Supressing laptop buying urge
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The urge to buy is strong, but vendors are so slow in releasing decent enterprise level laptops with intel skylake in it! Got my eyes on several HP models, but it's taking HP ages! I'm thinking about zbook 15u G3, or the elitebook 850 G3. The ZBook studio is down on my list due to lack of num pad. Also I hate that we can't fully configure laptops like it's possible on HP's US site.
Wout
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The urge to buy is strong, but vendors are so slow in releasing decent enterprise level laptops with intel skylake in it! Got my eyes on several HP models, but it's taking HP ages! I'm thinking about zbook 15u G3, or the elitebook 850 G3. The ZBook studio is down on my list due to lack of num pad. Also I hate that we can't fully configure laptops like it's possible on HP's US site.
Wout
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The urge to buy is strong, but vendors are so slow in releasing decent enterprise level laptops with intel skylake in it! Got my eyes on several HP models, but it's taking HP ages! I'm thinking about zbook 15u G3, or the elitebook 850 G3. The ZBook studio is down on my list due to lack of num pad. Also I hate that we can't fully configure laptops like it's possible on HP's US site.
Wout
I've a Dell M6500, the low end of their desktops disguised as laptops. Another place to look. My urge is in the opposite direction: I'm looking for a box to plug into a TV's HDMI port. A few options are attractive. CuBox 4x4, for example, and maybe some of the flash-drive shaped PCs. The latter, however, have somewhat fallen out of favor since I want a real O/S such as either Win7 or Linux. I plan to sit back in a recliner and work in delightful comfort should the snows come. One other option's starting to make headway: a refurbished desktop. I've seen a few, a bit of $100 US, which come essentially complete. More space but real possibilities. Anyway, back to your topic: Dell does make i7 version (mine's an i5). Add that 17" screen size and you've got a pretty mean machine.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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I've a Dell M6500, the low end of their desktops disguised as laptops. Another place to look. My urge is in the opposite direction: I'm looking for a box to plug into a TV's HDMI port. A few options are attractive. CuBox 4x4, for example, and maybe some of the flash-drive shaped PCs. The latter, however, have somewhat fallen out of favor since I want a real O/S such as either Win7 or Linux. I plan to sit back in a recliner and work in delightful comfort should the snows come. One other option's starting to make headway: a refurbished desktop. I've seen a few, a bit of $100 US, which come essentially complete. More space but real possibilities. Anyway, back to your topic: Dell does make i7 version (mine's an i5). Add that 17" screen size and you've got a pretty mean machine.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
I occasionally look at Dells, and whenever I find one that is close to what I need they totally fuck it up by e.g. omitting proper pgup/pgdn/home/end keys. HP so far hasn't let me down once I moved to their enterprise line of laptops 5 years ago, so I'm gonna stick with HP for a while. I was too lazy to do a full on research project on which TV box to buy, so I just went with Apple TV 3, pretty happy so far, except that I lose the remote all the time because it's so tiny. But I've seen tiny PC boxes intended for the living room that come with a remote control included.
Wout
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I've a Dell M6500, the low end of their desktops disguised as laptops. Another place to look. My urge is in the opposite direction: I'm looking for a box to plug into a TV's HDMI port. A few options are attractive. CuBox 4x4, for example, and maybe some of the flash-drive shaped PCs. The latter, however, have somewhat fallen out of favor since I want a real O/S such as either Win7 or Linux. I plan to sit back in a recliner and work in delightful comfort should the snows come. One other option's starting to make headway: a refurbished desktop. I've seen a few, a bit of $100 US, which come essentially complete. More space but real possibilities. Anyway, back to your topic: Dell does make i7 version (mine's an i5). Add that 17" screen size and you've got a pretty mean machine.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
This looks like a fun box: QNAP HS-251 Review: NAS meets home entertainment.[^]
Wout
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I occasionally look at Dells, and whenever I find one that is close to what I need they totally fuck it up by e.g. omitting proper pgup/pgdn/home/end keys. HP so far hasn't let me down once I moved to their enterprise line of laptops 5 years ago, so I'm gonna stick with HP for a while. I was too lazy to do a full on research project on which TV box to buy, so I just went with Apple TV 3, pretty happy so far, except that I lose the remote all the time because it's so tiny. But I've seen tiny PC boxes intended for the living room that come with a remote control included.
Wout
Maybe it's because of the 17" monitor, but I've a full-size keyboard that feels like a real keyboard. I use an external wireless mouse but the touch-pad seems to accommodate several style (buttons above, buttons below, finger tap). Hold's two HDD's and you can configure for RAID 1. I don't own any iProducts and, although I'll use whatever I get for media, it's supposed to be a PC and not just a TV Box. Not going to happen with an iToy. I actually have a bedroom media box, Patriot's "Home Box Office" - place essentially everything you can plug into one of its USB ports. It's actually a small Linux box but I've not messed with accessing the O/S as that's not why I got it. Just good clean audio and video support without any leanings. That QNap box lists for $400 - My plan is to be under $200, and very possibly around $100 (hence the look to refurbished desktops).
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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The urge to buy is strong, but vendors are so slow in releasing decent enterprise level laptops with intel skylake in it! Got my eyes on several HP models, but it's taking HP ages! I'm thinking about zbook 15u G3, or the elitebook 850 G3. The ZBook studio is down on my list due to lack of num pad. Also I hate that we can't fully configure laptops like it's possible on HP's US site.
Wout
I got a nice HP Envy (i7) about 6 months ago. Great machine so far! It replaced a 6.5 yo Gateway (which still works great. That Gateway replaced my very first Gateway laptop from fall 2000 which was my college graduation gift from my parents. I got the 16 year old laptop out just the other day to see if it would still boot into Windows. It did, but then quickly blue screened. The Ubuntu on it still works fine however, but I'll never use it for anything. I suppose I could hook it up for SETI! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I've a Dell M6500, the low end of their desktops disguised as laptops. Another place to look. My urge is in the opposite direction: I'm looking for a box to plug into a TV's HDMI port. A few options are attractive. CuBox 4x4, for example, and maybe some of the flash-drive shaped PCs. The latter, however, have somewhat fallen out of favor since I want a real O/S such as either Win7 or Linux. I plan to sit back in a recliner and work in delightful comfort should the snows come. One other option's starting to make headway: a refurbished desktop. I've seen a few, a bit of $100 US, which come essentially complete. More space but real possibilities. Anyway, back to your topic: Dell does make i7 version (mine's an i5). Add that 17" screen size and you've got a pretty mean machine.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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The urge to buy is strong, but vendors are so slow in releasing decent enterprise level laptops with intel skylake in it! Got my eyes on several HP models, but it's taking HP ages! I'm thinking about zbook 15u G3, or the elitebook 850 G3. The ZBook studio is down on my list due to lack of num pad. Also I hate that we can't fully configure laptops like it's possible on HP's US site.
Wout