Hi Simran,
I can't say I can complain about the touchpad and its two finger
scrolling. Actually I can say that its left no impression on me at all,
which can be a good thing. I can't think of any time that its annoyed or
impressed on me and the only thing I think I've knowingly done with it
is turn on two finger scrolling in Ubuntu.
Its been a while since I've used a macbook (the newest one in my house
is a Powerbook G4) so I can't really compare.
While people may complain and say that it doesn't stack up to a macbook,
at its price point, I think its a pretty unfair comparison and I think
its a pretty decent laptop for the money (look at how much you need to
spend to get a similarly spec'ed laptop from other PC manufacturers)
Dave.
On 06/12/11 01:01, simran wrote:
Thanks Dave,
That does look like a pretty decent laptop... in your experience, is
the two finger scroll working well? (and if you are familiar with a
macbook pro, is it comparable to a mac).
The internet reviews are not being too kind to the two finger scroll
capabilities of the U36SD.
simran.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:01 PM, David Gillies <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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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