I think he's referring to the aesthetics and quality of materials. Things have gotten better recently, but the majority of non-Apple laptops out there are made of cheap plastic and have terrible keyboards and trackpads - the only well made ones I've seen were similar in price to Apple's stuff.<div>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div>When it comes to trackpads, I've yet to use a non-Apple trackpad that wasn't crap. I either use a trackpoint (like on my Dell) or plug in a wireless mouse.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div>Of course, this goes back to what folks care about in a laptop. Some folks want the best stats for the least money, and others care more about the aesthetics. I usually fall in the latter category, but I suppose part of that is because I'm always somewhere where I have multiple computers, and I usually run my virtual hosts on my server.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I agree with you on Intel chips though.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Jeffrey.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:24 PM, <a href="mailto:thomas@redhat.com">thomas@redhat.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas@redhat.com">thomas@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</div>Meh. I've owned the following Thinkpads over the 6 years - T42, T60,<br>
T61, X60, two X61s, T500, and T510.<br>
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All of them have Just Worked(TM) with Linux (inluding accelerated<br>
graphics), and out of all of them, I've had *one* hardware issue<br>
requiring a visit by a technician.<br>
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So I'm gonna have to call BS on your assertion. Thinkpads are not cheap,<br>
but you get what you pay for.<br>
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