Re: [linux-audio-user] To MacBook or not to MacBook, that's the question

From: Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 07:05:21 EET

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OK, <exasperated sigh>, I have to ask this:

Are there any laptops out there WHICH DO NOT SUCK??!

This is very frustrating.

It seems as though, no matter what I choose, I will be making a potentially huge mistake. So, this is why I buy nothing.

BTW, in the Linux and BSD wireless world a few years ago there was a general consensus that ThinkPads were amazing/fantastic/perfect machines. They were considered the most "road-worthy" and I saw BAWUG guys walking around carrying their open ThinkPads around by the LCD, casually throwing them around like a roadie throws around an SM58, with no ill effects.

I had a couple for years (a used 600 and a used 600E) and I just beat the piss out of them. Even though they were made in Italy, I found them to be like the BMW's of laptops. They were engineered to be abused.

But, I don't recall hearing a peep about ThinkPads from this group, which leads me to wonder if perhaps they are not suited for audio for some reason or another? Maybe they don't have the latest/greatest dual-core CPU's on them yet? Or maybe IBM's installation of "Treacherous Computing" chips in the things made Linux users steer clear of them?

- -ken
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