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Thinkpad X220. I used a Mac laptop for years (PowerBook 12") and, although the OS was pretty good (that's high praise from me) from a user perspective, the har
by alextingle 15y ago
Thinkpad X220.
I used a Mac laptop for years (PowerBook 12") and, although the OS was pretty good (that's high praise from me) from a user perspective, the hardware was awful.
Aluminium is not an appropriate shell material for a mobile device. Being able to swap the hard-drive is essential, unless you want to buy a new device each time you drop it.
The Thinkpad is so much better than the Apple in every way. I run Ubuntu on mine, and it works perfectly.
The Thinkpad even looks better than a Mac. Not immediately out of the box of course (new Macs look lovely), but after a few months of use, the Thinkpad's magnesium alloy shell still looks pretty good, while a Mac's aluminium is scuffed and scratched.
- mitchty 15y agoGonna have to disagree here. My 15" mbp has survived a motorcycle crash (long story short, it ended up as back armor). Only thing that isn't working is the dvd drive, and thats more due to me being too lazy to bend the aluminum back into place. No real scratches on it of huge amount, but aluminium as shell works quite nice thank you very much. I've had this laptop for almost 3 years now, outside of the whole case being warped around due to impact its pretty much same as it ever was.