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We all know that with the exception of the MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) there are no good laptops in production today. Let's take a look back at the good laptops that used to exist.
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May 10, 2022 19:50
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IBM ThinkPad X40
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May 10, 2022 19:51
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12" PowerBook
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May 10, 2022 19:51
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my heart forever beats for the clamshell iBooks
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May 10, 2022 19:52
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Silver Alicorn posted:my heart forever beats for the clamshell iBooks Oh heck yeah, with the handle? I always liked the look but I never had or even used one.
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May 10, 2022 20:01
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yeah I had one for college until I got a macbook. I don’t know how I got by with an 800x600 screen for so long
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May 10, 2022 20:06
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its the girl reading this, op
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May 10, 2022 20:10
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late-2011 15" macbook pro with ethernet port and matte display
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May 10, 2022 20:12
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tie between 12" g4 powerbook and thinkpad t420s
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May 10, 2022 20:13
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i'm getting plenty of good top in my lap op
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May 10, 2022 20:15
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post hole digger posted:late-2011 15" macbook pro with ethernet port and matte display its this
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May 10, 2022 20:18
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2015 rmbp -------8<-----------------
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May 10, 2022 20:22
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Jonny 290 posted:2015 rmbp
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May 10, 2022 20:29
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I rather enjoyed my 2011 13" MBA which I used every day for 9 years and it suited my needs in almost every way.
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May 10, 2022 20:44
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17" MacBook Pro 16" M1 MacBook Pro IBM Butterfly ThinkPad
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May 10, 2022 20:45
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Thinkpad T420s, OP. It was the last thinkpad that kept the IBM stylings. It also came with the last good windows OS (win7).
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May 10, 2022 20:52
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Internaut! posted:17" MacBook Pro absolutely not
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May 10, 2022 20:53
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it was perfect solid billet aluminum HD screen fantastic keyboard lots of ports and connectivity great cooling best sound of any laptop of its era discrete GPU TWO cores!
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May 10, 2022 21:23
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nvrgrls posted:I rather enjoyed my 2011 13" MBA which I used every day for 9 years and it suited my needs in almost every way. I just sold my 2013 13" MBA and it was extremely needs suiting as well as a couchputer / imessage device.
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May 10, 2022 23:12
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Did anyone use one of those ThinkPads that had the two sections of keyboard that interlocked and slid into place when you opened the hinge? I remember seeing them in PC magazine (lol). I bet those were awesome for 1994 or whatever.
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May 10, 2022 23:13
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Thinkpad T420s, OP. o7
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May 10, 2022 23:36
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Jonny 290 posted:2015 rmbp mine literally is bent from overheating, so no
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May 10, 2022 23:47
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Hed posted:I just sold my 2013 13" MBA and it was extremely needs suiting as well as a couchputer / imessage device. i still have one of these in a drawer somewhere. it was a pretty good laptop.
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May 10, 2022 23:48
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nvrgrls posted:12" PowerBook this is the correct answer, op
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May 10, 2022 23:49
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Hed posted:Did anyone use one of those ThinkPads that had the two sections of keyboard that interlocked and slid into place when you opened the hinge? I remember seeing them in PC magazine (lol). Butterfly keyboard. I thought those were so cool when I was like 12, I have no idea if they were good or bad, but since that was the "hey-day" of the Thinkpad, I will give it the benefit of the doubt.
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May 11, 2022 00:07
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May 11, 2022 00:31
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the latest Mac ones are all the best
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May 11, 2022 00:33
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Hed posted:Did anyone use one of those ThinkPads that had the two sections of keyboard that interlocked and slid into place when you opened the hinge? I remember seeing them in PC magazine (lol). hell yea thinkpad 701c , 486dx , 8 MB mem, like maybe a 256 MB drive, windows 3.11 for workgroups, 2 pcmcia slots, ran for like 3 hours on battery if you turned the brigtness down it was a slow panel so you couldnt really play doom on it. could run hella wordperfect tho
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May 11, 2022 00:41
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akadajet posted:the latest Mac ones are all the best lovely touchscreens instead of real keys, garbage glossy display finish, yeah no.
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May 11, 2022 00:42
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they undid the touchbar and the screens are fine. quite nice actually. mine shipped today!
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May 11, 2022 00:45
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Jonny 290 posted:they undid the touchbar and the screens are fine. quite nice actually. glossy screens are never fine and I thought they only undid the touchbar for the esc key?
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May 11, 2022 00:58
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Beeftweeter posted:this is the correct answer, op I want some nerdlinger to take the 12" powerbook and put the m1 pro guts in it and give it to me.
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May 11, 2022 01:15
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Still using my T420
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May 11, 2022 01:16
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rotor posted:glossy screens are never fine and I thought they only undid the touchbar for the esc key? I think on the 13" they still have the touch bar. As I said in the OP the current 14" MBP is good meaning real keyboard. but yeah the glossy screen is annoying
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May 11, 2022 01:16
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I learned about the butterfly keyboard from the 'pos back in the day. My dream laptop when I was a lad was the Panasonic Toughbook.
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May 11, 2022 01:19
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nvrgrls posted:I want some nerdlinger to take the 12" powerbook and put the m1 pro guts in it and give it to me. i dont have the heart to throw mine away
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May 11, 2022 01:19
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rotor posted:glossy screens are never fine This is correct.
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May 11, 2022 01:43
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the touchbar is crap and ever since my mbp bent itself it's been getting increasingly unresponsive. objectively a bad laptop.
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May 11, 2022 01:48
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I did like having the touchar to trigger automations but not enough to actually want it, you know what I mean? Like I have an automation of "I'm in the office now" and I now I have to use a dropdown or a keyboard shortcut to activate it, waaaah
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May 11, 2022 02:13
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I remember commercials for the butterfly keyboard
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May 11, 2022 02:16
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