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Post by paulie_a »

ekianjo wrote: post #40
paulie_a wrote: post #20

It's amazing that netbooks are back in style again and it's made by Sony. The reboot of 80s and 90s are over, it's the aughts.

Its not Sony. VAIO was sold to other investors by Sony years ago.

Well then a number of destinations on Google and bing need to upgrade their marketing because review sites and ecommerce site have it as Sony Vaio. As of late 2018.

But what does it matter. Vaio was always an overpriced under equiped piece of hardware anyways. It was the monster cable of laptops.

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Post by microdrum »

jotto wrote: post #78
microdrum wrote: post #68

How cool. I wonder if I’m the only one: I just placed an order for my first Windows laptop in 11 years. The Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 7. Apple’s overthin design, heavy aluminum, bad thermals, throttled chip, soldered parts scam is over for me. Love macOS but fact is Windows is nice now and I’m back to the fun days of weird and wild hardware. Feels great.

Are the thermals that bad? My understanding is that they had a bad incident with a 6-core MBP in 2018, but they managed to fix it.

It’s not going to melt down. The whole line just falls way short of benchmarks for the chips. Linus Tech Tips did a good video on it.

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Post by isoskeles »

owenversteeg wrote: post #45
Ambroos wrote: post #9

It's pretty funny how this has basically the same ports (besides the USB C for charging) as my 2010 VAIO Z. VGA is the most surprising one to still see. I wonder what the reasoning behind that is. I can't really see them targeting the corporate market.

VGA is incredible to have, yes, even in 2019. As a sibling comment says, it's "for the people who actually have to solve problems". Nearly all projectors, even new and expensive ones I've used, do not have HDMI. So there's an adapter. But maybe the damned fragile thing is broken, or it's missing, or it doesn't adapt to what you have (mini display port? USB-C? Who even knows!) or it requires power, or God knows what.…

> "for the people who actually have to solve problems”

Yeah, if you’re not using VGA ports you’re not solving problems...???

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Post by jaytaylor »

owenversteeg wrote: post #45
Ambroos wrote: post #9

It's pretty funny how this has basically the same ports (besides the USB C for charging) as my 2010 VAIO Z. VGA is the most surprising one to still see. I wonder what the reasoning behind that is. I can't really see them targeting the corporate market.

VGA is incredible to have, yes, even in 2019. As a sibling comment says, it's "for the people who actually have to solve problems". Nearly all projectors, even new and expensive ones I've used, do not have HDMI. So there's an adapter. But maybe the damned fragile thing is broken, or it's missing, or it doesn't adapt to what you have (mini display port? USB-C? Who even knows!) or it requires power, or God knows what.…

Can you just get an HDMI-to-VGA adapter plug?

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Post by jfoster »

nextos wrote: post #62
SECProto wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny, to me it just reminds me of a standard laptop from a few years ago. I have a consumer lenovo from a few years back, and it has all those ports except the USB-C.

Sadly, the trend has been to copy Apple. Even Lenovo has been taking some Apple design cues into Thinkpads. While Macs are good, it's better to have more variety and different design compromises to choose from. Especially, if you run Linux as only a tiny proportion of sold models will have trouble-free hardware. So I applaud this move by VAIO. The same frustrating thing happens in the smartphone market. Practically n…

Haven't seen any copy Apple's trackpad size, unfortunately. They're copying the wrong things.

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Post by NikolaNovak »

jjoonathan wrote: post #27

What are the practical and functional use cases that benefit from a clit mouse vs, say, a trackpad? Genuine question, I've seen them on older laptops but I always assumed they were purely vestigial from a time when trackpads were no good. Also, mandatory: in Russia, clit mouse is blue .

Trackpoint/clit-mouse is awesome. It has a higher learning curve, but far more speed and control than a trackpad. Basically, I have not yet met a trackpad user who is not painful to watch as a trackpoint user.

- You can have pixel-level precision - You can have fast movements from edge to edge of the screen - You can use it without moving your fingers away from the keyboard - You can use it without moving your elbows or arms around + It is therefore great for small laptops, small spaces (in airplane seat, on a bench, etc)

Basically, far from being vestigial, my boss has been advised that a trackpoint-equipped laptop is a "condition of employment" for me.

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