From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ot72C-0002pl-K6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:53:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4F7BE0A5B; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:51:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FEFCE0A5B for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2010 22:51:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ew0-f53.google.com with SMTP id 3so2948955ewy.40 for ; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:51:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=imo0Rny+6E49j2B7h7ZuWOb2HuXs5hQY04GBW4Lc9lw=; b=ZrgmInxwPDDUu3XGkn/6qjdwrtPO/WSnBt0Sh2sXB7AkgYFyZyPTsRbKmriyokj4D4 cIJZqsSblPUaEKryvT7KH/JlxNxjmwrgSihPLL3B4aBT8uimjgIs4DTKJJWyZKNPK9jv yVWNdeXDecqw3xbArVDWgWTUlwZER940yOmH0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=D3LBoTwwYUQTDFLZhaKQwqMT8gqNGhHqDpKGLSULZu5d1axFUbLQpk5dd1W/jI4S1S 8aS1dZcTdXMjyhpQoGIAgY/FWs3c+xlv6mp9xwdK8CDni36pYyjqsaN1lCC5D89omG56 dfhJQQ2t9Iw3MPM0iHk33YRE8XbmZbhlTQXFU= Received: by 10.213.27.201 with SMTP id j9mr153454ebc.27.1283899863343; Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:51:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-155.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.153.155]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v59sm10745420eeh.10.2010.09.07.15.51.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:51:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: advice sought on new laptop for Gentoo Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 23:34:38 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.35-ck-r2; KDE/4.5.1; x86_64; ; ) Cc: Eray Aslan References: <201009071429.10032.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4C863A08.9090100@caf.com.tr> In-Reply-To: <4C863A08.9090100@caf.com.tr> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201009072334.39238.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: b3d07e92-4659-4beb-a716-bcb9d9a96714 X-Archives-Hash: a4f2dc6d7ee851f9ca36f1bc8265bd65 Apparently, though unproven, at 15:11 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, Eray Aslan did opine thusly: > On 07.09.2010 15:29, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > I figure that just like a top-grade mechanic should be looking at SnapOns > > or similar in his toolbox, this here sysadmin also needs high quality > > tools. My chief tool is my notebook. > > It's the weight not the price that is the deciding factor us. I guess > depends on how much traveling you do. There is no one final ultimate > answer. It depends. Labeling low res solutions as "cheap crap" was > uncalled for. It is cheap crap as evidence by the lower quality of component used. I could be nice and PC and say "budget range" instead but it's all the same thing really. And yes, I do own cheap crap machines myself. They definitely have their place - like when I'm on vacation or at a barbecue while on standby over a weekend. If they fall in the pool, it's 2k to replace not 20k. But as a main work machine in my environment? No, they don't fit there. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com