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Originally Posted by Burning Down
Anyways, I like a wide screen display and most IBM's don't have that option because they are mainly business computers.
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Haha, you're not going to like this;
I don't like wide screens and I got a wide screen IBM For free...
It's really a big, heavy mother****er and you can still pick it up by the screen without the hinges letting go. It's so solid. Runs beautifully too.
This one fel off a table a lot of times. The owner said it was broken, a friend of mine got it, he never bothered trying whether it worked. I bought a (universal) power supply, tried it, works like a charm. It's a brilliant piece of kit this. I just wish it were a little smaller.
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Two of my friends have IBM ThinkPads and the screens are both the 14.1" square-ish, non-glossy types.
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You prefer glossy then? Everyone I know hates it. I don't really mind glossy screens, altough I do not see the benefits.
I'm not that much into brand new IBM's (well, lenovo that is), but a friend of mine is looking for a high res non-widescreen one. And he only runs into widescreen ones. So I get the idea that at least overhere there are a lot of IBM Widescreen laptops.
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They are great computers though, but when someone can get exactly what they want (i.e. what the Vaio offers) for a cheaper price, well they'd go for the cheaper option (the Vaio).
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Sure. And some go for a packard bell or even cheaper B-brand laptops.
You get what you pay for, you know.
I rather spend my money on a one year old business laptop by say... IBM or Dell than on a brand new Acer, Compaq or Packard Bell. These second hand machines are built to last. The new cheap machines are built to break down so you buy a new one quickly...
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Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman
If you need to use your computer for anything interesting, ignore the macs. If you just want a family computer or something to give your grandmother or something, probably consider one. Even if the price is unreasonable.
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Hahaha, that's exactly how I think about it.
I would LOVE to buy parents a mac. But I don't want to pay the price.
It would solve so many problems...
I bought my mom a Nice P4 2.8ghz IBM Laptop. IBM can get away with P4's in laptops. It has two fans, doesn't make any noise, doesn't get hot at all, it works beautifully and it cost me, wait for it... 60 bucks. Yeahhhh
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Originally Posted by matious
Macs are actually superior in many ways, it just sucks that they get dated really fast and apple sucks about updating them, and my hard drive crashed and no right click.
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You eh... Are talking about a very old mac there mate
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Originally Posted by Burning Down
You can right click with a Mac. If you have a MacBook, just keep one finger on the touch pad whilst clicking it with another finger. Either that or just get an aftermarket USB mouse with two buttons at Best Buy.
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Or press control while you click on any mac OS since 7.something
But about 10 years ago mac already 'discovered' the two button mouse. Woohoo... Poor ****s
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