Macbook Pro - buy now, or wait?
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Don't get me wrong I love macs, I really do, but 12000+ for an i5. F me. Thinkpad thanks
I've got a Thinkpad at work. It's a horrible thing. It somehow manages to both be ridiculously heavy and feel plasticky at the same time. It's reasonably powerful but I'm lucky if I get two hours out of it.
Some people are willing to pay a premium for a premium product. Some people (i.e. my employers
) aren't.I've got a Thinkpad at work. It's a horrible thing. It somehow manages to both be ridiculously heavy and feel plasticky at the same time. It's reasonably powerful but I'm lucky if I get two hours out of it.
Some people are willing to pay a premium for a premium product. Some people (i.e. my employers
What model Thinkpad is it?
Nearest model to the Macs are the T410/510 series.
We use the t510 at work and they are awful, they weigh about 2 tons and the build quality is none existent. The Macbook has superb build quaity, better than the HP Envy 15 I had just before it and the XPS and Studio Dell which I tried in the purple shop.
I guess your T510 don't come from the same factory as ours.
Ours are approximately the same size and little thicker than a 15" MBP. Weight is within 0.1Kg of a 15" MBP. OK, so the Lenovo isn't aluminium or unibody construction but they're the best built mainstream business laptop. If it continues to live up to the standards set by the rest of the T series they'll take a daily battering for many years without complaint.
If I didn't use a Mac at home, I'd have a ThinkPad.
You're missing an important part. The quality drops as soon as you boot it up and find that it is running windows
Windows 7 isn't *that* bad.
In fact, I dare say it's the best windows yet.I guess your T510 don't come from the same factory as ours.
Ours are approximately the same size and little thicker than a 15" MBP. Weight is within 0.1Kg of a 15" MBP. OK, so the Lenovo isn't aluminium or unibody construction but they're the best built mainstream business laptop. If it continues to live up to the standards set by the rest of the T series they'll take a daily battering for many years without complaint.
If I didn't use a Mac at home, I'd have a ThinkPad.
Sorry its the t500, not the t510, bloody horrible things...
Not had the joy, we had the T400 (OK, but not as good as the T6x) and W500 (beast of a machine and weighs it too).
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R500.
That would be why it weighs a lot and is made out cheap plastic. Get work to man up and buy the T series!
R-series is mainly ABS plastic where the T-series has a cage chassis made out magnesium alloy for a more rugged, lighter and thinner construction.
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Windows 7 isn't *that* bad.
I did a turd last night. Was the best turd i had ever done.
I did a turd last night. Was the best turd i had ever done.
If you were forced to eat that turd or an old one, which one would you chomp on?
