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The websites don't seem to be a UK specific problem; dell.com offers me the same kind of annoying choice between "Design and Performance", "Everyday Computing"
by archangel_one 15y ago
The websites don't seem to be a UK specific problem; dell.com offers me the same kind of annoying choice between "Design and Performance", "Everyday Computing" and "Thin and Powerful". Plus there's the stupid home/business distinction which offers even more options...
Also, does anyone else find the apparently marketing-led commandment to describe all laptops as 'less than 1" thin' (rather than the more usual "thick") incredibly awkward?
- rdl 15y agoI guess I've followed thinkpads long enough to know 1) the "X" series is the small fast kind, T-series is the normal kind, W kind is workstation-type, and the rest can be ignored and 2) all non-apple non-thinkpad laptops can be safely ignored.
- watmough 15y agoThe Dell Precisions are, or at least were, huge and ugly, but very very solid performers with ultra hires screens. Think MacBook Pro made by Dell. I carted one around for ages, and it ran like a tank. Awesome machine. There's at least one other option not in the ignore pile.
- rdl 15y agoThat's true -- I was tempted by them (and they came with trackpoints, too). Also there were specific models of HP which were nice, and some of the Sony laptops were "ultrabook" before the macbook air. But, in general, only the thinkpad is consistently good, and only the T/X/W category.