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What stops you from installing [your favorite OS here] on it?

majormajor 14y ago
There are a few reasons I prefer my T430s to my MBP, and would probably also prefer an X1 Carbon to a MBA: * Trackpoint! * Keyboard feel. Even the chiclet ThinkPad keypads still have "IT" for me. * No more fn-key chording needed for Home, End, Delete, Page Up, Page Down. Plus a non-technical, possibly silly, reason of "it's not what everyone else and their mum has." I also like the looks more (black is the new black!), though on that I realize I'm in a minority (I did love the rounded original MBAs, however). On the other hand, my MBP's screen has much better colors than the T430s's. :(
- old-gregg 14y ago
  BTW I have moved from t420 to x220 (smaller display, but IPS) and, having quickly adapted to a bit less real estate, could not be happier. x220 IPS screen blows away everything save for retina. And yes, no proper laptop should ever be sold without a trackpoint and a proper keyboard! :)
- mercurial 14y ago
  > * Keyboard feel. Even the chiclet ThinkPad keypads still have "IT" for me. Having both a standalone, "classic" Thinkpad keyboard and a Thinkpad with the chiclet keyboard, I find the resistance on the chiclet much more satisfying. Best keyboard I have used so far.
rosser 14y ago
If [your favorite OS] is Linux, the fact that doing so roughly halves your battery life (or, more precisely, nearly doubles the idle power draw) is certainly a factor — it's a lot of why I'm not running Linux on my (4,2 — 2011 13") Air. I have no data as to how battery life fares under Windows of any version. EDIT: For clarification on power consumption, the best idle draw I've seen anyone get in my moderately extensive research into running Linux on this machine is 7W; under OSX, it's fairly easy to get down to 4W.
- pekk 14y ago
  Windows battery life tends to be really good because the manufacturer/vendor has put a lot of effort into optimizing the drivers. Which is also the only reason Linux has more power draw. But Windows is a terrible environment for developing almost anything other than Windows-only stuff like .NET and PowerShell
  - dman 14y ago
    How about games, audio apps, 3d packages?

There are a few reasons I prefer my T430s to my MBP, and would probably also prefer an X1 Carbon to a MBA: * Trackpoint! * Keyboard feel. Even the chiclet ThinkPad keypads still have "IT" for me. * No more fn-key chording needed for Home, End, Delete, Page Up, Page Down. Plus a non-technical, possibly silly, reason of "it's not what everyone else and their mum has." I also like the looks more (black is the new black!), though on that I realize I'm in a minority (I did love the rounded original MBAs, however). On the other hand, my MBP's screen has much better colors than the T430s's. :(

old-gregg 14y ago
BTW I have moved from t420 to x220 (smaller display, but IPS) and, having quickly adapted to a bit less real estate, could not be happier. x220 IPS screen blows away everything save for retina. And yes, no proper laptop should ever be sold without a trackpoint and a proper keyboard! :)
mercurial 14y ago
> * Keyboard feel. Even the chiclet ThinkPad keypads still have "IT" for me. Having both a standalone, "classic" Thinkpad keyboard and a Thinkpad with the chiclet keyboard, I find the resistance on the chiclet much more satisfying. Best keyboard I have used so far.

rosser 14y ago

If [your favorite OS] is Linux, the fact that doing so roughly halves your battery life (or, more precisely, nearly doubles the idle power draw) is certainly a factor — it's a lot of why I'm not running Linux on my (4,2 — 2011 13") Air. I have no data as to how battery life fares under Windows of any version. EDIT: For clarification on power consumption, the best idle draw I've seen anyone get in my moderately extensive research into running Linux on this machine is 7W; under OSX, it's fairly easy to get down to 4W.

pekk 14y ago
Windows battery life tends to be really good because the manufacturer/vendor has put a lot of effort into optimizing the drivers. Which is also the only reason Linux has more power draw. But Windows is a terrible environment for developing almost anything other than Windows-only stuff like .NET and PowerShell
- dman 14y ago
  How about games, audio apps, 3d packages?