On 2021-06-14 09:39, J C Nash wrote:
> With possible opening up of travel and having laptops that are vintage 2014
> and 2015,
> we're thinking of a new one for road trips.
>
> Our considerations:
>
> - 2 people sharing for email
> - need for plenty of storage for photos and family history information, plus
> some technical projects
> - reasonably fast
> - robust
> - we find 14" screen about right balance between visibility and portability
>
> Our experience:
>
> - our 2 Asus Zenbooks (I7, >8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) are quite nice, but
> -- the 3800 UHD screen gives lots of woes with apps that reset the
> resolution. Zoom really messes things about on exit.
> -- both have had hinge failure. Spent $200 to fix one, but have
> made a frame for the other and velcroed it so hinge fixed.
> -- batteries likely near end of useful life, and on the road
> you sometimes need a battery
>
> - our 2010 Asus UL30A still has nicely balanced features, though now
> too slow and charging circuit beginning to be a nuisance. But a
> 1TB spinning disk has proved exceptionally nice for road trips, since
> it can store a pretty well complete set of family photos etc.
>
> Keeping watch on offerings, the HP machines
> https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_1925_1912_1909&item_id=150936
> $699 i5 1920
> https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_1925_1912_1909&item_id=182955
> $699 Ryzen 5 1366
> https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_1925_1912_1909&item_id=182956
> $849 Ryzen 7 1920
>
> seem interesting. Had to look at specs to see that the cheaper Ryzen is only
> 1366 resolution.
I'm a huge fan of the commercial line of Thinkpads since 2001, in a 14"
you would be looking at the T series or the X series. They have
recently started offering Ryzen processors too. They are robust and
support Linux reasonably well. They are the preference for RH's kernel
and Linux developers.
> Does anyone have opinions on these? Have not had a hands-on look, which will
> be important to making
> sure keyboard not "strange". Also to try to gauge whether hinge and rest of
> physical structure robust
> enough. However, they seem to offer reasonable bang for the buck. We're not
> stuck on HP, or Asus, or ...
> Mainly interested in reliable and long-term workhorse that we are comfortable
> using.
>
> JN
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