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sowa705
11 inch is dead though
11 inch is dead though
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I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:24 AM
nah wouldn
't fit in my bag
S
sowa705
11 inch is dead though
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:24 AM
yeah it sucks
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:25 AM
so I
'll just keep using this one
. I wish the screen was better though
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:27 AM
x230 had a hilarious screen
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:27 AM
worst TN panel in existence
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:27 AM
colors shifted on the edges when looking perfectly straight
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:29 AM
basically acer accidentally made a good price
/portability
/performance laptop so they stopped that
:P
https://www.anandtech.com/show/6467/acer-aspire-v5171-notebook-review-the-death-and-rebirth-of-the-netbook
Acer Aspire V5-171 Notebook Review: The Death and Rebirth of the Ne...
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:30 AM
I just want this again with current specs
, a less mushy keyboard
, and an oled screen
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:30 AM
butt nobody
's gonna give pack panel access like that again
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:30 AM
xps 13 is 1 cm wider
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:31 AM
but xps kinda sucks with i
/o
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:33 AM
bezels are pretty crazy on them
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 7:34 AM
thinner than apple
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:40 AM
might see if lenovo can offer me a thinkpad
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:40 AM
but it looks like no matter what I do I
'm spending double and getting soldered on ram and a non
-replaceable battery
I
ichigo
•
10/10/24, 7:40 AM
pretty sure apple
's the only one insane enough to solder on the ssd too
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 10:07 AM
apple situation is weird
. they could make the
perfect
laptop but they are allergic to market share
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:22 AM
They
’d also need to make it cheaper to make it perfect
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:23 AM
I would genuinely buy a MacBook if they weren
’t so damn expensive
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:23 AM
yeah if their laptops weren
’t desktop class then I wouldn
’t have bought one
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:23 AM
I can
’t justify the apple tax
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:29 AM
Yeah fair enough
, it does add to the value for sure
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:30 AM
But yeah 1
.5k for a thinkpad vs 2
.5
-3k iirc for an
“equivalent
” MacBook is nuts
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:30 AM
I
’m glad I bought mine in the U
.S
. tbh
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:31 AM
The VAT would
’ve been killer buying it in the UK
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:54 AM
OOF yeah
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:54 AM
20
% would not be nice
Hadn
’t even considered that lol
A
Aqua
20% would not be nice Hadn’t even considered that lol
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:55 AM
It
’s included in the UK price tbf
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:55 AM
Oh ok
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:55 AM
it
’s really only the US that does it separately
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:55 AM
primarily because every jurisdiction has different taxes
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 10:57 AM
for example in Plano it was 8
.25
% iirc
, but in Portland
, Oregon it
’s 0
% for instance
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 10:58 AM
i definitely did NOT read that as piano
, not at all
P
Perksey
•
10/10/24, 11:23 AM
lmao
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:04 PM
h u h
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:05 PM
this probably isn
't recommended but i
'm tempted to use it lol
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:05 PM
oh wait i just noticed it uses an internal struct nvm
A
Aqua
But yeah 1.5k for a thinkpad vs 2.5-3k iirc for an “equivalent” MacBook is nuts
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:08 PM
there is no equivalent thinkpad
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:08 PM
they are different devices
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:09 PM
'tis why it is in quotes
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:09 PM
with thinkpad you get a shitty screen
, meh cpu and no battery for exchange with repairability and durability
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:10 PM
seems our thinkpad experiences have been rather different
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:10 PM
the battery life is not great but apart from that
, no complaints
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:10 PM
it
's not great as a desktop but as a laptop it
's absolutely fantastic
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:10 PM
it
's not a matter of experience
, there is just no spec for a macbook pro level screen
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:11 PM
they don
't make them
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:11 PM
funnily enough the new yoga is pretty close
S
sowa705
OP
•
10/10/24, 2:11 PM
shame it
's snapdragon based
S
sowa705
it's not a matter of experience, there is just no spec for a macbook pro level s...
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:12 PM
no
, and mac screens are very nice
A
Aqua
•
10/10/24, 2:12 PM
but i have to say that the 1080p IPS display i have on this thinkpad is pretty damn nice as well
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