At least Samsung is consistent...

[theogt]

 

[Kangaroo]

They both have some of the basic looks of the old TOSHIBA Laptops hopefully they have less screws than the stupid TOSHIBA laptops

 

[YosemiteSam]

I have a 15" Samsung Series 9 ultrabook. Looks better than both of them.

 

[trickblue]

Bought my mom that Samsung for that exact reason... it looks like my wife's Macbook Pro...

The keys are separated by a plastic frame... much more durable...

I currently use a MUCH more expensive Dell with an i5 processor... as usual with Dell, it's a piece of crap. Keys pop off, usb ports die, track pad is dicey, poor quality yet high dollar...

 

[arglebargle]

If you get an expensive Dell, pay for the upgraded warrenty. You'll get upgraded service as well. Buying via the business track is a good idea as well.

As for the Samsung, I betcha you could find a similar look elsewhere in laptop history....

 

[trickblue]

If you get an expensive Dell, pay for the upgraded warrenty. You'll get upgraded service as well. Buying via the business track is a good idea as well.

As for the Samsung, I betcha you could find a similar look elsewhere in laptop history....

Mine is through my company....

This is my fourth one in three years... Dell ain't what it used to be...

I'm begging for something different but we have a deal with them...

 

[theogt]

If you get an expensive Dell, pay for the upgraded warrenty. You'll get upgraded service as well. Buying via the business track is a good idea as well.

As for the Samsung, I betcha you could find a similar look elsewhere in laptop history....

I would be interested in seeing them.

 

[IAMKING]

If you get an expensive Dell, pay for the upgraded warrenty. You'll get upgraded service as well. Buying via the business track is a good idea as well.

As for the Samsung, I betcha you could find a similar look elsewhere in laptop history....

Or just get a Mac

 

[Kangaroo]

Or just get a Mac

No thank you I like to be able to actually do something and run programs.

I be able to do more with Linux on a laptop than apple

 

[YosemiteSam]

No thank you I like to be able to actually do something and run programs.

I be able to do more with Linux on a laptop than apple

That's what I have on my ultrabook. (Ubuntu 12.04)

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I be able to do more with Linux on a laptop than apple

Do english be one of them?

Having used Linux on a regular basis for everything from a server to a desktop, I'd love to know what you can do in Linux that you can't on a mac.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Do english be one of them?

Having used Linux on a regular basis for everything from a server to a desktop, I'd love to know what you can do in Linux that you can't on a mac.

I've highlighted one thing you can't do with a Mac in any serviceable way. Macs don't scale in the server world. The only place you actually do see Macs in the server world are with Mac fanboys and generally those are the types of people who use Macs almost exclusively.

Hell, the Movie industry likes Macs as desktops, but they (and even Steve Jobs) knew that when he needed to render Pixar movies, they used Linux, not Macs.

Going microkernel was the first decision they made with OSX and it was also the first major mistake they made. Microkernels are a bees hive of nastiness.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I've highlighted one thing you can't do with a Mac in any serviceable way. Macs don't scale in the server world. The only place you actually do see Macs in the server world are with Mac fanboys and generally those are the types of people who use Macs almost exclusively.

Hell, the Movie industry likes Macs as desktops, but they (and even Steve Jobs) knew that when he needed to render Pixar movies, they used Linux, not Macs.

Going microkernel was the first decision they made with OSX and it was also the first major mistake they made. Microkernels are a bees hive of nastiness.

I agree wholeheartedly. I don't like extraneous processes running on any of my servers, so anything that is running with a GUI is automatically off of my list.

I do believe the discussion was about laptops though.

 

[jobberone]

We hates kernels. I had a run in with a kernel in the Army.

 

[YosemiteSam]

We hates kernels. I had a run in with a kernel in the Army.

Unless your name is Grizzy Adams, you had better deal with the kernel as it runs the modern world! :laugh2:

 

[YosemiteSam]

I agree wholeheartedly. I don't like extraneous processes running on any of my servers, so anything that is running with a GUI is automatically off of my list.

I do believe the discussion was about laptops though.

I wasn't even talking about GUI when I said that.

That said, Windows and Linux have the most software written for them. When OSX gets FOSS that most of the time was written for Linux, it has to be ported to OSX (BSD on a microkernel on top of that)

Tie in Wine which allows Windows programs to run on Linux which doesn't run on OSX. Dude, you are in sad shape on what software runs where.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I wasn't even talking about GUI when I said that.

That said, Windows and Linux have the most software written for them. When OSX gets FOSS that most of the time was written for Linux, it has to be ported to OSX (BSD on a microkernel on top of that)

Tie in Wine which allows Windows programs to run on Linux which doesn't run on OSX. Dude, you are in sad shape on what software runs where.

That was not my question. I did not ask who has the most software. I said please name a task that I cannot do on mac that I can in Linux. Simple enough, right? Just because it has to be ported does not mean I can't do it. Better yet, I can probably find an alternative. What's that you say? Alternatives suck? OK, then don't stop pimping the gimp for photo editing.

Funny you say I don't know what runs where, because my day job requires that I run Windows, but I gave my work laptop to my son to use. So how do I do my day job? I run VMware Fusion. I can either run the windows apps as though they were native (no thanks) or run a virtual windows machine, which I do.

Please professor, another lesson me?