[sf-lug] Considering purchasing a lightweight laptop: thoughts Thinkpad X1 carbon vs. Thinkpad T460S

[Jon Lam]

I do not mean to hijack this discussion. Does anyone have any experience
running dual boot Windows and Linux on the Acer V Nitro?  I have a older
mid 2010 Mac Book Pro and am looking at a different configuration.

Jon
On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 2:41 PM Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>
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> Good point Rick. Thanks as always.
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> On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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> > Quoting Michael Shiloh (michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com):
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> >> Thanks, Rick, for your keen observations. I'll probably call Lenovo on
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> >> Monday to confirm the upgrade-ability situation. Your observation
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> >> about the screensize is also important. 14" sounds pretty small to me.
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> > You know, I picked up my most recent laptop purchase (a 2011 MacBook Air
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> > w/13" screen, bought because my wife worked at Apple and we got an
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> > incredible price) only after a great deal of pondering whether I'd be
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> > happy with that small a screen -- and it turned out that, for me, the
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> > answer was yes.  LASIK helps.  ;->  So does Apple's high-res Retina
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> > display standard or equivalent from various other companies.  (Marketing
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> > is all very well, but lots of laptop builders have excellent panels.)
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> > Anyway, what I'm driving at is:  Give quality 13" or 14" screens a try
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> > before assuming you wouldn't like them.  It seems likely that your
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> > desired target of 2.6-3.0 lb is achievable only with a laptop case of
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> > that size.
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> >> Thanks also for your recommendations of other laptops. I will check
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> >> them out for completeness.
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> > Just to be really clear, I haven't tried a single one of those, only
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> > read good things about them.  I share your liking for ThinkPads,
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> > generally.
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