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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:40:17
Message-Id: AF95B6A0-D305-490F-AC5D-E1A3115EF064@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On 20 November 2014 19:19:34 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at> wrote:
2 >Am 20.11.2014 um 15:37 schrieb Sid S:
3 >> In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I
4 >found
5 >> them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have
6 >gone
7 >> with them and purchased their most expensive model.
8 >>
9 >> For the most part, what you want is relatively hard to get with a
10 >typical
11 >> consumer computer. They've gone for minimization to the point where
12 >they
13 >> can't offer (or don't want to offer) the options that the majority of
14 >> people would expect to exist.
15 >
16 >
17 >Interesting. I ask for thinkpads and get two answers pointing to other
18 >brands ;-)
19 >
20 >I will have a look, thanks.
21 >
22 >But I like that trackpoint ....
23
24 That's because we've given up hoping for a decent price-quality-spec combination from the "big brands".
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27 Joost
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29 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.