Comments on: All right, so I have the new laptop… http://www.darquecathedral.org/archives/486 For a dark man shall come unto the House of God... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:24:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: D'Arque Bishop http://www.darquecathedral.org/archives/486#comment-12042 D'Arque Bishop Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:56:34 +0000 http://www.darquecathedral.org/archives/486#comment-12042 Oh, trust me... if I had any decision making power, I'd be suggesting Lenovo, if only because I remember how good the ThinkPad line was when it was part of IBM and I've heard it's just as good now. As for Macs... yeah, corporate-wise I can see what you're saying. I think it's only a niche market among hardcore tinkerers and corporate users, as the average home user doesn't open up his/her PC at all if they can at all help it. Still, given the choice of a laptop running Linux and a MacBook in my company, I'd choose the MacBook simply because getting the MacBook onto an ADS domain and logging in via an ADS account was FAR less painful than doing so under a Linux box. Oh, trust me… if I had any decision making power, I’d be suggesting Lenovo, if only because I remember how good the ThinkPad line was when it was part of IBM and I’ve heard it’s just as good now.

As for Macs… yeah, corporate-wise I can see what you’re saying. I think it’s only a niche market among hardcore tinkerers and corporate users, as the average home user doesn’t open up his/her PC at all if they can at all help it. Still, given the choice of a laptop running Linux and a MacBook in my company, I’d choose the MacBook simply because getting the MacBook onto an ADS domain and logging in via an ADS account was FAR less painful than doing so under a Linux box.

]]> By: Sean MC http://www.darquecathedral.org/archives/486#comment-11969 Sean MC Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:48:35 +0000 http://www.darquecathedral.org/archives/486#comment-11969 Not to start a flame war, but you should try IBM/Lenovo, if only for their excellent international support on laptops -- OMG they are better than Dell. We got tired of sitting on hold for four hours because we didn't pay they extra $ for Gold support just to talk to some in India. If I want to talk to someone in Mumbai, I'll call our Mumbai office! And, question for you-- I recently helped a friend out by replacing a harddrive in a Mac laptop (I forget the exact model) and it literally took 42 steps to remove, and another 42 steps to "sew it back up". Now don't get me wrong, I think Apple laptops look sweet, but 42 steps!!! I think it goes a long way to the reason why Apple is still a niche market player in these kinds of things. People like me want to upgrade/hack/adjust/phreak their equipment. That and I'm still waiting for the second button. :) Not to start a flame war, but you should try IBM/Lenovo, if only for their excellent international support on laptops — OMG they are better than Dell. We got tired of sitting on hold for four hours because we didn’t pay they extra $ for Gold support just to talk to some in India. If I want to talk to someone in Mumbai, I’ll call our Mumbai office!

And, question for you– I recently helped a friend out by replacing a harddrive in a Mac laptop (I forget the exact model) and it literally took 42 steps to remove, and another 42 steps to “sew it back up”. Now don’t get me wrong, I think Apple laptops look sweet, but 42 steps!!! I think it goes a long way to the reason why Apple is still a niche market player in these kinds of things. People like me want to upgrade/hack/adjust/phreak their equipment. That and I’m still waiting for the second button. :)

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