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QuarkJets posted:I'm pretty sure nobody puts firewire ports on anything anymore, not even Apple. What the gently caress is a firewire express card? Do you need some serial ports, too? They're very common for musicians. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=firewire%20expresscard&Submit=ENE
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QuarkJets posted:Hold on there; Windows 8 is basically Windows 7 with a bunch of improvements under the hood and a dumb UI plastered on top of the old UI. Don't like Metro? No problem, it takes about 20 seconds to download a thing to patch it out FireWire is still very common for AV production because it's a "smart" bus
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It takes 5 minutes to find the options, but you can never see the Metro interface after setting the desktop as your default boot environment. The shortcuts to find things are all Desktop friendly, they just open a side-bar search area, so as long as you know what programs you want, you can totally never use Metro. In essence, they did make Win7 mode, its called "Ignore Metro like it doesn't exist and reap the benefits of an improved OS." The Lenovo Thinkpads don't have firewire, but they do have an Express Card slot. 34 or 52mm depending on which model you're looking at. Check the B&N Gold  link in the OP for good deals.
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Nov 28, 2013 18:40
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Best Buy has the HP Split x2 on sale tomorrow for $650, anyone have any thoughts on it? Looking for a hybrid with a removable keyboard. Is a Surface Pro 2 a better buy (though $1k to get 128gb storage)?
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Quick SSD question: my girlfriend's Dell has a 500gb seagate, plus a 32gb liteon SSD showing up in device manager. But there's only one partition that I see in windows explorer - c:/ , with 500 gig (well, 457). I've never set up a SSD+regular hard drive, is this right? To me it looks like Dell sold her the 32gb ssd and then never put windows 8 on it.
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QuarkJets posted:What the gently caress is a firewire express card? An ExpressCard with a firewire port. quote:Do you need some serial ports, too? Surprisingly enough, some of Dell's and HP's docks still have serial ports, and some HP ProBooks had serial ports the last time I checked (this year). And of course rugged laptops still have them. I mean, what if you want to hook up your HP-48GX to your laptop? You didn't think of that, didjya ;-) shrughes fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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mastershakeman posted:Quick SSD question: my girlfriend's Dell has a 500gb seagate, plus a 32gb liteon SSD showing up in device manager. But there's only one partition that I see in windows explorer - c:/ , with 500 gig (well, 457). I've never set up a SSD+regular hard drive, is this right? To me it looks like Dell sold her the 32gb ssd and then never put windows 8 on it. Its meant as a cache for the main drive - you don't control what goes on it but it should cache frequently accessed files transparently.
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Hmm. So my T440s has a not-insignificant amount of light leakage at the bottom, when viewing a completely black screen. This is pretty trivial since I never really view a completely black screen, but I'm curious whether anyone else's is showing the same? I'll post pics once I'm home.
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Duke Chin posted:I'm in the market for a middle-of-the-road laptop to replace my turd of a Dell Studio 15 or whatever the hell it's called that I bought like 7 years ago and hated almost every minute of. 1. I generally recommend a Thinkpad, they generally have expressports 2. I don't blame you 3. See #1 4. See #3 5. You're going to be very happy with modern integrated graphics 6. Win 8.1 is your new lord and savior. It's just Windows Server 2012 R2 with the consumer role turned on. If you don't like Metro, Classic Shell is basically flawless in giving you a windows 7 experience. I hate metro but once I install classic shell (free) I really like 8.1. And I generally hate new versions of anything. I'd look at a T or X series Thinkpad for the express port and build quality. Use the link in the OP for a $700 price point
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Note that the X240 and T440p do not have ExpressCard slots. (Expressports???) I think the L440 and T540p and L540 do though. It should be noted that of laptops that do have built-in firewire ports, I think many didn't have the newer, faster version of FireWire, and another problem some people have in general is when they don't have a TI controller. Edit: It looks like the T540p has an ExpressCard slot "on some models". It might not be present except on custom corporate orders. Anyway that's basically outside your price range and not a reasonable choice. shrughes fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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internet inc posted:Thanks to you fine folks of the Laptop Megathread I now own a Yoga 2 Pro i5/128/8! Anyone got me on this? I removed pretty much all the Lenovo XPERIENCE APPZ but I always like to do a clean install anyway.
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shrughes posted:Surprisingly enough, some of Dell's and HP's docks still have serial ports, and some HP ProBooks had serial ports the last time I checked (this year). And of course rugged laptops still have them. Even as someone who routinely touches serial gear (switches, UPSes, embedded, and other terrible "enterprise" stuff), everyone should use use a FTDI USB->serial these days. And 48-GX? Use a 50G 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314150 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314152 I'm looking at these 2 models but I'm not sure of Acer's current build quality. My last laptop screen always fels a little flimsy and the screen finally cracked when I went to adjust the viewing angle on it. Are all of Acer's current ones like that or if anyone has one of these guys does it work ok?
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evol262 posted:Even as someone who routinely touches serial gear (switches, UPSes, embedded, and other terrible "enterprise" stuff), everyone should use use a FTDI USB->serial these days. Well, the 50G wouldn't be applicable because it can connect via USB. Also it doesn't have the cyberpunk industrial design that the 48GX has.
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shrughes posted:Well, the 50G wouldn't be applicable because it can connect via USB. shrughes posted:Also it doesn't have the cyberpunk industrial design that the 48GX has. If that's what they call "actuation pressure of buckling spring keyboards except on a calculator".
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dissss posted:Its meant as a cache for the main drive - you don't control what goes on it but it should cache frequently accessed files transparently. Why not have the os and common programs (firefox, office) run off that partition?
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mastershakeman posted:Why not have the os and common programs (firefox, office) run off that partition? In theory, they will, by virtue of being placed there by whatever algorithm decides what goes where.
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It's unnervingly hands-off, but whatever algorithm it uses should stick your OS and those commonly used programs in the cache space.
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I'm trying to make a decision between Lenovo's T series and Y series. I work as a field biologist and need durability, good battery, and the ability to run ArcGIS. I also like to play games such as Rome 2, XCOM, and a couple years of future games. I'm in the $800-$1000 price range. So are the T's build quality worth more then the Y's hardware while still being able to handle some games? Also should prices drop in a few months to be lower than the sales this week?
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Either one will probably be fine as long as you're ok with medium or lower settings and not interested in AAA cutting edge tech fps games etc. The y510p does have better performance but the battery life is terrible.
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DNova posted:In theory, they will, by virtue of being placed there by whatever algorithm decides what goes where. Ok good. Glad I worried about nothing.
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Soooo. If you're going to upgrade the RAM or HDD in your T440s you need to disassemble the bottom cover in this order: Things that would have been nice to know before I snapped a bit of plastic at its weakest part trying to figure it out myself because the user guide PDF provides zero loving guidance. One day owning this T440s and I'm going to be trying to replace the bottom cover already. It's not a noticeable crack or anything, but it's going to drive me absolutely loving insane just knowing it's there 
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Any deals happening today or tomorrow? If not, I'm open to any recommendations. I'm going abroad next year and moving around a lot between now and then. I have a lovely laptop and wanna play my steam games again. I'm not really hung up on the price.
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What Steam games? What is "not hung up on the price" in your local currency? The B&N Gold link in the OP will lead you to Lenovo, a retailer of fine laptops for fine people. Those laptops are usually exactly what the doctor ordered for most people.
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I don't know if the B&N link in the OP is working quite right; I signed up with a username and they sent me a password, but no matter what I do it says I have invalid credentials whenever I try to log in.
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HarveyxCosmonaut posted:I'm trying to make a decision between Lenovo's T series and Y series. I work as a field biologist and need durability, good battery, and the ability to run ArcGIS. I also like to play games such as Rome 2, XCOM, and a couple years of future games. I'm in the $800-$1000 price range. So are the T's build quality worth more then the Y's hardware while still being able to handle some games? Also should prices drop in a few months to be lower than the sales this week? If you are going to be traveling the T is absolutely worth it.
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turnways posted:I don't know if the B&N link in the OP is working quite right; I signed up with a username and they sent me a password, but no matter what I do it says I have invalid credentials whenever I try to log in. Unfortunately Lenovo's site is trash and frequently broken. It also has a tendency to be more frequently broken right before/during/after a major sale like black friday
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Speaking of broken sites, it looks like I can't begin customizing the T340, the space below where it says to begin is blank. I've been able to fool around with all other models, including the T431 and the rest of the T series, but not the 430. Are they discontinuing it or is it just broken? Also how is the heat on the T430 while running games at high performance? Heat is probably my single biggest nagging complaint about my current comp, other than cheap/shoddy construction, which I understand is not an issue for thinkpads. Also the OP was really helpful, thanks for that.
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The T430 is discontinued as far as can be told, it's not on the main Lenovo site at all.
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P.N.T.M. posted:What Steam games? I'd like to be able to play games like cs but also something around the level of skyrim or bf4. i want to edit video as well. Im willing to spend at least a G since I'll be travelling a lot.
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FYI - The Lenovo outlet store is offering 30% off their already ridiculously low prices... Stock is low but they update it every hour or so.
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Hey T440s users: Do you notice that your three-finger prev/next gesture is backwards? Like for example, I have to swipe to the RIGHT to go to the PREVIOUS page and vice versa. There's no invert option in the control panel, unfortunately 
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Eleanor Pwnsevelt posted:I'd like to be able to play games like cs but also something around the level of skyrim or bf4. i want to edit video as well. Im willing to spend at least a G since I'll be travelling a lot. bf4 is a really demanding game. Much more so than skyrim or any halflife/steam game. Get a y510p i think.
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Welp, trusting the Lenovo shipping lottery. Ordered a Y410p for my son.
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Am I a sucker for wanting to buy this thing? I'm about to do a lot of travel over the next few months but I don't want to have to compromise on my gaming / 3d modelling work. I know the i7 and the 780M are probably overboard; I kind of don't mind spending the extra money if it'll futureproof me for that much longer, but at the same time I don't know how much is too much.
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Eleanor Pwnsevelt posted:I'd like to be able to play games like cs but also something around the level of skyrim or bf4. i want to edit video as well. Im willing to spend at least a G since I'll be travelling a lot. Lenovo does have two laptops in your price range with either GT750m or GT755m mobile GPUs, and their current B&N Gold deal really cuts the base price. Go sign up and take a look at the y510 and y410.The 750m should handle CS(GO) without a hitch. It will achieve just over 30FPS on High settings in Skyrim (#89 on the list. I cannot find a benchmark for it in BF4, but it should give you a bit of leeway in medium settings. Video editing is not going to be Desktop smooth, but it will not be a pain in the rear end. The $2,600 MBPr is outfitted with the exact same GT750m, and that machine is regularly used with professional level video suites. You should be able to get a lot done with it.
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I'm looking to upgrade my ancient gen-1 10" Acer Atom netbook. I know that the netbook thread (and the netbook!) are dead. All I actually want is a bigger, high-res screen (400 vertical is a little constraining!) and similarly lasts-a-workday battery life. Everything I do is remotely connecting to other machines so specs are really not at all a priority. I'm primarily going to be looking at text on a terminal while tabbing to a browser and occasionally an image or something. I don't care about playing games on a laptop. Willing to spend circa $1000. Want Windows in some flavor. Is T440s what I want? Regular T440? X240? T540p? I've got to say all these similar models are confusing as heck. What concession am I making on the 440s vs the 440? Is it just price or am I losing build quality too? Do I want a touch screen? It doesn't really seem worth paying an extra ~$200 for. Am I making a big mistake because it is really important for some reason? Should I be buying now/today for Black Friday deals? The base configuration 440 is showing $802.78 and 440s for $983.18 on http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/t-series/. They don't ship for a couple of weeks though. Are those good prices or are they likely to bring it down further in a few weeks when they're actually shipping and closer to the holiday? Thanks for your advice!
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Get a 13" Macbook Air.
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Lakitu7 posted:I'm looking to upgrade my ancient gen-1 10" Acer Atom netbook. I know that the netbook thread (and the netbook!) are dead. All I actually want is a bigger, high-res screen (400 vertical is a little constraining!) and similarly lasts-a-workday battery life. Everything I do is remotely connecting to other machines so specs are really not at all a priority. I'm primarily going to be looking at text on a terminal while tabbing to a browser and occasionally an image or something. I don't care about playing games on a laptop. You are the target market for Chromebooks.
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Lakitu7 posted:I'm looking to upgrade my ancient gen-1 10" Acer Atom netbook. I know that the netbook thread (and the netbook!) are dead. All I actually want is a bigger, high-res screen (400 vertical is a little constraining!) and similarly lasts-a-workday battery life. Everything I do is remotely connecting to other machines so specs are really not at all a priority. I'm primarily going to be looking at text on a terminal while tabbing to a browser and occasionally an image or something. I don't care about playing games on a laptop. Go for Lenovo, I've been using them as work laptops for years and they literally will not die, and get excellent battery life. I'd say get an X-series if you want something lighter and portable, T-series if it's going to sit on a desk.
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