I had a Lenovo and I hated it. I am now a very happy owner of a Microsoft Surface. I had one from work and while it took me a while to take a liking to it, especially because of only one USB drive, it grew on me, especially since the thing boots up faster than you can blink, is completely silent and just... works...
@Daniel36 I've only owned one "consumer" Lenovo, and it was, indeed a dog. But I swear by the Thinkpads, and for a serious productivity laptop machine wouldn't really buy anything else (other than Dell & HP's competitive models, but those are much more expensive than the already expensive Thinkpads.) Their ruggedness and ergonomics are really unparalleled, but it is, indeed, an expensive, commercial-oriented product line.
I second the Surface though. While my productivity is all Thinkpad, my favorite laptop I've ever had to actually use for things other than serious work is my Surface Pro. Particularly when actually using it on my lap!
@jump Seriously? WHAT accusations? No offense, but what the heck are you translating my comments into?
I only emphasized that I had already apologized for any potential wrong-doings, AGAIN, and I suggested a gentlemen's agreement to forego continuing this discussion that's literally going nowhere, and I get finger pointing in return? (shakes head)
I think it's about high time for a long, hard look in the mirror, my dear fellow NLife member...
On a side note: you decided to jump in here and react to us, so it would seem to me that you are the one that should be listening to your own advice, instead of suggesting to others that they should stop. Instigators asking other people to stop arguing is surely the world upside down...
(which, by the way, is not "another" accusation, but simply a statement referring to what actually happened)
See where this is going? Had you never bothered to react, or be (WAY too easily) offended or whatever, for which there was also never any need whatsoever in the first place, then we would have never been where we are now, unfortunately.
So, again: shall we just leave it be now, lest we take over this usually highly enjoyable thread with more senseless negativity? Go on, be the responsible adult that I know/hope you can be...
(which is not an insult or accusation either, but just me making a bit of fun because of the ridiculousness of it all)
Thanks in advance.
@NEStalgia Ah, yes. Lenovo, forgot all about those. I've even sold their laptops once. We even used the infamous sales pitch that the keyboards had a built-in liquid drainage system, so you could spill your coffee on it, and it would STILL work...
Over here, Razer is more for peripherals than systems. And of course, dedicated gamers, heck: dedicated PC anything users might be more prone to making their own rig, but that doesn't exclude there being brands that cater to these demographics regardless. I've heard of MSI as well, but it's not something that I come across very often. Then again: I'm not a hardcore PC nut either, so that may have something to do with it as well. At least the other brands I mentioned are advertised well enough that the general public or average PC user knows about them.
@ThanosReXXX That drainage system is no joke! It really works! It's actually a cool design I can't believe nobody else has copied. The patent can't possibly still be valid. The trouble though is they sold the idea that Thinkpad has that feature a little too well, when not all series actually have it...
I think everywhere, Razer is more famous for peripherals, but mostly because their systems are priced in ways that makes Apple look cheap. They make some cool stuff (remember the system where every key was an OLED display?) but those prices.... And that quality control....
Here, MSI is probably equally advertised in the gaming laptop world as Asus and Alienware, which is to say if you're in the demographic you know it, if you're not you don't. They're most known for gaming laptops, though they make a lot of video cards as well, and of course some desktops. Asus is more mainstream because they are a big OEM mobo/memory mfr (I.E. HP or Dell machines may often be using Asus boards, so you'll see Asus all over, arguably on most business PCs as well) whereas MSI and Alienware are more gaming specific brands (Alienware just being Dell's gaming division.)
@HobbitGamer Define light gaming? In a word I'd say "no", but if you're talking some indie games and such you might be able to get away with "maybe a little." I wouldn't consider loading Gears or Forza, obviously....
@NEStalgia - You’re spot on with the germ infested incubator part. I took my daughter to the same TRU where I bought my 64 in high school. Somehow during that stretch of time, that particular location caught the plague. We’ve discussed a similar nostalgia for old school seedy malls, I have no issue whatsoever if you climb on Santa’s lap, provided you splash out for the pic and post it here.
@jump - I think you might be searching too hard if you feel you’re being insulted, and it’s sort of funny that you would insist on someone using the @ when you yourself don’t use them. That being said, this is a place where we sometimes crack jokes about a variety of topics, including pizza and sometimes even fanatical Pokémon people. If the latter offends you, I would suggest not peeking in on what’s going on around here.
@NEStalgia Indeed it does work, that "coffee drain". I was going to mention that, but I forgot, in between juggling our conversation and the other, less pleasant one that I currently seem to find myself in, regardless of whether or not I want to...
So tiresome when people lack the comprehension skills to understand what it is you're trying to say, instead opting to seek for non-present insults and accusations...
@jump See? Other people already confirm that you're apparently reading FAR too much into my comments. They mean EXACTLY what is written, and NOTHING else, so whatever weird twisting paths your brain is trying to make to seek insults and personal attacks in them is entirely your own problem, not mine. If I was out to insult or attack you, I would have never dedicated so much text to explaining myself, nor would I even make the effort of apologizing to you, which by the way, was a genuine apology.
There are no "digs" made at you, and I wasn't baiting you either. In fact, I've SPECIFICALLY added that bit in parentheses to indicate that I was just making a bit of fun, simply because it's all so silly and ridiculous that we've now already spent so much time and text to a complete non-issue. You seem to be VERY easily offended, which is a shame, because there's no one here trying to insult or attack you, and yet you insist on making that point. And THAT is why I suggested you'd take your own advice, and also to take a look into the mirror. It's not always other people that are doing things, you know. It might be you, sometimes...
@bimmy-lee Thanks for the support, man. I was almost, mind you: juuuussst almost, beginning to question myself. I've re-read my comments several times, to see where I supposedly did something wrong, or made "accusations" instead of the things that I actually said, but it's always good to have a second opinion confirming what I already thought was happening. Oh, well. Can't win 'em all, I suppose...
@ThanosReXXX - I guess you can’t. I’ve been through this exercise before briefly in a different thread. I could type three paragraphs, and then get one sentence quoted and misinterpreted. I just stopped posting because that type of back and forth isn’t even remotely conversation. Oh, and I remembered something when you mentioned Acer earlier. I played DOOM on a dark green Acer at about four frames a second. I slogged through it.
@bimmy-lee Back in the day when Doom was still new and exciting, or much later? If the former, I could imagine, because back then, you'd need a "high end" system to be able to run that, for the time, revolutionary game.
What a way to play it, though. Like an interactive slide show. I honestly don't know whether to feel your pain or to be impressed at what must have been a glorious example of human patience...
@ThanosReXXX - It was back in the day, and four frames might have been an exaggeration, but it was really bad. You’re right, it was basically an interactive slide show where I could occasionally shoot demons.
@bimmy-Lee delayed response but Yea.. it was a good time. Won't have time tonight to fire it back up with her but possibly tomorrow night. Played some duck tales last night and it was surprisingly harder than I thought. I never played the original to my knowledge but I did have darkwing duck on nes as a kid.
@ThanosReXXX - Ha, yep, I remember taking a lot of melee damage because the demons would suddenly go from across the room to eating my marine in a few frames. You know, I was so mesmerized by the carnage and the new fps experience that I really didn’t think much about how it was supposed to play on an optimized rig. I just played it that way and loved it back then. I’ve played it plenty of times since and laughed at myself.
@NintendoByNature - Yeah, it wouldn’t be a nightly experience for us either. Maybe a few times a week, but I can envision us also going long stretches without it. Concerning Ducktales, it does have a bit of the NES level difficulty to it, but if you’ve gotten through something like The Messenger; you’ll get this with ease. It was one of the carts in my meager NES collection as a kid. I rented Darkwing a few times, but can’t really remember it. I have a faint memory of it being a difficult game.
@HobbitGamer - Last weekend, I ate an insane amount of extra salty, shelled peanuts during the Colts game. It was basically lunch, and I was just covered in peanut skins and shell debris after. It was so good, I had to vacuum. You tell them peanut farmers to keep growing those peanuts in those peanut fields. There’s folks that appreciate their hard work.
@bimmy-lee I’ll pass the word along. No lie, we just had the annual peanut festival last month. I’m pretty sure Carter tried to grow peanuts on the South Lawn down by the secret service buildings. 😂
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@bimmy-lee for sure. Yea I'll have to dive back into ducktales again. It's fun, Just hard at some points. Darkwing duck was pretty much megaman, in many ways. Fun; but really hard.
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