[Hidden-tech] Computer Crossroads- Do I buy a new laptop? Change to Macbook Air? Have one Custom built?

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I have personal and unfortunate experience with the Lenovo E series.  An
E520 I bought had a manufacturing defect that affected most of the units in
the series where the power will eventually fail on the motherboard.  No
notices of the defect were sent to registered users There was a haphazard
series of denying the problem and eventually accepting returns for extended
warranty repair if made within a fairly short time window of purchase.  Mine
bricked after their "extended warranty" period but before I had owned it two
years.

For the Asus Zenbook, I'd certainly try putting in a replacement hard drive
before buying a replacement, but I've got extra drives lying around and like
to do that sort of thing.

Charlie


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Werner
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Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Computer Crossroads- Do I buy a new laptop?
Change to Macbook Air? Have one Custom built?




That is only partially correct.

The original ThinkPad lines (X, T and W series) are still the solid
business-oriented  workhorses that they always have been and those are the
ones I recommend.

What Lenovo has done is come out with a lot of consumer lines under the
ThinkPad label that are designed to compete with brands like ASUS, Acer,
etc.  Those series (E, L, Z, Yoga, etc.) are not in the same class as the
X/T/W series, although some may be better suited to certain uses.

Jan Werner
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H D wrote:
> although my last 3 machines have been thinkpads, i would strongly 
> steer away from lenovo - they have cut corners each of the past few 
> years with the quality of thinkpads.  The last 2 versions of thinkpads 
> feel quite generic, with little to let them standout from... any other 
> plastic windows laptop.
>
> Well, yes, i think the x1/carbon is the standout - from what i 
> understand it is a strong competitor to the Air.
> However, it is not much cheaper, so i am guessing the apple product is 
> probably higher quality, and that you may be happier with it over time.
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