ssd
[18:52] <cmaloney> I think Apple made it fashionable again to solder things onto the mobo
[18:52] <cmaloney> since most folks won't open up their laptop / tablet to take a peek
[18:52] <cmaloney> And they can ding you an extra $20 for the RAM upgrade
[19:02] <jrwren> only $20?
[19:03] <cmaloney> Well, however much more they charge
[21:50] <cmaloney> Well here's a nice holy shit: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/01/worlds-first-known-bootkit-for-os-x-can-permanently-backdoor-macs/
[21:51] <cmaloney> Though I suspect that anything that tampers with EFI / UEFI is the vector-du-jour for physical compromise.