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People (5 at last count) are still making that same (tired) joke??
I have no blog...
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There is also a fresh one: CPianoCtrl. 
Greetings - Gajatko
PS. Do not take that seriously, please.
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Actually, I really do like that joke so much that I have dedicated an own domain for it: www.clistctrl.com[^].
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Now, most people have a laptop because it's "easy" to have, and easy to lug around.
but they forget the main points (IMHO) that make a laptop what it is : battery life, weight and security (at least, for professionals).
And it's interresting almost none have the security in eye sight.
I wouldn't want anybody to access my data if I have my laptop lost/theft someday !
but it seems (well, the current votes says it) laptop are used like desktops nowadays...
BTW, I'm just kidding with my title to push y'all to read the entiere message 
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toxcct wrote: I wouldn't want anybody to access my data if I have my laptop lost/theft someday !
My laptop contains no personal data at all. Unless you call the 20 or so mp3s that I bought last weekend from amazon personal. To me a laptop is far from a desktop replacement (display way too small, hd too slow, cost too much, memory too little, not enough cores, keyboard and mouse suck) and more like a large iphone without the phone capability..
John
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toxcct wrote: And it's interresting almost none have the security in eye sight.
Who plans to lose their laptop? It's like buying life insurance... You kinda have to accept your fate before it makes any sense.
toxcct wrote: BTW, I'm just kidding with my title to push y'all to read the entiere message Wink
Yeah... 
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Hello All,
I am planning to purchase a new laptop. My usage is Home/Home Office.
As I am a developer, (user of Visual Studio)I need a high configuration w.r.to CPU,Cache and Memory.
Suggest me a good model which comes in best price and Performance.
Thanks,
Dave
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yesterday when I voted, I noticed the number of votes for each category were in descending order. Today it remains the same.
Will the trend continue until the votes ends? 
Does this have any thing to do with human minds? For me, I gave *serious* thoughts for the first few choices, then toward the bottom, I read it but did not think as hard as the first choices. Is that how people take this kind of causual polls?
Yusuf
Oh didn't you notice, analogous to square roots, they recently introduced rectangular, circular, and diamond roots to determine the size of the corresponding shapes when given the area. Luc Pattyn[^]
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Yusuf wrote: Is that how people take this kind of causual polls?
Maybe. I voted for all of them. 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I voted for all of them.
I do that sometimes too, and sometime none
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I think it's a Freudian slip. The developers scientists who designed the survey subconsciously knew the results before hand and just wanted to confirm it. 
- S
50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
A post a day, keeps the white coats away!
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the survey says....
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It might sound newbieish, but as a developer with a taste for Art I value the Design of my laptop very much. Which is one of the reasons i love all Macbooks and perhaps HP. I mean, i don't want my brand new $1000 laptop look like some old piece of junk. I think design should be included in this
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I would prefer a laptop that does look old and battered, and certainly no logo, to deter thieves.
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I got the same screen flickering problem on my hp dv6500 a few months into buying the laptop. No its not a driver problem, its a manufacturer fault with the lcd connector. You have to ditch the whole lcd panel to fix it. And thats half the value of the laptop
I live in Sri-Lanka and bought mine in the US. I didn't bother trying to repair it because you have to repair it in the US (read: major repair). The global service center's probably can't handle major repairs like that, without messing the whole thing up
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Keyboard layout (separate Home/End keys similar to PC keyboard - now Lenovo/ThinkPad and some Dells only) and display quality. There used to be IPS based lcd panels called "FlexView" in some 15" IBM models many years ago but it is no longer available in any new model. Current notebook displays are total disaster regardless of price category  Only cheap TN based lcd panels with nearly zero contrast, no viewing angles and excessive backlight bleeding. The quality returned to the point where it was 10 years ago.
For those who have never seen good notebook display I recommend screen section in this review http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2864[^]
Moreover moving from 4:3 screen ratio to 16:10 and later 16:9 with small vertical space makes notebooks less and less appealing for serious work 
modified on Monday, April 20, 2009 12:15 PM
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Additionally most of the displays have a glossy surface, which makes it impossible to view the screen while having a window (or simply outside) in the back resulting in strong reflections. I do not understand why nearly none of the displays in note- netbooks, laptops are equipped with matt finish. 10 years ago, yes...
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There's no true answer here -- the "best" laptop is whatever fits your (current and expected) needs, is available, and fits into your budget. And that probably means trade-offs - no SSD, smaller screen, no touch/multitouch, etc. But that's dependent on your budget (and personal preferences or biases - Apple vs. MS OS, Dell vs. Lenovo vs. Toshiba if you've got brand preference, etc.)
At least the Internet is your friend in the shopping and research part now, and you're not stuck with whatever your local computer store used to bring in.
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The keyboard layout on a laptop is one of my biggest annoyances. Why do they (manufacturers) have to take something that is pretty common (almost a standard, some would say), and change it up for "their" laptop? I understand that there is limited space, but I'm talking about basic key locations. I'm looking at you, IBM/Lenovo ... why on earth do you switch the bloody Ctrl and Fn keys? A more recent one is the backslash (\) and Enter/Return key size changes. Living and working in a Linux/Unix environment, I can do without the windows key, but it is pretty useful for shortcuts.
Oh well ...
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I bought a month ago my brand new laptop, a reasonably priced, powerful ASUS PRO5-AVN. God how I hate it. The keyboard layout[^] is awful, the numeric keypad (that is completely useless to me) isn't separated from the arrow keys so I can't even try to jump around source code lines without having to look at the bloody keyboard!! Moreover, the keys seem to react only on heavy presses - the key can get down to its full depth but without "heavy" pressure it won't type. I hate it. I'm currently looking for a millimeter-thick plastic sheet to cover the numeric keypad. I wish I could replace the keyboard...
Luca
The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance. -- Wing Commander IV
En Það Besta Sem Guð Hefur Skapað, Er Nýr Dagur.
(But the best thing God has created, is a New Day.)
-- Sigur Ròs - Viðrar vel til loftárása
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I just returned a brand new DELL because I disliked the keyboard. When I'm working in SQL Server Management Studio developing stored procedures and executing queries, I'm constantly pressing Shift + [Home] or [End] in order to select the current line, and then execute it [F5]. With the DELL layout, the [Home] and [End] keys are doubled-up on the arrow keys such that you have to hold down the little blue [Fn] key while pressing the correct arrow key. So rather than a quick Shift + [Home], one must go the route of Shift + [Fn] + correct arrow key. There's no way I can live with that. It's unfortunate that they didn't show better pictures of the keyboard on their Web site.
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Agreed. I used to have a Toshiba through my old job and the keyboard drove me crazy. I have an HP now and the keyboard is perfect!
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Apart from layout, overall keyboard quality varies widely. One annoyance for me is when your fingers get caught between keys when they don't have a smooth underside. Minor things like that can get annoying since it's the main input method.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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