|
Inspirons are poo poo, stick with latitudes
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 12:00
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 13, 2024 16:24 |
|
|
Bob Morales posted:Inspirons are poo poo, stick with latitudes Wish I'd known that before I got it. Then again it's not like I was spoilt for choice. For my main use I'll have a USB keyboard and mouse, most of what I care about are the internals, I'm just pissed cause I've barely used it and I have an issue already. At least the warranty is good, maybe I can get more out of them.
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 12:04
|
|
|
Bob Morales posted:All consumer laptops ever are poo poo fixed that for you
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 12:29
|
|
I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!
|
Hadlock posted:Pro Books are NOT Elite Books. Double check what you're considering purchasing. Elite Books generally have very good keyboards. How is the EB 8440w? Hits most of my check marks. Under $400 on eBay with SSD. It looks like the keyboard changes from the 84s to the 85s. One site described the latter as having a "partial chiclet," whatever that means. Almost got a Dell Latitude 6430u, but there were weird news reports of some of them smelling like cat piss. I'd rather my laptop not smell like cat piss.
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 16:15
|
|
|
Bob Morales posted:Yes, Lenovo ships it setup with a driver and its used as a cache drive Ok, so it does show up as its own block device, but they ship it with (windows) drivers to use it as a persistent block cache? That makes more sense.
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 16:51
|
|
|
Anything particularly damning about Lenovo Flex 2? It's not in their "business" line but it seems to have a lot of what I need - 1080p, touchscreen, Intel i7 processor. Even an optical drive, which I like. Also, is there like a chart that compares Intel HD graphics specs directly to GeForce equivalents? It'd come in handy when looking at Steam's system requirements. There's just a couple games I'd like to make sure I can run with "recommended" specs before I commit to a purchase.
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 17:31
|
|
|
Minidust posted:Anything particularly damning about Lenovo Flex 2? It's not in their "business" line but it seems to have a lot of what I need - 1080p, touchscreen, Intel i7 processor. Even an optical drive, which I like. notebookcheck is your friend here
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 17:39
|
|
Cat Army 
|
The Iron Rose posted:notebookcheck is your friend here
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 18:09
|
|
|
RoughDraft2.0 posted:How is the EB 8440w? Hits most of my check marks. Yeah it's good.
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 19:58
|
|
|
ToxicFrog posted:Ok, so it does show up as its own block device, but they ship it with (windows) drivers to use it as a persistent block cache? That makes more sense. Yes, it shows up like any other drive in windows and the bios
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 21:17
|
|
|
Bob Morales posted:Yes, it shows up like any other drive in windows and the bios
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 22:19
|
|
|
Swinging back towards the Thinkpad Yoga in my shopping. Any thoughts on this model, currently offered at $899 through the perks site? Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U Processor( 2.40GHz 1600MHz 4MB) Display: 15.6" FHD IPS LED with Intel® RealSense™ Camera (1920x1080) Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 840M 2GB 2GB (4GB total I guess?) Memory: 8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3L 1600 MHz Hard Drive: 256GB SSD SATA III If you follow this link it's the model all the way to the right. One negative is that the memory might not be upgradeable, so I think this might top out at 8GB. Considering the other specs, should 8GB do me good for a while? I don't plan on doing cutting-edge gaming, maybe just light fare like Pinball Arcade and card games. I have no idea what to make of that camera, so basically I'll ask - would this still be a good deal without that camera attached? I'm not convinced I'll ever use it. This is gonna be my "main" computer for personal use, but I'm also gonna use it for work a lot, so for that purpose I think this looks like a great deal. With an SSD (which I've never had in a PC before!) and a general speed increase, I'm probably gonna feel really light on my feet with this thing. I just went to the local Microcenter to try some models myself and see how they feel in my hands. While I do like Flex's optical drive and confirmed expandable RAM, the whole "folding into a tablet" Yoga gimmick really won me over. I've always had a hard time justifying a tablet purchase, but the thought of using my actual PC as a tablet is quite appealing to me now that I've held the thing (well, it was a different model in the same series, actually with a slower processor). Minidust fucked around with this message at 23:24 on May 25, 2015 |
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 23:21
|
|
|
Wasn't the memory on that one one of the things you can upgrade just not through them or w/e?
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 23:23
|
|
|
Fetus Tree posted:Wasn't the memory on that one one of the things you can upgrade just not through them or w/e?
|
|
#
?
May 25, 2015 23:28
|
|
|
It's not upgradeable in the Thinkpad Yoga.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 00:25
|
|
|
Aphrodite posted:It's not upgradeable in the Thinkpad Yoga.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 03:55
|
|
|
I think I want a laptop to play Blizzard games on... a dangerous admission, but my desktop already handles everything else, I just need a glorified D3 and Heroes of the Storm box for when the old lady hogs it. Judging by the OP that puts me in a used or refurbished Lenovo, but I'm not sure which I should be focusing on. I don't care about size or portability a ton; I travel with just a kindle and pretty much anything beats a desktop. Cost is a concern, though. Any thoughts?
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 07:36
|
|
|
I'm not familiar with the new Storm game but their website says it will run on an HD3000 which is quite a bit less (25% or more) powerful than the HD4000. I would get a refurb Haswell with an HD4500 or HD4600 both for better graphics performance and better battery life. You could get a laptop with dedicated GPU but why limit yourself if it's not necessary? I would wait until it's officially released to see how it holds up on the HD3000/HD4500 before pulling the trigger. Your biggest decision will probably be screen resolution, weight and keyboard quality.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 08:18
|
|
|
Bit the bullet and bought an Asus ux305. It does, however, come replete with garbage tools that I don't care about and trials for stuff I care less about. Is there a single program that I can use to just hack all this stuff off?
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 09:24
|
|
|
Did you get the Signature Edition Laptop + from the Microsoft store? In which case it won't have most of the crufty crap installed.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 09:37
|
|
|
Hadlock posted:Did you get the Signature Edition Laptop + from the Microsoft store? In which case it won't have most of the crufty crap installed. I did not, no. Also pretty appalled at needing to pay 140 euro for MS office that doesn't have outlook, or 260 for + Outlook. Extortionate assholes.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 10:08
|
|
|
Junior G-man posted:I did not, no. You can also get a office 365 university license. It's  Junior G-man posted:Bit the bullet and bought an Asus ux305. Download all actually necessary drivers, nuke and pave.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 10:50
|
|
|
I wanna thank people here for the informative posts, and especially the OP. I pulled the trigger and ordered Thinkpad Yoga 15 last night! And I just realized that my desktop at work wasn't even doing 1080p... the screen just felt so much roomier than my current laptop that I assumed it was "full HD." But nope, I checked this morning and it caps off at 1600x900. So this new laptop will actually be my first taste of 1920x1080 computing... and I've accidentally created a new preferred work environment.  And it's a MASSIVE upgrade to my "home" computer, and kinda my first tablet too. Plus I'll dabble around in some games from the current decade. Very excited!  Thanks again thread.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 15:58
|
|
|
Minidust posted:I wanna thank people here for the informative posts, and especially the OP. I pulled the trigger and ordered Thinkpad Yoga 15 last night! drat, I can only imagine how much your mind would be blown at the sight of a 2560x1440 monitor.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 17:29
|
|
|
Went to the Microsoft Store to look at a Stream 11 after reading the OP and they don't have that but they do have the Stream 13 which as best as I can tell is the same computer but a 13" screen instead of an 11" for $30 more. Sorry for the noob question but can anyone help confirm it's the same computer as the 11" as far as display and internals? As long as it is I'm pretty sure I'm picking this up. Thanks! Edit: Everything I could find online indicated this was the case so, purchased! Happy to have a new laptop for the first time since 2007 
Referee fucked around with this message at 22:05 on May 26, 2015 |
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 20:48
|
|
|
When you guys replace the HDD on Lenovo laptops with a solid state drive, do you keep all of the 7 partitions that Lenovo ships them with or do you drop some? I'm pretty intimidated by the 40+GB of recovery, OEM, LENOVO, and PBR_DRV partitions that I have on here. Edit: I only need space for about 160-180GB of stuff, plus the overhead for NTFS to stay happy and to avoid write amplification. I was hoping to get by on a 250GB SSD, but they're actually 232GB formatted and there's 40GB of Lenovo poo poo on here so that is going to force me to get a 500GB. Twerk from Home fucked around with this message at 21:10 on May 26, 2015 |
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 21:06
|
|
|
I just clean install and ignore all those extra partitions and the recovery partition.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 21:35
|
|
|
Twerk from Home posted:When you guys replace the HDD on Lenovo laptops with a solid state drive, do you keep all of the 7 partitions that Lenovo ships them with or do you drop some? I'm pretty intimidated by the 40+GB of recovery, OEM, LENOVO, and PBR_DRV partitions that I have on here. That said, I do have a complete image of the laptop from before its first boot into Windows on my NAS, because that's what I'm like. You probably should get the 500GB drive though, if this all has to hinge on a couple of tens of GB. I hate stressing about poo poo like that.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 21:40
|
|
|
Flipperwaldt posted:You probably should get the 500GB drive though, if this all has to hinge on a couple of tens of GB. I hate stressing about poo poo like that. I can very comfortably live inside of 180GB and it won't cause any friction. I have a bunch of computers and network storage, so I'm not counting on this guy to do anything more than my whole big fat development environment + one modern game on it at a time. The issue is just that with the OEM partitions, a 250GB SSD can't hold 180GB of stuff.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 21:45
|
|
|
My employer is replacing my boat anchor EliteBook 8460p! Help me decide what to get. I have the option between an HP EliteBook 850 G1 and a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga. Yoga seems to have a crappy, low res screen and only has 4gb of RAM. But it would also be nice to have a smaller laptop instead of the big, traditional 850 G1. Has anyone used either of them? My primary use is spreadsheets/outlook and handful of complex Excel models. I regularly max out my current 4gb of RAM
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 22:06
|
|
|
The Thinkpad Yoga has a 1080p IPS screen, depending on the size you get. My best bud is living in Colombia with that as his primary machine and loves it. He has the 13" model I believe. There is a minor issue with ghosting on flat gray images/classic windows.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 22:26
|
|
|
Hadlock posted:The Thinkpad Yoga has a 1080p IPS screen, depending on the size you get. My best bud is living in Colombia with that as his primary machine and loves it. He has the 13" model I believe. There is a minor issue with ghosting on flat gray images/classic windows. I'm told it's the i-5 model with the 12.5" 1366 x 768 screen 
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 22:37
|
|
|
IllegallySober posted:Went to the Microsoft Store to look at a Stream 11 after reading the OP and they don't have that but they do have the Stream 13 which as best as I can tell is the same computer but a 13" screen instead of an 11" for $30 more. Sorry for the noob question but can anyone help confirm it's the same computer as the 11" as far as display and internals? As long as it is I'm pretty sure I'm picking this up. Thanks! I just bit the bullet on a 13 myself! The difference in price from the 11 was negligible.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 23:09
|
|
|
I asked about gaming laptops a few months ago (lol gaming laptop, but it's what I need) but I ended up postponing the purchase. I'm back in the market and this one looks pretty good to me, better than the equivalent Lenovos. Price $1108.00 Am I kidding myself? Does this thing suck in some way I'm not seeing? MSI GE62 Apache-002 15.6" 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7-4720HQ (Haswell) 8GB of 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM 1TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M GPU (2GB GDDR5) 15.6" Full HD eDP Widescreen Display 1920 x 1080 Native Resolution SuperMulti DVD Burner 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 SteelSeries Backlit Keyboard Windows 8.1 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1108897&gclid=CMzz9Ke64MUCFZBefgod30YAtA&Q=&is=REG&A=details other than the lack of an SSD, it looks like a lot of bang for the buck
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 23:32
|
|
|
predicto posted:I asked about gaming laptops a few months ago (lol gaming laptop, but it's what I need) but I ended up postponing the purchase. Looks great to me. The 965m packs serious punch too. Just grab an SSD aftermarket. Heck, 500 gig 850 EVO SSDs are being sold for $150 today only. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMSUNG-850...=item462f5d7982
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2015 23:48
|
|
|
predicto posted:I asked about gaming laptops a few months ago (lol gaming laptop, but it's what I need) but I ended up postponing the purchase. I just bought a GE62 2QF Apache Pro. I think it's the model one step up from that one and I'm really loving it. I've got the GTX 970M and it's crazy good. It's run everything I've thrown at it on Very High or Ultra settings. The Apache Pro has 3 M.2 SATA slots so you can have 3 SSDs in addition to the regular HD it comes with. I'm not positive but that one looks pretty similar, so it might have them too.
|
|
#
?
May 27, 2015 06:58
|
|
|
Son of a Vondruke! posted:I just bought a GE62 2QF Apache Pro. I think it's the model one step up from that one and I'm really loving it. I've got the GTX 970M and it's crazy good. It's run everything I've thrown at it on Very High or Ultra settings. The Apache Pro has 3 M.2 SATA slots so you can have 3 SSDs in addition to the regular HD it comes with. I'm not positive but that one looks pretty similar, so it might have them too. Yeah, but that one with the 970 and the SSD is almost 400 bucks more. A little too rich for me.
|
|
#
?
May 27, 2015 21:51
|
|
|
predicto posted:Yeah, but that one with the 970 and the SSD is almost 400 bucks more. A little too rich for me. Is there any option with just the 970m and no SSD? SSDs are generally cheaper to buy and install yourself
|
|
#
?
May 27, 2015 21:55
|
|
|
The Iron Rose posted:Is there any option with just the 970m and no SSD? SSDs are generally cheaper to buy and install yourself I read somewhere that the version with the SSD was a Canada exclusive, not sure if that's true though. M.5 SATA SSDs are still pretty hard to find and little expensive around here, so it was a pretty good deal. I'm not positive, but I think the Microsoft store listed it for the wrong price. Every other Canadian retailer I could find listed it for $1799 or $1899 + tax. I got it for $1511 taxes and shipping included. And a couple of days after I put the order in, their price jumped up to $1899.
|
|
#
?
May 28, 2015 09:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 13, 2024 16:24 |
|
|
predicto posted:Yeah, but that one with the 970 and the SSD is almost 400 bucks more. A little too rich for me. From what I have read I believe the PRO version with the 970 has a better screen? Correct me if I'm wrong? I have been looking at the same laptop and between the SSD, 970 and screen, few other small things, that's why it's $400 more. I know that's quite a bit more, but might be worth it considering the 970m itself is a nice upgrade over the 965. From benchmarks, nearly 40% higher performance increase. http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970M-vs-Nvidia-GTX-965M/m17319vsm24481 GTX970m - http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-970M.126694.0.html GTX965m - http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-965M.134120.0.html This listing, $1499 fufilled by amazon, you also get the 128gb SSD + 1tb HDD and 16gb(normal is 12gb) configuration + Witcher 3 of course. You have to view amazon's main product listing and look at the list of sellers to see this is included. It's not in the description. But I contacted the seller and confirmed that it's included. There is also a gaming bundle some sites are offering, with free games, mouse etc. If you contact them I was told they would throw in some other free game codes, if you don't like what they have now, you can wait until the next codes are offered by Nvidia. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SQG3LT2/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A21UYTN5AVFXYY Moonbloodsflow fucked around with this message at 02:49 on May 29, 2015 |
|
#
?
May 29, 2015 02:30
|
|