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The thing I'm dying for is the trifecta: - 1080p+ resolution - 8 hour battery life (of actual use, say listening to music, web browsing and typing) - Excelle

The thing I'm dying for is the trifecta: - 1080p+ resolution - 8 hour battery life (of actual use, say listening to music, web browsing and typing) - Excellent keyboard Pretty much nothing else matters to me.

nwh 13y ago
That's pretty much just the Retina MacBook right there.
- tomlu 13y ago
  My retina gets about 3-4 hours, so I don't think 8 hours is a real possibility.
  - nwh 13y ago
    Disable your dedicated GPU. http://gfx.io/ http://gfx.io/
jrs99 13y ago
I want 24 hours of battery life in a small form factor. Everything else can be mediocre.
pasbesoin 13y ago
I don't have a hard release date, but I understand that the Haswell ThinkPads are dropping this month (October) and will have 1080p (and IPS!) as an option. Per what I've read, higher end units may offer an Nvidia 720-whatever as an additional option, although for some reason not initially in the U.S. Otherwise, you get the Intel 4400 (?) integrated graphics processing. I just picked up a used T430 after trying it out briefly and finding that I could indeed adapt to and live with Lenovo's newer.... "upscale chiklet" keyboard. Be warned, though; I think they've made further changes to the trackpad that hit the ThinkPads with the 440 (T440, T440s) line. So... might be worth seeing what drops. Also, rumors are Apple may announce/release the Haswell 13" MacBook Pro during their October announcement. If so, many opinions seem to be that it may hit a sweet spot. P.S. I also read somewhere that the Haswell ThinkPads are expected to really be north of 10 hours of battery life. I don't know about when you hang the 1080p display on one, go up to the i7 processor, or -- of course -- run the optional 720 discrete graphics support. Another thing that matters to me about the ThinkPads -- present at least with the T430 I mentioned. The palm rest is not "ginormous", and the front edge is curved/bevelled plastic rather than a sharp metal edge. For me, this makes an essential difference in typing/use comfort, especially when working on a work surface I can't adjust to optimal height. I can't stand having a ginormous palm rest with a sharp edge pressing against my wrists.

nwh 13y ago

That's pretty much just the Retina MacBook right there.

tomlu 13y ago
My retina gets about 3-4 hours, so I don't think 8 hours is a real possibility.
- nwh 13y ago
  Disable your dedicated GPU. http://gfx.io/ http://gfx.io/

jrs99 13y ago

I want 24 hours of battery life in a small form factor. Everything else can be mediocre.

pasbesoin 13y ago

I don't have a hard release date, but I understand that the Haswell ThinkPads are dropping this month (October) and will have 1080p (and IPS!) as an option. Per what I've read, higher end units may offer an Nvidia 720-whatever as an additional option, although for some reason not initially in the U.S. Otherwise, you get the Intel 4400 (?) integrated graphics processing. I just picked up a used T430 after trying it out briefly and finding that I could indeed adapt to and live with Lenovo's newer.... "upscale chiklet" keyboard. Be warned, though; I think they've made further changes to the trackpad that hit the ThinkPads with the 440 (T440, T440s) line. So... might be worth seeing what drops. Also, rumors are Apple may announce/release the Haswell 13" MacBook Pro during their October announcement. If so, many opinions seem to be that it may hit a sweet spot. P.S. I also read somewhere that the Haswell ThinkPads are expected to really be north of 10 hours of battery life. I don't know about when you hang the 1080p display on one, go up to the i7 processor, or -- of course -- run the optional 720 discrete graphics support. Another thing that matters to me about the ThinkPads -- present at least with the T430 I mentioned. The palm rest is not "ginormous", and the front edge is curved/bevelled plastic rather than a sharp metal edge. For me, this makes an essential difference in typing/use comfort, especially when working on a work surface I can't adjust to optimal height. I can't stand having a ginormous palm rest with a sharp edge pressing against my wrists.