| mwhudson | i see | 00:00 |
|---|---|---|
| ibeardslee | I mean to say that yes you can go to them directly. | 00:00 |
| mwhudson | i also want a laptop fairly pronto as i'm travelling in 10 days and easter eats half of the working days :/ | 00:00 |
| ibeardslee | ahh ouch .. that wouldn't be pronto going to Silicon as it's a special order | 00:01 |
| mwhudson | i wonder how well ubuntu works on macbook airs these days | 00:02 |
| olly | can you buy those without OS X? | 00:02 |
| mwhudson | no | 00:02 |
| olly | mac screens seem nice, didn't get on with the keyboard though | 00:03 |
| ibeardslee | I'd like to be able to get our (Catalyst's) buying power to a point of people being able to buy our 'standard' laptop variant. | 00:03 |
| olly | mainly layout, which you can probably fudge | 00:03 |
| olly | i do like the magnet-attached power connector they use | 00:04 |
| olly | though once the battery got sad, it might be more of a liability | 00:04 |
| olly | and i suspect the battery is glued in, being apple | 00:05 |
| mwhudson | well it's also squeezed in around all the other components i guess | 00:10 |
| mwhudson | can attest to magnet attached power connector being a pain when the battery is sad, yes | 00:11 |
| hads | Are the Lenovo units you buy any cheaper than buying with Windows direct from Lenovo? | 00:27 |
| hads | I've noticed that the distributors are often no cheaper than direct from the Lenovo website. | 00:27 |
| olly | presumably any cost difference isn't the big motivator though | 00:29 |
| hads | Understood, just curious. | 00:29 |
| hads | Oh jealous, I see the T450S has moved back to proper buttons on the trackpad. | 00:30 |
| olly | i've noticed at least some computers come with a nobbled version of windows, and you pay extra to get a less nobbled one | 00:30 |
| olly | so i guess MS may get a lower tax than they used to | 00:30 |
| hads | Looks like that's about the only change between the 440s and 450s, now I want a new laptop again. | 00:33 |
| hads | Wow, it's twice the price. | 00:35 |
| hads | I'll just get back to work then. | 00:36 |
| olly | expensive buttons | 00:37 |
| ibeardslee | hads: a bit cheaper, but we have a 3 year warranty I think the website's standard is 1 year | 00:51 |
| hads | Glad they are a little cheaper. | 00:52 |
| olly | my office is so hot today - doesn't seem like it's almost april | 01:17 |
| hads | Pretty chilly here today. | 01:18 |
| olly | it's nicely cool outside, I think it's just still so the air isn't circulating much | 01:25 |
| ibeardslee | morning | 18:13 |
| atamira | morning | 18:57 |
| olly | morning | 22:10 |
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