No problem! At least myself enjoy a lot such sort of mails. And let me ask a doubt, to you, living in USA: System76 is not an option? I never used one because the brand is not in Argentina but always looked to me as an interesting option.<br>
<br>Cheers.<br><br>El domingo, 28 de abril de 2013, Chris Muller <<a href="mailto:asqueaker@gmail.com">asqueaker@gmail.com</a>> escribió:<br>> Sorry for the OT -- meant to just send this to Göran.<br>><br>> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Chris Muller <<a href="mailto:asqueaker@gmail.com">asqueaker@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hey Göran, just thought I'd drop you a note. Always a happy day, the<br>>> day of ordering and, even better, taking delivery of, a new ThinkPad.<br>>> Just wanted to share my excitement with you because -- you sort of<br>
>> opened my eyes!<br>>><br>>> You were totally right about the x220/x230's -- like a dinky stick of<br>>> dynamite! Although I think carbon fiber is a great material for a<br>>> laptop as much as a mountain bike, I took a deeper look at the X1 and<br>
>> found only ULV processor options, no mSATA capability, no battery<br>>> options, no upgradeability. Maybe good for e-reading in a coffee<br>>> shop, maybe they should have called it ThinkMac instead? ha! No<br>
>> seriously there don't seem to be many high performance ultra-book<br>>> sized laptops at all out there. I'm running big Magma apps, I want<br>>> power! So with fast processor and 256GB mSATA for the OS I spare the<br>
>> HD bay for a 750GB hybrid SSD drive to handle big apps. Server power<br>>> on the road!<br>>><br>>> Ok, sorry for rambling but one more thing: I _really_ struggled with<br>>> this choice but in the end I decided to get the heavier/bulkier<br>
>> multitouch tablet version (X230t). This is just ultra-cool tech and<br>>> once I saw it mostly works in Ubuntu, now I've got to know if it can<br>>> increase my input "connection" to Maui apps and other apps too.<br>
>><br>>> Cheers!<br>>> Chris<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Göran Krampe <<a href="mailto:goran@krampe.se">goran@krampe.se</a>> wrote:<br>>>> Hey!<br>
>>><br>>>><br>>>> On 01/07/2013 04:33 PM, Chris Muller wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> My dream machine is:<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> <a href="http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/x-series/x1-carbon-touch/">http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/x-series/x1-carbon-touch/</a><br>
>>><br>>>><br>>>> Sliding a bit from Jecel's original request - because I think he was<br>>>> shopping for something less expensive - but I have a Lenovo X220 since april<br>>>> and I just love it. And it runs Linux perfectly, wrote a bit about it:<br>
>>><br>>>> <a href="http://goran.krampe.se/2012/04/14/going-lenovo/">http://goran.krampe.se/2012/04/14/going-lenovo/</a><br>>>><br>>>> ...now, since the X230 is out it seems the price of X220 has dropped a bit<br>
>>> too.<br>>>><br>>>> regards, Göran<br>>>><br>>>> PS. The IPS panel, the keyboard and the expansion options (memory, battery,<br>>>> hdd etc) are probably the major points.<br>
>>><br>><br>><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Saludos / Regards,<br> <span>Germán Arduino<br><a href="http://www.arduinosoftware.com" target="_blank">www.arduinosoftware.com</a></span></div><br>