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OP here: so, from the amount of comments I surmise that my like-minded crowd is either not hanging around here no more, or aren't really numerous. Thanks ever

by godDLL 5y ago

OP here: so, from the amount of comments I surmise that my like-minded crowd is either not hanging around here no more, or aren't really numerous. Thanks everyone for participating in this discussion, I appreciate you all.

godDLL 5y ago
UPDATE: this seems to have blown up a bit. Combing through once again, thanks everyone.
culebron21 5y ago
What is that crowd that you mention? BTW, what do you use the laptop for?
- godDLL 5y ago
  Not mention, describe. Therein your answer. I would use the laptop for rendering and modelling, animating and music production, video encoding and massive compiling. Maybe a few virtual machines. If it can handle it. EDIT: of course a lot of reading, coding and writing.
godDLL 5y ago
UPDATE: in the two days this was up, having combed through the comments on three separate occasions – the following seems to be the general consensus, in rough order of relative importance: 1. S3 standby/sleep support required 2. low weight for luggability, 2.5lb maximum 3. survives table-to-floor falls 4. always-on-AC battery deaths unacceptible 5. survives being in a bag, accidental activation 6. Linux support for all hardware 7. trackpads on par with Apple, at least 8. keyboards with clear actuation, spill resistance and backlighting 9. kill switches or modular hardware for camera and mic 10. bright matte screens, with vertical space 11. memory and I/O performance approaching Apple's M1 SoC 12. HDMI, USB-A, 3.5mm, 10gbE, SD, USB-C periferals are what people own, support that 13. trackpoints are great for text-editing 14. quiet operation, no blinken-lights 15. prefer no webcam over shitty webcam, no BT/WiFi over shitty BT/WiFi After the Apple event streams I shall post a list of laptops people seem to have a history of enjoying. Cheers.

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OP here: so, from the amount of comments I surmise that my like-minded crowd is either not hanging around here no more, or aren't really numerous. Thanks ever

by godDLL 5y ago

godDLL 5y ago
UPDATE: this seems to have blown up a bit. Combing through once again, thanks everyone.
culebron21 5y ago
What is that crowd that you mention? BTW, what do you use the laptop for?
- godDLL 5y ago
  Not mention, describe. Therein your answer. I would use the laptop for rendering and modelling, animating and music production, video encoding and massive compiling. Maybe a few virtual machines. If it can handle it. EDIT: of course a lot of reading, coding and writing.
godDLL 5y ago
UPDATE: in the two days this was up, having combed through the comments on three separate occasions – the following seems to be the general consensus, in rough order of relative importance: 1. S3 standby/sleep support required 2. low weight for luggability, 2.5lb maximum 3. survives table-to-floor falls 4. always-on-AC battery deaths unacceptible 5. survives being in a bag, accidental activation 6. Linux support for all hardware 7. trackpads on par with Apple, at least 8. keyboards with clear actuation, spill resistance and backlighting 9. kill switches or modular hardware for camera and mic 10. bright matte screens, with vertical space 11. memory and I/O performance approaching Apple's M1 SoC 12. HDMI, USB-A, 3.5mm, 10gbE, SD, USB-C periferals are what people own, support that 13. trackpoints are great for text-editing 14. quiet operation, no blinken-lights 15. prefer no webcam over shitty webcam, no BT/WiFi over shitty BT/WiFi After the Apple event streams I shall post a list of laptops people seem to have a history of enjoying. Cheers.