Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#1

Post by o_s_m » Sun, Oct 04, 2015, 3:50 PM UTC

Is everyone satisfied with what they have? Is most of the computing being done in the cloud and the computer is just a portal?

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#2

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Oct 04, 2015, 6:02 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#3

Post by fhfjfjfh » Sun, Oct 04, 2015, 6:06 PM UTC

Everyone gave up after they realized the inherent superiority of ThinkPads.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#4

Post by hiram112 » Sun, Oct 04, 2015, 8:55 PM UTC

fhfjfjfh wrote: post #3

Everyone gave up after they realized the inherent superiority of ThinkPads.

I was a Thinkpad guy for about a decade. However, this time around, I went with a refurbished Dell Precision M4800 instead. This is mostly due to the numerous articles I've read bemoaning Lenovo for crappy 'modern' designs, pre-installed malware, etc.

I'd love to see this question answered again every few months.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#5

Post by jhildings » Sun, Oct 04, 2015, 9:12 PM UTC

hiram112 wrote: post #4

fhfjfjfh wrote: post #3

Everyone gave up after they realized the inherent superiority of ThinkPads.

I was a Thinkpad guy for about a decade. However, this time around, I went with a refurbished Dell Precision M4800 instead. This is mostly due to the numerous articles I've read bemoaning Lenovo for crappy 'modern' designs, pre-installed malware, etc. I'd love to see this question answered again every few months.

Don't forget the stupid new keyboard :(

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

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Post by runjake » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 3:03 AM UTC

It stopped around the same time, someone created the Used Thinkpad Guide: http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#7

Post by ljk » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 6:10 PM UTC

fhfjfjfh wrote: post #3

Everyone gave up after they realized the inherent superiority of ThinkPads.

not to discredit how reliable thinkpads are, but wasn't there news that lenovo's been installing secret backdoors on its laptops?

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#8

Post by archimedespi » Mon, Oct 05, 2015, 8:15 PM UTC

It stopped when every reply was either about macbooks or thinkpads.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#9

Post by pavornyoh » Tue, Oct 06, 2015, 7:30 PM UTC

runjake wrote: post #6

It stopped around the same time, someone created the Used Thinkpad Guide: http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide

Thanks for the link above. It actually helps me.

Re: Ask HN: What happened to the monthly “Best Laptop" threads

#10

Post by romanovcode » Thu, Oct 08, 2015, 1:21 PM UTC

archimedespi wrote: post #8

It stopped when every reply was either about macbooks or thinkpads.

Nowadays it will be between MacBooks and SurfaceBooks.