Comments on: On the Design of Laptops (and my new Lenovo G530 running Ubuntu Linux) http://www.bohemianalps.com/blog/2009/09/laptops-lenovo/ sharing bohunk ingenuity with the world Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:03:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jason http://www.bohemianalps.com/blog/2009/09/laptops-lenovo/comment-page-1/#comment-5635 jason Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:19:14 +0000 http://www.bohemianalps.com/blog/?p=238#comment-5635 Adrian, I'd definitely give the Lenovo laptops a look. They have some great bargains on their outlet store. That's where I was going to buy before I settled for this bargain laptop: http://outlet.lenovo.com As for it being a good candidate for a Hackintosh project, you would have to check the video specs. I believe it's using embedded Intel video graphics so it might be a good candidate indeed. Also, wanted to note that I just discovered that there actually is a middle-button on the trackpad. It's odd, since it's just a little nub of clear/white plastic that sits in the gap between the two primary buttons. You have to actually sort-of-press both primary buttons to push it, but sure enough it's there! Now I can summon the Compiz-exposé-ish window picker without reaching all the way over to the drop-down menu key to the right of the spacebar. Whew! Adrian, I’d definitely give the Lenovo laptops a look. They have some great bargains on their outlet store. That’s where I was going to buy before I settled for this bargain laptop: http://outlet.lenovo.com

As for it being a good candidate for a Hackintosh project, you would have to check the video specs. I believe it’s using embedded Intel video graphics so it might be a good candidate indeed.

Also, wanted to note that I just discovered that there actually is a middle-button on the trackpad. It’s odd, since it’s just a little nub of clear/white plastic that sits in the gap between the two primary buttons. You have to actually sort-of-press both primary buttons to push it, but sure enough it’s there! Now I can summon the Compiz-exposé-ish window picker without reaching all the way over to the drop-down menu key to the right of the spacebar. Whew!

]]> By: Adrian http://www.bohemianalps.com/blog/2009/09/laptops-lenovo/comment-page-1/#comment-5633 Adrian Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:41:55 +0000 http://www.bohemianalps.com/blog/?p=238#comment-5633 Looks like a nice little laptop. I had a similar experience walking through the computer section at Best Buy. I can't believe how ugly everything is. I have toyed with the idea of building a hackintosh, maybe the Lenovo would be a good option for me, too. Looks like a nice little laptop. I had a similar experience walking through the computer section at Best Buy. I can’t believe how ugly everything is. I have toyed with the idea of building a hackintosh, maybe the Lenovo would be a good option for me, too.

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