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I've heard good things about Asus and Acer, but my *nix buddies seem to like Lenovo better for driver support. I don't think the brands mean much; it's the spec

I've heard good things about Asus and Acer, but my *nix buddies seem to like Lenovo better for driver support. I don't think the brands mean much; it's the specific models and their technical specifications that are worth investigating.

huhtenberg 12y ago
Acer is a good bang for the buck, but it lasts exactly [the warranty period + 1 month]. In my case first the RAM stick died, then the LCD inverter, then the WiFi and then the HDD. All in a scope of one week, three weeks after the end of the warranty. It was spectacular.
- sarciszewski 12y ago
  That's amazingly terrible!
- johnatwork 12y ago
  I've had a similar experience. I thought it was just me. It's amazing how they can get it so accurately down.
notauser 12y ago
I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon (with real F keys) and I love it. It is solidly built, very easy to pack, and the keyboard is great for an ultrabook. The trackpad is also good. I also have a Yoga 2 Pro, which was great value for money and pretty lovely, but I wouldn't want to type on it all day.
teach 12y ago
I think this is really important. Right now I'm not sure there are any brands where every SKU is good. Within each brand, there seems to be a lot of variability in quality from model to model.
btb 12y ago
All the Asus products I have had have worked OK, and decent driver support. I have on occassion bought Acer PCs for non-devs at the office, and have regretted it every time. Sure they are cheap, but they also break down very fast and/or have lousy driver support, its just not worth the hassle. I still remember the stationary Acer PC I buy for one of our salesguys. Everytime he went above 50% CPU usage it sounded like a vacuum cleaner, and could be heard from the hallways.
- sarciszewski 12y ago
  Thanks for the info. I've never purchased an Acer product but heard from people that they were decent. :)

huhtenberg 12y ago

Acer is a good bang for the buck, but it lasts exactly [the warranty period + 1 month]. In my case first the RAM stick died, then the LCD inverter, then the WiFi and then the HDD. All in a scope of one week, three weeks after the end of the warranty. It was spectacular.

sarciszewski 12y ago
That's amazingly terrible!
johnatwork 12y ago
I've had a similar experience. I thought it was just me. It's amazing how they can get it so accurately down.

notauser 12y ago

I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon (with real F keys) and I love it. It is solidly built, very easy to pack, and the keyboard is great for an ultrabook. The trackpad is also good. I also have a Yoga 2 Pro, which was great value for money and pretty lovely, but I wouldn't want to type on it all day.

teach 12y ago

I think this is really important. Right now I'm not sure there are any brands where every SKU is good. Within each brand, there seems to be a lot of variability in quality from model to model.

btb 12y ago

All the Asus products I have had have worked OK, and decent driver support. I have on occassion bought Acer PCs for non-devs at the office, and have regretted it every time. Sure they are cheap, but they also break down very fast and/or have lousy driver support, its just not worth the hassle. I still remember the stationary Acer PC I buy for one of our salesguys. Everytime he went above 50% CPU usage it sounded like a vacuum cleaner, and could be heard from the hallways.

sarciszewski 12y ago
Thanks for the info. I've never purchased an Acer product but heard from people that they were decent. :)