Nothing available holds a candle to any of the Mac laptops in terms of hardware. They're all too thick or flimsy or get too hot. The only thing Mac is missing that would allow it to take over the enterprise is a docking station (probably because that's against Steve Job's whackjob religion.)
I beg to differ - I went to university for a year toting around an HP Compaq tc4400 convertible business-class tablet PC - I had a secondary 8 cell battery (hello 11 hours of battery life!), and a docking station, 22" LCD and ergonomic keyboard on my desk. I also own several HP Compaq nc6400s, a couple 6910p notebooks, a couple of Dell Latitude D620s, a ThinkPad T60, a ThinkPad T61, and I bought my sister an HP EliteBook 6930p to take to school this past year. The non-pro MacBook doesn't come anywhere close to any of these notebooks in terms of physical durability. That's without mentioning the easily cracking/staining topcase on the MacBook (pre-unibody), the insanely thin jacket on the MagSafe adapter's cable, or the lack of an appropriate strain relief on the MagSafe connector (although this has recently been corrected). The ThinkPad T and X-series product lines (as well as current-genreation HP EliteBooks and the ProBook 6x40 line) also have drain holes in the keyboard in the event of a liquid spill - as a service technician, I see LOTS of liquid damaged notebooks coming from university/college students.
On a note of personal preference, I can't stand Apple's notebook keyboards. Some people love them, but I find them too flat and soft - I would much prefer a solid, responsive (if noisy) ThinkPad keyboard - the UltraNav eraser head mouse is also convenient for when I can't whip out a wireless mouse.
As for your complaint about your M4400... you're right, Dell did a less than stellar job with their current line of enterprise notebooks.
The 4000 isn't perfect, but it is by far the best keyboard I have ever owned.
So good, in fact, that I ended up buying a second one for occasional use with my tablet when docked.
I use proper posture when typing (wrists not resting on keyboard, hands level with arms, etc.), and I simply cannot tolerate using a standard keyboard for an extended period of time.
It would appear that this so-called matter of "political correctness" forces upon us a sense of moral incorrectness, and an overall lack of common sense.
Kids survived for years, if not decades, watching this show. Last time I checked, most of them turned out fine. Are we trying to accelerate the degradation of society and free speech/expression as we know it?
Has anyone here not heard of the PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510ATX? This is a supply that reaches 500 watts at an ambient temperature of 40 degrees Celsius (that's about 110 Fahrenheit) rather than the typical 20 celsius. This seems to be a forgotten unit, when, IMO, it was the first, not this one. It appears that people don't seem to know anything about that other unit - it peaks at 600 watts, and you would have to have your system in a freezer to get a temperature that would allow such a peak.
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Nothing available holds a candle to any of the Mac laptops in terms of hardware. They're all too thick or flimsy or get too hot. The only thing Mac is missing that would allow it to take over the enterprise is a docking station (probably because that's against Steve Job's whackjob religion.)
I beg to differ - I went to university for a year toting around an HP Compaq tc4400 convertible business-class tablet PC - I had a secondary 8 cell battery (hello 11 hours of battery life!), and a docking station, 22" LCD and ergonomic keyboard on my desk. I also own several HP Compaq nc6400s, a couple 6910p notebooks, a couple of Dell Latitude D620s, a ThinkPad T60, a ThinkPad T61, and I bought my sister an HP EliteBook 6930p to take to school this past year. The non-pro MacBook doesn't come anywhere close to any of these notebooks in terms of physical durability. That's without mentioning the easily cracking/staining topcase on the MacBook (pre-unibody), the insanely thin jacket on the MagSafe adapter's cable, or the lack of an appropriate strain relief on the MagSafe connector (although this has recently been corrected). The ThinkPad T and X-series product lines (as well as current-genreation HP EliteBooks and the ProBook 6x40 line) also have drain holes in the keyboard in the event of a liquid spill - as a service technician, I see LOTS of liquid damaged notebooks coming from university/college students. On a note of personal preference, I can't stand Apple's notebook keyboards. Some people love them, but I find them too flat and soft - I would much prefer a solid, responsive (if noisy) ThinkPad keyboard - the UltraNav eraser head mouse is also convenient for when I can't whip out a wireless mouse. As for your complaint about your M4400... you're right, Dell did a less than stellar job with their current line of enterprise notebooks.
The 4000 isn't perfect, but it is by far the best keyboard I have ever owned.
So good, in fact, that I ended up buying a second one for occasional use with my tablet when docked.
I use proper posture when typing (wrists not resting on keyboard, hands level with arms, etc.), and I simply cannot tolerate using a standard keyboard for an extended period of time.
It would appear that this so-called matter of "political correctness" forces upon us a sense of moral incorrectness, and an overall lack of common sense.
Kids survived for years, if not decades, watching this show. Last time I checked, most of them turned out fine. Are we trying to accelerate the degradation of society and free speech/expression as we know it?
It's all a conspiracy to take over the world.
Has anyone here not heard of the PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510ATX? This is a supply that reaches 500 watts at an ambient temperature of 40 degrees Celsius (that's about 110 Fahrenheit) rather than the typical 20 celsius. This seems to be a forgotten unit, when, IMO, it was the first, not this one. It appears that people don't seem to know anything about that other unit - it peaks at 600 watts, and you would have to have your system in a freezer to get a temperature that would allow such a peak.