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gnrk
Apr 1, 2008
Are You Using the Computer You Want or the Computer You Have?

Life is short; if you aren't using the computer you want and are instead using the computer you have, go get the computer you want!

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A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice
:firstpost:

SO DEMANDING
Dec 27, 2003

until we get computer brain implants, then i am merely using the computer i have

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

what if i am using the computer i want but it is not the computer i have? would theft be justified in this case?

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
i bought a retina mbp and my computing life is p good right now

Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx
Coworker got a new T440 thinkpad. You can push down the touchpad as a left click. :wth:

Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx
The w540 has a 2880x1620 res option and the price isn't that bad. http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/w-series/w540/#tab-customize
I don't need it though; w530 still suits my needs.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

I still haven't figured out how to reliably finger-scroll on my work thinkpad, I just bring my mouse to meetings :smith:

Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx

qirex posted:

I still haven't figured out how to reliably finger-scroll on my work thinkpad, I just bring my mouse to meetings :smith:

You start on the side and then spin in a circle on the pad. It's pretty dumb.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Peanut and the Gang posted:

You start on the side and then spin in a circle on the pad. It's pretty dumb.

:psypop:


going to keep using my mouse I guess

Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx
Also PgUp/PgDn is right next to the arrow keys, for quick and EZ access.

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Peanut and the Gang posted:

Also PgUp/PgDn is right next to the arrow keys, for quick and EZ access.

well I have to show images which frequently require horizontal and vertical scrolling in increments of less than a page and zoom in/out and stuff so this just confirms my assumption that everyone who loves thinkpads is a code jockey who uses vim all day and would be equally happy at a vt100 as long as the kb had bucking springs

Peanut and the Gang
Aug 24, 2009

by exmarx

qirex posted:

well I have to show images which frequently require horizontal and vertical scrolling in increments of less than a page and zoom in/out and stuff so this just confirms my assumption that everyone who loves thinkpads is a code jockey who uses vim all day and would be equally happy at a vt100 as long as the kb had bucking springs

When you assume, you make an rear end out of you and me.

OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

i use a t60 that i bought for $60, it's good

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
this laptop is over 5 years old now

has an older i5, needs an ssd and some more memory but otherwise works as intended, wontfix

gnrk
Apr 1, 2008

syscall girl posted:

this laptop is over 5 years old now

has an older i5, needs an ssd and some more memory but otherwise works as intended, wontfix

but it is the computer you want? Is there a computer that you list over?

Widdiful
Oct 10, 2012

i was using the computer i want, op. i really was. however my graphics card has died and now i am not.

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

gnrk posted:

but it is the computer you want? Is there a computer that you list over?

i spend all my money on jlist.jp and lust over hot anime babes

Knuc U Kinte
Aug 17, 2004

I'm using the computer I want, but I need a new monitor, keyboard and prolly cpu sometime soon. Oh and another hard drive. drat, my compy sucks rear end.

Widdiful
Oct 10, 2012

Knuc U Kinte posted:

drat, my compy sucks rear end.

dude compies have been extinct for 210 million years

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
the computer i want, op, a 27" imac, several airbooks, iphone and ipad

that is what i want so got and use

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A Wheezy Steampunk
Jul 16, 2006

High School Grads Eligible!
i built a computer and a file server both as a project and they are both exactly what i want because i chose the individual parts, thanks for asking!

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