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Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by gcb »

masklinn wrote: post #87
gcb wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He mention price. Didn't he? No matter how much you downvote me, it still will cost 3x more than another model for the informed consumer. I know because all notebooks i have costs at least 1/3 of the apple equivalent.

> He mention price. Didn't he? He also mentioned ultrabooks. Last time I checked, all ultrabooks are in the Air's price range (give or take 10%, and not necessarily in the Air's disfavour). > I know because all notebooks i have costs at least 1/3 of the apple equivalent. It might just be that none of your notebooks are in the same category.

Ok just read wikipedia to know that ultrabook is a Intel trademark. And that it's not a beefed up netbook as i assumed.

So none of the 3 i have are ultrabooks.

And neither is the apple stuff according to wikipedia, so off you go downvoting all apple suggestions here on the same base.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by gcb »

Sayter wrote: post #111
gcb wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He mention price. Didn't he? No matter how much you downvote me, it still will cost 3x more than another model for the informed consumer. I know because all notebooks i have costs at least 1/3 of the apple equivalent.

The cheapest ultrabook on Newegg is the Acer Aspire S3 at $799. That's nowhere near 1/3rd of the price of a MacBook Air. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&#3...

If you limit ultrabooks for the Intel trademark definition, there will only be the expensive models, of course.

But then, it will exclude the air as well.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by eof »

keenerd wrote: post #90
eof wrote: post #19

Not an ultra; but I was looking for something similar, I think to what you were looking for. Small, but still useable, light, fast, good build quality and hopefully cheap. I did a alot of research and watched slickdeals.com regularly for deals and ended up with an Asus 1215b with an E-350 processor. It comes with 2gb of ram, but I put another 4gb stick (22$) to bring it to 6; and replaced the hard drive with an ssd (…

Odd. I have the Thinkpad equivalent (x120e) and I agree on almost all your points except performance. 720p plays fine in linux, 1080p plays fine too but only with vaapi acceleration. Have never booted windows on it, so I can't compare there. Gaming wise, it can handle Xonotic at native resolution (1366x768) with most of the effects cranked up at 30 fps. Did I mention changing the hard drive does not void the warranty…

I would buy that in a heart beat over what I have. Not sure what is wrong with my video.

Nor why I ended up with what I have. I honestly thought I looked for something just like that. I really like the nipple; but all the Thinkpads (i thought) were out of my price range.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by masklinn »

gcb wrote: post #131
masklinn wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He mention price. Didn't he? He also mentioned ultrabooks. Last time I checked, all ultrabooks are in the Air's price range (give or take 10%, and not necessarily in the Air's disfavour). > I know because all notebooks i have costs at least 1/3 of the apple equivalent. It might just be that none of your notebooks are in the same category.

Ok just read wikipedia to know that ultrabook is a Intel trademark. And that it's not a beefed up netbook as i assumed. So none of the 3 i have are ultrabooks. And neither is the apple stuff according to wikipedia, so off you go downvoting all apple suggestions here on the same base.

> And neither is the apple stuff according to wikipedia, so off you go downvoting all apple suggestions here on the same base.

Feel free too, don't be surprised if you are badly received considering the very blueprint for the "ultrabook" classification if the second-generation Macbook Air.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by yaksok »

HackR wrote: post #70
buster wrote: post #63

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Nott sure what you mean, could it be that you are just too accustomed to the apple touchpad? I can scroll and move the pointer just fine on mine.

You wouldn't know until you've used the touchpad on an Macbook. Give it a try for 1 week. Guarantee you won't be able to go back.

Been using a MacBook Pro for over a year; this will be the first and last Mac I intend to use for either work or personal activities. I miss the Thinkpad TrackPoint every time I'm forced to use the trackpad on the Mac (or any other laptop, for that matter).

Whenever I'm using the MBP trackpad, I feel that it's meant for people who don't stay near home row because the wrist motion of displacing my wrist/hand is incredibly wasteful. In the case of my Thinkpad, though, I can much more easily transition from clicking around to typing something up.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by masklinn »

gcb wrote: post #130
lordlarm wrote: post #95

I see a lot of comments here recommending a Macbook Air and I wanted to inform you, just so you are perfectly aware, that this computer does not even have an ethernet input. Perhaps not a game changer, but it gives a picture of what kind of features Apple has scraped away in order to reduce it's size. Personally I would choose a Thinkpad, were I you.

Ethernet? I can live without. But page down key? Backspace and delete? F keys? Mouse buttons? Price? And that's the superficial stuff.

> And that's the superficial stuff.

That's also weird/misinformed stuff to say the least:

> Backspace and delete?

The Air has a backspace key, and a forward delete can be achieved via Fn-backspace (on OSX at least)

> F keys?

Of course, 12 of them

> Mouse buttons?

Yes, two.

> Price?

Same price category as most other ultrabooks.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by ambiate »

nkurz wrote: post #110
ambiate wrote: post #107

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Borrow a dremel. Tape down a cloth to cover the keys, ports, fan exhaust, and the monitor. Go along the edge with a grinding tool on low speed. Go along it again with a sanding tool. Finally, buff it. (All cheap parts in the default kit). Wear a mask. Also, the amount of grinding necessary to get a smooth edge is not much at all. This is a quick job, and leaves the same grey color. Finally, there are covers that remo…

Wow, that's tempting! Have you done this? Any downsides to speak of? How deep did you go? This seems like a great mod.

I followed the steps mentioned at http://dustwell.com/macbook-pro-sharp-edge.html

I basically just gauged it by eye. Light, slow, take your time.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by Ingaz »

eof wrote: post #19

Not an ultra; but I was looking for something similar, I think to what you were looking for. Small, but still useable, light, fast, good build quality and hopefully cheap. I did a alot of research and watched slickdeals.com regularly for deals and ended up with an Asus 1215b with an E-350 processor. It comes with 2gb of ram, but I put another 4gb stick (22$) to bring it to 6; and replaced the hard drive with an ssd (…

I use 1215b with E450 and I can agree that it's a good product.

I'm also using 6Gb RAM in it, but I don't understand purpose to put SSD in such book.

If you put SSD in 1215b - price becomes comparable with ASUS UX21E. "True" ultrabook.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by nyc640 »

moe wrote: post #48
ansgri wrote: post #31

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How do you deal with absence of PgUp/PgDn and Home/End? I've honestly tried for 2 weeks to get comfortable with MacBook, but feel that the keyboard is simply bad.

The keyboard is fine but the lack of home/end/pgup/pgdn is indeed a royal pain in the ass. After 3 years of running OSX on my Macbooks one would think I should be used to it by now. But it still annoys me enough so that I use an external keyboard for any programming work.

Take a look at BetterTouchTool. You can bind any key combination to home, end, pgup, or pgdn.
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