On 03/12/11 10:44, simran wrote:
wanted to ask you for some advice... i need a new laptop, and here's my
needs:
must have's:
* SSD hard drive (or at least a quick HD)
* at least 8 Gig's RAM (12-16 Gig's would be ideal)
* two finger scroll on the touchpad (like macbook pro's etc have as a
default)
* solid robust reliable hardy hardware
would really love:
* beautiful 15" screen (good hi-res one with a nice looking display)
* nice form for the laptop in general (aka, just looks beautiful :) ah...
i've been swayed by few things "apple"
Is there anything you can recommend?
My day to day PC is an Asus U36SD:
http://www.asus.com.au/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/U36SD/
I've got the i5 version with a 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM and am running ubuntu
11.04 currently. Its got one of those weird Nvidia Optimus hybrid
Intel/Nvidia GPUs but I've disabled the Nvidia part of it and its all
good. Its got 4 cores so running some sort of virtualisation is fine. It
has 2 finger scrolling and the hardware has been pretty robust. Plus
being thin its pretty light.
The only real downside is that the viewing angle for the screen isn't
the best but I've learned to live with it. And I wouldn't consider it a
deal breaker.
I want to stay away from apple because:
* I use linux (ubuntu) for all development anyway (in a VM)
* Mostly i'm just using the browser for just about everything else (email
(gmail), documents (google docs), etc)
* Hate the way they are chasing samsung trying to block galaxy tabs...:)
My day to day usage is pretty much the same usage as you from the sounds
of things and it this laptop is more than up to the task.
dave.
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