ThinkPad club (was: [squeak-dev] Squeak laptop advice)

Hey Göran, just thought I'd drop you a note.  Always a happy day, the
day of ordering and, even better, taking delivery of, a new ThinkPad.
Just wanted to share my excitement with you because -- you sort of
opened my eyes!

You were totally right about the x220/x230's -- like a dinky stick of
dynamite!  Although I think carbon fiber is a great material for a
laptop as much as a mountain bike, I took a deeper look at the X1 and
found only ULV processor options, no mSATA capability, no battery
options, no upgradeability.  Maybe good for e-reading in a coffee
shop, maybe they should have called it ThinkMac instead? ha!  No
seriously there don't seem to be many high performance ultra-book
sized laptops at all out there.  I'm running big Magma apps, I want
power!  So with fast processor and 256GB mSATA for the OS I spare the
HD bay for a 750GB hybrid SSD drive to handle big apps.  Server power
on the road!

Ok, sorry for rambling but one more thing:  I _really_ struggled with
this choice but in the end I decided to get the heavier/bulkier
multitouch tablet version (X230t).  This is just ultra-cool tech and
once I saw it mostly works in Ubuntu, now I've got to know if it can
increase my input "connection" to Maui apps and other apps too.

Cheers!
  Chris


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Göran Krampe <[hidden email]> wrote:

Sorry for the OT -- meant to just send this to Göran.

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Chris Muller <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hey!

On 04/27/2013 10:04 PM, Chris Muller wrote:
> Hey Göran, just thought I'd drop you a note.  Always a happy day, the
> day of ordering and, even better, taking delivery of, a new ThinkPad.
> Just wanted to share my excitement with you because -- you sort of
> opened my eyes!
>
> You were totally right about the x220/x230's -- like a dinky stick of
> dynamite!

Yeah, and I am still super satisfied with my X220. With the new Samsung
SSD it just flies.

NOTE: Stay away from Intel SSD 320:
        http://goran.krampe.se/2013/01/10/new-ssd-for-my-x220/

cheers, Göran

PS. The only thing less super is the touchpad but since I now rather use
the trackpoint (when I am mouse less) it doesn't matter to me.

No problem! At least myself enjoy a lot such sort of mails. And let me ask a doubt, to you, living in USA: System76 is not an option? I never used one because the brand is not in Argentina but always looked to me as an interesting option.

Cheers.

El domingo, 28 de abril de 2013, Chris Muller <[hidden email]> escribió:
> Sorry for the OT -- meant to just send this to Göran.
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Chris Muller <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hey Göran, just thought I'd drop you a note.  Always a happy day, the
>> day of ordering and, even better, taking delivery of, a new ThinkPad.
>> Just wanted to share my excitement with you because -- you sort of
>> opened my eyes!
>>
>> You were totally right about the x220/x230's -- like a dinky stick of
>> dynamite!  Although I think carbon fiber is a great material for a
>> laptop as much as a mountain bike, I took a deeper look at the X1 and
>> found only ULV processor options, no mSATA capability, no battery
>> options, no upgradeability.  Maybe good for e-reading in a coffee
>> shop, maybe they should have called it ThinkMac instead? ha!  No
>> seriously there don't seem to be many high performance ultra-book
>> sized laptops at all out there.  I'm running big Magma apps, I want
>> power!  So with fast processor and 256GB mSATA for the OS I spare the
>> HD bay for a 750GB hybrid SSD drive to handle big apps.  Server power
>> on the road!
>>
>> Ok, sorry for rambling but one more thing:  I _really_ struggled with
>> this choice but in the end I decided to get the heavier/bulkier
>> multitouch tablet version (X230t).  This is just ultra-cool tech and
>> once I saw it mostly works in Ubuntu, now I've got to know if it can
>> increase my input "connection" to Maui apps and other apps too.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>   Chris
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Göran Krampe <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> Hey!
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/07/2013 04:33 PM, Chris Muller wrote:
>>>>
>>>> My dream machine is:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/x-series/x1-carbon-touch/
>>>
>>>
>>> Sliding a bit from Jecel's original request - because I think he was
>>> shopping for something less expensive - but I have a Lenovo X220 since april
>>> and I just love it. And it runs Linux perfectly, wrote a bit about it:
>>>
>>> http://goran.krampe.se/2012/04/14/going-lenovo/
>>>
>>> ...now, since the X230 is out it seems the price of X220 has dropped a bit
>>> too.
>>>
>>> regards, Göran
>>>
>>> PS. The IPS panel, the keyboard and the expansion options (memory, battery,
>>> hdd etc) are probably the major points.
>>>
>
>

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