Inah wouldn't fit in my bag
Iyeah it sucks
Iso I'll just keep using this one. I wish the screen was better though
Sx230 had a hilarious screen
Sworst TN panel in existence
Scolors shifted on the edges when looking perfectly straight
Ibasically 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
II just want this again with current specs, a less mushy keyboard, and an oled screen
Ibutt nobody's gonna give pack panel access like that again
Sxps 13 is 1 cm wider
Sbut xps kinda sucks with i/o
Sbezels are pretty crazy on them
Sthinner than apple
Imight see if lenovo can offer me a thinkpad
Ibut it looks like no matter what I do I'm spending double and getting soldered on ram and a non-replaceable battery
Ipretty sure apple's the only one insane enough to solder on the ssd too
Sapple situation is weird. they could make the perfect laptop but they are allergic to market share
AThey’d also need to make it cheaper to make it perfect
AI would genuinely buy a MacBook if they weren’t so damn expensive
Pyeah if their laptops weren’t desktop class then I wouldn’t have bought one
PI can’t justify the apple tax
AYeah fair enough, it does add to the value for sure
ABut yeah 1.5k for a thinkpad vs 2.5-3k iirc for an “equivalent” MacBook is nuts
PI’m glad I bought mine in the U.S. tbh
PThe VAT would’ve been killer buying it in the UK
AOOF yeah
A20% would not be nice
Hadn’t even considered that lol
Hadn’t even considered that lol
PIt’s included in the UK price tbf
AOh ok
Pit’s really only the US that does it separately
Pprimarily because every jurisdiction has different taxes
Pfor example in Plano it was 8.25% iirc, but in Portland, Oregon it’s 0% for instance
Ai definitely did NOT read that as piano, not at all
Plmao
Ah u h
Athis probably isn't recommended but i'm tempted to use it lol
Aoh wait i just noticed it uses an internal struct nvm
Sthere is no equivalent thinkpad
Sthey are different devices
A'tis why it is in quotes
Swith thinkpad you get a shitty screen, meh cpu and no battery for exchange with repairability and durability
Aseems our thinkpad experiences have been rather different
Athe battery life is not great but apart from that, no complaints
Ait's not great as a desktop but as a laptop it's absolutely fantastic
Sit's not a matter of experience, there is just no spec for a macbook pro level screen
Sthey don't make them
Sfunnily enough the new yoga is pretty close
Sshame it's snapdragon based
Ano, and mac screens are very nice
Abut i have to say that the 1080p IPS display i have on this thinkpad is pretty damn nice as well
